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by JesterGrey » Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:46 am

Just spent the last 2 days putting my money were my mouth is. I finally have it lifted. :excited:
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Only pic I have for now. Once I get the rest of the pics from my wife's camera ill start a build thread.
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by v7guy » Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:38 am

looks nice, we're all waiting for you to get the pics off the wife's camera!
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by JesterGrey » Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:54 am

Ill get them on to night. Gotta Go to a fab place after work for a bumper. Me and a couple guys from Seattle are heading over to tahuya for a day to break the TB in.
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by TBYODA » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:46 pm

Got rid of that awful resonator. Picked up a straight and turn down tubes for autozone. Have yet to put them in.

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by JesterGrey » Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:12 pm

TBYODA wrote:Got rid of that awful resonator. Picked up a straight and turn down tubes for autozone. Have yet to put them in.

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I just did the autozone 18" straight pipe with the turn down for now aswell. Luckily the shop that I was at had a welder and the mechanic who kinda supervises the shop offered to weld it on for me since Washington has a law on your exhaust having to stick out past the body. I like the set up, it has a nice low tone when I'm standing next to it but can only hear it in the cab if I stomp on it and even then the engine noise is more noticeable.
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by TBYODA » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:09 pm

When I was at autozone pick up the 18" straight pipe, thought it was kinda funny it was labeled resonator.
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by JesterGrey » Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:01 pm

Meh ill eventually bend mine on a rock. Then ill just turn it to the side and have it coming out the right side behind the wheel well instead of straight back. So for less then $15 I'm pretty happy
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by KE7WOX » Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:27 am

HARDTRAILZ wrote:Its amazing not to hear the annoying drone of them.


Are they worse than the Super Swampers?
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by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Jul 16, 2013 6:06 am

I have not picked up swampers but I have had several set of them and the guard dogs are not as loud but far more annoying to me.
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by KE7WOX » Tue Jul 16, 2013 1:04 pm

So it's a different type of drone then. I've never used Swampers, but I remember one time I was driving and heard a lot of noise in the car, looked to my side and there was a Jeep with Swampers next to us. Once we got away from it the noise stopped.
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by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Jul 16, 2013 1:25 pm

Swampers are loud. So are mud grapplers. Mud tires make noise. I am used to that but the treadwrighrs give me a headache.
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by drburke » Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:59 pm

Well, onto day 3 of the body lift. Day 2 was sidetracked in part by overextending my driver door, now it doesn't shut :facepalm: i hate to say use this phrase, but seriously: fml.

That body lift tips thread is a goldmine though.
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by JorDaneeKey » Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:01 pm

drburke wrote:Well, onto day 3 of the body lift. Day 2 was sidetracked in part by overextending my driver door, now it doesn't shut :facepalm: i hate to say use this phrase, but seriously: fml.

That body lift tips thread is a goldmine though.


So what happened on Day One that forced a Day Two?
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by ErikSS » Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:22 pm

Day 3? My friend, you need a lifting party! lol
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by drburke » Sun Jul 21, 2013 2:02 am

Should probably mention that I don't get a start on it until 12pm or 1pm. Anyway, the blocks were on yesterday but steering extension was kinda a PITA. Today was eaten by steering extension cover, cv boot clamps, bumpers not fitting properly, and most severely, door problems. So when you see some jackass pulling a Dukes of Hazzard on his TB at TECORE, you'll know who it is.

ErikSS wrote:Day 3? My friend, you need a lifting party! lol

I'll start the BBQ!

..Seriously, food and drinks on me to get this f#%(!%@ thing done.
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by v7guy » Sun Jul 21, 2013 5:53 am

really wish you were closer, I've helped multiple members do the suspension/ body lift and a little fab here and there. Sounds like you're having a hell of a time.
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by JorDaneeKey » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:16 am

Wow, you're tackling a lot at once! Gotta love the PITA these rigs can be. Lol
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by drburke » Sun Jul 21, 2013 4:54 pm

Yeah I have to. 1400 mile trip in the next few days..

But I'm finally done. The rear bumper was easily the worst part; forget the steering extension.


v7guy wrote:Sounds like you're having a hell of a time.

Part of what I signed up for. What's the point in building/being proud of your rig if you get someone else to build it for you :scratch:
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by JorDaneeKey » Sun Jul 21, 2013 5:25 pm

Totally misunderstood your post. For some reason I was thinking "bumper" meant you had gotten a custom bumper from Barton. We never even considered touching ours. It has stayed off and will until we get a custom front bumper. As for the rear, I forgot how much of a pain that was. Were it not for my step-dad's acetylene torch, we would've never gotten the bolts loose, I'm sure.
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by v7guy » Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:00 pm

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