Recent content by hstaker

Last week while driving to work my engine shut off. Coasted down the freeway offramp and pulled out my little obd2 scanner, and got a P0340 Camshaft Position Sensor. After a quick look under the hood and not seeing anything obvious, I called my friend to pull me the last mile to work(a Toyota...

That's a great idea! I'm sure that cutout is what protected the wiring from getting pinched. I might just steal that. My previous bumper also got smushed. For my current bumper I had to make a front crossmember with rectangular tubing since the frame rails weren't level or straight anymore.

Thanks for the tip. I think that's the best spot for it, although I may have to lengthen one or two wires that came with the control box. I have to say, those coilovers are looking sweet!

Absolutely. I'd have a lot more confidence to try it if I had a spotter who is familiar with Hell's Gate, but for me and my buddy it was just our second time in Moab. Seeing it in person is pretty daunting. Right now I think I want 35s and a front locker before I attempt it. But that's probably...

Couldn’t seem to post this until now, but last week I finished my front bumper and then headed to Moab with my friend. We did Fins n Things and Hell’s Revenge. I was feeling super confident on Hell’s Revenge, but we both chickened out on Hell’s Gate. We did complete the Staircase though. My...

Thank you! I removed my spare from the stock location to make room for an air tank and an auxiliary fuel tank (future project.) The main reason I went this route is I wanted something more convenient than a bumper swingout. I don't like that a swingout requires extra space behind the truck to...

Finished welding my tire carrier, then replaced the stock struts with some super strong ones. They're about an inch longer, so the hatch does make contact with the body when it's fully open. A little hammering should help with the rubbing. The struts could stand to be a little weaker as it's...

Almost finished with my hatch-mounted tire carrier! Got all the tubes and the mounting plate fitted up and partially welded on. The tire is right where I want it height-wise, but I do think I could have gotten it tighter to the body if I had more patience with the round tubing. It sits a little...

I picked up a bunch of steel on Wednesday for front and rear bumpers. Over the past couple days I made the base for the rear bumper, with the hitch receiver/recovery points. Today I cut into the bottom of the hatch and did some reinforcing with 1/8 plate. Just need to run two tubes from bottom...

Made some progress on my hatch-mounted tire carrier. Drilled a hole where the strut bracket bolts to, then fitted a tube through and bent a piece to tie it all together. Welding it all up will finish off the upper half of the exoskeleton. The tight spots under the tubing are too difficult to...

Nothing quite that drastic, but it's still very involved. I'm adding some 1.5" tubing to the hatch so I can mount my spare tire. What's your plan? I helped build a slightly different hatch tire carrier with my buddy on his 4th gen, and the hinges ended up being the weak point. With stronger gas...

Finally finished filling all the limited flare holes and some other dents over the weekend, then wrapped all but the rear hatch in blue. Unfortunately my terrible body work is somewhat visible when you look at it closely, but I'm happy with how clean it looks now that it's all one color. I...

The safety inspection is just so I can get a rebuilt title on it. It was totaled, the insurance company only valued it at $1000 so of course I bought it back. Safety inspections are not required in Utah, haven't been for quite some time. It's probably one of the least strict states where...

Took off all the limited trim today. Hoping the tape keeps water out of the doors for a few days until I can patch up all the holes. I'm thinking of welding the holes in the rocker panels, and just putting some mesh behind the rest for body filler to stick to. After repairing all the dents...

Bolted on my front bumper I've been building for the past couple weeks. I liked how slim the addicted offroad plate bumper looks so I used that as sort of a general reference. It turned out a little chunkier than I expected but I think all in all it looks decent. When I was finish welding it...