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by NC_IslandRunner » Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:11 am

I'll buy your Rock Sliders, How about $200 + free shipping :mrgreen:

JK wish I was local :(
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by DirtyBacon04 » Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:33 am

if you plan on selling your 88s, let me know. Can't find those anymore, just 89s nowadays.
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by navigator » Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:05 pm

fishsticks wrote:..........The 88's/Z71 are staying in place I think. I still haul around a lot and like the springs for that. If the front end gets too light after the winch/bumper come off then I will sell them and you have dibs........


should you hold off on getting rid of your rough country spacer to see if the 88's are too much?

I have the RC up front and the Z71's in the rear but no armor and I sit pretty much level.
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by fishsticks » Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:13 pm

navigator wrote:
fishsticks wrote:..........The 88's/Z71 are staying in place I think. I still haul around a lot and like the springs for that. If the front end gets too light after the winch/bumper come off then I will sell them and you have dibs........


should you hold off on getting rid of your rough country spacer to see if the 88's are too much?

I have the RC up front and the Z71's in the rear but no armor and I sit pretty much level.



I actually had the 88 springs in with less armor/bumper quite awhile ago. It was stiff but not bad. It's just been too long and I don't remember how it rode. My truck came with reasonably stiff springs factory. (84/85)
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by navigator » Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:16 pm

that's right, you have the EXT also.
Don't forget us though when you start spending a lot of time on the TOY boards.
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by fishsticks » Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:20 pm

navigator wrote:that's right, you have the EXT also.
Don't forget us though when you start spending a lot of time on the TOY boards.


I actually have a SWB... just all the factory options for that year.

I've already lurked Pirate for a long time... just had to change forum sections. :mrgreen:
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by navigator » Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:23 pm

dang, I thought you had the lifted black wiener dog, hmm I forget who that was.
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by fishsticks » Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:25 pm

navigator wrote:dang, I thought you had the lifted black wiener dog, hmm I forget who that was.


High Voltage.
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by navigator » Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:53 pm

One thought though, if you leave the TB tricked out, you'll have a recovery vehicle at home if you get in a bind!
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by fishsticks » Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:03 pm

navigator wrote:One thought though, if you leave the TB tricked out, you'll have a recovery vehicle at home if you get in a bind!


The lockers are staying in, and it'll be on 33s and still lifted. I may just buy a new winch for the Yota. The TB will still be a very capable trail rig in it's own right.

I have visions of towing the Yota out to TSF with the TB, camping and wheeling both. :mrgreen:
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by bgwolfpack » Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:52 pm

Visions, even longer videos, trail carnage of backwater bridges within the TSF and interchangeable parts only Donny can conceive.

Our future is set.


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by DirtyBacon04 » Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:12 pm

Mike's bumper should be here in the next week or so, so then I'll be willing to ship my stock steel bar.
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by fishsticks » Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:20 pm

DirtyBacon04 wrote:Mike's bumper should be here in the next week or so, so then I'll be willing to ship my stock steel bar.



I broke down and bought a new winch for the Toyota today... so now I'm really not in a rush.

Let me know how much you'd like for it.
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by navigator » Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:12 pm

don't worry Donny, when I get my new front receiver I'll sell you your tow hooks back for the same price I bought them for
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by djthumper » Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:30 pm

LOL
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by fishsticks » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:48 pm

navigator wrote:don't worry Donny, when I get my new front receiver I'll sell you your tow hooks back for the same price I bought them for
:-)


:mrgreen:

Since I own two winches now, I either need to sell the one off the TB, or just stick with my current bumper. I'll probably do just that and see how the gas mileage does. I'm not sure that the front bumper is a critical economy component anyway.
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by fishsticks » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:52 pm

I cleaned up my own FS thread that went waaaay off topic. :mrgreen:
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by djthumper » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:10 pm

LOL I was trying to figure out when this was started...
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by chevycrew » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:27 pm

2 winches, 1 front and one back, you will need them, after all, it is a toyota!

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by fishsticks » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:46 pm

chevycrew wrote:2 winches, 1 front and one back, you will need them, after all, it is a toyota!

:poke:



To pull everyone else out without turning around? :mrgreen:
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