Nudavinci's (Taco_Outlaw) 2013 DCSB Taco Build, Adventures and BS

cab mounts set me back in a few things and may not have interior back in before Baja but knocking out a few mods.

Installed the expedition essentials mount. First one I believe on an X1. It does cover the handle so I added a spacer on the bottom which gives it an angle. Only thing I’d do differently is move 1/4” up or back so I can access the lock. As of now it’s slightly not enough room. Was more concerned with being able to open it.

 

I'm not a a full CWI or NDT VT LvIII but that looks like a lack of preheat, and then a very hot weld on a cold frame with some cold toes that worked like a lever on the base metal and resulted in the discontinuities in your frame.

So yeah, install.

 

Yeah it does look like a terrible weld. No preheat, lack of fusion, and then their quality guy forgot to do MPI... or maybe it was the last frame of the day and he fudged the test results so he could get off work on-time.

 

The welds themselves actually look okay and obviously they held up as they stayed and took some base metal with them. The base metal (actual frame) is what failed not the welds, just looks like a lack of a WPS, again no pre heat of the base metal so embrittlement was formed in the heat effected zone.

 

Yah I’m going with shotty install. But was rad the company that made the mounts stood by them even though they didn’t fail.

 

New mounts installed over the weekend. Repaired the frame, welded plates ontop then a mew larger (almost twice as wide) fully formed work upgraded synergy bushings installed. big props to Alpine Designs for standing by their product even though the mount didn’t fail itself.

 

These are new designs from the one you had?

 

They are

 

How's the arm rests going?

 

Who did you have do the install on these?

 

These ones were installed at Alpine who makes them.

 

ha havent went back to try it since the first go around. Had to slap the door back in to head down to Baja. I need to get back to it. Trucks mostly had no interior most of the year.

 

Right on, how was the run this year?

 

Was a fun trip. Was going to be chill but we ended up going almost to Cabo. Def lots of driving.

 

Hey man. Whenever you get the opportunity.. you think you could take some decent measurements of how much you cut off your Prinsu rack. Mostly the length of it. I want to cut mine beforehand and don't want to over cut the length. Like the measurement from the back of the side panel of the Prinsu to your vertical cut further forward.

 

It was around 42" but ill grab a measurement. It actually comes right up to one of the crossbars, right on the edge so it's easy to gauge looking back if you used the standard mounting points. I do know where I cut it we ended taking off another inch or so then on the baja trip I had to take more off. Ill get more scientific numbers though for ya.

 

You the man. Thank you. Would save me a ton of headache. Lol

 

indeed I did the same at least measure wise but was a 3rd gen so it was a bit of trial and error.

This is where I measured


At first, I did it with 42 but as you see we took another 1" off after.


This is where I suggest cutting a bit more or as much as you can. At least 1" forward and 1.25 - 1.5 down. Maybe angle it here so it has some movement. I did I think 1.25 all the way but will prob take a bit more off just in the front. This was my Baja trail fix as it was hitting (as you can see by the mark) so with an angle grinder I happen to have with me and some crude methods ( I could not get in there to have it flush) I plan to clean it up whenever the camper is off.

 

Perfect! Thank you for taking the time to do that. So it definitely needs that extra clearance up front. How about the bottom? You hit there still with the 1.25 cut? Or should I just make it all a 1.5 cut length and height wise.

 

a few updates if a few things I finally got around to

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had to trim the leafs and prob did them a tad too short. They will do for now until my new leaf pack arrives 900 years from now.



@Bonzen Solid Offroad Motor and Trans mounts

Took a long time but we could have shaved off a couple hours. We had all the mounts off in a couple of hours. Much of that was figuring out how to tackle it. Putting them back on took the longest. Word of advice is mount the side to the engine first then tackle the mount to frame. We Initially we did the frame then engine and it won’t work. too hard to line up that way. If you go engine first you have a lot of room to move around the mounts to line up perfectly.

also remember blue loctite no red and make sure you have some.


these can be installed in your driveway with only a jack and stands. It does help to have 2 when you drop the diff (if 4wd). It will hang fine but Esther give it support.


passenger side mounts comparison. Nice and solid.



Pardon the thread marker mess it was a long day.
Drivers side


Passenger side. This side was much easier than the drivers side


Stock mounts