Search results

An entire enclosed topper could be built for far less than $4,500. People are making square drop and teardrop trailers from scratch for under 3 Grand and that's with everything included. Labor and materials markup is pretty much how. company's make their money. Some people have more money...

I don't think the idea would be terribly hard. Like I said a bunch of square/rectangle waterproof paneling with rubber gaskets on the back sides. The only really detailed part would be how far would you take the attachment points. Quick disconnect latches? Standard nut and bolts? You could...

I eventually plan to build a custom oversized squaredrop trailer, but depending on how much money I end up sinking into the new Ranger it may be awhile. I am ordering an EZUP Vantage Cube as a stop gap addition to my camping gear to alleviate the exact issue you are speaking of. Gives an...

Thank God they put "Pickup Design" on the front bumper. I would have accidently thought it was a compact car had they not.

You know pondering this a little bit more I may do some prototyping with some marine grade plywood with an extra layer of sealant maybe something like a bed liner. Since the initial design is pretty much all right angles and boxes it would be as simple as cutting a sheet to size making sure to...

Well if anything the tune would still be good to address the electronic throttle body response as well as clean up any transmission mapping if it is super sloppy for the sake of gas economy oriented.

The warranty they offer is not free. I don't remember the exact cost but it is an option. They basically pool all the money together under this warranty plan that people buy into and disperse it as needed. I don't believe it's utilized very often.

I will be buying the 8020 extrusion as raw material and cutting to length. I do not see the need for a roof rack with my designs, I have plenty of storage between between the over head platform, vertical storage pods, and the decked bed system. I don't do RTT's - I opted for an ARB...

The woes of working night shift and it being a night off. Still in zombie mode... Little more work... Scale doesn't translate exactly right once it comes to real life assembly, if it does I will chop the vertical supports to get it closer to the apex of the roof line for a more streamlined...

Ha... just stay tuned. Like I said, to start with is just mapping the base system out. I have some stuff planned. I generally do things in stages. Further stages (expanding the base budget over time) usually results in things getting a little mad scientist on my end. I have big plans for...

Because I should be able to build the entire system for the same price as paying for just the off the shelf bed system. That is why I reached out to Xtrusion Overland in a no shame scratch my back I'll scratch yours sort of question. They supply the base system, I'll build and connect my...

If you are asking as to the original design, it was done in all steel for a few reasons. I didn't really get into custom fabbing my own stuff till I sort of already had an RCI rack. I started working with RCI products since I was already a customer in ordering a bunch of individual components...

As of right now that is correct. I did reach out to Xtrusion Overland to see if they would be willing to work with me, their base XR1 + my sub-frame and platform design (still built by me), but I never heard back from them one way or the other. The XTR-1 specs I would need would run me about...

I decided while I am waiting an unknown time for my Raptor to be scheduled I would start designing and building my custom rack. For a little bit of background I utilized a full steel RCI setup & unistrut design on my current ranger (see bottom photos), but this time I wanted to cut out some...

Looks like something you'd find on a Maverick, some gimmicky hipster add-on.

I could not get into the newer F-150 Raptors. The headlights just ruin it for me, comically way too big for the profile.

Don't get the wrong idea, I know you are not meaning any offense, I'm just tossing that out there. Again, this seems like a silly stance to take if the RR still meets your personal value threshold, even at $5,000 more. The percentage at play here is actually pretty weak if you want to...

The devil went down to Georgia is playing in the background.

*bookmarked* I'm never one to let a pot go unstirred. Lets see what happens... :crackup:

And what principal is that? All I am saying is this particular principal may be nothing more than mislabled stubbornness. Value is in the eye of the beholder. You know what I think is infinitely more retarded than $5,000 ADM? People who spend $5,000 on a watch when the $5 Walmart special I...