AlbatrossCafe
First Fill-Up (of many)
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- Western WA
Also cleaned this up and replaced the O-ring seal behind it. It's been a mess here so hopefully this cleans up AND reveals to be the reason behind what I thought was a leaky diff flange...
Info on that hardware pleeeze.
I hit a BIG branch going about 15mph. It went right into my snorkel. Needless to say I'm impressed. I'll take this as the only damage that comes out of it. I bet the plastic pieces are in my airbox somewhere lol
LOL, I was just talking about this happening the other day when someone asked if it gets hit a lot offroad. I said meh, still sitting perfectly straight after all these years. Good to know it can take more punishment!
That's pretty neat man! Do they run on 12V or is there a converter in the plug? Some of these hard wired would be nice. My rear 12V outlet is covered by one of the wings on my drawer set.
and enuff room for a few crankbaits..Saw this $6 storage solution for under the rear floor area: https://www.harborfreight.com/abs-storage-organizer-95807.html
It fits great. You could fit 2 for sure - not sure if 3 would work if you rotated the 3rd 90 degrees or something. I put my spare sensors, some spare nuts/washers & plastic push-rivets in there for now. There is still a ton of space. Great for sorting little parts like that. I'm sure I have more scattered around my X somewhere that I could put in here instead. And only $6?? No brainer!
Yeah, I'm kinda over it. My truck has so many scratches, a square in the door with different paint doesn't bother me too much lolI think I know why your paint job turned out the way it did. It looks a little less dark, and often that is the primer. If you don't use the same shade primer it will show on the finish, even with the same paint.
Also my aftermarket lug nuts have gone to crap as well, I plan on replacing them this summer after I move along with my lower control arms and possibly looking to switch my front shocks to 550lbs springs.
100%. I don't get that harsh topping out anymore when dropping into a big pothole. I've noticed the ride is slightly bouncier in those scenarios (almost like they have 1% stretch and it pulls the arm back after top-out) but still less harsh. Maybe they reduce wheel travel by 1/4 to 1/2", but in practice you don't really notice. So far so good, but I will be more thoroughly impressed if I don't have to rebuild my Radflos again which was really the main goal.How you liking the limit straps? Make a difference?
Needs a u bolt flipFirst time at an off road area with the helper springs... Now we know the downsides of em lol. At least I wasn't planning on taking them off!
Dude. OE bolts are cheap fo stuff like that. HahaTook out my front diff. It's been leaking on the passenger side and the howling @52-60mph is becoming unbearable on long trips. It's so bad that I try to avoid that speed altogether. Note to self - the easiest way to remove the CVs (if the diff is coming out ) is to just take them out after the diff is out. I started shimmying them around at first trying to bust them out around the spindle before I realized how easy it was to slide them into the center of the truck.
I noticed one of my older CVs (but not that old - new a few years ago) has cracks forming on the boot. Ugh. So maybe the shop I bring my diff to can replace the boots as well? I wonder if that would be cheaper than just buying a new CV when this fails. That just feels like a waste though...
Also when you use grade 8.8 for your lower coilover bolts, you can't tighten them to the specified 152 ft/lbs. I forgot I replaced them with the weak ones "temporarily" last time I did it lol. So ended up stripping it with the nut on the bolt & having to cut it out. Of course I had another spare 8.8 bolt laying around so I put that back in there... one of these days I'll put the proper grade 10.9 in.
Yea I got my oe bolt for less then $6 after I stripped the original oneDude. OE bolts are cheap fo stuff like that. Haha