Bottobro's Build. Laura let's get SASSY

[bottobro]

Soon....soon....

But I got a cool sticker in the mean time!

 

[Joey]

What did you find out on your exhaust? I'm going to have to do mine and was just wondering on the cost.

 

[bottobro]

Got to love last min things!

ECXC HERE I COME

 

[bottobro]

What did you find out on your exhaust? I'm going to have to do mine and was just wondering on the cost.

I had a shop do it, all stock system. I didnt know the full price my dad took care of it. I just handed him over $300

 

[DC xterra]

nice!! the red beast is gna look sweet!

 

[bottobro]

Before...

The parts...

The work

Justin and I sharing the pumpkin

After...

Before and After Shot

All photos were taken from the comfort under an umbrella by this wonderful person....

 

[Prime]

Wow! That's a transformation! Nice job!

 

[akuria]

Looks good yo.


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[Riz98]

Looks great!!! I also have the same rear shocks and would highly suggest them anyone else in the market. I have mine mounted with the boot on the top. I don't really think it will matter but the only thing I could find searching around is that with Bilstein products you always want to be able to read the label. With the boot of the shock on the bottom the "Bilstein" label reads upside down. Anyone else have any words of wisdom on the topic?

 

[bottobro]

Looks great!!! I also have the same rear shocks and would highly suggest them anyone else in the market. I have mine mounted with the boot on the top. I don't really think it will matter but the only thing I could find searching around is that with Bilstein products you always want to be able to read the label. With the boot of the shock on the bottom the "Bilstein" label reads upside down. Anyone else have any words of wisdom on the topic?

I think boot down. It let's all the Cruz and such drain out of the boot.

Sent from Nov. 5 1955

 

[bottobro]

A little morning action

And getting those tires aligned!

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[Joey]

What alignment spec. are you going with?

 

[bottobro]

What alignment spec. are you going with?

This is exactly what I handed to my Alignment guy

1. Set the Camber to 0°, or as close to it as
possible.

2. Try for getting the Caster to be between 0.3° and
0.6°, set differently between the right and left
side, with the left side being less than the right.

It doesn't matter what the Caster is, just as long as
you get the most Caster you can on the right
side, then set it so the left side is less by 0.3°
to 0.6°

Camber = 0.0°L.....0.0°R

Caster = 0.9°L.....1.2°R

Toe in = 0.08"L...0.08"R

Total toe = ...0.16"

 

[bottobro]

Some awesome pics from ECXC this past weekend!
The new suspension got its shake down run and it preformed awesome!

After the first day it seemed my T-bars had settled in and adjustments seemed to be in order

Heading down 11

 

[akuria]

Looks like it was a lot of fun.


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[bottobro]

Updated first post


Next phase is starting to get underway

-Steering upgrades
-A new winch to replace my broken harbor freight one
-stainless steel extended brake lines
-and finally a gas tank has been ordered

 

[bottobro]

After all this fun, the transmission age has finally caught up with me. She has started slipping in 1st gear -_- just one problem after another.

 

[Prime]

Ruh roh. Start with a flush and filter and see if it helps?

 

[bottobro]

Ruh roh. Start with a flush and filter and see if it helps?

My girlfriends dad is a mechanic. He says 9/10 times that makes it worse

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[Prime]

My girlfriends dad is a mechanic. He says 9/10 times that makes it worse

Sent from Nov. 5 1955

Another reason that automatic transmissions are dumb.

 

[Bklyn.X]

After all this fun, the transmission age has finally caught up with me. She has started slipping in 1st gear -_- just one problem after another.

Slipping? How many miles you got on that thing?

 

[bottobro]

Slipping? How many miles you got on that thing?

136k. Hopefully I get this worked out by b2s

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[bigjim247365]

gonaa tell you the same thing i told you back in post whore.

if the fluid is dirty. drop the pan, change the filter, and new fluid and see what that does along with a small amount of stop slip.

 

[bottobro]

Change the fluid they said....It would fix the problem they said....

The magnet in the pan...

My fluid on the left....new on the right....

Well getting a tranny rebuilt...... unexpected cost

 

[Prime]

That suuuuuuuuuucks dude. That shiat was toast.

 

[bigjim247365]

im very curious on what exactly caused that.

 

[JeffPro4x]

im very curious on what exactly caused that.

Herpes

sent from a crawlspace...

 

[bigjim247365]

Herpes

sent from a crawlspace...

of course. then again you would know.... WAKA WAKA!

 

[Slasa]

I think you found the alien megastructure orbiting Tabby's Star.

 

[bottobro]

I honestly have no idea what caused it. The truck sat for a week, didn't need it I had my work truck. Then sat another week while I was away on vacation. Started her up after 2 weeks started slipping it was weird

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[bottobro]

Transmission is tiny lol

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[leo]

But is gonna get a new one so that good men


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[bigjim247365]

have them open up the old one. i wanna inside. *rubs hands maniacally*

 

[bottobro]

She's back on the road and running! Little different but that's ok. She's running well at least

Prepping for back to school with NEXterra

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[bottobro]

NEXterra's b2s run was a blast!

Not a single breakdown. All day in the trails. It was a crazy day!

Even for my almost rollover

These pictures do not do justice. That back tire was about 2 feet in the air and the weight of the truck was on that front driver tire. I balenced there for a few moments clenched

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[Rhaas]

Hey. Im about to do a BL and Suspension lift, so i'm looking at rims and tires. What backspacing are your black rocks? Do you have any issues with rubbing and that? Thanks for any inputs.

 

[bottobro]

Hey. Im about to do a BL and Suspension lift, so i'm looking at rims and tires. What backspacing are your black rocks? Do you have any issues with rubbing and that? Thanks for any inputs.

I believe my rims are 15x8 with 3.75 backspacing. And I'm running 33x12.5 duratracs. I had to trim my fenders a lot and they still rubbed at full flex. I ran them for about 2 years before I did a suspension lift so they worked fine

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[Rhaas]

So if I do the body lift and suspension lift, I wont have issues with rubbing if i get the same size tires as yours?

 

[bottobro]

So if I do the body lift and suspension lift, I wont have issues with rubbing if i get the same size tires as yours?

Yes that's the rule of thumb for first gens to fit 33s

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[Rhaas]

Great! Thanks man!!