Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

I got to have drinks with @WiscoPat this evening. Also, some tasty grouper tacos! Good times!!

If it makes you feel better, it was only 59° when I got to Pine Island. Brrr!

 

Wow James, are we going to have to change your name to Kojak and buy you tooties pops now?

And that guy you're with, his spiky haircut isn't doing him any favors.

 

It'll be worth the wait! Relentless makes some nice looking stuff.


As for my bumper install I have a few things to finish today. I called it quits at 9pm last night. Cutting for the Bumper and related was easy. It was the other little items that ate up time. Like figuring out and making a bracket for the winch control pack relocation. I had some .100" aluminum sheet that I bent and cut for that. Unfortunately didn't take a picture of the bracket itself but see picture of it mounted.

Today I have to try and up the preload on the front shocks to get some ride height back. At least hoping I have some adjustment left! The extra weight sunk the front about 1.25". I have heavier springs but I need to have a shop change them out and that won't be happening today .

 

Nice


To make you feel better this is what it's like here.



And roads are covered in ice by me.

 

This is what I know about kayaks... you can never have to many. My wife buys them constantly-yard sales whatever. We have a boathouse full of them, not to mention under the deck at home. Family of four-3 canoes and currently 10 kayaks with two being doubles. Some glass, some plastic. I just smile and nod- everyone has their thing. I applaud your will power!

 

Yes! I have 2, and wouldn't mind more. I was going to buy another one to leave down here, but I'm trying to keep this trip cheap this year.

Thank you! It's not in my nature to not speed, so ut was a challenge!

 

It was great having a nice date, er, time to catch up!

 

Bumper is Done! I'm happy with how it turned out.

 

Wow! That looks great! Very clean look with that bumper.

It seems all the full 4runner bumpers are a bit too much, but this seems to just flow perfectly on the Taco!

 

Larry Dangerfield, our discourse yesterday had me watching Sukie closely on our ride this morning. -6 and she seemed just fine.



Post ride Ice face...

 

Like that a lot. Wish there was something that looked that good for the 2nd Gen...

 

How long were you out this morning?

 

45 minutes or so

 

Looks real nice

 

Looks really nice.

 

I’m no machiner but I spent some time this morning making an installation tool for the ECGS bushing.



This is why it’s called chip manufacturing

 

Nice!

 

Hey... where did you get the dimensions??? Have a plan you can share (no CNC here.)