What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Put on a new Prinsu top rack earlier this week and built a bed platform in the rear today.

 

Yeah I was gonna plastidip mine too. Figured I'd try my hand at cutting some vinyl first and it turned out great so I left it.

It's funny, I initially had no intentions of "blacking out" the interior but once I started I couldn't stop.

 

What do they call that, when the axle bounces. Wheel hop?

 

I did one but it was only off to the side. SDHQ hidden winch

 

Wheel hop is when the suspension flexes so hard that when the wheel loses traction it leaves the ground when the suspension snaps back. Usually it's most seen on FWD vehicles. My Mazda3 was notorious for it (and one of the few things I hated about it). In this case though, the force going into the tires causes the axle to want to rotate the pinion up, but it's bolted securely (hopefully) to the leaf springs, so the leaf springs twist in the same direction by pulling slack out of the rear leaf spring shackle. It's similar to the way force is transferred using a sway bar, just with one input and two outputs. Instead of a tire at each end pushing on each other, the pinion pushes on the body using the leaf spring. And that's why the racing gods invented traction bars:
https://www.jegs.com/i/Danny+Bee/29...m3-fbC6fgVd6UwoeBOK3eLz5WIfft4SAaAoJ_EALw_wcB

 

Scotchguarded my seats. Should have done it as soon as I bought it but didn’t.

 

Well, it finally happened! I'm so excited, and than you to Stellar Built Fabrications in Sacramento for doing a great install and for a reasonable price.

Eibach pro springs + Westcott Fox perch lift = 3"
Dakar Medium leaf packs + 1" eibach block = 3.5"
Alpine designs CMR
Sway bar relocate
SPC UCA's
New TRD Pro Fox Shocks
AND . . . . SCS 17" Ray10's -38 and Falken Wildpeaks 285/75-17 (34's - No Rubbing)

 

Looking good! Are those the Eibach pro springs on the Fox shocks?

 

Don’t forget to adjust your headlights…

 

Yes, those are the Eibach pro springs on the Pro Fox shocks AND a Westcott Perch lift too. And I'm super pleased with the ride quality, Firm but not harsh.

 

Hahahaha, funny you said that, I drove it home from Sacramento and was like, Wow, the back of the Semi is really bright. I immediately drove to a dark warehouse and adjusted down.

 

That’s awesome! Let us know how it does off-road. I’m sure it’s a game changer!

 

Good man! My lift is only 2.5” in the front with Billstein 5100’s and OME 886 coils and 1” in the rear with the Headstrong Off-road 3 leaf progressive AAL but I was getting a lot of folks flashing their high beams at me the first time I drove it at night. Finally got it dialed in. It feels good to not be that guy.

 

Looks Bad Ass Sir.

 

Bonus #Overland points for a rusty shovel. At least it's not brand new with the sale sticker still on it.

 

Nice!

 

Where about do I find a half rack like that? I might need one incase my prinsu doesn't work out with my incoming set up. I'm not against cutting a prinsu in half either

 

Prinsu sells a rack for the access cab. If you have the full cab rack might be able to sell that one, then purchase a smaller one.

Check the measurements on these two.

 

Installed the Bed Header Rail a week ago and just installed two Yakima blockhead bike mount. Worked out very well and happy with it. I did have to get 1/4" T-Slot Nuts to work with the mount holes.

 

Looks like habitat may be what's needed

Edit, for 620 I'll just cut up what I have if I need to lol. That's all the habitat rack is. A shorter version using the middle and front mounting point