Nevadabugle's Conservative Overland Build and Trip Reports with BS...

They will remake them for you. Head to the DMV and they should be able to point you in the right direction.

 

Have you had any issues with the tent slipping around on the rack? I just got the CBI bars and Mt. Shasta tent and it almost slid backwards off my rack driving around town. With the bolts CVT issues it was a pretty tight fit.

 

Wow....no problems what so ever. So are you saying the tent slid back on the rack? I hammer on my truck pretty hard with lots of high speed desert driving (45-60mph) and lots of rough two tracks. No issues with anything moving. I did tighten mine beyond what CVT recommends. I believe they say that if the flat plate is bending they are too tight. I tightened mine so that the plate were just starting to show some bend.

 

yes, it slid backwords so it was only resting on on rail. when I was putting it on it almost seemed like the holes drilled in the CVT base-plates to go under the rack weren't wide enough for the the CBI bars. Tightening the nuts the slides that go in the CVT rails were pushing out a bit. I don't know if that could be it. Figured I would get on here and ask since they were close today. makes me a little concerned to put it back on.

 

give CVT a call. They have been really good with customer service for me. I bet they will get you squared away.

 

Sick truck bro!! Inspiring me to mod up my truck

 

Thanks. I got to get back to work on it soon. I have a few other mods I need to get done now that the weather is nice.

 

Did you ever end up relocating your rear camera? What's the story?

 

Dude. What the fuck? Are you stalking me? I just came inside from relocating it....pics to come.

 

LOL

 

Did you ever wear that thong I sent you? What's the story?

 

Success! You can see the spare tire in the upper right hand corner of the screen. I may need to adjust the camera a little but overall it works great! Pretty easy to do. Hardest part is lengthening the wire harness which is too short for to offset the camera like it is from the factory.

 

That is sick! That is my biggest concern with getting the swingout, that I will lose this in addition to the BSM. I take it that this is semi permanent, and so would be a hassle to switch back if I run part time with swingout, part time without?

 

Yeah it would be a hassle.

 

I could switch it back if needed. Not not something I would like to do very often.

 

I put step by step instructions below.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/diy-back-up-camera-relocate-with-spare-tire-swingout.491245/

 

Have you seen this. It's for bikes but probably has a lot of useful info for a trans Nevada trip.

http://ridebdr.com/NVBDR

 

Nice find.

 

How loud is the Prinsu cabrac and also did it cause an mpg drop off

 

Just a little noise. Not bad. Maybe a little drop in mpg. .5 or so.