New England Mod & Meetup Thread:

I'll talk to steph and see what works then!

 

@tacobell007 Do you happen to have equipment to cut out LCAs? If not, I can wait to do those at Jared’s.

@AllTacosFloat If it saves time, I could possibly swing by your place sometime this week to swap our stuff.

@TacoTuesday603 Did you ever get around to welding stainless or whatever exhaust is made out of? I only just noticed that the guys that welded up the “reroute” left some gaps so it leaks somewhere. I’d also want to get that done at some point so I can mount up that air tank, lol.

 

I can, not as good as my mild steel welds but it’ll work. For the lcas you should just be able to use a sawzall.

Any plans with your old ones? I’m lookin for a set to rebuild with white line bushings

 

Like the sawzall… Brandon, this is the way

you can have dibs on mine, swapping in the new once I get a day off or an early day.

 

Welcome to come by any day any time. Depending on the day I may be in Boston..

 

I have a Sawzall, just need some metal cutting blades, also have a 4.5" grinder

 

Sawzall with Diablo blades makes quick work of it, bathe the new stuff in anti seize when you pop it in

 

To good to be true?

https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/d/reno-1994-hummer/7740492771.html

 

Thanks, are you puttin the dk arms on? I just put the 600x14 coils on the foxs today. Just waiting for new lower bolts and some time then I’ll stick them on

 

Very nice, I’m doing the DK, Brandon is staying oem.

 

Was planning on keeping those as spare (with new bushings and ball joints)

That’ll work too.

I’ll have to get all my parts together beforehand then, and try to get the new to me ones set before we start cutting.

 

I might be able to stop by for a couple of hours on that date but not the entire day. Do you have all new cam bolts and hardware?

 

The rack definitely helps balance out the bubble.

still need to get the auxbeam put in and the light bar on top.

fucking rain. Silly no garage house. Oh well, I’ll get to it soon

 

A little while ago we had a conversation about armor weights in here I put some stuff on the scale while working today

Stock hitch - 50 lbs
Stock rear bumper from the internet - 42 lbs

My hitch only setup - 40 lbs - not sure how this is heavier than stock (uses all 3/8 & 1/4" plate)
My fully dressed bumper (lights license plate and everything including some mud) - 95 lbs

@Brownmatthall @GarlicFarts I was wrong, its a net 3 lb gain

 

Lmao that’s wicked bro.

 

Think I can shave that 3 pounds with bedside?

 

Actually…. Probably. Buying truck armor is now a weight loss routine

 

Nope, I’m gonna ask Toyota Wellesley parts about it tomorrow or Tuesday.


What’s everyone’s thoughts on straightening out the main skid plate a little bit? Necessary or not? If y’all remember the MA Bell thing where I somehow absolutely mashed it, it has decent bend (by my OCD standards) I would rather take out.

@TacoTuesday603 If we ever do another meetup at your place, I might want you to look at my older version Calirasied sliders to see if we can beef that up in any way. From what I remember it has a lot more movement than I like.

 

Skid I think is definitely worth straightening out and then putting in some reinforcing ribs. What skid is it btw? I’m assuming steel here

Then for sliders yeah I can take a look. I think it would be in june. I think if you just swing up that’d be a whole day between all your stuff. I’ll post in here if people want to just hang or have something real quick.

I am tempted to get some 4x weld ons… I have some ideas

 

They're what i run, I don't think I'd run anything else. Especially not for 4 figures