News
July 8, 2021
UPDATED
Helicopter Crash at MDR Race leaves 3 People Injured
We don't have any details regarding the accident, but one of the passengers is in critical contdition, suffering from severe burns. No information is available about the other two occupants. Find out how you can help...
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July 8, 2021
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Forums Contribute to Tacoma Rollcage Design
We recently posted some pictures of our plans for the rollcage that we're building for our long-travel Tacoma on Race-DeZert.com and DeZertRangers.com. See how they've influenced our project...
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July 8, 2021
UPDATED
Long-Travel Tacoma Rollcage is Finally Coming Together
Check out the pictures. It doesn't look like we've made much progress yet, but getting it stripped down to this point has already been a lot of work. We're finalizing our plans right now and hope to have everything finished-up within the next month.
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July 8, 2021
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Atlas is INSTALLED...
...and it's back out again. We installed the new transfer-case in the stock orientation and then removed it so that we can clearance the floorpan to re-index the Atlas. It should sit above the bottom of the framerails and allow us to make a completely flat bellypan after we replace the stock transmission mount. Check out the pictures.
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July 8, 2021
UPDATED
HD ARB Air Lines & Field Repair Kit
We broke an air line at the rear differential bulkead fitting while we were down in Mexico and it caused us some difficulties. So we ordered a heavy-duty replacement air-line and field repair kit from ARB as soon as we got back.
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July 8, 2021
UPDATED
Long-Travel Tacoma Roll-Cage Getting Completed
The red Tacoma is under the knife again, we have the interior completely stripped out as we begin to complete the roll-cage....
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July 8, 2021
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More Tacoma Atlas Mounting News
We recently mounted the Atlas transfer-case up to determine how much of the floorpan we need to cut in order to clock the Atlas flat. We realized that the adapter plate only has holes to mount the Atlas flat on Tacoma's with a passenger side drop (most SAS trucks)....
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