[Inv4drZm]

Kansas Rocks had a Frostbite event this weekend and we went even though its been raining/snowing the past week soaking everything, and a blizzard was suppose to blow through on our drive back. Drove over to KC friday night and stayed the night at our parents house, then left in the morning to head south for Kansas Rocks with our parents and brother in tow. When we got there the parking lot was 6" of mud. We drove around the main loop a couple times, stopped for a snack and watched all the rigs driving around, and left earlier then planned and headed back to KC for some pizza and stayed there another night to let the blizzard blow by. Not a whole lot of serious wheeling this time, but good friends and family along more than made up for it.





Didn't even air down. Not worth it:















The mud was so sticky when I power-washed it off it took some of the paint on my sliders with it.

Here's my brother's pics:

[bebop]

Originally Posted by Inv4drZm

I welded my skid plate crossmember and tire carrier today! I surprised myself, turned out better than I expected. I'm only $250 into the skids and tire carrier.

Bolt protectors for underneath the skids:





Smiley face!











4x Innovations tire carrier spindle welded to rear crossmember:





Push button pin from Mcmaster-Carr works perfectly:





Finally; just needs paint:





Still need a tap to relocate the license plate onto the swing-out and a couple more lug nuts to mount the wheel LOL. Also need to figure out how to reinforce the plastic bumper tread plate that is floating 1.5" off the crossmember due to my body lift.

So did you ever start manufacturing your rear bumper? I'd take one!!

[Inv4drZm]

Originally Posted by bebop

So did you ever start manufacturing your rear bumper? I'd take one!!

No, take it to any 4x4 fabrication shop they will do a better job than I could. Its just a swing arm welded to the stock frame crossmember.

[Inv4drZm]

It was super windy today and when I got off work this is what I found jammed under my slider:



Not truck-related but I've been working on building a new computer the past couple winter months. Turned out great. I know at least a couple of you guys are PC nerds. It was nice to have something to do while it was too cold to work on the truck.

Here are the specs, pm me for a link to the full list if you are curious. Back to the regularly-scheduled Toyota programming. ECGS 4.56 D60 w/ front ARB might be ordered in a couple months... My brother ordered 37's w/ Methods for his FJ and might switch over to an ECGS D60 too since Diamond is taking forever building his full float 9.5" diff. (Been over a year of waiting). I might be able to convince him to let me borrow the 37's for a photoshoot...

Intel 8086k 6 core 12 thread
EVGA Z390 Dark motherboard
EVGA 2080ti graphics card
EKWB water loop with Primochill candy gold fittings
1 EKWB XE 360 and 2 EKWB PE 360 radiators. Yes, triple 360 rads.
2.5tb of solid state storage
16gb memory
Lian-Li PC-O11 Air case
LG 32GK850G monitor

[momo.75]

badass!!

[yotaguy674]

So....what was in the box?

[Inv4drZm]

Originally Posted by yotaguy674

So....what was in the box?

Just a layer of packing foam inside, the dumpster was upwind so I carried it back.

[yotaguy674]

Originally Posted by Inv4drZm

Just a layer of packing foam inside, the dumpster was upwind so I carried it back.

Well that's some bullshit.

[BendRunner]

Originally Posted by Inv4drZm

It was super windy today and when I got off work this is what I found jammed under my slider:



Not truck-related but I've been working on building a new computer the past couple winter months. Turned out great. I know at least a couple of you guys are PC nerds. It was nice to have something to do while it was too cold to work on the truck.

Here are the specs, pm me for a link to the full list if you are curious. Back to the regularly-scheduled Toyota programming. ECGS 4.56 D60 w/ front ARB might be ordered in a couple months... My brother ordered 37's w/ Methods for his FJ and might switch over to an ECGS D60 too since Diamond is taking forever building his full float 9.5" diff. (Been over a year of waiting). I might be able to convince him to let me borrow the 37's for a photoshoot...

Intel 8086k 6 core 12 thread
EVGA Z390 Dark motherboard
EVGA 2080ti graphics card
EKWB water loop with Primochill candy gold fittings
1 EKWB XE 360 and 2 EKWB PE 360 radiators. Yes, triple 360 rads.
2.5tb of solid state storage
16gb memory
Lian-Li PC-O11 Air case
LG 32GK850G monitor

PUBG? Nice build!!

[Inv4drZm]

Originally Posted by yotaguy674

Well that's some bullshit.

Haha, a litter of puppies or a million dollars would have been nice now that you mention it.

Originally Posted by BendRunner

PUBG? Nice build!!

Honestly I don't play a ton of games. Shift 2 Unleashed, Fallout, and some of the other newer single player games keeps me busy. I'm a hardware/tech nerd more than a gamer I guess. Overclocking is a fun hobby too.

[BackOff]

Pretty penny spent...looks like it fell off a UFO...can give it to me if you hate it...

...the PC

[Inv4drZm]

Originally Posted by BackOff

Pretty penny spent...looks like it fell off a UFO...can give it to me if you hate it...

...the PC

And a lot of time bending tubing, installing, removing, and reinstalling all 11 fans, delidding and applying liquid metal, tearing apart a $1k gpu, looking for leaks when filling the loop, waiting months for EVGA to release that motherboard... all part of the fun. I haven't weighed it but it has to be at least 50 lbs.

Tell you what, if all the components get bricked due to a water leak from one of the fittings you can have it.

[Inv4drZm]

Couldn't ask for better weather this weekend, finally starting to warm up in Kansas.

I replaced my inner tie rod and dialed in the toe. I've been driving for 5 months with a very crooked steering wheel because the lock nut was stuck on the driver's side, if you remember me posting that way back, page 28.



Nice and straight now; I can even see my tachometer.



Last weekend I installed the Rocksteady Motorsports washer fluid tank. I received an order confirmation but between that and shipping it was over a month with zero communication even though I emailed twice asking for an update. It finally showed up one day.

[Inv4drZm]

Okay, 37's w/ Method 701's on my brother's truck. Barely street driveable rubs the body mount pretty good, and has stock gearing for now. He's waiting on the Marlin LT kit, should be a pretty simple install at that point and paired with a beefed up rear axle is should kick butt offroad. I kinda want to try it on my truck if possible for a quick photoshoot.

Old 34's vs new 37's:

[WyEast-08]

Very clean computer build. Built a few myself but lots nicer than any of mine.