The Lair

I’m waiting until I move, so I can break in the new garage! We’re moving down Wednesday.

 

Congrats to Mrs EST! She has plenty of experience with needy, grouchy, and misbehaved “children” in her life. Pediatrics will be right up here ally.

*Edit replace “children” with Randy & Tony names interchangeably as needed

 

That’s what I tell her when I act like a man child. I’m just preparing her for her job and our eventual children!

 

Bought these as a third brake light for my softopper. Found someone else on the site who uses these and it’s held up really well. It’s a pet peeve when people block their third brake light

Partsam 2 x 4.5" Motorcycle LED Third Brake Light Universal Tail Brake Stop Turn Signal Running Light Super Bright 6SMD Red LED Strip Light Bar

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GRO844G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_jZy4CbKY760T5

 

You are doing your part in her success!

 

and a requirement for VA inspection. I have the rigid third mounted to my rack. Welcome to the softopper brotherhood. Make sure to use the snaps they give you for the front of the bed. It will flap in the wind and drive you crazy if you just velcro it.

 

Good tip, thank you

 

Welp I fucked that up. I didnt realize dakars were significantly shorter than all pros. Geometry on my shackle flip is fubared. Time to order some hammer hangers!

 

Uh oh! But in all reality I think you’ll like the HH a whole lot

 

How much $ are they ?his website isnt working for me. It keeps saying 404 file not found. Hack into it for me !

 

A little under $400

 

@TaKoToy can you send me pics of where the bed protector bars meet the rear bumper? I want something like that on my mobtown bumper

 

I must have heat stroke. I totally forgot the shackle flip brackets had 3 mounting holes. They were covered by washers . I moved them forward and raised the shackle mount. Seems a lot better now.

 

Most of them are in my build thread or on IG. I'll try to remember to get some close ups tomorrow.

 

So gonna stay with that or still do HH?

 

Why not move the brackets forward to get the angles back right?

 

Yup I did. Still not perfect but a whole lot better. I need to get this tent off my truck. Feels like I'm driving a school bus

 

You have a tractor. Oh and I meant the brackets on the frame move them forward a bit and drill some new holes to get the shackle angle better. You could reset the shackle to the middle hole then and still get some good adjustment.

 

I'm going to see how I like this with the tent off. I dont think anything could make that 250pound brick not feel top heavy. The dakars are a lot softer then I thought they would be but I did get some arch back.

 

I get almost 7 in of arch