NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Yeah, Deavers would be nice but damn they are spendy.

 

Yeah, they quoted me 924+shipping. All pro is 799+shipping. Maybe we can see if they will give any discount if we order a couple?!?!

 

New steel rear bumper coming up! Thanks Insurance co!

 

Turned on the Mariners game and almost thought I was watching football. Score was 18-7, I thought who got a touch down?

 

Premature onset of dementia?
Or beer.

 

As everyone has said, Deavers are nice but reeeeeal spendy. I don't do Baja or have LED bars, but FWIW, I've had the Dakar's with the extra leaf for 2.5 years (DD, no weight to heavy weight, frequent trails, good ride, good flex) and I honestly can't complain about a single thing. Oh, and they cost me around $350 bucks. Seems like a solid option to consider for 1/3 of the price

 

Yeah that does sounds like a solid option. I will definitely have to consider that with the price point. The "buy once cry once" part of me is saying go Deaver but the "holy shit, I could spend an extra 700 on something else" part of me says go Dakars... choices choices.

 

Dakars.
Extra leaf. Unlike others, mine still don't squeak after 5000 mi due me spreading red moly on every layer. We will see how long that lasts.
Ride is good but I have 1400 extra pounds of armor and gear.
2nd weekend of May I'm going to an event with friend from ARB. I'll see what small group buy I can get. No promises.

 

Mine will be flat by the end of summer. This will be the third summer I believe..

 

Wow! I started with 7" of lift, now settled to about 6.5" after what, about 9 months?

 

Im not sure. But I abuse mine quite a bit so I guess im not a good example to go off of

 

It was not the Mariners, that's for sure.

 

Maybe this is how i can convince the wife that i need front and rear bumpers... now to just find someone on their phone and brake check them...

 

My Atlas should be coming sometime soon then I'll have mine laying around.

 

It's taking

If you commute, it will happen.

I may or may not be waiting for the same thing, lol..

Here's my kill. It was a VERY clean truck before the kid hit me. That's a bad angle, that front end was destroyed.
DSC_0055 by Alex Wilson, on Flickr

 

Yeah, with the new bumpers coming in shortly... I hope , I'm going to need to replace the springs all around and I can get Eibach 700# coils, Dakars with the extra leaf, Wheeler's bushing kit and a Timbren u-bolt flip kit with bump stops from Wheeler's Offroad for a little under $900 before shipping.

The way I see it the leafs on these trucks are basically a wear item anyway and will eventually need to be replaced no matter how much I spend on them.

 

ok. let me know when they are off

 

So your Dakars have only lasted 3 years and have lost their spring? I would've thought more life in them than that.....not under ARB warranty anymore?

 

Not sure if/what the warranty was. But yeah I have every leaf in them and they'll be flat soon.

 

Anyone by chance have this auxiliary bracket for a stock 2nd gen tow hitch laying around?