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My Callen shell has a big (25" square) plastic vent/hatch on the roof above the cabover section. It sounds great: lots of ventilation, and an escape route if it's needed. But, in practice, it's been a problem. Sitting at the front of the camper, it's in a low-pressure zone, and keeps getting...

Not to beat a dead horse, but unless you are going to spend no more on the new vehicle than you get for the Trooper, you need to think long and hard about what you value. If you only get $2k for the Trooper, what else can you get for that money? Any significant increase in expense will wipe away...

Here's one picture my brother sent me to put up on Photobucket. For those who may be familiar, that's the North road into Scorpion Bay. He's told me that he got out of that, and lots of other things, by airing down to 5-8 psi. But before you buy anything, I urge you to really look hard at...

I'm going to be the guy who says a third option when you mention two others. Have you looked at the Toyota Tercel 4wd wagon? It is similar to the Honda, but it has a part-time transfer case. So when it's engaged, it's a locked center differential, like on a "real" 4x4. When it's not, it's a...

To me, the most interesting part was the comment on body flex. Kind of makes you wonder about all the effort a lot of people go to with the torsion-free subframes.

That's good advice. I mentioned my experience in a different post, but I didn't mention that I have a big air compressor and impact gun left over from my auto-racing days. I think I'm pretty well equipped. Space to do the work on the other hand.... I live in a pretty tight urban environment, so...

Thanks. I just did a little shopping around and managed to save a few more bucks on the rotors. I also decided to skip the rears for now, and see how they feel. If I'm just keeping them stock, I can run out and buy a set later if I need to. I appreciate the feedback. I'll post up comments on...

I'm seeing some different info out there. Are these the same P/N front and rear? Is this something that you put on the front, and standard rotors on the rear?

Awesome, thanks, guys. I do my own maintenance on my motorcycles, and have replaced rotors and calipers, on them. I just didn't know if there was some newfound complexity in modern trucks. Like I would get in there and find that I need some 30-wt ball bearings when I get to the fetzer valve. Or...

Thanks. I'm looking at doing pads and rotors. The tip on Cryo is good. Any brands I should look at or avoid? My first search showed "Power Slot" and EBC.

So I posted another thread abut KYB vs Bilstein, and I've given it some thought beyond that. I'm looking at the labor rates and I can save about half by doing it myself. Anyone done all four disk brakes and shocks on a leaf-spring Superduty? Mine is a 2003 6.0 diesel, if it matters. I'm not an...

Yeah, that's one of the things I was worrying about: lifetime warranty is good, but how easy is it to tie in? And isn't it better to not need it in a year? I'm leaning towards doing the labor myself, so I'll start another thread about complexity of that job. Thanks for the feedback.

It's time to do brakes and shocks on my 2003 F350 with 115K miles. I went and got a quote. $1700! Ouch. But I kind of expected it, since I am looking to replace all four rotors. The shop, Truline in San Diego, came recommended, but he's a KYB dealer. I had intended to go with Bilsteins. He...

If you're in California, why don't you check out Mayer Equipment? They don't have any 6X6 (or even any medium-duty 4X4) trucks available right now, but they usually do. They seem to resell a lot of utility company equipment, and have International trucks with utility bodies and lifts in the...

Has anyone looked at the videos the guy has linked in his ad? Check out the first one (with the volume down, the music sucks), especially around the one-minute mark. There's a tanker that fords a river, and you can see the tank trailer getting sideways in the current.

I guess reading that, my main concern would be the 15K GVWR. That seems to be a little on the low side for the size of that rig.

The specs on it, from the ad: RVT Ad #: 4751740 Bus Conversions Pre Owned Length: 28.00 ft. Fuel Type: Gas Odometer: 109000 Slide-outs: 0 GMC Chassis 366 gas Engine Sleeps: 6 GVWR: 15000 Price: $25,000 1997 Bluebird 4x4. Allison auto trans 2 speed...

I'm a little puzzled how we get from the original assumptions to a Tacoma being the right size: "First, a couple of assumptions to frame the discussion. By overlanding, I mean a vehicle-assisted journey for two or more people that involves some travel on dirt and gravel roads, passage through...

If you were willing to do a cabover, you're not concerned about having it flush with the cab, right? Why not a short trailer on the bed, like Carl Hunter did with a Bigfoot? Carl Hunter's Bigfoot

Not mine, but I came across this today: http://sandiego.craigslist.org/esd/cto/2663521748.html It would make a good base vehicle, I think.