Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

@HAVING FUN you make it through the mountain snow bullshit ok?

 

They opened the gate 2hrs ago for trucks to come through westbound. Half the parking lot cleared out. I'll wait until the morning, F... the shit show.


Edit... Appreciate all the concern and love from you guys

 

Don’t blame you one bit for staying back until the am. Hopefully things are better tomorrow when you roll out.

 

Fuck yea bro. Gracias.

Wish i was there to keep you warm in the cab!! Iykwim

 

I'll bring the rig to you!

 

@HAVING FUN @Fernando
https://youtu.be/eHR9LEZD58U
Totally thought of this after the last few posts.

 

Never had a softopper.

 

What happened? sorry, I’ve missed a lot in here

 

Laughing too much.


Btw John, there's enough room in here for 3.

 

He liked the people in the subaru in front of him so much that he tried to get into the back seat. Unfortunately his bumper stopped him.

 

Body shops and insurance adjusters all use the same or similar estimating tools and with few exceptions, it's pretty accurate. The software takes the adjuster's input and produces a list of parts, labor, and paint and prep times, all the details. Everybody gets the same number within a tiny margin. So unless there's something obvious that the adjuster misses, three estimates will be more or less the same (labor rates and local material costs excepted).

 

TC or JBA for UCAs? Leaning towards TC but JBA also has my attention.

Anybody have them that wanna share some likes/dislikes?


Going to be ordering my lift stuff over the next few months

 

I run tc and like em

 

Oh baby!

I know

See below.... Lol. I like subaru's

Its weird to have a 2.5k difference tho. I may have to go to another shop for a 3rd guestimate

 

That is a big difference. Look at the labor hours and the material costs. Also look for OEM vs aftermarket parts. And compare the scope of work

 

You can repair the front in one day, depending on how much water (coors) you drink. I replaced my radiator support on my first gen (twice). Lights, hood and fenders lined up good. But one of my bumper mounts was pretty bent so I just made a simple tube bumper so everything lined up with the rest.

The bumper was made on a separate date. But the front end and lights were all hooked up in one full day

 

well one is uniball and the other ball joint depends what you’re looking for. uniball has articulation and durability, ball joints are closed off with a boot (quiet) and more common in daily drivers. Factory is ball joint but can be more fragile than uniball’s. Aftermarket and racing applications are uniball mostly.

I have all pro uniball, they’re 1.25” (Opposed to 1” TC, Camburg, et al.) which is unnecessary. I love them over stock, they can make a click noise every now and then when turning at a stop, but that’s just the ptfe(?) lining on the ball wearing out. I need to replace the uniballs. I want to sell them and get TC’s. But they work and do the job.

Vagabond is a dealer for Total Chaos. Hit up any of the dudes there. @Iggy @Overlanerd

 

I picked up JBA and have had them installed for about a year.
I think I went with them over other manufacturers due to price and that it offered a ball joint with greater articulation.
no complaints so far, no weird noises coming from the front end, but I also squirt some grease every/ every other oil change.

Also appreciated the free Jesus dvd that came with my UCAs.

What lift you thinking of pairing the UCAs with?

 

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all. Be safe on the roads

 

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!