What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Well... 4xinnovations is a pretty well known and respected vendor. Pretty sure they are designed well enough.

 

Done and done.

 

Just curious what the turn around time was. How long from "order placed" to "shipped"?

 

Ordered 9/17

Shipped 10/1


**EDIT** I spoke to them just before I ordered. I knew they were in the process of fabricating them when I placed the order. The skid plates were showing a much longer lead time at the time I ordered... NOW they are currently showing "In Stock" on their page. SO the lead time could possibly be shorter, because they have them fabricated and ready to ship now.

 

Amazon delivery


(Annex... Warehouse deal for $135)

 

Beef!

My frankenstein skids are heavy as fuck. Definitely need a jack. If i had funds, i would sell mine and by the 4x skids for sure

 

Is that a smittybuilt?

 

Yes.

Smittybuilt Tent, Awning, and Annex

 

They never mention their trans skid thickness which is interesting. I’d be curious on its weight.

I’m so surprised I can still smash my skid row ifs skid back into place after all the abuse it sees. It does wear me the fuck out doing so though.

 

1996-2004 Tacoma Mid/long Travel Rear Suspension
https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/57735806

 

What's the size of the funky socket that I'm going to need to remove the ADD tube on my front diff?

EDIT: nvm E14

 

How do you like it so far? Build, quality, etc... if you don't mind me asking.

 

The tent is awesome. Haven't found anything we don't like about it. We just got it this year, but have already camped in it over a dozen nights. It stays unbelievably warm. Last weekend got down to 27° with snow and freezing rain... I still had to have one of the windows zipped open about 6 inches because it was so warm in the tent. (last weekend was the only time we have had much problem with condensation, but I believe any tent would have condensation in those conditions). Only "improvement" we've made is adding an additional 2in queen sized foam mattress on top of the matress that came with the tent.

Awning seems to be good build. It's easy to set up.

We just got the annex, but my first impression is it's really easy set up. The floor is really heavy duty. The walls aren't quite as heavy duty as the tent. (Tent is rip stop Annex is not). But the walls are fairly thick material, as thick as any moderately priced ground tent... the floor, however, is much heavier than most moderately priced ground tents.


I'm sure there are plenty of gear snobs that will tell you that you have to spend $2000 on an RTT for it to be any good... but for what we have invested, and what we have experienced with the tent so far, we are completely, 100% happy with our setup.

 

uh oh...

 

does anyone have a part number for the nut for the backing plate stud?

 

I'm guilty as charged... kinda… but I am NOT an ARB fanboy...

 

Thank you. I've been waiting on the smittybuilt to go on sale or find one on the warehouse. Guess you beat me to it

 

Now... just to clarify. Just because someone has a Tepui, or CVT, etc doesn't make one a gear snob.

It's the douchebags that act as if anything "less" is garbage... you know the type.

 

Ah, thanks for the clarification!
I agree