Long Travel BS Thread

LOL thanks. I wanted the vid to be sexier but a little operator error messed that plan up. We couldn't get the intecom wire to work with the camera so that was a bummer. And the Replays work great but the camera that's hard wired in to the cab might have come unplugged so it didnt start and the one facing back in to the cab has about 2.5 hours of battery but we started it before we staged and sat there forever so it lasted about 5 minutes in to the race. Oh well.

Anyway, was our first race ever and since I moved to Washington DC in 2010 I had very limited seat time in the truck. A few visits to Vegas to spend a day or two feeling it out but that was about it. On top of that for two years in DC I wasn't even driving to work since the Tacoma had been my DD. I was riding a bus to work at the Pentagon so for two years I didn't have much time behind the wheel of anything, much less a race truck in the dirt.

My wife did an awesome job in the right seat and we didn't have any issues with anyone. Scary though how you feel like you're cruising along at a good pace only to have a TT blow past you. Watching them go by standing still is pretty cool but its even crazier when you're doing 40 or 50 in the rough and thinking you're putting in work, only to have Cameron Steele blow past you at close to 100. It was an awesome time though for sure and minus one issue that compounded in to some other small issues the truck did great.

 

Props man ^^

Badass

 

X2 way badass!!!

 

Bringing thos up from earlier, those are ok, I have them In my vw bug and what a royal pita to setup! They have little arrows that you are suppose to line up vertically and horizontally which takes forever to do, then if you are on any type of a slope good luck trying to get them to extend. As well as the retract spring is soft as hell so I had to hook a bungee cord to the retract strap just so the harness would follow me when I leaned back in my seat.

 

Anyone in SoCal interested in picking up a Defined Kit?

Haven't made a for sale thread yet (will be this weekend or next week), looking for $800 OBO. Only thing missing from a new kit is the perch since it's welded on mine.

Great for someone looking to get the benefits from an SUA while keeping fab costs down while you build the rest of your truck.

 

hey im looking at the all pro 1.5" wheel spacers for my rear. Do I want hub centric or lug centric? I'm guessing hub centric

 

Hub for sure

 

http://youtu.be/ESDVNbKEh2o​

 

thanks!

On another note. It looks like my driver side leaf spring is binding or something. Its sort of sideways. The passenger side front mount lines directly up with the shackle mount. I wonder if this is why my drive side sits so low

The spring perches are even and I don't see anything wrong/bent on the mounts. Could it be a bad spring?

When I jack up the rear, the passenger side lifts off the ground before the driver side does.

 

Hanger bent?

 

someone weld the spring purch to far in..?

 

now only if joe bro could afford them!

 

Didn't you know those lights come with special fans that will hang out of a truck and adjust them for you too

 

lol, I like how he said the lights led him to a win at the BAJA 1000

 

x2

Special_k's has done the same thing.

 

man I don't think so. They both look fine. I'll take some measurements this evening to be sure. That would be an easy fix if that is the case. These hangers are pretty beefy looking

Nope, they are exactly the same distance from the ends of the axle. I checked that because that was my first thought.

 

mine does the same but its from the limit straps not being exactly in the same spots.

 

mine does it regardless of the straps being on or not

 

Where are you guys jacking the truck from? Are you on a level surface?

 

middle of the rear bumper and yes.