Tricky Motorsports at TD-Distributing.com

Tricky Dick

I wanted to make a vendor post to introduce my company to anyone unfamiliar and field any questions. I specialize in 6G accessories and tire inflation.

In May of last year I filed the paperwork and officially started the business. Initially the goal was to import Maxi Trac clone air compressors and resell them at a reasonable price since nobody was doing that after Napa stopped selling them. Then I put together a tie rod repair kit because I was tired of seeing breakdowns and expensive tow bills.

Over the next year I continued to add products, some imported, some designed myself and manufactured here in the US. I had one goal, offer useful products that people wanted at fair prices.

A product I just released that I'm really proud of is the frame horn reinforcement kit. After bending my own during winching and seeing the DV8 Bronco have issues, I identified a weakness in our bumper mounts and designed a solution. Now, I'm sure Ford designed it that way for a reason, but when we go beyond Ford's limits bad things can happen.

TechnicalDisaster

I can’t wait to get my kit. I’m looking forward to enforcing my bumper with Rough Country winch mount.

TechnicalDisaster

Kit arrived and we are almost done installing. We ran into a couple of issues:

1. The package arrived in pretty bad shape. Huge holes in it that were taped up by the Post Office. The hardware bags were tore open and I was short a couple washers. No biggie - I replaced them and moved on. But you’ll want to beef up the packages for future orders.


2. The tabs holding the air dampers assembly interfered with the new braces. We used a grinder to remove some material on the brace so they would sit flush. Here is the before shot.


3. Based on discussions from the Bronco6G thread, I thought this kit would come with longer bolts to fit the RC high mount winch. The bolts supplied were the same size as factory and are too short. I’m going to try and source some local today.

Tricky Dick

Thanks for your feedback.

I switched to a better box, it's not the first one to be mangled.

I didn't have the interference problem during testing, but I think there can be some slight variance in the frames. Part of why they're sold unpainted is to allow for modifications if needed - better to have more material than less. I'll start beveling that edge to head off that problem for others. You can see how much clearance I have.



The bolts are common 1/2-13. You won't need them to be fully threaded with the RC mount. Sorry about the length, somewhere during development the extra length for the RC mount wasn't accounted for. I'll have to source longer ones for the future.

Tricky Dick

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