Welcome to the Official SoCal BS/ Shenanigans, Tundras and What’s Happening Thread

Howdy Sunnier! West Covina, which is 17mi east of LA

 

Well then, Anza's not too far if you wanna join us. If no one else takes it on, I'll start a new thread for that, this weekend.

 

For a day trip for sure! Work amd some family obligations make a whole weekend difficult these days, but with some planning ahead of time i could do a longer excursion!

 

@aperezsh tentative

 

Are you asking the activity coordinator to step up and get this organized? Challenge accepted.

 

I still prefer your title be Cruise Ship Recreation Director. Like Julie, on the Love Boat.

 

Or Tattoo from Fantasy Island

 

Bahahahaha! Funny you thought of Tattoo. When I first mentioned his qualifications to be our Official Recreation Director, in a PM, @sdde4n also thought first of this guy!

 

I've never been to Anza, what are the trails like?

 

Here’s the video of our first meet at anza

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2D_2gWwAyAc

 

Going around the mud puddles i see? Lol that looks like a super tight squeze going thru towards the end.

 

We had a great spotter

 

Sunnier, you remembering Julie from the live boat shows you are around my age!! Good ol ‘70s shows!

 

Hahaha! We did. Mike offered to come back and spot us through that narrow gap, but I was already committed, so @Marty McFly cheer-led me from behind.

 

Will forum members children be there?? If I go through the mud the truck need to get cleaned!! lol

 

You're probably right. But we have some pretty well-socialized younger guys on here: @sdde4n and @Marty McFly are whippersnappers and they get every reference!

 

Yes, probably lots of kids. So far we've had good Fambly participation. But, so far, the only one cleaning other guys' trucks has been me.

 

Cleaning is what we call that? Lol

 

Families are always encouraged

Pffftttttt ....
I’m like the oldest member in the group
Is the love boat on the jersey shore lol

This is true lol

 

"Friendly reassurance"

 

Depends on what u plan on doing with ur truck?

 

I'd get ahold of ToyTec and tell 'em how you plan to drive your truck. I think they can help you do it well for about that.

 

I posted and quickly removed the post because I thought it was in the wrong place to post.

You guys are quick on the response! So thank you.

I don't do much in the sand and desert is less common. Mostly fire roads and then some more technical rocky stuff is my preference.

I'm shooting for about 3-3.5 so not trying to to UCAs (yet). I do not want a leveling kit or blocks for the rear. I am also not worried about how it looks under the truck as long as it rides well and functions.

 

Totally okay to post it here, especially as we mostly BS between easy dirt runs, of the type you're trying to equip for. If you search, you will find tons of advice on this without posting a new thread. However, you are very likely to hear Bilstein and ToyTec as the top recommendations in that price range. And since toy tech can hook you up with either, I would start there. They have a great reputation among the members on this forum.

 

Totally agree, my thoughts on posting here in the socal area was to find out from folks what is working well for people in the areas I will actually go out into.

 

I was thinking of going with Toytec Boss with the progressive add a leaf

 

Well. Stock set-ups have been working fine for what we've been doing. I have TRD and a few guys have Pros. The only reason I could think of to modify suspension for what we do is to lift enough to fit larger AT tires. So, I may do both... but not til my stock tires wear out. I'm in the minority though; most people in love with their trucks enough to spend time on here, do lift and tires right away.

 

The plan is to go up to 37s after we move to Colorado. So right now its 3in lift on 35s.

 

When you going to Colorado? Do you know yet where you'll go?