2008 tacoma build up #5 front lift point& guard
#1
Posted 15 September 2007 - 11:11 PM
#2
Posted 15 September 2007 - 11:26 PM
Now you need a three week road trip to get out there and enjoy all your labor;) ..............
Patrick
2015 FWC Hawk Flatbed
#3
Posted 16 September 2007 - 12:28 AM
#4
Posted 16 September 2007 - 12:40 AM
I read lots and lots of posts on http://www.tundrasol.../forums/tundra/ and there seems to be much itching about the wide open grill in the 07 Tundra and problem with rocks poking holes in the AC cooler and costing $600 to fix!
It looks like the Taco grill is also wide open.......
Mike
'08 ATC Cougar (built 06/16/08)
# of nights in camper: '08=15, '12=21,'13=16, '14=10, '15=52, '16=11, '17=20 (equals 145)
#5
Posted 16 September 2007 - 02:20 AM
I went to Lower Calf Creek Falls and the campground was full. Everybody had thier wiperblades covered. The crows like to remove them for you as it turned out.
If you head out of the campground and turn left on hwy 12 and head up the hill, that will take you above the falls area. Take the first side dirt road to the left on the flats and it deadends to a spot to camp. You can walk over to the edge and look at the canyon. On the Utah Road & Recreation Atlas on page 76 it is marked as a Overlook.
Have a great trip and watch out for the wet slick roads:eek:
Patrick
2015 FWC Hawk Flatbed
#6
Posted 16 September 2007 - 05:56 PM
#7
Posted 16 September 2007 - 07:42 PM
Erod 2002 Tacoma, TRD supercharger, exhaust, headers, URD 3.4L 5VZ-FE Toyota Truck Supercharger Fuel Upgrade Kit, ARB front bumper, OME shocks and coils, OME 7 leaf packs, Ride-rite airbags. 2002 FWC Eagle
#8
Posted 17 September 2007 - 06:08 AM
The manufacturers always say not to add anything in front of the vehicle because of airbags, but of course Toyota and others have huge liability issues. I think if anything it's not that the airbags would not function it's that they could be more sensitive. By adding steel tube and connecting it to the frame you may end up hitting something relatively minor and the force would be transmitted to the vehicle and SRS system in a way that the engineers never intended, and trip a sensor.
I'm just giving you my random thoughts here and thinking absolute worst case scenario. In reality air bag systems take a massive amount of force to trigger and the force needs to come from a specific direction. I think of you were to be involved in an accident then the lift points you installed would break, bend whatever and then the force would continue through to the vehicle and sensors as the manufacturer designed. I don't see that it is much different than you hitting a steel sign post first during an accident it's just that that sign post is attached to your truck.
#9
Posted 17 September 2007 - 04:36 PM
iqhikers,
The manufacturers always say not to add anything in front of the vehicle because of airbags, but of course Toyota and others have huge liability issues. I think if anything it's not that the airbags would not function it's that they could be more sensitive. By adding steel tube and connecting it to the frame you may end up hitting something relatively minor and the force would be transmitted to the vehicle and SRS system in a way that the engineers never intended, and trip a sensor.
I'm just giving you my random thoughts here and thinking absolute worst case scenario. In reality air bag systems take a massive amount of force to trigger and the force needs to come from a specific direction. I think of you were to be involved in an accident then the lift points you installed would break, bend whatever and then the force would continue through to the vehicle and sensors as the manufacturer designed. I don't see that it is much different than you hitting a steel sign post first during an accident it's just that that sign post is attached to your truck.
Good point. I wonder if airbag deployment depends on bending metal or some sort of sensor(s)? (or both). If it is sensor derived, such as an accel/decelerometor and yaw sensors/gyro to determine direction, then I double anything in front would affect it much. I dunno. Just thinking out loud here. Truck looks awesome though.
Now, just roaming around in a stock Land Cruiser (not stock for long though... bawahahha [evil laugh])
#10
Posted 17 September 2007 - 05:17 PM
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