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Thanks!

 

Relocating the skid to the crossmember is gonna be on my list of things to do.
Can't remember what winch you were looking at getting. Smittybilt? If I bothered looking for another place to locate the solenoid, the most I would've had to remove from the grill is about half of the lower part of the surround.

The treadwrights seem pretty decent, I'd consider getting them if they came in a size I liked. From what I've read, you can request particular sidewalls.

 

Come to Golden Mtn! Ill be there if I can get my front diff installed.

http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=185216

 

Its well worth it but its going to be a bitch with the crossmember welded to the truck and i was looking at the Superwinch LP10k but the solenoid box is removable it looks like so ill put it under the hood where my ABS would be if i had it

Im still undecided on tires really, i still have a ton of freaking tread left on these mastercrafts with over 40k on them so it will be a while and honestly id love to get them again but they're so damn pricey now

Looks interesting...ill keep my eyes peeled on that one

 

interested on taking a facebook friend/ good spotter if you go?

 

how did you fasten your satoshi grill?

 

oh and how did you mound the lights behind it?

 

Split costs and we'll talk...id love to go and i just mapped it and its 388 miles for me as well
Ill have to see how money is looking and if i can come across a winch by then, and also get a few spare parts...axles and lower ball joints

I fasten mine and all the ones ive built with zipties
Never had any issues with it like that so ill continue to do it that way and I actually worked on the light mounts yesterday in preperation for the bumper install today...Ill get some pics for you tomorrow and post them up for ya.

Basically i just took a piece of 3/16 aluminum angle iron and drilled 2 holes in one side and bolted it to the rad support then drilled a single hole for the light bolt but i also modified the lights from the way they came to mount like they are..ill take some pics tomorrow and hopefully clear it up for you a bit when i pull the grill back off for a little bit of painting...gonna change the look up a bit and see how it turns out

 

can i bring a buddy and split it 3 ways?

 

I guess the more the better price wise haha but 400 miles in the backseat is gonna suck for somebody

 

deebs on drivers seat

 

psh you can has passenger seat

I wonder what costs would be for this trip...

 

i always over budget (my uwharrie budget was 500$ ended up spending MAYBE 150$...drinks food and gas both ways)

assuming your truck gets 17 mpg like mine which would be 306 miles per tank so lets say 3.37 for gas (what i paid today) times 18 (gals gas tank holds) = 60.66$. lets even this trip out to 400 miles each way so we'll say 3 to 3 and a half tanks (depending on how much wheeling) we're looking at 181.98$ to 212.31 just for gas to get there and wheel and back. we could bring food and save money or we could all hit up a McDonald's or something so 10$ a day on food (each) so 90$ we should pick up a case of cheep water for us too just because dehydrations a bitch (trust me i know) so 4$

i know im leaving stuff out but for now out total is 275.98 - 306.31 ish

 

Yea, cookie for you and going into full detail I just assumed 200 for gas and i always carry a case of water in the cooler, then food id probably bring some snack type shit to munch on and hit up some kind of food establishment for something a little better but then you also gotta factor in what it would cost to get into the park as well if there is a fee and maybe some other things i can think of right now too...oh and i get about 17.5 mpg but dont get anywere near 300 miles pt

 

Little motivation

http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=167001&page=4

 

looks fun ^

 

sweet deal

 

Im thinking very very hard about that trip but gotta get a few things first before it can happen but im going to try my hardest to make it out there!

Afew pics from today kinda showing the skid mounting a bit better

Still need to silicone around the TRD cutout to keep dirt and shit from building up under it again then put my other 2 bolts in the crossmember but other than that im loving having my bumper back and it riding good again

 

I think it flows together quite well. What is the thickness of the front skid?