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What's the IG name?

Can't get enough of these pics. Keep it up!

 

Thanks!

@eatsleepwoof

 

Figured out the key to completely disabling traction control - being stopped when holding the VSC button!

Had a wee bit of snow fun. This is in 4H.

Lots of streetlights, fire hydrants and some concrete blocks around, so couldn't go all out. Need to find a nice large parking lot!

 

I just pulled into the field on the job site I'm on and did a few in 2H haha. Then people started showing up so just sitting in the truck now

 

Received my 80/20 Inc (adult Lego) stuff today and started assembly...



Whatever could this be?

 

BAM!

 

nice!

 

How do you like that sierra design tent you got?
One of the stores I usually get camping gear from have them on sale and I could use a new ground tent.
Quick easy set up?

 

For what it is, it's a great tent. I used it when traveling by motorcycle, when backpacking, when car camping, and even when truck camping this last year. Easily fits two people. Two people + dog is a bit tight. D-shaped doors on both sides are awesome, as are the vestibules. Really good ventilation for hot summer days.

I can set up mine, including footprint (which I recommend getting) and staking down in 3-4 minutes.

 

hmm, I'll need to see if the'll let me set it up
My girlfriends small but the pooch likes to spread out and take up more space haha.
I wish we had more of a market here for swags.

 

it came out nice with 80/20

 

Sub! Nice to see a fellow Vancouver guys build.

EDIT:

would you mind sharing the location of some of the trails you posted pics of?

 

Installed 4-degree shims and the drivetrain vibrations are now gone. Awesome.

Low pro bumper and winch installed, too. Pics after I add some weatherstripping between the bumper and the plastic surrounding it. The weight only decreased the front by 1/8th of an inch. Coilovers were cranked up for an extra 1/2" of lift to compensate and bring it up a tad more.

Also discovered that one of my rear ICON shocks is leaking. That's the second shock to fail in the 6 months of easy city use. Not even going to bother dealing with the useless clowns at ICON for a repair under warranty. Not worth the stress of dealing with their incompetence. Just love this shit.

Two Hondo Garage vent RAM mounts have arrived in all their glory. Will install them tomorrow.

 

Whats the plan with shocks? You gonna swap them?

Is this a common problem with Icon?

I'm in the market for suspension atm.

 

Stage 4.

I don't know about how common it is, but I know this is the second leaking shock I've had in the 6 months since they were installed (new), and I'm very unhappy with this. Someone from ICON is supposed to get in touch with me soon to discuss options.

I would love to go with a full set of OME BP51 or Kings, but that's too much money to spend right now. This shock will get fixed one way or another, but as far as longer-term suspension plans go, I don't know yet.

 

Here are a few photos of the Relentless Fabrication bumper, along with the Smittybilt 9500 X20 Comp winch:















The license plate setup is temporary and will get mounted on a flip-up bracket as soon as I find one that'll fit in the space I have to work with.

Note that this bumper goes just about all the way up to the bottom of the grille. The other similar offerings (from SSO and C4) are lower, ending at the bottom edge of that "mesh-like" section (in which people frequently mount light bars) that sits between the grille and the bumper cover. This was not something I noticed in Relentless' original photos, and was a bit of an unpleasant surprise. Obviously my fault for not spotting this before ordering.

Other than that, the bumper is pretty good. The lines flow fairly well with the rest of the truck, and the install generally went smoothly. There were a few small alignment issues, and one of the bumper's brackets was bent (probably in shipping), but nothing my installer couldn't handle. This shop builds truck parts (including bumpers, sliders, etc.) themselves, so they have a full metal shop at their disposal. The installer (the fella that runs the shop and builds everything) gave this bumper a "C+ or maybe a low B" as far as manufacturing quality goes.

The one stupid thing I did was cheap out on and rush the powdercoating. Relentless couldn't do it on their end due to some flooding problems, and I'm on a tight schedule, so I took the bumper bare. Let a local powdercoating shop (not the one I normally use - couldn't get a hold of them) talk me out of sandblasting and just applying powder straight to the raw metal, and they did a shit job of it. Tons of nooks and crannies had zero powdercoat on the bumper, and of course, I only realized this when I got it home. Had to spray paint some of those parts. Additionally, they applied it real light, so I can already see it peeling in one spot. I suspect that in a few months I'll have to take the bumper off and get it sandblasted + powdercoated properly (as I should have done to begin with).

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the bumper and winch. It serves multiple necessary purposes, isn't excessively heavy, and doesn't draw attention to itself unless you're already checking the truck out - just what I wanted.

 

Not good. I'll have to do more research. I was looking into stage 4 Icon.

I'm sure they'll replace them if under warranty. Sucks that their customer service is shit. I'm all too familiar with that.

Best of luck!

 

You're fairly close to them so any warranty work would be a much easier ordeal. For me, each "instance" means two weeks of no truck, plus a myriad of related problems. Frustrating to say the least.

I will say though, that with the addition of this bumper & winch (130-150lbs ?), the truck got a lot more comfortable. Even these stock 650lb coils need some weight on them.

 

Speaking of truck comfort, with the ECGS bushing in front diff, and the 4-degree axle shims that fixed my vibration issues , this thing is now so smooth that if @smitty99 drove it, he'd soil his pants and proclaim the third gen his lord & savior .

 

Taking inspiration from this thread, I put some brass fittings into my UCA covers so that I can unscrew the fitting's cap, spray some teflon lubricant in there, and cover it back up.

One nice surprise was that the seal from the 3M tape which is used to attach these UCA covers has held up well over the ~4 months since I've installed the covers. The interior of the UCA ball joint looks good, and still has plenty of the lubricant I added when installing these caps. No dust/dirt/water or rust in there.





Used JB Weld to secure the fittings instead of cutting a thread and using lock-tite. The cover material is quite thin, so there's not much thread that would be holding on even if the thread was there. I think/hope the JB weld (which I applied where the thread would be, as well as from the top and bottom) will do a better job of keeping the fitting secure and waterproof.