Mr. Pickles

Sheesh, that looks pretty close. You might adding/subtracting material to those mounting tabs, or simply boring out the holes if they're close enough to match up to the bumper mounts. You really want to be solid there, and/or otherwise tie into solid metal or the frame. The later rigs don't have those bumper bolts to tie into, so you have to come off of the tow hook bolts below the bumper. Regardless, those type bars often are not very strong anyways when attached to the bumper, unless you tie into the tow hook bolts. They should hold a set of lights and look just fine, though.

X10 When in doubt, rip it out ... or bypas, at least. The stock wiring is barely adequate for the stock setup, whether "regular" stereo, or the Clarion or other systems, so don't bother with it for aftermarket needs. You're talking about a 198X (or even 199X) stock truck, not exactly what you would expect for a rolling stereo demo. My vote is to rewire it from the head-unit and/or amps back out to your speakers. If you're already at that point (pulling the stereo out), then the cost is negligable.

LOL We had this discussion earlier tonight. Her Acura rolls about 33mpg hwy, fine by me. A friend dumped his bike a few weeks ago, so the wife has apparently veto'd me on anything. D'oh, I'll have to work on her....

$120 today to fill up gas for both of our vehicles on 89 octane regular. That's still 2 weeks each with regular driving, thankfully, because now both generally go 5 miles or less each way to work/commute, although if the wife can't take the commuter train that day, its 80 miles (doctor/dentist/appointments = evil!). I imagine other areas/nations will maul me on this topic. The Pathy sucks nearly 3x the Acura, so the Ac is the long hauler and road trip rig. The Ac does all running around inbetween and such, other than Home Depot and trail runs. Much as I hate to say it, with the current bills, inflations and bs, this old guzzling pig (Pathy) is getting parked for the most part. Grrr indeed, time to adjust I suppose. I fully expect others to have ridiculous examples to counter me and my little pain, so let the games begin!

Find a spot where it fits, won't get damaged, and you can easily access it. That's about as much though as I can provide. Almost a year later, no issues or leaks whatsoever. The old girl takes about 4 1/2 quarts now, which is great in my book, as the stock 3 5/8 is to tight a tolerance in my book, especially if you use any oil at all. Soon after the swap, I dropped in some Restore, and then switched to full synthetic. Haven't looked back, oil changes are quick, all is good.

ya mean like this?

A chunk of foam, pillow or upholstery filling, rag, potato, etc. up the tailpipe is another quick, fairly harmless, but quite irritating bit. May I suggest a fish? If not up the tailpipe, then strategically located elsewhere stuffed into anywhere you can find on the car's body (behind a bumper, underneath, etc.), allowing it only to be found after a couple days to allow for aging. This is particularly good for the upcoming WARM summer season...

WTF?! The worst part is, it looks almost like mine!

Toyota, hands down. My buddy has an '03, granted with a 6, buts its stout and reliable. My coworker has a stock Commander, and besides being pretty low to the ground and appearing non-trailready, plus quite unreliable from what she's said, it gets absolutely horrible mileage, something like 10-12mpg around town. Yota, newer Nissan, hell, there are lots of other choices out there besides a bloated pig of a Jeep.

Welcome, I'm down in Bonney Lake, near Mt. Rainier. I'd love some other angles of your winch mount, if you don't mind. I'm getting the itch for a new bumper/mount.

$3.67 at AM/PM here in Bonney Lake, WA (cheapest in the area). But its closer to $3.80-4.00 for regular unleaded many places around here in WA. We were in San Diego last week, and it was $4.07-4.15 downtown where we were staying. GRRRRRRR

Um... why... where's the rest of it?

Stealth, grasshoppa... you can drown out certain sounds with a handy rag or other such item.

Here's mine, I wanted to keep the storage pocket under the stereo. I cut an angled wood block, wrapped it in leftover carpet from the speaker box which matches close enough, then mounted the cb radio to it so its up at an angle directly to my eyes for easy operation. There's still plenty of passenger leg room.

FYI- I bought the bushings a while back, after I heard it was supposedly a simple disassemble-reassemble kind of thing (not!). Its still on my to-do...eventually list. The bushings were only like $4 from the stealer, no idea on the pins though.

I've been running 31x12.5 Pro Comp MT's for 2 1/2 years with 3+3 lift and no SAS, no problemo. I've heard similar about Interco treadwear, though. Then again, its not like they're out there promoting high mileage commuter tires.

Kudos to you for the catch and the self composure. I'd probably be taking a ride with the boys in blue. Once you get yours (payment), here's a simple revenge that doesn't cause any damage to come back on you, but its worth a laugh. Pick up a simple valve stem tool, you can get one for a couple bucks max. tool valve cap tool Remove all 4 stems so the tires are flat and he can't fill them back up. He'll be out there with a tire pump or a compressor cussing up a storm. You could even leave them sitting on his hood, ready to reinstall. I'd just about guarantee he doesn't have the tool on hand to replace the stems. Its simple and quick, no damage is done, but its a PITA for him to figure out and go buy one.

Yikes! 1) I got my 3" BL for my 94 about 4 years ago through them... for about $85. 2) Yes, agreed, their update looks like ass.

LOL, did you read? This isn't the right file. But enjoy. Anyways, I'll screw around with it later, we're leaving on vaca tomorrow and its half past bed time. Anybody that has the newer version, please share.

Wow man! You guys were lucky... well, relatively speaking. That's incredible!

This guy and Keith Richard's bodies (what, he's not dead?... ) should be donated to science. Talk about survival of fittest. Darwin would be proud.

Fog light switch wiring is here.

dead dude trippy

I was just screwing around with some stickers, Publisher, Photoshop and stuff, and remembered the old sticker thread from DJ Dank. Old timers will notice the phantom "R" in Offroad (Off Road). Anyways, I had these bumper sticker sheets from Office Depot, and they figure out to a buck each, so who cares if they die if they at least last a little while. They claim the stickers are waterproof, who knows how the ink will hold. I currently have one of the original Mr. Jim-made ones that he printed off like 5 years ago, and its finally dead and peeling. This one is a bit off center, and I'm not overly trilled with the black (ran it as "normal" instead of photo quality), but the recent sticker guy and his website seems defunct, sooo... BTW, hope I'm not stepping on your toes if you're out there, man! I'm just screwing around with stuff. And no, sorry peeps, I don't plan on making any runs of them. Does anybody know if/where the one with the corrected "R" lives? Oh yeah, ".net" too, for that matter. If not, I'll try something, but its bed time tonight...

Agreed. 3 cents for a plastic zip tie + bending and putting some flanges in some aftermarket line does not = stock repair. Granted, no you didn't take it to a dealer or equivalent, but this sounds like crap work regardless of where you would have taken the truck. :worthless: