Long Travel BS Thread

Nice! And wow those cleaned up quite a bit!

 

Paint fixes everything. Looks nice now!

 

I use a splitter and my CB antenna also functions as my FM radio antenna.

 

Funny, I painted my Radflo bumps today. I haven't touched them for several years. The cans corroded on the inside where the welds were despite painting them well, and it ate into the bump body coating a little. They still had 113 psi, so I guess that's good news. I'm thinking of using plastidip on the shocks to help preserve them. I usually pull them once a year for inspection, polish, and a fresh coat of wax but derp might work better than paint....

 

i like . is it matte paint and matte clear or just paint?

 

Sorry, been at the Socal Tacomas meet all day. I will look tomorrow morning.

 

I think I am going to replace my prerunner style tire carrier with a vertical, Jeep like tire carrier.

I am tired of the lost bed space when it is mounted inboard and it hangs out too much for my liking when mounted outboard.

I am going to use the trailer axle style hinge, the super heavy duty ones. I am tired of the way the bushings flex when I open the tire carrier and the difficulty of aligning the holes and pins every time I open and close it (probably more a characteristic of my build quality than the design).

Am I crazy? Any good reason to not build a vertical swing out tire carrier on a long travel truck?

 

You were there? I was looking for you and your truck!

 

Bit higher COG and a lot of rear weight on the ass end. Mine adds a lot of weight. My rear bumper is well over 200lbs now.

 

Yeah, I got there at 11:30 and left at 6! I was on the grill cooking most of the time.

I was parked infront of the Rebel trailer by all the Ez-ups. I wondered where you were at.

 

I'm so blind I guess, I was at the southern end of the group but made a few passes walking around.

 

Great turn out. Lots of great looking trucks.

 

you were too busy talking to folks about bonzens (sp?) truck. both times i walked by your truck you some how mentioned that dude LOLOLOL. i had the red 4runner parked a few trucks over from you. woulda said hi, but you guys mean mugged when we walked over to check out your truck (we had the pitbull with us)

 

I didn't mean mug anyone! Lots of people had dogs! I never saw who owned that 4runner. Now I feel bad

 

i said "howdy" and not one response from your click. so we walked away slowly. you white people scare us.

 

I'm sorry dude, I don't remember that. Most of the people hanging by my truck I met today. Only knew the 2 guys that came with me.

 

no worries man. your truck looks beastlier in person.

 

duplicolor low gloss engine enamel...no clear.


having a real struggle with the motor mounts...with one side bolted down the other side wont even come close to lining up..it hit on the top of the purch, ive cut the flat plate off and plan on cutting out new ones and welding them on

 

When u got the first one leave the bolt n nut barely threaded together to allow u more play. Then when both are thread tighten those bitch down.

 

Selling my t100 axle to finish building my ford 9"
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