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1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Speedytech7, May 31, 2018.

  1. Feb 25, 2021 at 9:13 AM
    Speedytech7

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    It's less Tacoma and more mod
    Putting skids on our LCAs is like putting a skidplate on a skidplate, they're really hard to damage in a way that weakens or changes geometry and if you manage it they're cheap to replace.
     
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  2. Feb 25, 2021 at 9:17 AM
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    Makes sense they'd be heavier, OEM skid is made out of a single repurposed Pepsi can
     
  3. Feb 25, 2021 at 9:19 AM
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    Oh no I understand, he just said Oem skid.

    Like skid plate?

    I didn’t think we had Oem skid plates on our LCA.

    I’m missing something
     
  4. Feb 25, 2021 at 9:21 AM
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    I just figured he was saying that something was better than nothing, and on trucks that hate weight (especially unsprung weight) as much as ours I tend think twice about any crap I bolt on.
     
  5. Feb 25, 2021 at 9:22 AM
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    only other skid these trucks came with was that dinky little t-case skid that I've only seen in person once, on Sean's linked SAS truggy of all things lol
     
  6. Feb 25, 2021 at 9:23 AM
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    Oh duh, too early.
     
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    Mine have all had that, but it really doesn't do much cause of how its attached and the piece of rubber in there is a brick lol
     
  8. Feb 25, 2021 at 9:24 AM
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    Both my trucks have it
     
  9. Feb 25, 2021 at 9:25 AM
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    Take the factory skid plate, in one hand. The one that sits under your trucks oil pan.

    Take a BAMF LCA skid plate in the other.

    The LCA skid weighs more than the OEM skid.
     
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    Oooof
     
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    For some reason the PO of my truck installed a Skidrow T-case skid at some point even though it was rarely driven and hardly modded other than the s/c. Guess he felt it needed better protection there idk
     
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    Last night's scritches.

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    Oh I don’t mind looking at it, it’s a mountain lion paradise in that place.
    Shitty place to get into though, no way out for a couple of miles.


    We ran a lion out of that houses backyard a couple years ago, killed a deer.

    Chunky
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    Kind of surprised he got up that tree with a deer belly like that
     
  17. Feb 25, 2021 at 9:35 AM
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    Is she/he a Bengal cat? Markings look similar.

    Bengals.jpg
     
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  18. Feb 25, 2021 at 9:35 AM
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    I’d imagine she got in it during the night sometime and just listen/ watch the dogs make their way down her tracks haha


    Short race, made it to 2nd hour
     
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    good catch, yes. He's an egyptian mau and bengal mix
     
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  20. Feb 25, 2021 at 9:38 AM
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    What's the harness about?
     
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