New England B.S. Thread

My truck is camera shy right now cuz of the big gaps over the little tires . I'm supposed to meet up with the welder tonight to get me closer to mounting the new sneaks, THEN she'll be ready for her close up. I did send pics of the fornt end to Icon and Jeremy told me I oughtta back off a little on the preload--gave me an interesting test:

Measure from the top of the tire to the bottom of the fender with the truck sitting on the ground then jack it up so the tires leave the ground and perform same measurement. If you don't have an increase of at least >1 inch you over did the preload and do not have sufficient downtravel. Somone elses may have brought this up in another forum here, I know it sounded familiar when Jeremy mentioned it.
EDIT: Alright alright, here:


And yea she's still got the Taco lean--gonna fix this when its on the weld shop lift...

 

Here are some crappy cell pictures I took on the day I brought it home last summer. This winter I added hand guards, a Leo Vince exhaust, and did some ECU tuning with TuneECU. Runs like it should now

Hoping to get some nice shots taken of the truck and bike sometime this summer.

 

Nicceee, lets see the bling behind the tire though!

I am hoping to be able to get around 2" with that test when i mount the icons (which showed up today) My plan is to keep the preload pretty low and do some more clearancing for the 285s. I am also going to change my UCAs to the +1* caster setting, hopefully when i get an alignment they will be able to get it up somewhere close to 3*. Which will move my tire foward in the wheel well, just a little bit. But thats all i need. I am a little worried about my LCA bushings though :/ last time i went in for alignment they said they were having problems getting it right. I assumed because of the UCAs. But when i got the print out the before and after numbers for caster where exactly the same, 2.7, 2.5. They were only able to change the camber a little bit. And toe was way off but they got the pretty good. I am starting to think, if i need to address the LCA bushings, seized or not, When i install the new shocks would be a good time to do it

 

Tire king helped me today

 

Hmm I will try that tomorrow morning and see what I come up with for down travel .

Nice bike ! Do you go to bike week?

Did you buy new icons or used ? Welcome to the party

Need bigger tires . Was I right about the rear shocks being 5100's ?

 

Damn... I love the looks of that bike! I'm trying to trade my bike for a dual sport or supermoto but have sort of given up at this point. I'm rocking a 2002 Katana 750 with some minor upgrades. Goes like hell but I want something a little different. Keep it shiney side up and enjoy the riding season!

 

Going up to my cottage again Saturday afternoon. Time to do the parts train!

Maybe hit the trails with NH Mike if he's up for it

Edit: Father's Day, never mind

 

You'll want to kill me, but I could have gotten that at cost plus 10%...

 

They mark up in house because they know they can get it. Like all the vehicles being serviced and customers walking in. Online the Demand is there but not as high still they are marked up. Even when I was at Tasca we has Tasca parts dot com, parts counter, Amazon and eBay. The two online market places almost has 10% above cost markup.

 

I dont think he bought it yet. He was looking online for cheap pricing

 

Late to the party but I put primer on my sliders then POR15 then the bedliner spray. So far so good. They need touch up but only cause the bedliner wasnt completely dry when I installed

 

Rob what did you pay for your cb. I am thinking about a set up like yours with a 4' firestik

 

Oh i know I do I'll run these suckers hard till I get some coin. Back to 15's so i can run true sizes in a better load rating

 

so effing tempting just for them hubs. called him for 150 I can have both axles, manual hubs and diff (id sell diff)
http://nh.craigslist.org/pts/3847422589.html

 

It's all good I found it on rock auto around $100 . Why don't you just return the shocks and get the right ones . Tell them they fucked up .

 

The restocking fee is like 25%. I would need them too send me new ones so I can still drive I dont think that would fly with them. I'll buy new ones in a week and sell these to Miguel, so he can have a 1/4 of his lift lol

 

Worth it to have a spare. Can always resale if not needed.

 

Hi everyone! Newbie here! I have a 08 Tacoma crew cab, I just took off my Nerf Bars and I want to sell them. Bars are the 3" round chrome and in good condition. Typical wear and tear for 5yrs. Brackets are intact. I don't have the bolts but nothing you can't get at a Home depot. Asking $100 for the set. I'm Just North of Boston...thanks

GO BRUINS!!

 

Hey Cathy welcome to the show. There is a thread for New England sale item that might get more action http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/no...w-england-buy-sell-tacoma-marketplace-24.html Good luck with the sale

 

John, I was super busy when I got back and then had a meeting. I will check it out tomorrow (sorry about the delay).

On a side note does anybody have the thinner 1/4" top spacers?