Tacos in St. Louis area

Cool! I'm not sure how early we could make it out there, and I wouldn't want to hold you and your brother up. I have only ridden it once from Brazil Creek (almost exactly a year ago). Looks like a chilly morning, but generally good weather for an epic autumn ride!

I'll PM you for contact info if we plan to head out there.

 

Sounds good

 

Is the trail by Berryman stocker friendly? I might be interested in joining if I can get off work I'm in Farmington so about 20 min from potosi

 

It's not too technical. Not sure what you mean by stocker, but just to be sure we are talking about the same thing, we are talking cycling not Tacos. 24 mile loop

 

Oh ok then I was thinking a type of trail ride my bad .... Yeah my fat ass would be in not shape for a ride that long

 

IIRC, there are some logging and fire roads that run through there, and I thought I heard they hold a Euro-style rally race in that area once a year. Would be cool to go tailgate the race.

 

LOL the Berryman is brutal but totally worth it. I did Council Bluffs two weekends ago. It's only 12 miles and lots of fun but there were leaves all over the trail covering up the rock gardens and whatnot. Lots of epic crashes.

Beware of the leaves!!!!

 

Well fellas I just picked up my 2013 DC OR magnetic grey tonight. Had 6 miles on it. I'm in love all over again. The mod bug is already crawling on me. This is my first brand new car ever.

 

Congrats! Lets see some pics!

 

Wow - Let me add my congrats too.

Mods: how about hood struts, D-rings, console vault, and locking bed storage box, and weathertechs?

 

5100's, AAL, weather techs, and in vent visors ordered. I'm pretty excited! I'm looking for a leer or are shell if you guys happen to see anything around.

 

I called axleboy today and they quoted me $850 to put billies AAL diff drop and cv drop on. From what taco42 said that sounds really high. I also called pur performance who put my lift on last time and they want $200 more than last time ($650).

Any suggestions on what to do? I can't do this on my own.

 

That does seem a little high. Betting I got a labor discount because I bought all my parts through them too. It would be worth going to the shop and talking to them, and let them know you think the quote seems high and see if they're willing to work with you. Let them know you got a quote from Pur for a few hundred less too.

 

How much are you lifting it? I am not following your plan. By cv drop do you mean center/carrier bearing? I'm not sure if the diff and cb drop are really necessary, although shimming the center bearing might help with angles depending on the amount of lift. You may just need the wedge between the rear axle and leaf springs. UCA's aren't on your list, and if you are lifting enough to create a need for the drops you would probably need them as well.

Are the new billies pre-assembled with the new springs? If so, that should knock off about $50 to $100 in labor.

It's hard for me to say whether that quote is reasonable or not without understanding the goal and the plan. But it sounds like you are doing something different than taco42 did.

 

I will help you install the weathertech's !

 

I found another 4x4 shop that will do it all for $400. Appointment is scheduled for next Tuesday!

On another note there's a bunch if stuff on Craigslist for 95-00 tacos. Take a look if you're interested.

 

It's a carrier bearing drop i.e. spacer. Looks like I had a typo. I had this exact same set up on my last truck and it worked well.

 

Thought I would go ahead and say hi from Fenton...below is my truck as it currently sits in case if anyone sees me around!

 

Hey, welcome!

 

Welcome!