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I have ran cheap led's ever since they came out. Stuck some BD stuff on my rig this time around and...... I'm done using the cheap lights
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I have ran cheap led's ever since they came out. Stuck some BD stuff on my rig this time around and...... I'm done using the cheap lights
Snowy
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I have ran cheap led's ever since they came out. Stuck some BD stuff on my rig this time around and...... I'm done using the cheap lights
I'm the same way and it's wild how big the difference is. I’ve got Amazon special landscape lighting for under the truck rock lights for reference too
Changed the oil today and cut the filter open. No glitter bomb has gone off. So the 3RZ lives for another year it appears
Snowy
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Shifters finally showed up this weekend. Nearly 6 weeks from order to delivery is annoying and the shifter base wouldn't cycle the chain case correctly on the high/low rail. The end of the shifter was too large and hitting the rail before it could travel fully into low range. Hit it with a carbide bit and got it to cycle cleanly. I also had to cut up and modify the triple stick base to push the shifters forward enough to land into the stock bezel. I knew that part was coming, but just was time consuming to have to figure out.
I also had to completely pivot and weld in 3/4' square around the tunnel opening and add extra height in the back since the whole drivetrain is lifted over stock. Complete pain in the ass to try to keep low and narrow enough to make the stock center console fit again. Making progress though, all the shift levers clear and I'm getting a new shift boot made locally for the stock bezel.
I also had to completely pivot and weld in 3/4' square around the tunnel opening and add extra height in the back since the whole drivetrain is lifted over stock. Complete pain in the ass to try to keep low and narrow enough to make the stock center console fit again. Making progress though, all the shift levers clear and I'm getting a new shift boot made locally for the stock bezel.
Snowy
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Spent way more time on the finish work to get all the plastics fitting well, flooring installed, and in general putting the interior back together. Overall, super happy with how this all turned out. Having 2 real cupholders in a normal place will be appreciated to have, especially since I do put a fair number of road miles on the truck during the summertime. It will also be super nice to not have the floor laying on the cases anymore and transferring a ton of NVH into the cab. The arm rest position with the stock plastics is also an improvement from my upholstered ammo can. It wasn't bad before, but this is just better.
I ordered new rubber tabs for the cupholders and dropped off the shift boot at a local upholstery shop. The owner was pretty flummoxed as to what I needed until 10-15 minutes of talking and looking at pictures. Sounds like he'll be able to come up with something that will work for me and be the final touch to have this project wrapped up this week.
I ordered new rubber tabs for the cupholders and dropped off the shift boot at a local upholstery shop. The owner was pretty flummoxed as to what I needed until 10-15 minutes of talking and looking at pictures. Sounds like he'll be able to come up with something that will work for me and be the final touch to have this project wrapped up this week.
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Went down to Hawk Pride and I think it's a place that has cemented itself as my favorite SE park. Almost all creek beds with minimal consequences of rolling down the mountainside like some other SE parks. Had a really good time with just a couple of minor issues to sort out after. Rained like crazy Saturday night and the trailer made for a great place to hang out in the dry.
The brake fluid level sensor rubbed into a brake line and caused the brake line itself to get hot enough that it damaged some things laying against the line. It'll be my motivation to deal with under hood wiring clean up. Also punched out a tail light, but that was all of $23 with next day delivery from Amazon to fix. Other than that, everything worked super well, it was awesome to have the interior mods done and having a couple of extra cupholders was fantastic.
The red second gen was full honey badger and drove 1200 miles round trip with me. He felt a funny popping from the rear end he thought was a rear locker since it was making odd noises for a while and thought it might be skipping teeth. We were coming up to the bridge across the Ohio River in Paducah and I had a spare 9.5" in the trailer, so we spent the hour to swap it in on the side of the road since breaking down in a construction zone, 1 lane pattern over a long bridge seemed like a losing proposition. Didn't fix the problem, and turned out to be a loose left rear wheel that would have been even worse to loose on the bridge.
The brake fluid level sensor rubbed into a brake line and caused the brake line itself to get hot enough that it damaged some things laying against the line. It'll be my motivation to deal with under hood wiring clean up. Also punched out a tail light, but that was all of $23 with next day delivery from Amazon to fix. Other than that, everything worked super well, it was awesome to have the interior mods done and having a couple of extra cupholders was fantastic.
The red second gen was full honey badger and drove 1200 miles round trip with me. He felt a funny popping from the rear end he thought was a rear locker since it was making odd noises for a while and thought it might be skipping teeth. We were coming up to the bridge across the Ohio River in Paducah and I had a spare 9.5" in the trailer, so we spent the hour to swap it in on the side of the road since breaking down in a construction zone, 1 lane pattern over a long bridge seemed like a losing proposition. Didn't fix the problem, and turned out to be a loose left rear wheel that would have been even worse to loose on the bridge.
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Hawks Pride is next on my list of unvisited parks. I need to link up with yall for the next trip
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Went down to Hawk Pride and I think it's a place that has cemented itself as my favorite SE park. Almost all creek beds with minimal consequences of rolling down the mountainside like some other SE parks. Had a really good time with just a couple of minor issues to sort out after. Rained like crazy Saturday night and the trailer made for a great place to hang out in the dry.
The brake fluid level sensor rubbed into a brake line and caused the brake line itself to get hot enough that it damaged some things laying against the line. It'll be my motivation to deal with under hood wiring clean up. Also punched out a tail light, but that was all of $23 with next day delivery from Amazon to fix. Other than that, everything worked super well, it was awesome to have the interior mods done and having a couple of extra cupholders was fantastic.
The red second gen was full honey badger and drove 1200 miles round trip with me. He felt a funny popping from the rear end he thought was a rear locker since it was making odd noises for a while and thought it might be skipping teeth. We were coming up to the bridge across the Ohio River in Paducah and I had a spare 9.5" in the trailer, so we spent the hour to swap it in on the side of the road since breaking down in a construction zone, 1 lane pattern over a long bridge seemed like a losing proposition. Didn't fix the problem, and turned out to be a loose left rear wheel that would have been even worse to loose on the bridge.
Im really surprised that loose rear wheel wasn't higher on your list of things to check after the Windrock incident. Looks like a great trip.
mightymouse84
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shift boot turned out slick. Hit me up when you're in missouri. I should be running down to flatnasty and smorr on the regular this year.
