New Mexico Owners BS Thread

I used Larry H Miller on alameda a time or two for other things and they were fine.


I replaced my own steering rack last year. Took maybe 3 or 4 hours. There’s some good videos on YouTube and info on TW if you’re feeling spunky. I can link some of you want.

 

Been six months since moving back to Boston, missing NM so much.
Those fires round Vegas are so sad,
Hope all of you are doing well.

 

At least people will understand on the first try if you're talking about your car keys or your khakis.......

 

Lmao that is true

 

Back with the "Massholes"

 

Hey NM crew.

For sale!

Leer camper shell:
black for 2nd gen Tacoma long bed $700
This is been used. Scratched a bit but in nice shape. Front and side sliding windows. Interior pet proof screens. Locking rear window. Includes two Prinsu rack lid bars. Obviously does not include the RTT.

Total Chaos bed stiffeners $50

Includes hardware. But needs sanded and painted.

Southern Expeditions flat pack fire pit with case. $50

Used but in great shape.

RCI highlift jack mount FREE

missing the big twist on handles. I just used a bolt and wing nut. But hey it’s free yeah?

Prinsu 1/2” LOW tent mounting feet x4 FREE

includes hardware

 

@deekyn I’m curious what direction you’ll be taking with the build. Bed rack?

 

The camper shell with the roof top tent plus 15+ off-roading trips with 1000+ miles of dirt a year was killing the bed. I have numerous cracks in the sheet metal around the tail lights and else where on the bed sides.

So I wanted a bed rack that tied into the bed bolts / frame. I got a Leitner ACS forged bedrack a month or so ago. Seems super solid. I’ve used it on 4 road trips, put 300 miles of off-roading on it already. I’m happy with it so far.

 

Where do you guys go for brake work? Ideally close to the Alamogordo area but I can make a day trip if the shop is worth it. Gonna get new rotors, pads, stainless steel lines, and a flush. I could probably do the work myself but would feel better having qualified mechanics do it instead.

 

That's not a bad job to do. As long as you have the correct wrenches for the flare nuts on the lines it's pretty straight forward. A friend to help you pump the brakes will do it for beer I'm sure lol.

 

Wow man, I’ve never seen a bed rack that uses the bed bolts like that. I’ve seen the wheeling you do so it makes sense. Ripping around NM sometimes feel like I should slow down due to having a shell.
Loving the build man, not flashy just functional

 

Yeah it is definitely within reach but having never done anything brake-related, I'm understandably nervous. Feels a bit more complicated than suspension work to an amateur like me.

 

If you can do suspension you can do brakes for sure. I’d argue it’s easier personally. But, like others said make sure you have flare wrenches in case anything is a little tight.

 

It's just the idea of it. I swapped all of the brake lines on my 4R to stainless and had never done more than change out pads and rotors. Don't know of any shops in your area as you're a little far south of me.

 

I got a set of those in anticipation of having to do the swap when going to option 2 on my RXTs but the lines still have good flexibility. I'll be stepping up to option 3 shortly and will do it then.

I've got the OR and electric boost pump which supposedly makes bleeding stupid easy and soloable. Guess some google/YouTube searches can tell me everything else I want to know. I'd still like to get a professional to at least double check my work. Last thing I want is to have to contend with a brake issue of some flavor.

 

For sale: located Santa fe / Albuquerque area

Smittybuilt gen 1 2/3 Person RTT w/ kb voodoo cross bars no uprights -$950 obo

Pics when mounted up and stock Google images

 

Could use some advice. Put Bilstein 5100 shocks front and back to pull a trailer. Sold the trailer now I want to return to a smoother ride.
Any suggestions?

 

Going down to the bed bolts is the best way to carry the load especially when you factor in off roading. Thats how I designed my bed rack for the short bed Tacoma. Now that the RTT is on the trailer I need to sell the rack.

 

Just applied to a job in Farmington with the BLM
Boston’s gotten old quick…

Thread’s been so quiet, hope u NM peeps are doing well. I check NM news every week or so…looks like it went from fires to floods, hope everyones doing ok!

 

Tired of all the Massholes?