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by KE7WOX » Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:00 am

KingBird wrote:Why do I hate pecans? Personal preference I guess. Plus I think that if one is going to run lights during the day, 100% of the low beams is logical, not this partial power crap.


I agree, I'm not the biggest fan of pecans, I prefer cashews and wasabi almonds.
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by Moots1288 » Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:13 am

Hahaha
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by KingBird » Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:30 am

Wasabi ANYTHING, FTW!
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by DustinC1989 » Mon Apr 07, 2014 1:53 am

HARDTRAILZ wrote:
DustinC1989 wrote:Ordered a new windshield :facepalm:

Apparently the 06+ LT has a different windshield with a trim package, so its special order... :wallbash:

Interesting. I priced a new windshield for my 06 and never asked anything about LT or LS or even SS... price is $150 w them coming to my house to do it.


All 3 places I went asked if it was a LT, finally asked the last place what the difference was.
Was told there is special trim around the windshield and the mirror mount is different.

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by HARDTRAILZ » Mon Apr 07, 2014 8:05 am

Did swap my upper front control arms this weekend. Did not even remove a tire. Those bushings were Done!
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by Moots1288 » Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:23 am

HARDTRAILZ wrote:Did swap my upper front control arms this weekend. Did not even remove a tire. Those bushings were Done!
I swapped wheel hubs once without removing a tire.
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by HARDTRAILZ » Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:42 am

Atta boy!
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by Wahugg » Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:47 am

Wouldn't you need to take the tire off to access the brake bolts? Or at the very least take the tire off to get to the spacer and put them both on the new hub? :scratch:

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by HARDTRAILZ » Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:28 pm

Nah. He has a courtesy reach-a-round ratchet set.
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by Moots1288 » Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:38 pm

HARDTRAILZ wrote:Nah. He has a courtesy reach-a-round ratchet set.
I almost died just now... hahahaha
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by Cable810 » Mon Apr 07, 2014 5:32 pm

New Speakers are in. What a huge improvement over stock!!

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by Gordinho80 » Mon Apr 07, 2014 5:56 pm

In February, my neighbor and I pushed my TB into my garage to examine and possibly repair the driveshaft issue.

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Today, I drove it out of the garage!!! Yes, drove it out! Tomorrow, when its not raining, I'm going to test drive it up and down my street. Its going to bounce all over the road with the stock suspension and no sway bars... but I should be able to see if the transmission and transfer case are OK.

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by Trail X » Mon Apr 07, 2014 6:32 pm

Didn't you break that thing back in Nov?
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by Gordinho80 » Mon Apr 07, 2014 6:34 pm

It sat in my driveway for a while. Other things were going on and I didn't have the time to put into it back then.
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by KingBird » Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:22 am

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by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:36 am

Holy air dam batman. My 6 inch basket cost me at least 1 mpg prolly close to 2.
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by KingBird » Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:38 am

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by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Apr 08, 2014 11:08 am

I went to a flat rack and will likely sell the basket due to the cost of the lowered aerodynamics. I would make it as short as possible myself, but others may have differing opinions.
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by KingBird » Tue Apr 08, 2014 11:18 am

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by navigator » Tue Apr 08, 2014 11:23 am

you have to think about what you are going to put up there and how well you plan to tie stuff down.
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