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Brian,
Make sure to give me a call when your bumper comes in. Hopefully I will be available to give a helping hand in putting it on. Also you have my number shoot me a text when you guys are headed out on a run. I did White Mtn Sa****ay and it was just an off-day. Wish you had never left the driveway trip. Almsot flopped at first big climb and was overly sensitive to any off-camber after that. Like the build on your truck and look forward to seeing the bumper on it and being out on the trail with you again.
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08-30-2010, 05:25 PM
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Thanks Pikeman,
That sucks about White Mtn., did you still pass? That's good you didn't roll! We're hoping to have a little mod party and install our sliders and the bumper at Driffter33's house in Buena Park this sa****ay and then hopefully do some wheelin on sunday. But, it all depends on if all the parts get here by friday. Pure98 might join us and I'm sure Driffter wouldn't mind if you want to come over too! I'll let you know on friday if it's gonna happen...
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08-30-2010, 05:35 PM
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Yeah still passed and got "Black Diamond Certification". I mean heck just a couple weeks earlier I was on much harder trails. I will probably have my kids this weekend but was heading into OC to spend with my parents. I can probably let them have Grandparent time while we have a mod party. My driver front got about 3ft+ in the air and passenger rear dropped into a hole and trail was already steep and off-camber passenger. I was crawling, came to stop and panicked when it lifted like that, inched forward and it climbed higher. After messing around a bit I got out of the situation ony my own, but still enough to have severe pucker factor.
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08-30-2010, 06:36 PM
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Thanks Pikeman,
That sucks about White Mtn., did you still pass? That's good you didn't roll! We're hoping to have a little mod party and install our sliders and the bumper at Driffter33's house in Buena Park this sa****ay and then hopefully do some wheelin on sunday. But, it all depends on if all the parts get here by friday. Pure98 might join us and I'm sure Driffter wouldn't mind if you want to come over too! I'll let you know on friday if it's gonna happen...
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LOL is the board filtering the word Sa****ay ??? LOL thats hilarious!
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08-30-2010, 06:41 PM
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Ya, it makes me laugh everyday. Sa *t u r d* ay.
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08-30-2010, 07:32 PM
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08-30-2010, 08:34 PM
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Yeah still passed and got "Black Diamond Certification". I mean heck just a couple weeks earlier I was on much harder trails. I will probably have my kids this weekend but was heading into OC to spend with my parents. I can probably let them have Grandparent time while we have a mod party. My driver front got about 3ft+ in the air and passenger rear dropped into a hole and trail was already steep and off-camber passenger. I was crawling, came to stop and panicked when it lifted like that, inched forward and it climbed higher. After messing around a bit I got out of the situation ony my own, but still enough to have severe pucker factor.
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Hey pikeman any starfish on the drivers seat? 
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08-30-2010, 09:23 PM
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Haha, get's me everytime!
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09-06-2010, 09:30 PM
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Got some work done this weekend..
This Labor Day weekend I did a little wheelin and exploring with Driffter33 and then got some work done on the truck. Sat. we went to Big Bear and checked out a few trails we have never ran before and found a couple new ones to check out next time.
Then on Sun., I went down to Driffter's house and we installed my new sliders. I had some Trail Gear 58" HREW sliders on the truck for the last few months and they just didn't give me enough protection (both my rear doors can attest to that) so I upgraded to some 4xInnovations 66" DOM sliders with the kick-outs. I have to say I'm very happy with the new ones and how much better they protect.
Rather than cut and grind the old sliders' legs, gussets, and backing plates off my frame, we chose to leave all that stuff on and just cut the sliders off and leave about 3" of each the old legs still attached. Then we fused the new legs (~ 2.5" long) to the old ones. If anyone is planning on changing sliders, I recommend doing it like this...
The way we fused them was run a 5" long smaller diameter pipe (1.5") inside the legs (1.75"). We then ground the ends of the 2 legs (where they come together) creating a "V" to fill in with the weld and also put some notches in each leg to fill with weld for more surface area. For added strength, we also drilled holes in the legs and made "rosette" welds to further attach the inner tube to the outer tube. The great part is that not only was this method way easier than cutting and grinding all the old stuff off the frame, but the legs are now even stronger than normal legs because they are double-walled now.
Sliders cut off..
Inner pipe..
And welded up.. (Don't talk sh!t, it's hard to weld upside-down with a cheap welder in a tight spot, haha). They aren't the prettiest welds in the world, but they're definitely solid. You can see the rosette welds in this pic too...
Here's a little comparison..
BEFORE (Old Trail Gear sliders):
AFTER (New 4xInnovatons) You can see how much longer the are:
Side shot BEFORE:
Side shot AFTER:
Driffter also ordered the same 4xInnov. sliders and we will hopefully be installing his this weekend, along with my long-awaited CBI rear bumper!!
And since I was off work today (Mon.) for Labor Day, I installed my new IPF off road lights I got from Toytec..
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09-06-2010, 09:55 PM
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I think your welds look as good if not better than the ones on the new sliders. Nice job!
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09-06-2010, 09:56 PM
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No more naked ARB looks good. I will pick up more of the inner pipe this week and maybe get my friend from Colorado to help me get started on my sliders swap. By the way the upper links I welded up with that pos welder held up Sat.
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09-06-2010, 10:41 PM
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Looks like some one also found a T4R.ORG sticker recently 
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09-06-2010, 10:44 PM
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Haha, I was wondering if you were gonna catch that in the pic. Thanks for the sticker!
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09-06-2010, 10:56 PM
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Haha, I was wondering if you were gonna catch that in the pic. Thanks for the sticker!
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I missed it earlier when I was on my phone but as soon as I got one the computer I saw it. Your welcome. If you come back down this way and want any stickers made the place I had that made is close to the house and he will make any kind of text sticker you want and he has many different colors, you pick the font you want. Usually you have to go walk around the swap meet for about 15-20 min wile he makes them.
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09-06-2010, 11:50 PM
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Wow...it's hard to believe you even had those old sliders on there...what are they for? Definitely not 4Runner sliders...
Mine are 68" and are exact fit for the pinch weld, and the kickout is clutch for accessing the roof rack!
You'll be much happier and much more at ease with these sliders on there...nice addition!
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