Long Travel BS Thread

just put some plate over it

 

thats what i was thinking just wanted to finish my spare tire carrier first.

 

Any first gen guys on here running the giant motorsports link killer? id love to see the ride height and here how it performs. seems like a good set up

 

only cat I know with that setup is @whitetoblack

And it looks sick.

 

yea ive been saving up still need more $ but i really think that would be a bad ass set up! Thanks for the info

 

i need to know whos truck this is

 

At first glance I thought it was yours haha!

 

All I know about that truck is it would be scary AF to drive fast. That tall ass roof rack would not be fun.

 

lol nah, id love to do a light cage like hes got though, just dont have a radius bender to make it how i want.

get the trophy truck lean in the corners though, so worth it...

 

No its not..not the same thing at all. Trust me. haha I had a roof rack like that. It made shit scary. Also..killed your power above 40mph

 

i know i was kidding lol i had a rack on my crawler and was sketch.

 

Yeah seemed like a lot of weight with that big metal box and the spare, but a factory type roof rack with some light gear and a solar panel or two could be cool. I know only double cab first gens got the roof rack from the factory, but something similar is what I was envisioning - removable or at least minimized when not in use so you're not getting a lot of drag.

 

lol that's not my truck - just goals for it lol. 5 years from now hopefully it will be having a lot of the same features. $$$$$

 

@SanClemTaco will be installing one. I'm thinking about it later.

 

This is what I did:

Frankenstein Build-9.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr
Frankenstein Build-21.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr
Frankenstein Build-22.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr

For maxxtraxx or whatever. Solar panels sure. I'm going for stick on ones though on the other truck.

But that's about as low profile as it gets. And my other experiences with roof racks suck. Just kills the highway driving.

 

clean. How did you shape the c channel stuff? Cardboard template? What is it exactly? Any more info on how you attached it? My truck is a beater that I'll dress up as much as possible. Permanent rails might not be too bad for it, but interested to see how you do the removable ones

 

Install was a bitch. Drilled holes and tightened them down from the middle out.

They are just 4' aluminum heavy duty rails from US cargo. Just put in a vice and bent to shape. My Buddy did it a while ago. Originally was going to do something more complex, but then he just tried bending them and so we did that instead.

write up here.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...rail-rig-and-bs.159436/page-629#post-13103925

 

Muchas gracias señor. Got me pumped for another summer project. 5 weeks to go

 

Not much of a difference to me maybe a fat 2nd gen thing

 

I'm happy with my McNeil 6" fenders, fits well, some massaging here and there but overall quality seems to be there.

Can't comment on roadrunner as I've never seen them or dealt with the company