Florida B.S. Thread

could have had an RCD drop bracket. if you haven't seen one in person, it's a very low profile DB. easy to miss.

 

Still had stock skid on it

 

bent it maybe? a friend of mine/member here bent his stock skid and drilled new holes so he could attach it to his RCD DB. tore it off real quick though wheeling (lots of rocks in VA).

 

that rcd kit is sick, but $$$. There is a guy that works at the fishhawk publiz had a white 4 door short bed and he is pro comped out lol. Sick truck tho 285's look small on it.

 

this is my buddie's truck from back home. he's running the rcd, originally with the 4.5in lift billstien 5100s from down south motorsports. however, this past summer i helped him swap those out for the 6 inch lift Icon 2.5s. with the 6 inch lift shocks on the 4.5 inch drop bracket, he's got the high center clearance of a 6 inch drop bracket lift, but the clearance of a 3 suspension lift under the front diff (which is higher than a 6inch DB has). so pretty much the best of both worlds. oh, and he's running 35s with zero rubbing, and didn't even have to chop the cab mount. if i were ever to drop bracket a truck, i'd do it just like his.

this is a mod day last summer when he still had the billies


this is when we were installing the icon coilovers

 

WOOT! going to pick these up tomorrow morning at 8:00 am for $85
http://spacecoast.craigslist.org/pts/2358576869.html
they're for the trailer, not the truck by the way.

gonna build up a 2500 or 3500 lb axle with some nice hubs, and the trailer will be almost ready. the tires on those wheels will do for now, but very soon, i'll be getting some MTs for them from treadwright. http://www.treadwright.com/c-16-285-75r16.aspx either 285s or 265s. if i go with the 285s, it'll be one of the first two tires in that link.

i know retreads are usually frowned upon, but i've heard nothing but good things about this company. a few guys my land rover friend wheels with actually use them on their daily drivers. said they wear out a little faster, but haven't had a blowout after 3 sets.
i personally don't know if i'd use them on the truck because if it did happen to fail, it can get bad, but i've had a tire blow on the trailer holding our 6000lb boat, and if it weren't for the explosion noise it made, i wouldn't have noticed, so i'm completely comfortable running them on a 4x8 trailer.

 

Damn...would have sold you the old wheels I had on my truck. They are just sitting in the garage.

 

i didn't even think of that. forgot you got new wheels with the km2s


you did a good number on those tires at the end though if i remember correctly

 

It wasn't THAT bad...for a trailer I'm sure they'd have enough tread.
The spare had 100% tread.
I'd say near same condition as the ones your buying now just smaller.

 

That truck looks amazing. 35"s are sick!

 

Got in a lil something on my truck. (I know stickers don't count as mods. Don't start.)


Since I'm done with finals, I plan on going to the hobby shop at NAS Jax Sunday or Monday (5/8/11) to finally put the coil over spacers and AALs in. I've only had them sitting around for 4 months now. NBD. I want to paint my rims and badges too this wkend. We'll see how it works out.

 

My stuff from redline tuning came in today! I am waiting on my new hood to install the struts but in the mean time I installed the e-z down tailgate. (not that the tailgate is heavy but its cool to have)

 

Cant wait to get my TW sticker gunna be a good day.

 

Thanks! I wish I would have read about that sooner bc I would have been all over that.

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...trd-offroad-sport-tires-rims.html#post3141127

 

looks like i'll have to add that to the list of stuff I want for my truck

 

got the wheels and tires this morning and just finished painting them. they're only stock size for tacomas, but for the trailer, they're huge

best part is that the bolt pattern is 6 on 5.5, so they are interchangable with the truck, meaning i'll have an abundent supply of spares off roading when ihave the trailer.

pictures:

chase truck wanabe


how i got them


spray on bedliner


the next two speak for themselves...




and here's the difference on the spare tire mount....




and tomorrow i'm going to start on the siding and roof. it's nearing completion

 

sweet

 

that looks bad ass! trailers gunna be sick!

 

Trailer looks badass!!

Question: I finished with my plans early and I have about 3-3.5 hrs before the sun goes down. Do you think that's enough time to bedline my rims? I'm not sure how long the dry time is.