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Air Bags

I installed AirLift airgabs today. Not too bad with a lift (but hot here). So far so good.

Thank you to ANTMAN and others who encouraged this. It will help for camping. I like how it stiffens up the rear a little. I like a firm rear.

Thank you all
 
Went for a short cruise. Little shake down for the 6112/5160.
LACo wildfire cappin out in the background.. it was nice to watch the fire from a distance than be sweating up close to them.
 

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Took the 4Runner to June lake for a fishing trip. She was fully loaded with 5 Big people and a bunch of luggage, food, and fishing gear.
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The pic didn't post. How is the water level and how is fishing. I'm heading up there in two weeks. Save me some fish. Going to Grant and Gull first
 
Yelled at a woman for texting while driving. It's amazing what you see sitting up this high. Third one I've seen in two weeks. One woman swerved into my lane, when I got up alongside her, sure enough, face down in her stupid phone. I laid on the horn and gave her a piece of my mind too.

Texting + driving = stupidity!

Texting and driving kills!
 
Yelled at a woman for texting while driving. It's amazing what you see sitting up this high. Third one I've seen in two weeks. One woman swerved into my lane, when I got up alongside her, sure enough, face down in her stupid phone. I laid on the horn and gave her a piece of my mind too.

Texting + driving = stupidity!

Texting and driving kills!

Gah, it seems to be getting worse too. Almost daily now I pass someone with TWO HANDS on their phone while driving! It's beyond me.
 
[MENTION=143400]Mac_5[/MENTION], thanks for posting that. We are near 100F and about 95% humidity and for a second I could imagine someplace better.
 
Wishing I was in the mountains of Colorado. It's 102 here today. :flamethrwoer2:

Gave her a bath using the Optimum NoRinse and Wash (thanks [MENTION=66316]1engineer[/MENTION]):
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Finished installing the custom rear drawers I built. Thanks [MENTION=47340]Titanpat57[/MENTION] for the ideas! Note the 'tabletop' on the DS drawer. The stove and other items store beneath it in the drawer. (Don't dog on the ancient Coleman. It's awesome - works great! Looks like hell though.)
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Developed my own version of the 'water port' product mentioned recently here. Some fittings, 10 feet of hose, an existing water can, and voila. It works great. Set the can on the roof rack and run the hose to where you need it. This will make filling up the coffee pot, water bottles, or whatever easier. It will also make washing up easier as well.

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And I installed the Airlift Airbag system. Thanks [MENTION=65614]Antman[/MENTION] and others for the info!
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Rausch Creek with my wife!
 

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I like the auxiliary lights in the front grill. Are they mounted in front of the grill or did you cut a hole in the grill? Do you have pics on how you mounted it or what type of bracket that you used.

Thanks,
 
I like the auxiliary lights in the front grill. Are they mounted in front of the grill or did you cut a hole in the grill? Do you have pics on how you mounted it or what type of bracket that you used.



Thanks,



Those lights are the VisionX Light Cannons and they're awesome. I did cut holes in the black plastic 'honeycomb' part of the grill to recess them a bit for a cleaner, almost flush install.
I fabbed up custom brackets to mount them. They are basically pedestals that sit on top of that factory aluminum tube front bumper 'thingy' that we all have behind the fascia. I drilled and tapped that aluminum tube and bolted the pedestal brackets to it. They are rock solid - no vibration or shaking even on bumpy roads.
Best pics I have of the brackets (crappy cell phone pics):
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