Alaska BS thread

doesnt JBER have an auto hobby shop? i would do it there its usually like half the cost of having some one else do it for you at a shop. i do all mine takes me about 35 min from start to finish now

 

That we do. Not sure if they can mount tires though

 

Got them on

 

You tell me. I am still learning places to go. When I moved out of AK I couldn't drink yet

 

Had a productive day. I changed my rear diff and transfer case fluid. I added some more gasket material under my topper hopefully that will stop the little leak I had upfront. Mounted my new cobra 75 and mag mount antenna and I bent up a panel to hold my blue seas aux fuse panel.


My truck looks weird without the topper on it. But thank god for using the over head crane in the hangar made it pretty easy.


Ran the coax the same as my last antenna


And where it will be plugging in and in its holder when in use. But I will just keep it in the center console when it's not in use .

 

Koots I'm bartending tonite

 

Oh that as you! Haha nice

What bar are you at in there?

 

I'm more of a fill in bartender there, don't have a set bar that I regularly work at there, if your out and see a dude with a red streak in his hair that's me

 

Sooooooo who here has changed leaf springs before and wouldnt mind giving me a hand doing mine? Got my front 5100s in this weekend but didnt get to swap rear leafs and shocks.

 

I could help when were you thinking about doing it

 

Whenever. I work mon-fri but get off about 3-4. Not sure whats going on this weekend, I believe im free though.

 

New member here, so I hope I'm posting in the correct thread.

I was wondering on any local experience with Kendall Toyota here in Anchorage. I've finally decided to buy a Tacoma, but it seems the one visit I made I was blown off by a sales rep who didn't take me serious enough. I have a few questions I was hoping other locals could answer:

Does Kendall really only sell at MSRP? The sales rep wouldn't budge off it, and basically gave me free fees (doc/license $450) on an SR5 6spd they had sitting on the lot. I see people in the lower 48 getting closer to invoice pricing.

Does anyone recommend a good sales rep? I know I'm not going to get a wonderfully amazing steal of a deal up here, but I'd like somebody who actually gave a shit that I was there and willing to throw $30k down on a new truck.

Has anyone ordered their own truck? How long does it take? I've decided on an AC 4x4 TRD Sport in 6spd with Etune plus, just not sure on color. The sales rep I dealt with told me 60-120 days, but I didn't really trust him.

Thanks for any input and feedback. I can't wait until I can finally put buying a new vehicle behind me.

 

I'm on the same schedule. And the weekend I'm going camping hopefully at kings river

 

we should do a saturday trip. there's going to be a bachelorette party at my place so i need to be away for most of the day =D

 

Chase and I are gonna do my axles one day this weekend. Not sure which day but we could prob knock out your springs too

See you driving around frequently now haha

 

Why can't we go to the bachelorette party?

 

How long you think it'd think to do? I'm down any day after work. I'll have to hit up Ben and see when we can use his driveway and hopefully tools lol.

 

You only need pretty basic tools. Socket wrench and breaker bar. A few jack stands and a floor jack. Bottle jack too probably to align the springs.

 

That's where I plan to do it haha.
I'd plan a couple hours at the most. I've never had an issue with rears taking too long.