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#8791

06-28-2022, 11:52 AM

andino

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Your truck looks awesome @whowa004! I hope mine looks like that one day!

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06-28-2022, 01:11 PM

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Thanks andino! Lots left to do but mostly cosmetic as the truck gets used hard and put up wet most of the time lol

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06-28-2022, 02:39 PM

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@whowa004 , what rear bumper is that?

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06-28-2022, 03:44 PM

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I wish I knew, came with the car when I bought it. Still haven't made a swing out spare tire carrier...been on the list way too long. The bumper is the best I've seen in person aside from the crappy bulbs in the turn signals as no one can see them in the day.

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06-30-2022, 03:06 PM

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New kingsborne 8mm wires and custom wire holders

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06-30-2022, 03:09 PM

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Used the 1/4"-20 heli coil kit that they luckily had in stock at local Ace. Made sure to tape paper towel around hole to prevent aluminum shards from entering valve area.

Lots of being careful to keep drill straight and tapping the hole well. Did it without a tap handle. Used pliers to turn it.

Tried to punch off tang at bottom of heli coil like instructions say but it bent instead of breaking off. So now I need a bolt that doesn't quite reach end of heli coil insert because I do not want to re-do the damn thing.

cut it with a dremel

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07-06-2022, 02:29 PM

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quick photo dump of Ophir Pass in the rain, camp outside of Telluride. Now in Silverton and fairly certain the only LR in the town.

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07-06-2022, 05:07 PM

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quick photo dump of Ophir Pass in the rain, camp outside of Telluride. Now in Silverton and fairly certain the only LR in the town.

Sweet! I miss those trails!

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07-06-2022, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by whowa004

quick photo dump of Ophir Pass in the rain, camp outside of Telluride. Now in Silverton and fairly certain the only LR in the town.

I Just got that same tent but haven’t brought it on a trial yet. How does the D2 handle? I went with load bars instead of a rack to get it as low to the roof as possible.

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07-06-2022, 07:15 PM

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I Just got that same tent but haven’t brought it on a trial yet. How does the D2 handle? I went with load bars instead of a rack to get it as low to the roof as possible.

haven’t done anything technical yet but you can definitely tell it’s there on the highway (no sway bars). I had Voyager make me a custom rack. It can’t get any tighter to the roof and it’s awesome. The tent is fantastic. Though my rig is tall and it’s way up there lol the Velcro that holds the ladder when stowed I can tell won’t last long. Simple enough to come up with another solution that won’t break free when trying to set up the tent.

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