Oregon and Washington BS thread

So...the girlfriend got a yota today. Tried talking her into getting a white one, but no dice haha.

 

So my buddies tacoma is acting a little weird. It's got a 6 " fab tech lift and hasn't ever had issues with it. But... the last few months his steering arms are hitting the coil on his coilover. Had an alignment done awhile back and that didn't fix anything. He says he can actually feel the arm skip/hang up when he turns. Mine rub a little so told him it aint a big deal, but his is beyond just a little rub.I'm at a loss on what the issue could be, thoughts?

 

Nice, 2.7 or 4.0?

Every pickup I buy from now on will be white. I hate how scratches show on dark colors.

 

4.0, gotta have a little pep! Dad did get a '16 with the 4 cylinder last week and its not tooo bad, but not as good as the 4.0. White definitely hides it well. I do need to do a good buff and wax job on mine though. The paint would love that.

 

Anyone in the PDX area done the Cab mount chop? I have the plates from BAMF but my welding skills are not up to par for this kind of job! Gladly pay plus beer!

 

Ease up on the caster. Aligning lifted trucks to stock specs doesn't work too well. Turn the front alignment cam "out" so that it pushes the LCA back toward the cab. Move it the same amount on the other side, and you probably won't need to get it re aligned. Also take a look at the steering stops and make sure they are making contact at full turn.

 

And I am asking the OR/WA BS thread to educate me:

Stumbled upon a thread on PBB about Rubicon Trail photos, and someone was using a Marine grade GPS Lowrance HDS5/520C with a white sat receiver mounted on top of the snorkel.
Thoughts?
Benefits?
Stupid?
Stupid expensive...

I have a Garmin 265wt "pedestrian" GPS that has some of the NF/FS road around WA/OR/ID/MT but zero on topo or even the ability to download maps/trails to it (i.e. WABDR).

 

Stupid. The new hotness in offroad nav is to mount an iPad in the dash and get a GPS dongle for it mounted on the roof. Motion-X gps app can be used offline with google earth/bing style aerial pictures cached. I use that app with my iPhone and have the tracks for OBDR on it, works great. It also has forest roads, topo, etc.

(FJC, but you get the idea)

 

X2. I used that app when we did the Idaho BDR since I could download their tracks into it. Worked really well

 

Exactly what I needed to know!

 

I personally haven't done the CMC yet, but I can help with the welding as soon as I get my tank filled, unless you don't mind solid beads from innershield.

 

Thank man, Seems pretty straight forward to me, Trace out, cut and weld back in. I just don't want to catch my body mount on fire!

 

Just missed a bear. Dammit!

 

They are sneaky fockers sometimes!

 

He wasn't even sneaky though! Easy 190 yard shot. I think my mistake was shooting when he was standing up instead of on all fours. They get a little skinny standing up. Should've waited for him to get on all fours and have a larger center of mass. He didn't jump when I shot and I couldn't find any blood so...I guess a clean miss. I'll check the woods he took off into tomorrow morning just to be safe though.

 

Ok need opinions on RTT mounting style. To the side? Or off the back? I'm leaning off the back, that way if I need to keep some things in the bed, they're easily accessible through the annex without having to reach over the bedside.

 

Try it both ways and see what you like best. Although once you decide to mount it off the back and cut the rails, there's a good chance it won't fit if you decide to change it to over the side.

 

It's also very easy to misjudge their size...and the range. A big bear at 300 is the same size as a little bear at 190. I look at their ears to judge how big they are.

 

I've seen 2 2016's in the student parking lot now..

 

I can only imagine that number will climb although I've yet to see any 16s on the road.