dezert mobbin, Budget Ballin Build!

Raw Aluminum.

 

x2, I kinda regret painting my skid black, it blends too much IMO

 

Black straight up. I like the tidy/finished look in most cases, and yours is just stealthy!
=D

 

x3

 

Skid is aluminum right now...
Had a good weekend camped out at Deep Wells Arizona. Far but love that place! wide open and lots of high speed corners!

 

Got some things on the to-do list here, hopefully get everything done by the end of March
-Bed supports
-Cam tab gussetts
-Re-valve all 4 shocks
-upgrade to heavier coils up front.

Then hopefully leave the truck as is and save savee saveee for a front LT kit

 

Do you have school tomorrow?

 

ya not till 12 though

 

so got the bed supports done today, and i also soild mounted my tranny so it doesnt yank on my motor mounts since i swapped them with bomb-proof ones. Ill post pics up tomorow. Trying to get a hold of DSM so i can get all the stuff i need to re-valve all my shocks and get some stiffer coils. hopefully finish off this list and then some sooner than i thought

 

Like how the bumper and skid plate look together. Who makes it?

 

me

 

so took the truck out all day yesterday. Bed supports were doing great all day.
Here is some pics

made them bolt into factory spots for tailgate.


Then I notice my driver side bedside is wiggling again and i realize the support broke right above the weld to the tube, so did a half ass weld in the drive way at 11pm and looks like shit with 2 welds on top of each-other but ohh well. Put the ratchet strap back on to take some pressure off the supports.

 

So damm tired of the plastic gaurd on the K&N washable/reusable filters! thing breaks everytime i pull it out to clean the filter. Ordered a Cold air intake just now... away with the damm air box!


Anyone want a reusable K&N filter for 3.4L v6 tacoma?

 

Fo free??

 

no more stock airbox! Installed my cold air intake tonight.

 

just so you know, as long as the coils you have are holding up your truck thats all you need with the coils. the stiffness/softness is all in valving.

dont want you to get new springs and not need them.

 

This is true to a certain extent, if you have a 600lb spring cranked way down, it will have a higher spring rate than a 700lb spring not cranked as much

 

yes you are right.

so unless you have a stupid amount of preload, i wouldng change out coils.

 

Im running quite a bit of preload thats why i wanna step up like +100lbs.
Running like 2 1/4 inches or so of preload

 

Yeah thats a lot of pre-load lol