Squirrel's Nuts

[SecretSquirrel]

Gonna make this 'build' thread simple...
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2010:

2012:

2013-Black Bear Pass, Ouray CO:

Mods

Suspension
Front: King 2.5" Resi Coilovers, Total Chaos UCAs
Rear: OME Dakars, Armortech Offroad shackle flip kit with 1" greaseable XJ shackles, U-bolt flip, extended brake lines

Armor/Recovery
Front: Rhino-lined All-Pro plate bumper with Superwinch LP8500 winch
Rear: Kennesaw Mountain multi-carrier with tire & HiLift mount (don't buy one unless you can weld)
Under: Allpro & ATO skids, E-Locker guard, homegrown 5-legged kickout sliders

Exterior
Satoshi grille, vent visors, mounted ammo can bed storage, safari basket on home-fabbed bars
305/70-16 Goodyear Kevlars on Moto Metal 955B rims
Mombasa roof top tent on self-fabbed rack (love my tube bender)

Interior
Audio/Video: Toshiba Thrive 10" tablet in a custom mount, JL 6ch amp, Kenwood sub in Scosche sub enclosure, JL components
Misc: TRD seat covers, LED interior lights

Engine
Safari Snorkel, dumped exhaust

Future: Building an expo trailer to pull behind it -sold it. Trail toy to replace it for rock duties...Built one, don't wheel it (TBD)
I'm just now planning on driving it until it dies...

 

[AlienXtx]

Nice man, keep it simple.

 

[jdmcq]

Nice.

 

[yotarob]

Looks good SS.

 

[SecretSquirrel]

Thanks guys. Just trying do my part to get this place up and going...

 

[tex]

looking real good. I love the rear bumper and basket in the bed. Do you have any more pics or details about the bed basket and how you fabed the bars?

 

[SecretSquirrel]

looking real good. I love the rear bumper and basket in the bed. Do you have any more pics or details about the bed basket and how you fabed the bars?

The bed basket is a Coleman safari basket that I waited for 2 months for one to come up on CL. Got it for 100.

The crossbars are 1" square steel cut to bed-width & welded to leftover plate steel I had laying around. They're bolted to electrician spring nuts that fit nicely in the bed rails. You can get the spring nuts at HD.

 

[tex]

thanks for the info on the basket.

 

[AlienXtx]

Thanks guys. Just trying do my part to get this place up and going...

Thanks buddy.

 

[SecretSquirrel]

thanks for the info on the basket.

I'll try to grab a pic of it later for you

 

[AlienXtx]

http://www.motifake.com/searchpage.php?tag=squirrel

 

[SecretSquirrel]

 

[AlienXtx]

damn da nutts!...

 

[cmack]

Looks good Rich. Carputer still doing good?

 

[Anathollo]

Looking good SS! What new tires are you thinking of getting?

 

[SecretSquirrel]

Looks good Rich. Carputer still doing good?

Haven't really touched it. Still need to get the regulator right so it shuts down Windows gracefully...

Looking good SS! What new tires are you thinking of getting?

Kevlars and MTZs right now. I was looking at the Interco M-16s, but I think they're going out of business

 

[Lrgrnr]

Nice Rich!! Looks like you've done alot since the last time you came down here!

 

[Silverback]

Haven't really touched it. Still need to get the regulator right so it shuts down Windows gracefully...

Kevlars and MTZs right now. I was looking at the Interco M-16s, but I think they're going out of business

The MTR Kevlars are getting good reviews.. I'm not a fan of the "looks".. I like the MTZ's better... but looks don't get you through the rough stuff.

 

[Lrgrnr]

The MTR Kevlars are getting good reviews.. I'm not a fan of the "looks".. I like the MTZ's better... but looks don't get you through the rough stuff.

Very true, I work for Goodyear and we make the Steel and the Kevlar belts that go in these tires. Alot of time and money go into these tires, Goodyear uses the best of the best. The same side walls in these tires are in every US Army vehicle over seas.

Goodyear is now in developing a MTR Kevlar thats 3lbs light than the current, no other info can be talked about

 

[AK27]

cool pic of your truck rich! (the third photo)