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rig has been largely neglected lately, had to clean some mildew of the steering wheel today as my wife took off to work with my DD truck keys, I think the 20 miles I put on it is the most action it's seen in a year.

but at least it forced me to drive her and take pics the roof rack I fabbed up a few weeks ago, 3/4" tube can't remember the wall thickness, covered with expanded metal, boxed out a few mounting spots for the Yakima box and kayak mounts. Also did a shake down on the tranny cooler and EZ locker (which sucks).

wound up with some alum 8 hole mags in a trade, 4" BS and they barely clear the TREs, they're coming off soon and the 33x10.5s (like the spare) are going back on.
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Good call on the wheels. Look kinda weird haha.

Sorry to hear about the EZ locker.

Nice rack! ;)
 
Pulled the trigger on a Harbor Freight Badlands 12k winch, $299 with coupon and $50 for the two year no questions asked warranty. For that kinda money I can afford to break it.

Recessed into the grill as deep as I could to retain approach angle and just because I enjoy cutting sheetmetal.

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Not done yet, got 2 grade 8s in the mounting plate but will add 4 more and clean up the rough edges

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Rattle canned some gray on the sides a while back, I really don't think black belongs on 60s. 33x12.5 MTR Kevlars mounted on new wheels.

Buddy has a vinyl cutter and wants to add some aggressive decals on the sides, any ideas? Also thinking about putting the rising sun hood back on.

Swapped the rear springs out for 5 leaf 63" Chebbies SUA a while back, I will add details and pics of the swap later. 14" travel 51002 in the rear and 12 inchers in the front, with extended brake lines. Haven't flexed it out yet.

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Not sure I dig the wheels, but the paint lines are sweet.

Does that winch free spool? Can you mount synthetic on it?
 
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I got a little bored. Not that crazy though. Idea nonetheless

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You've had a few usernames. I wondered where you had gone!
 
Where did you get the feet for your 3/4" tube roof rack? Looks good.
 
Not sure I dig the wheels, but the paint lines are sweet.

Does that winch free spool? Can you mount synthetic on it?

Yes and yes, my goal is to put synthetic and a hawse at some point but we'll see.

As far as wheels go, I'm collecting 15x7 steelie spares from 95-98 Tacos for all 4 corners but these will do for now.

I got a little bored. Not that crazy though. Idea nonetheless

You've had a few usernames. I wondered where you had gone!

Thanks Kline, I'm thinking more along the lines of old school Toyota graphics or agro stylie panda s***.
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I'm here, just gotta stay out of H&F and hope the black hand doesn't mind.


Where did you get the feet for your 3/4" tube roof rack? Looks good.

I built it, used some mounts from Mikes off-road I believe. Cut down a HF hitch rack for the corners.
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Thanks! I have 8 extra mounts $160+shipping if anyone wants them.
 
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More :D

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I dig the rear window decal, maybe the panda can go on the rising sun hood.

I was thinking more along the lines of this for the main body:
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You bought Cruisified's rig?? ;)


Probably one of the best mods of a HF rack I have seen yet. I was wondering how you bent up the corners. Good job.

The Panda is awesome.
 
Technically I bought it from Battlewagon who bought it from Cruisified.

Thanks Mace, I wanted something low-pro and relatively light. 3/4 square tube dies are far and few between even with local fab shops so I improvised. The hitch rack was $50 from HF so it was relatively cheap to build as well, the mounts were the $pendy part.
 

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