Pulled the trigger on an addicted offroad front plate bumper should get it in a couple weeks. Also ordered some Rigid Industries Q2's from BenBacher in a hyperspot/driving combo. They should be here Friday, will update with pics when I get them unboxed, mounted, wired, etc.

 

This looks like a great little truck, keep up the good work!

 

Concerning your roll over..

Where'd you get your new cab? I caved my passenger side a pillar and roof in and am on the lookout, myself..

Awesome truck!

 

I just found a 2wd cab at a friends junk yard. Swapped all my parts into it. And put my inner fenders and core support on it. It's all easy stuff to do. If your cab isn't to bad you can alway scab a new roof on it. That's easy to do also. Cabs are out there and easy to find. Just gotta start asking around.

On a side note. Got my new Rigid Q-series in. Hopefully my bumper will come in, in a week or two. Then I will have to come up with some new mods.

 

Good advice, man. Thank you!

Looking forward to your truck's stance with the new bumper.. Sure to be fierce!

 

Good advice, man. Thank you!

Looking forward to your truck's stance with the new bumper.. Sure to be fierce!

 

awesome truck! cant wait to see what the new bumper will look like.

 

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Finally showed up..


And painted and ready to mount

 

Still need to do a little more trimming of the grille and surrounding areas tho. I don't think Addicted Offroad ever actually fit one to a truck with my grille. The fitment around it is terrible I had to cut off about an inch on the bottom of the grille and it needs more still. But it's nothing that a dremel can't fix, just I consider it more than minor trimming required. Other than that, it's super beefy and should hold up to abuse very well.

 

Got the lights mounted and went out the SocalTacomas night run in Ocotillo Wells

 

Drove the truck up to Taos for a vacation. Did some trails in Red River and hiked Wheeler Peak. The truck ran decent but it's time for some new rod bearings they are showing excessive wear in the oil samples.

Taos Ski Valley


View from Wheeler looking towards Eagles Nest/Angel Fire


Also got a new subwoofer box built. 10" Hertz Flat on an Apline MRX-M55

 

That bumper looks great!

 

Thanks, i'm pretty happy with how it looks too

On another note, got the engine puled out. Turned out my rods were fine and my rings were the cause of the iron in the oil. They all have no spring left in them at all, and piston #4 had broken rings.

Engine out on a stand, took about 4 hours to get to this point, I work slow.

Some terrible ring gap

Broke ring

 

Cleaned the engine bay up while the engine is out. Thinking about doing a color change or just re-painting the whole truck. It could use it.

 

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By far probably my favorite build thread! Looking forward to more updates.

 

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I had to personally go down to 22re performance and give them hell to get my motor. Interesting you had a problem too.

Your truck is turning out great.

 

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