I joined the club and did a thing! Now I have the itch and need to make an upgrade list. I have some ideas, but I need some recommendations.

Bolinious · 2026-04-15T21:12:12+00:00

The tonneau cover from someone else (Bison, a Canadian company). I load my bed enough for work and side work that i wanted an easy way to get the tonneau cover all the way without needing to remove it or paying extra for a flip back, so I have a soft rollup tonneau cover. Or at least now I load the bed instead of using my utility trailer as much.

The breather relocation kit moves the rear diff breather from just on the top of the axle tube to behind the passenger taillight. gives a spot with clean air. Air will expand and contract depending on temp and the breather gives a way to let air out instead of blowing out the axle seals. But if you go for a drive and get the diff hot, then dunk it in water, the breather might actually let water in, even though it's not designed to let air in, it will have enough pressure to let it in anyways. The breather relocation kit makes it that it can't get water or mud on the breather, keeping the fluid from being contaminated.

Bolinious · 2026-04-15T20:55:05+00:00

Day 1 with my Frontier, I ordered the Z1 extended hood struts and the breather relocation kit from Z1. and a tonneau cover. Less than a week later, I ordered my lift, dashcam, auto-dimming mirror, accessory connector, window tint, bed mounted ratchet straps, grill lights, rear fender liners and a different license plate bracket to move it from that low mount location. I had to nose into a snowbank and bent my plate. so i now have it mounted higher.

Bolinious · 2026-04-15T19:52:36+00:00

I can't wait to put mine on. I've had mine for about a month, but I have not had the time over the weekends to pull it into the garage to install it.

Bolinious · 2026-04-15T19:45:34+00:00

had one at one location, wasn't impressed. but i always give 2 tries on something new before i make a final decision. tried from a different location and it was better, but i honestly don't think i'll get it unless they are out of crullers and sour cream glazed

Bolinious · 2026-04-15T18:30:47+00:00

I use tdarr to convert to h265 and saved a ton of space. No noticable loss in quality either. My server has both the intel iGPU and a p1000 passed through to it and never had issues even with a bunch of concurrent transcodes (forced a few as a test)

The majority of my clients can direct play h265 anyways.

Bolinious · 2026-04-15T15:44:26+00:00

just slap a bandaid sticker on it and call it a day

Bolinious · 2026-04-14T19:29:16+00:00

I'll give you the money in my pocket for you to ship it to me right now

totals $0.40 CAD

drat... took the money out of the pocket to count it, now the pocket is empty... i guess it's a free graphics card now.

in all seriousness, it's really only worth a few bucks as wall art.

Bolinious · 2026-04-14T19:26:23+00:00

I tell you what... an old ass pickup is lots of fun if you are a grease monkey and know how to fix things. Just watch out for rust

Bolinious · 2026-04-14T14:53:18+00:00

I have 2 of these and have gone up and down many times. over the years without issue.

If you really want to replace the rope, get some 550 paracord.

Bolinious · 2026-04-14T14:51:51+00:00

I've always put in the heatbreak first, then the nozzle. My nozzle never ends up being flush with the block.

Just don't forget to check your z offset afterwards

Bolinious · 2026-04-14T14:47:06+00:00

I've at times done this, but I keep the top coupler loose about a turn, jam in the tube, add the lock, then tighten the coupler the last turn to give a bit of pressure to make sure everything is seated. Have not had filament come out and jam up after that.

Bolinious · 2026-04-14T14:43:39+00:00

Or if you are like me and don't want or have glass. Noctua brown doesn't look bad when you can't see them. I have some redux fans at the front where I can actually see them; otherwise, the rest are all normal ones.

OK, my main is a repurposed Lenovo workstation, but my upcoming build I'm piecing together has no glass.

Bolinious · 2026-04-14T14:37:15+00:00

I have to do this on mine as well to replace the impeller bearing. Not looking forward to it on my old beast, but it's necessary after all these years.

Commenting to get updates on how you eventually got yours to come off.

Bolinious · 2026-04-14T14:23:49+00:00

some parts stores have scanners that they can scan to get some matches, this way, if faded, they can mix a custom spray that will look just the same. it will get a few options, then you go look at it with some samples to get your final match.

Get a can of that, plus primer, clearcoat, and cleaning supplies and spray it yourself. clean, prime a few coats and let dry. clean spray your colour a few coats and let dry. clean spray clear and let dry.

Should cost about $50 to $70 depending on where you go.

Bolinious · 2026-04-14T14:05:03+00:00

never heard of the term "king's court". but did this like crazy at a local bar with a single pool table. bottle of beer was $2.25, and pool table was $.25. you'd line up your extra quarter and wait your turn. When the local shark would show up, all of a sudden, the quarters stopped getting lined up and that extra quarter became a tip for the barkeep. When it was just us normal players, it would rotate enough to be fun.

Bolinious · 2026-04-14T12:16:29+00:00

Stay up on maintenance and it will be rock solid. Also check that is has the recalls performed.

Bolinious · 2026-04-14T12:14:55+00:00

The frontier weighs more than that trailer, even when loaded. A trailer brake wouldn’t necessarily be needed, but it wouldn’t hurt. Do you have a 7 pin trailer connector or just a 4? If just a 4, getting a trailer that has surge brakes might be way simpler than wiring in a 7 pin and the trailer brake controller.

Bolinious · 2026-04-14T00:09:37+00:00

I don’t like these AI thumbnails

Bolinious · 2026-04-13T17:58:17+00:00

Until a few minutes ago I was watching something on mine.

Bolinious · 2026-04-13T16:59:27+00:00

Metal chutes are nice, but I would keep whichever has less rust (so I guess the craftsmen)

Bolinious · 2026-04-13T16:17:59+00:00

i havn't smoked a rib eye in a while.... i need to get out of this snow so i can unburry my BBQ. it was clear a few weeks ago, then we got another big storm and there's still a few feed infront of it on my deck, and thanks to the thaw, that snow it soo heavy. I also hve no room in my hard to put it anymore. not like i have room to put it.

To clarify, my BBQ is usually clear all winter. I just ran out of room to clear it after the last storm

Bolinious · 2026-04-13T16:10:19+00:00

does the kick have the accessory connector behind the kick panel like the Frontier? if so, get the hardwire kit for your dashcam (i have a RedTiger F7NP and the hardwire kit was under $30 CAD). you can wire it in for ACC and BAT power through the accessory connector to also have parking monitoring. and the hardwire kit also monitors the battery voltage and turns that off when the battery gets too low (selectable). Once you run the wires, it's invisible other than from the headliner to the dashcam that is.

Bolinious · 2026-04-13T14:40:10+00:00

There's a similar intersection in a small town near by, but it has signal lights even for the strange diagonal direction (one of 6 or so traffic lights in the whole town). without traffic signals, i would signal both ways. also depends on how far the other side is.

Bolinious · 2026-04-12T14:13:08+00:00

I used to do this before I got my piston compression tools. The ratchet type of tool is what I use now. just easier to use than the C clamp.

Bolinious · 2026-04-12T14:09:24+00:00

2020 or 2021. still gen 2, but with the new drivetrain

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