ECUDrummer
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Looks great, man. I was torn between this and CBI, but I think you've helped me make my choice.
Seattle206's 2014 SR5 Thread
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Seattle206
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11/12/16
Buddy and I did some trail exploring by Kachness Lake over in Snoqualmie Pass. Found some trails with big humps and dig outs which made it quite interesting to get through. N-fabs were horrible as they dragged on every mound we went over. The N-fabs on the Taco's hang a bit lower so my buddy's steps were digging deep into the dirt. Don't wanna imagine what it would look like if we were going over rock piles. One particular trail had quite a vertical climb that required ATRAC and locker. Definitely a little scary, next to a cliff, getting up there for novices like us.
In addition, my Addicted Offroad bumper has zero adjust-ability as mentioned in my previous install post. When I was articulating over some obstacles, frame was flexing and pushing hard against my fender. You can see in one of the pictures that the bumpers finish has rubbed off due to contact with my fenders. These were just mild mounds we went over so I will bet that more "extreme" obstacles will result in bent or popped fender flares. I'm going to have to take this bumper off tomorrow and drill longer mounting holes.
Buddy and I did some trail exploring by Kachness Lake over in Snoqualmie Pass. Found some trails with big humps and dig outs which made it quite interesting to get through. N-fabs were horrible as they dragged on every mound we went over. The N-fabs on the Taco's hang a bit lower so my buddy's steps were digging deep into the dirt. Don't wanna imagine what it would look like if we were going over rock piles. One particular trail had quite a vertical climb that required ATRAC and locker. Definitely a little scary, next to a cliff, getting up there for novices like us.
In addition, my Addicted Offroad bumper has zero adjust-ability as mentioned in my previous install post. When I was articulating over some obstacles, frame was flexing and pushing hard against my fender. You can see in one of the pictures that the bumpers finish has rubbed off due to contact with my fenders. These were just mild mounds we went over so I will bet that more "extreme" obstacles will result in bent or popped fender flares. I'm going to have to take this bumper off tomorrow and drill longer mounting holes.
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Here you can see where the bumper wings is making contact with my fenders causing the finish to wear. I will need to remedy this by elongating the existing holes so I can adjust the bumper down 1/2" for flex room.
Then after a nice 6 hour trip I took it to a touchless car wash to get most of the caked on mud and debris off.
Then after a nice 6 hour trip I took it to a touchless car wash to get most of the caked on mud and debris off.
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Saxainpdx
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Great looking build!! Love the decals.
Just drove by there last night heading to my parent's in Entiat. Would love to go play out there sometime. See you on the trails!
Seattle206
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Thanks! Threw in a little bit of red to get that extra "pop" among all that silver and black. Love taking this thing out for short excursions, beats looking at it on my driveway. haha.
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Took off the bumper. Plasma cutter then reamer to elongate the holes. Now I have some gap, though not much. Before this, the bumper is tight against the fenders and I would get this knocking sound coming from the left side wheel well. At first I thought it was my suspension like something was loose. Re-torqued every single bolt in that area and was still getting the knock whenever I went over potholes or bump with a little speed. After I lowered the bumper the knock was gone. It was actually the bumper wing banging up against my fender.
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A buddy with his 4th gen guided us to Tahuya ORV State Park . What an awesome adventure and a great exercise for our trucks. Got the body and suspension at full flex at times. The trails we went on weren't very technical but definitely can cause body damage without experience on these trails or with a good spotter. All we came out was with some nice deep pinstripes and my door handle scraped against a tree. Some of the trails are very tight and I felt my 5th gen felt too big at times. We did the main loop and played around on some hill climbs.
The Nfabs were a pain in the ass as they were constantly causing me to get hung up on boulders and stumps/roots. I did bang on them pretty hard several times but luckily I didn't cause any damage to the under body of the truck. So today, I took them off and gave the rig a good wash and a polishing to get the pinstripes out. Some of the deep stuff couldn't get buffed out, but hey, it comes with the fun! The ARB locker made crawling over some areas with ease where just 4LO and ATRAC required a bit of back-n-forth rocking to get over.
The Nfabs were a pain in the ass as they were constantly causing me to get hung up on boulders and stumps/roots. I did bang on them pretty hard several times but luckily I didn't cause any damage to the under body of the truck. So today, I took them off and gave the rig a good wash and a polishing to get the pinstripes out. Some of the deep stuff couldn't get buffed out, but hey, it comes with the fun! The ARB locker made crawling over some areas with ease where just 4LO and ATRAC required a bit of back-n-forth rocking to get over.
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More pics...
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A couple videos...
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Throwback
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Looks like a fun time. I'm curious about all the exposed wiring/plumbing in front of the front wheel. Is it supposed to be that way? It seems like it's very vulnerable.
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That's from the washer reservoir and its plumbing. I need to relocate the reservoir into the engine bay. I haven't ran into any problems yet.
Capt.Canuck
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Some of the better photography I've seen on t4r.org, and nice build too.
Nice work.
Nice work.
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I received my RCI sliders two weeks ago. Cleaned them up with some simply green and a fine sanding block, 2x cans of Rustoleum self-etching primer and 4x cans of Rustoleum dark grey Hammered paint. Will see how long the finish will last. Let them dry for a week and installed them today. They are 45lbs each and seem to be pretty sturdy.
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Was supposed to hit some snowed in trails with a few local 4Runner's but I got sidetracked due to GF duties. Finished early and my buddy hit me up find some snow over by the pass. Lots of the roads were closed for snowmobiles only so we settled on good ol' Tinkham Road. It was but a total shit show seeing all these FWD cars and Subaru's getting stuck as they try to venture deeper into the trails without chains or recovery gear. All-season tires won't cut it. We tagged along with another Taco and an FJ, which became an impromptu Yota meet/recovery team as we recovered 5 different vehicles along the way. TREDs and Maxtrax were the heros today. One of the TREDs did crack in a couple spots due to the bitter cold and after recovering the 5 vehicles but they performed perfectly.
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