Long Travel BS Thread

Yeah long day... Also welded some supports for a friend's lumber rack for his truck,

Not bad for scrap steel

 

when installing bedsides on a 1st gen do you have to drill out the spot welds? or can you just cut off the stock bed side?

edit: ive seen somewher, where they just cut off the old bedside

 

Ya fbgw and ames. They both have their beds cut. Not drilled out

 

awesome! thanks!

 

Preference on how you want to do it, both ways work

 

I have tons of saw shims if you need

 

Mr. Lahey, randy! But mr. Lahey?! Randy!!!

 

Don't get me started... I have a weird obsession with trailer park boys

 

Yeah, thanks dick. Started watching it from the beginning friday night. Im fucking hooked. Hate the show, cant stop watching it. I blame your avatar on DR.

 

Anyone have a helmet recommendation in the $120 or under price range?

 

Don't Cheap out on your head

 

I'm looking at a few HJC helmets that get good reviews. Leaning towards the is-16. Do you have one to recommend? I may get a better one down the road but this is the $ I can put into it now.

 

These are the only ones I have used and tried. I'm sure there are cheaper options. I know Aaron just got a new helmet but not sure what brand. I haven't needed to use a helmet in a long time so its been a while.

http://store.sdhqoffroad.com/proairflowsa2010seriesfullfaceforcedaircarbon.aspx

$120 just seems really low for safety device for your head.

 

Open face ftw !

 

HJC = head just cracked

 

if it matters both rear n fronts do have a flutter of 20


Ok so got to finally go use my truck since rear longtravel. I knew the front was to soft going in. So here's where I could use some more help from the TW crew.

Front is pretty good through the whoops, for sure on the soft side especially in the bigger (pismo style so more like medium) but when I hit any jumps they just completely bottom out and bounce. Waaaaay to soft! Gonna order up some oil and new shims ASAP. The above valving Jason posted still sound about right?

Ok and the rear....rebound felt pretty good but oh man I have the compression completely open and it is real stiff. Only pushed bumps in all the way once. When I jumped it the fronts bounced off the poly bumps hard and the rears barely pushed in at all. So 12comp and 8 rebound with a 20 flutter, would I just change the compression shims out? Or what would you suggest?

Any help is greatly appreciated!!!!

I have a lil crap video I'll post up soon.

 

Sell it and buy a prius

 

Dam I was worried I'd have to do that.

 

http://youtu.be/8TzSfzBxj3I

Nothing great but shows the bounce up front and rear barely moving