What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

This just moves the stresses to the ends of the gussets because the bottom tube will flex, causing additional stress at the gusset point.

This is entirely possible, and I know a LOT of folks run these sliders. As a result I suspect they work great. I just hadn't previously noticed what can only be described as a design flaw and couldn't shut off my "things are supposed to be right" part of my brain.

Carry on, nothing to see here other than an eccentric radio operator.

 

BTW, virtually all sliders are still far more protective than my "I have nothing at all at the moment"

 

I would like to see actual evidence of this gusset location causing failure on somebody's rock sliders. With the spec size of material most vendors are using I cannot image there being enough force to cause that kind of failure on rock sliders

 

SOS has the same gusset location. Suspect it's a case of 'it's plenty of support for the application', but I'm just guessing here. In other news, I picked up my SOS sliders and started the painting process.

 

Nice. Where did you find this switch? Ive been looking for something similar for a while now.

 

Looks to be an Air On Board brand switch

 

EBay has them type 33mm switch in the search. They have many different ones multiple colors. Like 28 bucks though.

 

Lets see.......It went from this....... about 5ish months ago......


To this today.......

 

It took you 5 months to walk around to the front of your truck for a picture??

 

What can I say I walk really slow......

 

Any more pictures of the back? Did you flatbed?

 

@JRGMann Nope no flatbed. Check out the build thread too but in short, boxed the frame. new rear gas tank cross member, as well as some new cross members to support the on board water and air tank set up, new rear cross member, 3/8's inch skid plate holding everything in with ggrade 10.9 hardware, new mounts on the roof /solar panel rack for L & R alley lights/bed lights/50" LED bar, Dual Battery set up w/IBS controller, a metric shit ton of wiring, tons of switches all wired for future plans, Dual flashlight chargers behind the center console, dedicated plug in the bed for the fridge with a voltage meter run directly to the Aux battery up front, new rear bumper lights, and I'm sure some other stuff that I forgot.......

But yes pictars........I won't put in a ton. For those that want to see more please look at the build thread....

 

Sorry if your build thread is in your signature.. I'm on Tapatalk and sigs don't show up. Thanks for a brief recap though. I'll check out the build on my computer! Looks good though man! Very nice rig

 

Finished installing the lift last night. Not quite done yet but it's sitting on it's own weight 4 inches taller. Maxtrac up front and allpro standards with 5100's in the rear. I got exactly 4 inches front and rear.

 

Nice! trucks coming along good

 

This is an accumulation of stuff I've been working on in the past week till last night. Bestop Supertop, BAMF a-arm skids, SOS Concepts ifs and mid skid, SOS Concepts Rear bumper, "also pulled the Pelfreybilt off to have it powdercoated to match the SOS gear",ICON extended travel co, Camburg uniball uca's, and oem roof rack. So needless to say been a busy week.

 

How is the top? I really like these soft tops. Are they pretty easy to drop to use the bed?

 

Got a good deal on some bronze beadlocks from Craigslist. Drove 2 hours from San Diego to Fontana to pick them up last night. Getting them put on now. Good bye Trail Teams.

 

Haven't quite done it yet, but my sPOD came in today...

 

So far I really like it. Takes no time at all to drop it down, putting it back up on the other hand is a different story. Each time I learn a new trick so putting the windows back on and getting it tight is getting easier