NW WA Meet / BS Thread

You are on the right line of thinking. Springs just set ride height, that is all. Shocks control the "ride". The "right" spring for you is one that is just stiff enough to support the average load. You will sit stinkbug when empty, and squat a little when fully loaded. No matter the brand, they are all made out of the same spring steel and will fatigue over time. This is especially true if they aren't a high enough spring rate and you have them compressed all the time!

 

I agree with you mostly. There is a thread all about springs on here.

Older springs (70's or below) use a better material. There are different quality spring steel but most are pretty close now-a-days. This is a good explanation and exactly why I want to have looser springs (for trails) and airbags (for loads).

 

Who really cares? New leafs are only like $100... oh wait #Chevy63sFTMFW

 

You're your own worst enemy here...

 

Until you go and put the swap in

 

Thinking back, I'd probably do the Icons instead of OMEs if we're being honest here. Also no grey color on my Wet Okoles.

 

FTFY

 

Yeah I'd have to agree.

 

Well I knew it was too good to be true. The one I received was for an xrunner and they can't get the correct one.

@dakotasyota give me a holler when yours are available. I'll make a donation to your long travel swap. [emoji3]

 

Hey all, here's the final call for the day trip to Tahuya on july 12th. Remember we are meeting at the safeway in belfair, WA at 9:30, and leaving at 10am for the trail. For details, see this thread, if you're interested put your name in the thread so we know to expect you!
-C

 

Hey is there also a meet on the 17th?

 

In tillamook

 

Im still on the fence about going, depends how much I get done this next week on the truck.

 

I'm torn on it myself. Funds are getting a bit tight... I'm not poor.... but getting tight

 

Sell your kid to science and rent out your wife. That will knock your bills down while providing extra truck money.

 

... I have a off topic, moral question question for you guys... I am conflicted.

I was at a local garage sale 2 days ago. It seemed like this family was selling some of their stuff and maybe a deceased grandparents stuff. I found a Yakima rack that I knew was worth more then they were asking. I buy and sell Yakima racks all the time so, naturally, I bought it to resell it. It sat in my garage for 2 days until this morning when I started cleaning it up to list it on CL. I opened the parts box and found a surprise... $1,500+ worth of currency, silver bullion, and rare coins. So the question is, return it or keep it?

 

Seriously? Sounds very odd that collection would be stashed in a parts box? I would return it, pending proof they could identify the items.

 

The family had no information about the rack or the parts. I kept asking, "do you have any other parts" (it was missing some) and "do you have any keys?" There response was, "No, this is everything we have for it" and then the guy handed me that parts box.

 

I use to work residential HVAC on the east side for about 8 years. I took a no heat call in the winter on Mercer Island. The house was old and the furnace was the crawl. The house had an abandoned fire place with a brick chimney, old school style with a clean out at the very bottom in the crawl, under the heat plate. This opening was near the service panel of the gas furnace, I noticed an old Olympia beer pop top can in there under some ashes. Once I looked a little closer I saw an old metal lock box half buried too. Inside was thousands of $$ in cash, diamond rings and other jewelry, and old pictures. I was shocked! I put it back in the ashes and never said a word, but I've always wondered if the current home owner out it there or if it had been forgotten years before.

 

If you have their phone #, I would call and ask if they are missing any items like that. It's tough because your not responsible for what they sold you, it's your property now. But, if it happened to me I'd be very grateful if someone returned it.