Guy Wires...completed w/ PICS
05-27-2003 | 05:16 PM
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Guy Wires...completed w/ PICS
Time: 20 mins
Cost $26
Whose a poser now?? I am!! So many people were yapping about Thorton's a little while ago, so I took some initiative and did it. Twas damn simple and damn cheap. Looks sweet! See for yourself...
Cost $26
Whose a poser now?? I am!! So many people were yapping about Thorton's a little while ago, so I took some initiative and did it. Twas damn simple and damn cheap. Looks sweet! See for yourself...
05-27-2003 | 05:42 PM
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I went on a brief jaunt off-road this weekend, and was just thinking as the branches screeched by how much I really need those. The only problem is I need a bumper and roof-rack first
Did you come up with a way to quick-release them? Or do you off-road enough that you will just leave them strung?
Looks good though!
EDIT: Ahhh..I see now what you did
! What parts and where did you get them on the disconnect apparatus?
Did you come up with a way to quick-release them? Or do you off-road enough that you will just leave them strung?
Looks good though!
EDIT: Ahhh..I see now what you did
! What parts and where did you get them on the disconnect apparatus?
Last edited by Sucellus; 05-27-2003 at 05:46 PM.
05-27-2003 | 05:50 PM
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Originally posted by Sucellus
EDIT: Ahhh..I see now what you did ! What parts and where did you get them on the disconnect apparatus?
EDIT: Ahhh..I see now what you did
! What parts and where did you get them on the disconnect apparatus?
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05-27-2003 | 05:51 PM
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Originally posted by Sucellus
I went on a brief jaunt off-road this weekend, and was just thinking as the branches screeched by how much I really need those. The only problem is I need a bumper and roof-rack first
Did you come up with a way to quick-release them? Or do you off-road enough that you will just leave them strung?
Looks good though!
EDIT: Ahhh..I see now what you did ! What parts and where did you get them on the disconnect apparatus?
I went on a brief jaunt off-road this weekend, and was just thinking as the branches screeched by how much I really need those. The only problem is I need a bumper and roof-rack first
Did you come up with a way to quick-release them? Or do you off-road enough that you will just leave them strung?
Looks good though!
EDIT: Ahhh..I see now what you did
! What parts and where did you get them on the disconnect apparatus?
05-27-2003 | 05:55 PM
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OKay, if you guys cant make out the parts from the pics...
2 Turn Buckles
4 Pipe Mounting brackets (2 sizes of course)
4 "Quick Links" (used to connect chains together)
12 Wire Clamps
4 Wire Loop Guides
19ft 1/4 inch laminate wire
2 Turn Buckles
4 Pipe Mounting brackets (2 sizes of course)
4 "Quick Links" (used to connect chains together)
12 Wire Clamps
4 Wire Loop Guides
19ft 1/4 inch laminate wire
Last edited by PoBoy; 05-27-2003 at 05:57 PM.
05-27-2003 | 06:09 PM
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The 4Runner is great, but I don't get the guy wires. Where I go brush is always scraping against the side of the truck and I have to wax the scratches out afterwards. The branches just slide along the side of the truck, unless they catch on something like a mirror. The guy wires just seem like something else to catch on. An when they catch, something has to give...the brush, the wire, the brush guard or the roof rack. I'd like to hear a report after you've been out a couple of times.
Kudos to the thinking and doing.
Kudos to the thinking and doing.
05-27-2003 | 06:11 PM
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Soon...soon. I'm waiting to get the official notice that I will be employed past September. Then it will become a trail rig. All electronics are coming out, carpet, SAS, ect...
I just need the job security first...
I just need the job security first...
05-27-2003 | 06:16 PM
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Originally posted by gwhayduke
The 4Runner is great, but I don't get the guy wires. Where I go brush is always scraping against the side of the truck and I have to wax the scratches out afterwards. The branches just slide along the side of the truck, unless they catch on something like a mirror. The guy wires just seem like something else to catch on. An when they catch, something has to give...the brush, the wire, the brush guard or the roof rack. I'd like to hear a report after you've been out a couple of times.
Kudos to the thinking and doing.
The 4Runner is great, but I don't get the guy wires. Where I go brush is always scraping against the side of the truck and I have to wax the scratches out afterwards. The branches just slide along the side of the truck, unless they catch on something like a mirror. The guy wires just seem like something else to catch on. An when they catch, something has to give...the brush, the wire, the brush guard or the roof rack. I'd like to hear a report after you've been out a couple of times.
Kudos to the thinking and doing.
Like I said above though with "poser". These are mostly for looks. Im saving my pennies right now, but cant resist working on the Runner every now and then. This was cheap, but will be quite effective off-roading where the trees are low.
05-27-2003 | 06:28 PM
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Looks good PoBoy.
I have been on some tight overgrown trails many a time where the foilage overhead clangs against my roof rack.
Something like this would help repel the branches off pretty good I bet.
I have been on some tight overgrown trails many a time where the foilage overhead clangs against my roof rack.
Something like this would help repel the branches off pretty good I bet.
05-27-2003 | 07:44 PM
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Hey man, where did you get all thatstuff for the guy lines, hopefully more peopel will jumpon this group buy for the TJM and I can get me a few of those fancy laundry lines
. But serisously, where were you able to find most of that stuff, I'm hoping that you say a mjor hadeware store, like Home Depot or Lowes so I can pick some up after I get off tomarrow. Thanks.
. But serisously, where were you able to find most of that stuff, I'm hoping that you say a mjor hadeware store, like Home Depot or Lowes so I can pick some up after I get off tomarrow. Thanks.
05-27-2003 | 07:55 PM
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I got everything but the wire clamps and loop guides at Home Depot. They didnt have the right size bolting clamps, so I went to Sears Hardware and picked them up there. From the looks of it, you could do the whole project through Sears. Just not sure on the plumbing pipe clamps.
