Chux's 2013 Beach Buggy Build

https://www.etrailer.com/Roof-Rack/...2fZgGWEAQYAiABEgKSFvD_BwE#exp-productdetails=

I cut them to length and bolted them to the cap window casing. Made some aluminum bridge plates and added all-threads to mount the TREDs

 

New gears hit 500 miles yesterday literally as I parked on the beach




Got home and flushed the gear oil




Oil change as well






Also I keep forgetting to address my e-brake cable rubbing on my leaf pack
For now I’m going to add wire loom (prob double up) on the brake cable with zip ties

Any other suggestions?





While the drawers were out to reduce weight for break in period I fixed a crack with an aluminum bandaid and sanded, re-stained, and clear coated the drawer tops




Also was looking to crank down my icons a bit. After a trip to Canada, cross country, lots of miles on and offroad the front end could use some perk. My passenger side is hurting from beach life but driver isn’t so bad.. hit the threads with som PB to try and turn in a couple days

Driver


Passenger




Set time aside this Saturday to do trans flush and leaf bushings

While break in period removing most of the truck weight I took the air out of my rear air bags completely. It’s so apparent how shot the bushings are now. You can hear and feel them clunk each side going around turns.. they about 5 years old.





And air bags FTMFW
No matter how much I wanna carry I can just add more air.
If I want a softer ride as the trail gets rocky, I can’t let out some air.
Along with the ability to still flex the rear, this is the most perfect setup for me

https://youtu.be/uFvY5PKq3gU

 

Yo man. Sorry I still owe you that pic. Weekends are occupied getting everything moved out of our place in anticipation of our move the second weekend in April. I'll set a reminder to snap a pic and send it after work today.

Sorry again.

 

Hey no worries no hurries

 

Zip ties are what I did for the ebrake cable. After 5k miles still there no issues lol

 

Good ta know. Gonna double up the loom too anyway..

 

You can get some fuel line/hose that’ll fit over the e brake cable and secure it with small hose clamps. Then it rubs that instead of the cable.

 

I’ve been running wire loom on my e brake cable for 8 years. Still on the original pieces too

 

Well thanks for telling me now friend...

 

Well you can see them in that picture from the other day

 

I love this idea!! Any idea on how much weight these will support? Did you reinforce on the inside? I was thinking if I do this mod I’d run a flat 1.25” pice of steel with the same hole pattern as the track to bolt the tracks to. Acting as a long “washer” so to speak

 

That would actually be a great idea..

Something I would’ve done as well but I knew the mounts were Tred specific. If I was gonna do roto cans or any additional weight I woulda considered the flat stock washer. I just used the flat washers that came with the hardware to the track system.

No clue how to guess how much weight this setup can properly hold.

 

why don't you go stand on the treds and bounce up and down

 

Bekuz gravity

 

Either way this is a super sweet idea I would like to do this to my shell as well and shovel axe combo and waterport to opposite side

 

Been wondering for days how my bushing swap was gonna go. After soaking the hardware three times over a week with PB I finally went in to see if I could actually unthread a nut.. One nut off led to another off which led to pulling the bushings and shackle flip mount.

Bushings were definitely woah’d the fuck out




It was wild to see the bare steel still shinny from grinding off the frame rivets to install the shackle flip. Thought for sure their would be corrosion itself on the frame but even that was clean. A bit of rust at the optional bolt holes but nothing to worry about.

 

This makes me hopeful for my SOS to BAMF shackle hanger swap. Frame looks clean.

 

And this is what failed POR15 looks like..

https://youtu.be/P2DuVj7hkhk



Plan now is to wire wheel the brackets bare and paint them with VHT chassis paint

 

Looks like kbvoodoo powdercoat

 

No problems with mine, even where I had to clearance them to fit around my bed stiffeners..