Idaho BS thread in the PNW

Lol sure why not.

 

I had a fun night

 

Its just beginning

 

Started off as a beautiful day for a nice wheel.

Me - 96 tacoma, 31" winter tires, 9psi (amazing btw)
My friend - 90 Toyota pick up, 3" BL, 33" Vativas MT, 8 psi (basically stock)
Other friend - 98' tacoma, 6" Fagtech, 3" BL, 37"x14.5 Open Country MT, 10 psi

*Now i know your going to say stuff about mr 37, and i know what your going to say so dont bother. We're all out to have fun and thats what matters



Started to get deep and soft...

























Gave him a little tug out



Then he had to try it and ended up getting high centered so i tugged him out too





Then he slipped into the fence and we had to dig one side out so it would drop the truck so it was level.



Once we made it out that it was either try the main route and go up a stupidly steep hill or do the short cut that wasnt packed in. So short cut it was... Mr 37" had to break trail cause thats the rule! He had to go back and forth slowly and slowly pack it down.







By the time we got to the top it was dark







Turned out the short cut was locked with a gate and the exit was 100 ft from us. We turned around and went back. Going up those hills was the hardest thing ive ever done. Basically going up hills that you would have to apply brakes when your going down it in the summer. That steep but with 1ft of snow. I couldnt believe I made it out. Even mr 37 had troubles. But we made it out with some excellent driving.

I learned alot of things about wheeling in snow. Airing down is the most important no matter your tire size, 2nd Low gear is the best, slow speeds are best unless you have hills, never use rear locker unless its a hill.

 

please dont quote the whole thing

 

haha, thought you'd like that

 

hey bitches!

 

looks like fun Ian!

 

not surprised there lol Jerry just did two GBs in a row. and the last one was huge.

 

Cbi said they would install them for $80 so it would be just shy of $500 for the sliders and install. Plus about 110 miles in fuel to drive up them.

How hard would it be to spray paint them after they are already weld to the pickup without getting the pickup? Lots of tape and plastic?

 

Cbi said they would install them for $80 so it would be just shy of $500 for the sliders and install. Plus about 110 miles in fuel to drive up there.

How hard would it be to spray paint them after they are already welded to the pickup without getting the pickup? Lots of tape and plastic?

EDIT: I need to learn to proof read when posting from my phone. Haha

 

The bolt on ones are $100 more although i should be able to install them myself. They will be about $510.

Why would you rather the bolt on instead of weld? Easier to replace or repaint?

 

bolt on is nice if you ever want to sell them when you're selling the truck but weld on are stronger and you don't have to worry about bolts shearing off or loosening up

 

Im tired... What a night. Still cant believe i made it out

 

I see. I guess i will think about the cbi bolt ons. That way i wont have to worry about painting the taco when i paint them.

 

god wtf is wrong with you people? its like everyone here thinks that just because something is "big" its not functional, its going to fail and break, its worthless and it looks stupid. i think thats a pretty mean looking truck. look at those tires! they are about a foot and a half wide! clearly it did its job breaking trail for everyone. i like it



also my friend swallowed a tab from his "apple juice" can the other night. im going to lol when it comes out the other end

 

lol good point. well i dont think the db is that bad. just a necessary piece of hard ware. are you on spring break ben? also i cant find anyone to give me some jackstands (insert mjp2 joke here) so i can do my rear lift before i do the front toight at my friends house. how hard is it to find some dam jackstands?

 

check out Demello too. They make bolt on sliders.

but there are other vendor that make sliders other then Jerry. Ask Eric(relentless off road) Im sure he can get you a set much cheaper shipped then the CBI ones. You'd have to get them welded on tho or do it yourself.

 

DB are fugly. and it is dumb to a point to lift too much. Then you COG is way high which is bad if you don't compensate by going wider..which a DB lift doesn't..

Sure, it works. But there are much better ways to go.

 

4x wants $415 for sliders for my taco and then shipping.