New England B.S. Thread

Proper prep is just as important as skill. As long as you hit every surface you weld with a grinder first and bevel all of the edges you wont have a problem. If you do niether you run the risk of it falling apart after awhile.

 

We have to do three weld hor, ver and overhead. Then they send them out to be checked and certified. I am sure the overhead will suck also but you are right about the practice part I go once a week for 4 hours it is a ten week course but you can test out when ur welds are ready

 

Very true .

Still not to bad 4hours a week is easy . I just ask my boss if the company would pay for me to take some classes . He said , ya but not welding lol we don't weld a lot here .

 

That's AWESOME Rob! Boston's first album (the round kind with the grooves in it) was the second one I ever owned. Van Halen's first was my first album. Then I got into the KISS thing and owned all of them back in the day!

Xhowevermany...LUCKY BASTARD!!!

 

I post this http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/canada/230542-niagara-wkend-help.html#post5418823 in the Canada section but if anyone has suggestions that would be great

 

Make sure you see both sides of the falls. The decks at the bottom of the falls are pretty awesome.

 

I was bored, it was nice out, took some scenic pics.

 

Soo i just got my new bullseye sails. No wind today, sooo i have a set of sails that cost more than every peice of armor on my truck combined just sitting how depressing.

 

Thanks

 

Thanks to a TW member from NY I now have 2 sets of wheels and these Grabbers fill those wheel wells....

Small trip to CT this AM and a little sweat "time" this PM and I now have '09 Tacoma wheels with Grabber 2's sitting on 4 corners....

 

They look good!


I spent my morning detailing the Tacoma... Shoulda bought the power buffer from Miguel, it took me 4 hours to wash, compound and wax the whole truck.

 

I have one if your want to borrow it next time .

 

Thanks! I didn't buy it because I've never used one and am afraid of messing up my paint. With good ole elbow grease, I know I'll get tired before I do any real damage, at least thats the theory. When using a buffer, do you apply the product with the buffer and still do the 'wax off' by hand?

On a side note, that Fluid Film stuff seems to be pretty decent. I used it on the chrome rear bumper and my rusty old receiver. It started sizzling when it hit the rust and polished to a mirror finish on the chrome bumper. We'll see how it stands up over time. I bought a Fluid Film undercoating kit and I'll do the whole frame this Fall also. Hopefully it stands up to New England salty roads!

 

I put it on with one pad and take it off with a different pad. Very easy and you won't damage your paint.
Check out the junk man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XAqpOe9Zt4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7A5BCCb7Gg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

Ya I still have to buy pads for mine. It came with one(white) but I need to get on the ball before winter

 

Whoa... That's pretty crazy! I like the start of the video "Some of you are still afraid of these things, you think you'll burn the paint, cause damage, etc". It's like that video was made for me, haha.

Looks like I'll have to invest in one of those if I'm going to keep doing my own detailing. The first time took me 6 hours, this last time took around 4 hours and a lot of elbow grease.

 

Ya this will cut your time in half . With hardly and elbow grease .

 

Well I had a productive weekend. Yesterday got my front and mid skids to match up. Then I primed and started bed lining them. Today I finished up those skids with with the bed liner then painted my wheels and had my tires mounted/balanced. Lastly I remounted my front skid and put the second one in the bed. I just checked on my sliders and UPS just updated them for the first time since Tueday. They came into Chelmsford MA this morning and left at 8:59 so they should be here tomorrow! Now just to drill the frame for the skid and sliders, prime/bedline them and bolt them on. Anybody want to help?

 

Sick day for you tomorrow ..

 

Hey I know those shoes, they look great Snoope, hell yeah glad this worked out well. Have fun playing in the sand.