Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

He changes his mind a lot. Like more than @2015whitetaco does...

 

I completely forgot about needing to get aftermarket UCAs for lifts later honestly lol. I figured I would just swap the complete lowers instead of replacing bushings and ball joints. Fucking hate replacing bushings

I'm FNG, I'm allowed to do this stuff

 

I’ll give you that. But your kinda like the ten year old still insisting on playing in the sandbox with the toddlers now... Time to put on the big boy britches.

and I’m just just messing with ya, kinda

 

I had moog lowers before I went LT and they were fine. IMO changing the bushings on OEM lowers seems worse than waterboarding, but I agree on the UCAs. I have a set of SPC uppers if you're interested

 

I don't think anyone changes their mind that much.

 

I will continue to play in the sandbox until I'm making big boy britches pay

 

I say do what’s right for your family. And who cares how you camp as long as your kids have that experience growing up.

 

Why would I pay ~$200 for new moog bushings and ball joints when I can spend about the same to get 2 complete LCAs. Alot less work for around the same price sounds good to me lol

 

Yahtzee. This is exactly why I ended up getting new LCAs instead of just the bushings...Might as well get the entire piece for a little more money.

 

It’s less about how much you make and more about just figuring out how to make things work for you. That exhaust you are giving away will work for you, if you find a way...

I retract my previous statement. Let’s keep your status as FNG. I think it may need to stick a little longer.

 

It's not that bad as long as you're replacing with the Whiteline kit, it's the bushings that need to reuse the metal sleeve that suck giant ass.

 

Yeah that stock exhaust will work fine if I get a shop to extend the front end about 8 inches or so. At that point I'd rather just pay a shop to extend the flowmaster so it dumps further back.

I will hold on to that FNG status as long as possible haha

 

I had to replace a few that required the metal sleeve to be reused. Definitely a pain in the ass. We found out that a torch burns the rubber off pretty nice and then just cleaned the sleeve up with a wire wheel

 

This is one way to get your bike into the truck.

 

Makes it look easy. I’d try it and be like this:

 

It does ok... the hills are a bitch. I think my truck is a bit underpowered already due to all the excess weight and bigger tires. I have a 6spd Manual so I never re-geared. It does fine on flat ground and rolling hills, but pulling a grade is a chore. You do get used to it though, I just take my time, and hit the right lane every time an incline comes.

Yeah it’s certainly not the only option, but it works great for our little crew. The year-round comfort is a huge plus. Snow storms near Bend in October, epic downpours in the Humboldt redwoods, 40 knot winds out at Jalama Beach, and ya just shut the door and all is well

The 1685 is as big as I’d tow with our platform though, any bigger and you’d need a 3/4 ton or at least a full-size truck/suv. We are a fam of 4, plus hound dog, and it gets tight, but we manage. I think that’s partly due to coming from the RTT ground tent background. I don’t find a need for a giant trailer, just one big enough to House our little crew!

Again, there are endless options out there, but this has been a definite win for us. I do look forward to a couple RTT trips a year, but for the bulk of our camping it’s load up Trailey and hit the road!

Another side note, the Lance Owner’s Group has a pretty awesome forum too... I was surprised, and kept laughing, it reminded me of the this thread but everybody had aged by about 30 yrs plenty of BS’ing and cool mods to the trailers tho.

 

Im starting Friday early

 

Yeah that models dry weight is about what I want to try to stay around. Even with my V8. We’re looking at a similar one that’s 18-19’ plenty of space for the wife and myself.

 

Roof top tent all day long. Just can’t get the big trailers where I want to camp lol

 

Spotted this Maserati today in Chico. Not a huge fan of these but this one had me