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Thanks Gary, I'll look into the antenna - 7 ft may be a bit high for me - at the moment, the 5W handheld is what I have but I'll be upgrading to a higher powered mobile - permanent mount - later in the year. -a

Hi folks, New Amateur here in Canada - I have a double cab tacoma that I really really don't want to drill a hole in the roof of. I do however have an ARB bullbar on the front with two built in antenna mounts. I'm planning on using 2M in the truck with a permanently mounted mobile - I have a...

Good to know - did you have one of the FRP ones as well or is this your first fly Just wondering how it stacks up to the RFP fly from a dryness perspective.

Wow! Is that one of the flies built as part of a thread here on expo? -a

Gents, I appreciate the humour and posts. I'm jealous - I have the vehicle but not the time. :coffee: Subscribing and keep it comin' -a

x2 on the REI sleeping pads - I have 2 of the 2.5" ones - I have an older model which is R5.6 and with one of the sleeping pads in my bivy bag and me in the down sleeping bag in the bivy bag makes for a comfortable night - even in a snowbank.

it's so clean to me it looks like they haven't put any fluids in it yet :) (i.e. no leaks) very nice specimen but I'd be scared to drive it in case I scratched it up. Not like my old one - a delivery truck tried to edge past me in my old series and dragged his passenger mirror along the side of...

I concur with Adam - I'm in the same SAR Group and we switched to D4H as he mentioned. It does inventory and a whole raft of other things too. worth looking into. -a

You'll need the fly. When I lived in the bay area with an old old wildernest (similar to a Flippac but different), I didn't know it wasn't waterproof until late one night in the eastern Sierra Madre. For the flippac, the fly makes it water resistant. View the thread below for a discussion on...

Callsign: VA3BAE Class: (Canadian) Basic > 80% so access to HF as well. Radio: Wouxun Handheld - KG-UVD1P (Starter radio, others planned) Location: Ottawa, Canada

x2 - I have one in my tacoma and it works well - easy to install too.

Mattress is held in place with velcro on the back end of it. (velcro from back of mattress to fibreglass side) I don't pack bedding away but I'd imagine you could fix straps on their side to strap it in. -a

Hey guys, I spent a couple of weeks in Baja, a couple of years ago and really like hanging out at Los Cerritos - your pics reminded me of that. I enjoyed Baja - on or off the beaten track - keep the reports coming. -a

Hey Marty, I have a new flip pac on my 2010 tacoma and I had the same issue - all I did was use a little more foam tape to cover up the holes. But leave the plastic bed caps off - had it originally on an 09 tacoma but switched to the 10 (went from a 4cyl 5 speed 4x4 access cab to an automatic...

Any updates on the shell buildout?

hey I used the primative skid plates on my '98, as well, I went with P205/75/R15 Dunlops on mine when I had it - no lift and no rub but I was on pavement/gravel secondaries with nothing hairy. The 15" steelies just cleared the brakes in front but ran fine. Subscribing to this one - it'll be...

Looking good - watching this one

From what I understand the engine issue to be here goes. the 2.5l engine from 98 to 02 was good so long as you were going to do the head gaskets yourself - the issue was an open deck so you had oil/coolant/combustion gas mixing. Mine I didn't notice until the car over heated on the highway -...

I concur - the timing belt is easy enough to do - It took me about as long to do the timing chain in my old 22R as it did for the forester and I took the engine out to do it. There's loads of writeups on the step by step for the replacement.

I had a '98 - the '98, iirc, were the first year for the 2.5l engines which were notorious for head gaskets, mine blew both (I bought it used) I think the 03+ are the ones to look for. Easy to work on, (park vehicle, and 4 hours later, engine on a pallet in the driveway) solid vehicle and...