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We're still in the planning phase for em, I don't want to end up with a huge mess of unplanned work or not having stuff figured out so i'm trying to at least get a rough design/sketch done before I start bending metal. Where the factory tow hooks attach there are some good hard points to attach...

Yeah. A LT setup is kind of being planned on.... Not sure if we're going to do a midtravel or full long travel kit. I'm leaning towards a full LT setup, because I know she won't destroy it quite as fast. Of course if we do a LT setup... that means good coilovers, glass fenders, 14bolt rear...

Welp, got back from a 3 day trip with both trucks (my jeep and my wifes truck) overall the truck did awesome, over 200 miles off road, only hiccup was that she broke a front shock. Which isn't a huge surprise given she tends to haul through stuff. First day we went out from auburn to Sugar Pine...

We've drug ours on rocks and dirt already. The tank itself is fine, I'm more worried about stuff snagging on the tank and damaging the straps or brush reaching up and snagging hoses around the evap. Its less of an issue on most trails but we've drug ours on a lot of stuff at our property in the...

I'll be posting up some ideas for gas-tank options when I start working on them for our truck... The best idea I have currently for our pickup is to do a skid bar or two under the tank that run down the length of it and supported from both framerails. This cold help give some muffler protection...

Good tires and a traction device in the rear axle means you can get a lot of places with a 2wd! Ours has 33's on it right now and the factory G80 locker and it does a lot better than most people expect. One of the biggest things we found with our truck is that the short wheelbase lets you get a...

I suspect the lower shock location on the 4wd trucks is a bit more outboard than on the 2WD, but I'd have to measure one. The lift spindles are about half an inch taller than the stock ones and the angles are about 3deg better. From the factory the 4wd shocks are like an inch longer or so...

That is one we're looking at, in fact. with the addition of replacing the coil buckets with a tower for coilovers.

Well.... this didnt work.

Thats a good question... There is a good chance that we'll be doing something along those lines in the next two years. But between my wifes driving habits and her right foot, it might be sooner that that. I had the front of it totally apart this weekend a few times to do some fit checks on some...

Its a dust/chase light, basicly used to give people approaching from behind an idea of where the truck is in the giant cloud o dust that happens at higher speeds in the desert.

I've thought about getting a turnkey solution for a headlight harness for the truck, I might if I decide to go with the projector housings and higher wattage bulbs. I pulled the engine fusebox on ours apart a while back to get an idea of what it had for switched power and what size contacts i...

Fantastic. The connectors on ours looked pretty good when we replaced the housings, but the contacts are recessed far enough in the connector that it makes it a challenge to inspect them for any surface corrosion or anything else that'd cause the resistance to be higher than expected.

Right on. It needs new high beam bulbs so I'll give this a shot on that soon. Did yall have to do any upgrades to the wire harness at all?

Something else I'm thinking about doing to this truck soon is getting a GMRS radio for it and alix and then replacing the stupid on-star antenna with a GMRS 1/4 wave as the hole is already there...

Drilled a couple holes in the roof... and lots of clear RTV, some Stainless 10-32 button head screws and nylocks inside. Also masked and scuffed the paint on the roof and bracket faying surfaces. Silicone under the bracket feet, in the holes for the fasters, under the washers and bolt/nut, then...

The coilover springs finally came in! So aided by a jar of anti-seize and some spring compressors I got the coilovers put together. Also picked up the arbor shims for the top shock mount to close up the gap. I got roped into supporting some crane lifts at work on my day off tomorrow so I won't...

They're only there for aerodynamics. They help create a smoother, more laminar flow of air under the truck. Real world they get ripped off, scrapped by curbs, etc. Basicly if you hit one big bit of bumper to bumper traffic where you have lots of stop and go or you floor it passing someone you'll...

Got the chase light installed and hooked up on the wifes truck... also swapped out an oem rear bump that fell apart long ago and replaced the collapsed transmission mount that had been clunking for a while. The lake near our apartment was great tonight as well, we had a really pretty sunset...

None yet, generally we'll have both my jeep and my partners Sierra if we're on anything more than service roads and that truck holds its own. However... There is room for one and it is something I have considered, Mr crazypants drey has some similar thoughts about where to stuff one rather...