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Basil (KM6EMZ), we must have taken the test on the same day or something.... My call is KM6ESZ Got my tech a month ago (aced it), about to get my general Saturday in Fremont, CA. I have a Baofeng UV-82hp HT, but I'm waiting at home right now for the post office to deliver my new (to me)...

Those are not fibers, man, that's just the texturing that they did to the Pac. If that's what you were talking about then don't worry about that. The cracking sound would worry me, though, but I have a feeling that it's probably something to do with it being new. -Vince

Not normal. The top fiberglass should look just like the main body fiberglass Definitely not normal. The flip-pac bed should feel very solid under you. No cracking sounds. The struts will inevitably carry some weight in most cases...you just don't want them to be holding up the entire weight...

What do you think sold me on the truck? :coffeedrink:

Rancho 44044's up front and 63" Chevy's in the back (kind of a standard rock-crawling setup). Bilstein 5150/5100 14" travel shocks. About the only thing I could do to lower the suspension would be swapping shackles for shorter ones. I'm not sure that would make enough difference. I'm hesitant to...

And finally, I installed some Bushwacker OEM-style fender flares. These certainly will help mitigate the 33" tires, but we'll see what they do with the 35's. What I like about these flares is that they are easy to bolt on or take off, with no drilling or damage to the body of the truck. So...

I've had pretty good luck with plastic liners. They are removable, easy to install, very durable, it's easy to slide items in and out of the truck. Of course, that last point can also be a bad thing, but the way I deal with that is that I use that diamond-plate looking foam rubber floor squares...

One thing I learned right away about the Flip-Pac: Change your radio antenna. After bending my first antenna by flipping the pac over on it (on a Ford Ranger), I now make it a first step to swap the existing antenna for a "shorty" rubber antenna (bought at any auto parts place). These are also...

The next thing that had to change was the lack of a bedliner: I had bought a liner a couple of days before taking possession of the truck (from a guy who was trading his Tacoma in to the Cash for Clunkers program. He was trying to sell everything off of it that he could before taking it in)...

The day I bought it we drove around the Bay Area to feel the truck out. We weren't overly thrilled with the 35" BFG Mudders on the highway. Since the truck has 5.29 gearing, it almost requires 35" tires to get up to highway speeds (with it's 2.7L 4-cylinder engine), but something about driving...

I finally bought a worthy truck last Sunday, and I'm looking forward to building it into a respectable expedition rig. It started life as your basic 99 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 x-cab. Miguel, the previous owner, swapped the IFS for a solid axle, then built it into a very capable rock crawler. I don't...