NW WA Meet / BS Thread

I think his name is Kevin? If so, yeah, he's a dip shit.

I want to say the guy I typically use is named John. There have been weeks when I go in 2-3 times while replacing parts and no one complains.

 

Cant remember, only his looks. Bigger dude, glasses I think. But he was like "nope can't do that". Uh, yes the fuck you can. Not to mention I have adjustable camber in my UCAS but I don't want them to mess with it now that it's dialed in now.

On a different note, anyone have experience with ebay or off brand light bars?

This is supposedly supposed to be 36000 lumens. $99 bucks. You get what you pay for right?

https://www.protuninglab.com/50in48...ooglepepla&utm_medium=adwords&id=140849709898

 

My buddy got a 42" off eBay for under $100 3yrs ago, just started fogging up this last few weeks and 3 LEDs went out also. Can't remember the brand.

 

I watched a youtube vid where the guy showed that they were overdriving cheaper chips to give more output and also highly inflating the stats. Like instead using 3 watt LEDs as advertised they were overdriving 1 watt LEDs to 1.5. Makes sense why a few of your buddy's LEDs went out when they're supposed to last 40-50k hours.

Maybe I'll just get an auxbeam one, which comes from the same manufacturer as caliraised that people seem to like here...

https://www.auxbeam.com/led-light-b...-size[40inch,50inch],13-shape[Bar,Curved Bar]

 

Hm... different guy. Maybe the one I am thinking of just calls himself the manager. I wouldn't be surprised. Older skinny fella.

The boys in the Highlands gave me grief ONCE about coming in too often and I asked them to show me where the lifetime alignment had a max number of uses. They couldn't, and then told me I have to pay some fee for having aftermarket components. Asked to speak to the manager and the older fella came out, apologized, and had it aligned to the spec I had requested.

Their appointment system is a joke, but they do solid work (in my experience). The 3-4 people I have referred have had no issues, other than Sam's alignment tab.

I usually don't even make an appointment. Don't think I've ever waited more than two hours. 5 Hermanos is across the street. I don't hate hanging out there while I wait.

 

Uh, Kari Byron

 

Thank you.

 

Yeah, their appointments just mean "somewhere within 2.5 hours." I just can't seem to find any firestone that can push my wheels forward enough. Best I got was 2.85 and 3.85. Driver's side seems to be stubborn. I can set my UCA to have more caster, but I want the clearance in the rear. I still have a little rub when reversing while turning and when stuffed (no CMC yet). I need like a magic phrase to tell these guys so I can have at least 3 on both sides with 0 camber and toe.

 

So...I guess that is what they mean by getting a little tail?

 

To get Firestone to get close to the numbers I wanted, I had to actually remove caster from my UCAs (pushing the top of the suspension forward) before taking it in. This forced the guy to dial the lower adjustments more forward to match. Then when I got home all I had to do is add the caster back in on my UCAs. Not a great solution, but close enough for me.

Of course I also think I was "close enough" with my diy driveway alignment, but Firestone got the numbers dialed in a little closer than I could with my limited tools.

 

so ever since I had caster added to my truck it pulls to the right and nobody can seem to fix it. I heard that if you put more caster on one side it could fix it. Has anyone heard of this? I think if it pulls to the right then you add more caster on the right and less on left. The suspension has been removed and reinstalled like 5 times since then and everything always gets torqued down correctly.

 

When I had a difference of 1' of caster from driver side to right, I had no noticeable pull.

What UCA do you have? Doesn't that throw your toe out of whack if you do it yourself? I have SPC UCAs and they're set at neutral, which gives it +2. So really right now I'm just a little above zero without that.
If I'm thinking this through correctly, gaining caster through the cams pushes the tire forward to gain the angle. However, when you adjust at the top through the UCA, it pushes the wheel back? At least it looks like that with the SPC UCAs.

 

this is one of the reason i switched from spc to tc, less components to adjust for the tech.

 

I have the SPC light racing UCAs. Technically, both the lower alignment cams and SPC UCA can move the wheel either forward or backward depending on which way you turn things. I guess adjusting the UCAs would affect the toe, but I think the effect is minimal if you are careful not to change the camber when adjusting the caster. The UCA allows you to move the wheel straight forward-backward whereas the LCA alignment cams move the wheel in more of an arc, so moving forward also moves the wheel outward/inward and the inward-outward movement is mostly what throws off the toe.

I've got a pair of alignment bars I use to measure the toe that you're welcome to borrow if you want to try adjusting things yourself.

 

Well... not the biggest fan of my Rigid Industries SAE DOT Fog Lights soooo if anyone has Rigid Industries D2s and feels like they're too bright then I'd be game to trade with ya..... just throwin it out there

EDIT: Here's a pic, cause that gets more attention lol -- even though they don't show the fogs, I can get a better pic of em though

 

Go Cougs
I've been having alignment issues with firestone's lifetime alignment. I hit a pothole at 10mph and they didn't tighten it down so I had to go back. I have light racing UCA's too.. Finally went to Tru-line in bellevue and it drives straight and even now. It's worth the extra 50-100 through them I think.

 

Might have to take you up on that offer soon.

 

Go Cougs

 

just put the @Baja Designs Fogs in my Tacoma. Highly recommend them.

 

Go cougs! I dunno, my baja's are pretty bright to be running on the street, thinking of mounting them o my bar and putting something else back in there.