Official Tennessee Thread

Suck my ass dude. Mom would be heated if I showed up and just said "Cancel my birthday dinner plans, I'm headed to AOP for the weekend"

 

Just remember you had your chance.

 

I really like the hoops on the rear bumpers too. They're in my plans for future mods.

 

I didn't know we were calling Dave "pro" now???

you're missing out...and so are all you people not makin it! haha

 

The way I understand it, which I have a lot to learn and I'm sure someone else in here can better shed light on the subject of leaf spring geometry, is:the longer a shackle is with a standard length replacement leaf spring, not altering the hangers or anything else, will give more a more vertical angle on the shackle. This causes a more harsh ride and limits droop from what I've gathered. A proper shackle angle will provide good amounts of both droop and uptravel.

There's a lot of bad information on do's and don'ts on this forum regarding suspension and suggested setups. Please don't take what I'm saying as fact lol

 

@Kerleyfries Lots of Prerunner action at the Citrus FL Meet last weekend

 

Back in the day, when 99.9% of 4wds had leaf springs front and rear, we would add longer shackles to any lift kit as standard operating procedure.....I had 2 Jeeps (CJ's) and my first Toyota ('84) with longer shackles AND aftermarket leaf springs. It was my observation that longer shackles would cause leaves to "de-arch" faster than the same exact lift with stock shackles. My opinion of shackle lifts falls into the same category as body lift's..... A last resort method. Relatively cheap initially, but expensive long term. Nothing scientific about my observation....strictly anecdotal.....

 

Between my dark windows and the shell, I officially can't see shit backing up at night anymore. I'm kicking around the idea of putting some flush mount LEDs in my rear bumper. Anybody know of some that aren't terrible without breaking the bank?

These looked nice enough.
https://www.amazon.com/AVEC¨-FLUSH-...d=1476878694&sr=8-1&keywords=AVEC+flush+mount

 

I'm spending my first night home from deployment at AOP ya bitch, just do it! I'm coming home, packing and heading out

 

Friday evening/night. I will be in Knoxville signing back into my unit at 0900 and as soon as I get done, heading home to pack up then coming down. I'll have to leave about mid day Saturday unfortunately.
Btw, hello everyone from Cambridge, England!

 

I bet you're sipping hot tea as we speak, you manky wanker!

 

Me, Sarah, Levi, Keith, Jeremy, Heather, Dave, Mike and Daniel so far ........

 

these are cheap!

$21 Nilight - NI23C-18W 2PCS 18W Flood LED Work Light Driving Lights Led Light Bar Off Road Led Lights Flush Mount for Jeep Truck Tacoma Bumper ATV UTV,2 Years Warranty

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J5AAX5...olid=BIO8RM8A6BKR&coliid=I2FQBUG6XBWW2Y&psc=1


(quality might be questionable with the price though...)

 

I saw all sorts around the $25 range, but I figured they must be shitty. Ha Ha.

 

see if they have the same bolt pattern as some quality ones. then be the guinea pig for the rest of us!

 

The auxbeam 4" pods I have are still doing well for reverse lights. Don't remember if they had a flush mount version. I got pods to aim more towards sides.

 

Ah, yes they do, and they're $27/pair. How long have you had them?

 

Mid June.

 

These work fine for me. There a Amazon special, I think 21 a pair. I have them wired to my reverse lights and no I don't run over random stuf

 

Well, if all of ya'll are running cheapies, maybe I'll be fine with them too.