What have you done to your ride lately?

tx_shooter

It is not a war crime the first time.
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Have a link to them? It would be nice to have a set at the house waiting to be installed when I get home.
 

Silverback

Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Thanks; did you install both or just one?

Both

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the_white_shadow

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Started on the new chassis for dirt squirrel v. 2.0. Going to be even dirtier. Haha.
 

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Silverback

Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Your shop is very clean!

<--- jelly!

So what are the plans?
 

taco4x4rar

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Damn why so much rise on the front frame, planning on raising the motor for a tri 4 link up front
 

tx_shooter

It is not a war crime the first time.
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I am in love with all the space in that shop. I cannot wait for my wife to be done with school so we can move and then I can build a real shop.
 

the_white_shadow

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The rise is for more up travel. Motor will be pushed back in the cab about 8-10" and set down low in the chassis. The rise is about 4" more than what I have now in which i had to notch for the panhard. I think I'm going to switch to a 4 link and slam the truck as low as possible.
 

the_white_shadow

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Oh and I have no idea what I'm doing so most of it will probably have to be redone. Haha
 

taco4x4rar

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Yup been there it's why mine wasn't done at jambo ended up making the frame too wide to use standard cab mounts and had the engine set too high for the trans to clear the trans tunnel
 

the_white_shadow

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My rails are 28" wide which is the centerline of the output to the edge of the atlas, plus an inch, X2. Planning to clock it flat. I'm going to cut the entire floor out of the cab and have it flat under the seats. Hoping t get more headroom this time since I'm keeping the interior cage, as I loathe exo cages. The backhalf will be all tube and everything will tie together front to back. I am starting to do stupider shit whewelding wise and want to be protected better than I am now.
 

the_white_shadow

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So where do you think your ride height will end up at?

Currently my frame is at 24.5" on my 43s. I'm hoping to drop that down a few inches if possible. Too low and ill dragain my belly all day while crawling and I would like to avoid that. It's going to look stupid low since I'm ditching the 3" body lift that is currently on it.
 

Anathollo

Armorall is my choice of lube
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Soooo I broke my double-din headunit when we came off the Chinamen Gulch trail. There was a loose wire in the back causing the screen to constantly flicker really bad (super bright to really dim). It was getting annoying on the drive home so I gave it a little love tap...and by little love tap, I mean I accidentally shattered the screen like an iPhone 4 lol Oh well, I installed that radio in my second month of owning my Tacoma. So it's 10 years old already and had a bunch of issues that come with age. So it was time to replace it... so I just ordered a Kenwood DDX9903S. Looking forward to Android Autoplay and the front & rear camera that I'm going to install on it.
 

Silverback

Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
You didn't want one with Nav? I guess the Autoplay will let you use Google Maps I suppose.
 
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