Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

Naw, just a customer of mine...

Tacoma parts aren’t cheap ya know.

 

Cheers, hobags. Happy Friday. This MFer was goddamn hell to open, ended up having to use a corkscrew after the cork broke in half.

 

Now i have a chubby

Lol...best response ever to my nonesense. We need to have a beer.

Oh yea, i made some bomb ass ceviche yesterday! With a side of washington oysters. Yummmm

 

Dave Wong window tinting (or Dave’s Offroad) has done all mine. Lifetime warranty. Based in Sonora though.

 

I tend to notice unusual behavior. The guy just walked up to another car, next thing I looked over to my left and the driver is staring me down. Pretended I didn’t see shit and calmly walked away. As I was walking away I told my mom “don’t look. Those two guys behind us are about to break into a car”. Of course, she turns around and looks.

Talked to a worker soon as I got inside to see if they can send their security car that way. Came back out and the car was fine.

Talked to a guy I know in there and he said they’ve broken into a few cars now.

 

Meat coma for sure...

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/window-tint-east-bay.480420/

 

Hummm...intersting. I'm in a process of installing Brute Force front bumper as well and was thinking about a solution which includes not chopping up the reservior mounts. Have you picked up BAMF reinforcements? I'm sure Jerry makes them so the must be good. Would you recommend using BAMF ones instead of Brute Force ones?

 

OZ?

 

He’s got my old sliders

 

http://www.bayareametalfab.com/05-to-2020-Tacoma-Front-bumper-reinforcement-brackets-_p_142.html
I just ordered them yesterday. I don’t know if bamf or brute force brackets are stronger, but the bamf is more compact. From what I understand you don’t have to alter the resi mounts.

 

Been to Oz and Blue House many times... This was Gen (Arden Fair Mall), and it was great.

 

Going to have to try it out! thanks bro

 

Thanks for the link. I am going to check them out. Worst case scenario, I am going to chop the resi mounts and tack weld them in couple of spots so they don't flop around. Let me know when you get them. I will appreciate if you can take some pictures and put them up so that way I can see if they are worth the money.

Anyone in here using Jerry's front bumper reinforcement brackets? What about people that has Brute Force bumper. Are you guys having any issues with resi mounts flopping around after chopping them up?

 

I’ve had my brute force bumper with kings for over a year now. When I installed the King’s and had to cut the mounts I was worried they would be flimsy. They have held good, but I am doing this just to be sure. Tack welding the resi mounts to the frame would be difficult due to the resi mounts being aluminum and the frame steel.

 

Need help with installing tracks onto my shell. Can anyone with tracks on their shell tell me if the racks run parallel or do the taper a bit towards the rear of the shell? Can you possibly get me measurements front and rear width?

Ive read tracks being i stalled both ways. I was always under the thought that they should run parallel width all the way front to back.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!

 

I was going to bend little steel strip and make a hole in the resi mount and screw the resi mount to metal strip and weld the other end of the strip to the frame. Not sure if that will work good enough. Main reason I don't want to cut the resi mounts is because when tires are deflated I still rub on the resi mounts a little bit on full lock.

 

I can’t speak about king resi mounts but my ads mounts are flat so i was able to just sandwich the mount between the frame and the brute force reinforcement

 

Thanks Rob! You always come through! That actually sounds like a great idea! Got any pictures?

 

Same. If you look closely, they just sandwich the mounting plates. Has worked like a charm. Also just finished the Pacific Crest Overland Route (PCOR) from truckee to el centro and Billy’s Brute Force Fab front hybrid bumper has been awesome along the 1,200+ mile trip with a few winching events to boot.