badm0t0rfinger's 2014 Raptor build

[badm0t0rfinger]

check your bolts after any suspension mod.

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[Buddha.]

Got the loose nuts eh?

 

[badm0t0rfinger]

Got the loose nuts eh?

It's to go along with my loose cannon.

 

[Todd780]

It's to go along with my loose cannon.

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I see you type 'loose' but then this pops in my head given your screen name....

 

[badm0t0rfinger]

I see you type 'loose' but then this pops in my head given your screen name....

I used to be a big Down on the Upside fan. It's a truly great album. All 3 of their main albums are at least 8s imo.

 

[Todd780]

I used to be a big Down on the Upside fan. It's a truly great album. All 3 of their main albums are at least 8s imo.

I felt the same way with Audioslaves debut album.

Temple of the dog I could take or leave though....

 

[badm0t0rfinger]

I felt the same way with Audioslaves debut album.

Temple of the dog I could take or leave though....

Audioslave's first album is about about 4 or 5 songs too long from it being an absolute masterpiece. Its still a banger and probably a 7.5/10 if I had to give it a score. But if they cut it down from 66 minutes to like 55 minutes they probably have an all time classic. Very much a more not necessarily being better... Hell just look at Metallica. Cut out about half of Load and Reload and you have a banger album... instead of two albums that are pretty mediocre.

Temple of the Dog I adore. I don't care that it has a few lulls in it.

 

[Todd780]

Audioslave's first album is about about 4 or 5 songs too long from it being an absolute masterpiece. Its still a banger and probably a 7.5/10 if I had to give it a score. But if they cut it down from 66 minutes to like 55 minutes they probably have an all time classic. Very much a more not necessarily being better... Hell just look at Metallica. Cut out about half of Load and Reload and you have a banger album... instead of two albums that are pretty mediocre.

Temple of the Dog I adore. I don't care that it has a few lulls in it.

Maybe I gotta give them another shot. All that ever comes to mind is Hunger Strike...

 

[badm0t0rfinger]

Bed braces arrived today and I'll be throwing them on tomorrow afternoon. Super stoked with the fitment on the mock up.

Not so stoked to drill into the truck some more.

 

[badm0t0rfinger]

Finished installing those custom bed supports I was talking about.

 

[badm0t0rfinger]

Before leaving on a road trip I managed to get a new center console tray. The factory one is incredibly dated; you gotta think my truck was a 2014 and that center console was in use since at least 2009, probably designed a fair bit earlier... It just didnt work with anything I needed.

I pulled molle pouches out of my gear box and I'm working on making it work for me, but may have to order some specialty stuff to make it work.

 

[ITTOG]

Finished installing those custom bed supports I was talking about.

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Were you having issues with the top of the bed rails bowing out?

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[badm0t0rfinger]

Were you having issues with the top of the bed rails bowing out?

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Not in particular. I know it can be an issue with these trucks. I just wanted to tie in the rack to something a bit sturdier. The supplied hardware with the rack are 2 rivnuts and small bolts for each side. This thing has 5 bolts on 2 planes tying it in.

 

[badm0t0rfinger]

Been busy putting rockets into space.

Bought a new trailer. New ski is in a crate waiting to be prepped.

 

[SDDiver5]

How them bed supports holding up? I have always kind of wanted some. Don't feel they are really needed for me since my RTT and rack come off when I'm driving around town so there's no real weight. Did you see any flexing on the bedsides that made you get them?