March 10 through March 27, 2020: Finalizing Front Up-Travel (continued)So on to
Step 2 of 4 of my plan to tune my front suspension: Extra body clearancing!
Removing bumpers on these 3rd gens really showcases why over the hood visibility is so horrible
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But at least we have a nice view of RCLT HD
![Cheesy :D](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/grin.gif)
I don't think I've expressed this in the build thread before, but if I wasn't building this truck to feature commercially viable products then a lot would be changing starting with that horrible lower radiator support. If I was building this truck only for myself then I would have cut that stupid crossmember off years ago and designed a lower profile front bumper with a much better approach angle. It even gets in the way of my split-screen dual rock crawling camera system. When you undress things these sore thumbs really stick out and glare at ya. Approach and departure angles were not a priority for Toyota
![hehehe :talkingn:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/talkingn.gif)
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