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That’s great info, thanks.

 

SHE’S IN. HALLELUJAH.

Just need to paint the crossmember and then I get get it all hooked up as far as hoses, tie rods, etc.

After that, all I’ll need to do is modify my skid to bolt back up and modify my steering shaft, which that metal arrives today. Should be done sometime next week.

 

I don't know if you've seen, but the Dirtlifestyle guy did a thing with individually adjustable rear airbags on his Disco, which might be something to compare with your goals

 

After doing some reading last night, it doesn't seem worth it for the frequency in which I'll need to put air in the bags. I'm just gonna manually inflate them each time.

 

Found some sweeeeeet tow mirrors I want though. Eventually I would like these, fairly loaded. The power folding is a nice touch. $820, ooof.

https://boostautoparts.com/products/tundra-mirrors?variant=31996462858375

 

I like the rear facing lights, that seems like it would be really helpful if they aimed at the rear trailer tires to quickly shine on at night/morning when backing up or making a tight right turn.

 

I agree. I was wondering if any of the light would be shining at your face making it hard to see the mirror but I highly doubt it. That would be a horrible design flaw.

 

or trailer rock lights in the wheel wells tied into the reverse lights might also be a neat/helpful addition haha. As it gets later in the year, can't see squat in the bus mirrors in the morning, so I could definitely see mirror lights being helpful

 

Boom, done. Now just need to paint it, reassemble my truck, and modify my skid.

 

Hey best way to pay back all that welding work

 

Oh heyyyyyyy gurl. How was ATR?

 

Hey there . It was awesome, did all new trails finaly and went out to panther rock which was a really cool overlook.

 

Airbags showed up for the tundra today. I bought it from Amazon warehouse and saved $80. It’s brand new, only open box.

If you’re not in a big rush for a more expensive item, I recommend buying “used” because there’s no risk since you can just return it if there’s something wrong, which I’ve only had to do twice.

If it’s “sold by” Amazon warehouse and “like new” then 9/10 times it’s just open box.

 

Another Amazon warehouse deal, tyger tonneau for the tundra. Normally $220, got it for $150. Quite literally brand new, still factory packaged.

 

Immediate mods are the tonneau cover and airbags and that’s about it for now. Would also like a scangauge for monitoring trans temps, tow mirrors and aux transmission cooler ($1000 setup, yikes).

 

All electronics installed and function checked. Getting close to being able to run it!

 

Started welding some of the slider parts. Seems to be able to heat up the base 1/4" piece well. Now the only issue is I can only weld 1-3/4"-2" before popping the breaker lol. Getting a tad bit of undercut, so may back of the sauce and maybe that will fix both

 

Yeah if you’re getting a little undercut and that heat coloring, you look a little hot. Tripping the breaker was the same issue I used to have with the titanium. Oddly enough, the Vulcan doesn’t have that problem even when on 120v.