JFR Equal Length Y-Pipe for 2nd Gen Tacoma, T4R, & FJ Cruisers

Badass man

 

Come play at my house and I will come to yours (no homo). I've always wanted to see that part of Cali.

 

Sounds good

 

If you come out here, you better look me up!

 

I graduated high school from Hatch Valley High. Worked on a farm. Ate it off the vine.

 

Are you in his neck of the woods?

 

No wonder you want to settle in a cooler climate.

 

I'm probably an hour or so from Basikbiker as far as I can tell...

 

Congrats...Nice looking spread and great view!

 

It was a fun place to be a kid. BLM land in every direction. Me and my Yamaha DT 250.

 

Ok gents, got some progress done lately.

Just finished 2 y's with rear extensions.
Packed and shipped @808inDa503's today (made the PO by 2 mins) because he is in mad rush to get it.
@TitanRattler813's is done and will be packed and shipped tomorrow.
@JacksonTacoma you are up and thank you for the favor! Your extension piece is done and now its y-pipe time!


To keep everyone in the loop here is what I have going on:

1. New house under contract 5 hours from my current location with anticipated move date mid July. This will take some time prior to closing as I plan on making a couple trips to move larger items to storage, and I will probably not be doing any fab work for a few weeks after moving to prep the new shop. Tearing down a wall, numerous 220V outlets need to go in as well as insulating the entire building and installing ac. This does not include all the unpacking or "honey do" lists which I anticipate to be large as she is already developing her list!
2. My Mom's cancer is back (found out yesterday). Not sure yet what I need to do with this for now but I may have to make my way back to Socal sometime in the near future. She is 84 and Doc's are determining course of action.

I am pressing on for now with #18 y-pipe, just being transparent on future limiting factors.

I truly appreciate everyone's patience! Everyone has been overwhelmingly understanding.

I took some pics of a recent build for a partial look into my process. I hope to post soon.

Roost

 

Sorry about your mom. I have parents about the same age. Watching these people get old may be part of life, but it’s tough.

 

Thanks for the honesty man. Personally, I’m fine with the wait... and I’m last in line lol. Congrats on the house, and sorry to hear about your mom.

 

Thanks guys!
I appreciate the concern.
I am still working on these I promise. It is my main gig right now life just puts up some resistance to progression that's all. I'm going to kick both their asses!

 

Dude, sorry to hear about your mom. Good luck with the move!

 

Sorry about your mom. Good luck with the move, I don’t envy you. And yes my hobby can wait, lol.

 

I thank you for the condolences!
I'm simply trying to be transparent because I know for a fact I would be wondering what the status of my build was if I paid a minimum of $500 to "some dude" on a forum and have waited for months now.
It's one of the reasons I do the honor system and ship out knowing I'm now trusting the buyer to pay the balance. Trust is huge in my world and so far I have had ZERO issues with satisfaction or payment from anybody! The payment part in itself really is what stands out to me. It proves that there is still a whole world of honest and trustworthy people that still believe in a (virtual) handshake being a binding contract.
Being a one man show as opposed to a business, I have no warranty, no guarantees, etc but obviously we are on to something here or so many of you wouldnt be waiting!
(Yes I fully support you after the sale)

It's crazy to think I'm on #18 now starting from a desire to make something better for myself! Thanks @White lightning boosted! He is THE first and most influential person who convinced me it was worth the work to make a second one! Then came @loginfailed with a desire for mellower sound. And who could forget @5thGearPinned!? I asked him to post a good review if he was happy and the damn computer illiterate bastard spent a day creating his (and my) first y-pipe thread!
Now I have a total of more than 30 to fab!

You have all seen my welding progression thus far and much of my skillset is directly attributed to y'all. I said it in post 1 that I was not a pro (still not) but you have provided me with the materials/funding to continue honing my hobby, providing a truly one off system, and hopefully you can see my welding progression with each build.

I dont know what the future holds for JFR but I know thus far I have met and become permanent friends with some, had numerous people spend the night the first day I met them in person, and have done the same at others homes.

Our little click (open to all if you dare) we have all formed is truly amazing to me! We talk shit, give each other jabs, knock each other's pee pee in the dirt then pick em up and dust em off, give advise, free mod ideas and how to's, hell I've spent considerable time via PM's, phone, and in person explaining how our engines work and vice versa.
The bottom line is I feel like in a weird way we are familia.
I know I cant be the only one!

Done venting for now...back to "Adventures With Stainless"!

Roost

 

Also, @DocME has turned me onto some new resonator tech which deserves exploring in the future. Thanks Doc! Let's work this!

 

#1 Very sorry to hear about your mothers health, best of luck in her continued battle!
#2 Thanks for being transparent on progress and real life issues, it makes the wait for product completely understandable.