Colinb17's kinda sorta build thread - now with 4-link and long travel

i also love my gaurd dogs on my work truck pound on them on and offroad they are great on the street abit louder then my km2's on the street equal in mud and much better in the snow and i dont have kledge grip either....them seem to be very sticky cant wait to get them on the taco

 

Looks like it's an option, and at the same price:
"Now with new rubber from bead to bead so both sidewalls are new, resistant to weather and ozone cracking, and carry the TreadWright name. "

Edit: The price is the same but your getting a lower load rating in some cases. Not a big deal since E vs. D isn't needed on our trucks, may even be desirable to some to have the softer sidewall.

 

I'm excited. Once tax return happens I'm probably going to throw down the money for wheels and tires.

 

Great! Is there a specific thread for the meets? Or is it this one?

 

We just had a meet, so there is an organizational thread for it, and well as a picture thread. We'll start a new thread at some point for the next meet.

 

some pictures of the painted recess washers and stainless hardware.
doesn't look fantastic, but i like it better than the empty holes.

 

got the room, don't have the gearing. lockers/gears/35s happening all in one shot.....

 

Colin that turned out pretty good. I might have to do that.

 

i have some thinking to do on that one "all in one shot" may turn out to be get the tires, drive on them for a week and figure out from there what's best. if i didn't tow so much i'd just get 4.56s in hopes of keeping double digit MPG, but becasue of towing, i may need the 4.88s.

 

Thanks, Coby. only costs about $25, including paint, and that's because it's all 1/4'' stainless hardware.

 

Looks good. It was painful to watch and hear you destroy your fenders

 

the flares are fine. just popped a couple more of those little plastic clips

 

New bedrack I'm building for one of our members in the panhandle......





mockup on a friend's truck

 

Ability to draw a Tacoma? 10 of 10
Ability to draw a tire/wheel? 4 of 10

Rack looks stellar though!

 

handwriting? 0 of 10

 

i have issues right now. it's only like 2k rpm at 70 MPH

 

I was that on fb looking good

 

i've been slacking on getting pictures of it posted.
with the rails aligned and bending done, it should be progressing a lot faster now.

 

on another note, i was crawling around under the truck, doing one of my routine post-wheeling inspections, to make sure everything was in order. looks like i have the very very early stages of a crack forming in the weld or one of my LCAs. going to toss a fresh weld on it in the next few days to prevent any further issues.

 

just looks like a chip in the paint, but you can tell it's the start of a crack if you look at the inside of the weld. i couldn't get a good picture of that though.