A lesson in adversity, resilience, and discipline

When the motor in the Silverado blew up
It sat for 8 months until I could save up enough money to fix it
And then I had to ship it down to San Antonio to get the work done.

when the transport company loaded the truck
They left it in neutral and it launched off the back of the trailer
Hit the trailer, a tree, the curb

jacked up the whole bottom of the truck with rock rash but from metal on metal when it hit the trailer
Transportation company stiffed me on insurance
USAA wouldn’t help because they wanted to hold the other party liable

so
Cost me a fortune to repair
Otherwise the Tacoma would have gotten all my money haha

 

****the Silverado has a basically stock + build

better timing chain
Better cam and oil pump
All tow related motor upgrades

gotta pull the Tacoma home somehow

 

That guys face says "I don't know wtf I'm doing"

 

I didn’t want to clog up the fiberglass thread.

You said your tires only rub at full lock and bump? You pic doesn’t look like it’s tubbed. Just the upper part looks cut out. But I didn’t go back 20 pages to see if you did. Haha

If you didn’t I have no idea how you are clearing the 40’s. My 38’s were almost undrivable on the street prior to cutting.

When you start putting the front back together post pics of what you do with the wheel well and mounts for everything when you dropped the wheel wells. Not everyone does that and other than mine I haven’t seen any good pics of what people did.

 

solo kit is kicked forward in the wheel well like the JD kit

but
I did cut out part of the floor welded back the OE panel and then smashed more with a hammer
The biggest issue now is the headlights

 

Oh nice. The JD is on my list one day.

I guess 40’s cause some space issues.

 

Headlights are the biggest problem on the turd gen
No way to move them without moving the core support and hood forward

unless you wanna run a headlight shell with fogs inside like a drift car

 

I only have little 38’s but I have plenty of room before the headlights. I think even with the JD kit. Thankfully. I don’t really want to run chopped up lights.

 

Yeah
40’s touch the housing of the headlights

 

I guess I need to upgrade!

 

But links first.

 

That truck is gonna boogie on links


I wanna put the Silverado on 37’s but slam the truck down as low as I can
Something along this inspiration

 

That would be sweet. I’m a sucker for almost anything lowered. Nah, scratch that, anything done right looks good slammed. I don’t care what it is.

 

Now just imagine it that low
But with a shit ton of droop travel
And the tires basically parallel with the hood

 

That would be sweet. Every time I get more uptravel I try to lower my truck the same amount. I think I’m less than 2” lift now.

 

as it should be

sexyyyy

 

USAA is a sinking ship.... has been for years. Go finds someone else.

 

Yeah
Totally agree
It’s a shame they’re just resting on their old reputation; at least until more people get wise

 

@erok81
Used that @totalchaos uniball tool today to pop the uniball out of my Silverado UCA

zipped that bish right out and got the new one right it

taking the wheel on and off took longer

 

I need to get one of those one of these days. Knowing my cheap ass I’ll sit there and try to hammer it out for 2 hours.