North AL / Southern Central TN Mod Meet/ Cookout! May 14, 2011

Sounds like you have a plan.

Kyle, I believe the grills are coming in tomorrow. Let me know when you want to stop by and pick one up.

Anyone really interested in seeing the coilovers get installed. I'm really itching to do them early.

 

I can help you this weekend i think.. Have to check with the lady friend but i might be able to help you do it! It's easy peasy! I can let you know a definite tomorrow after i talk with Tasha! We could probably do it Saturday though!

If that goes down i'll pick up a grill then!

Justin,

You still got your bike? I want to see pictures of it!

 

just wait til the meet man. I've already lifted two tacomas that same way...I know my ways through it now.

 

You're just jealous cause you wont have time to stay for it this weekend! or will you?

It's pretty simple like you said once you know your way around the front end..

 

yeah. It is. to be honest, the part i find to be the most pain in the ass is the rear aal. its not hard but takes so much rigging to get just right. When i lifted lents truck for him, the axle fell on me. kinda scary when you are under an axle, while under the truck.

 

still got my bike may be a few days til i can get pics of it though it stays over at my parents house and not sure when i will be back over there. but if you really wanna know what it looks like there are other bikes like it on google just put in 1999 schwin moab. its the blue and pearl white paint scheme.

 

thats why you only do 1 side at a time. and get 2 c clamps instead of just one like chris4x4 says. makes it a ton easier.

 

I am smart and use two ratcheting tie downs now. rap them under the leaves and over the frame. Super easy.

 

Yeah, Brian, I'd wait for help man. It's way easier that way...

You're just doing coilovers, not the rear, right? I got a whole new leafpack, so I didn't have to worry about it But we also had two floor jacks, so we could lift the truck and rear axle separately. Highly recommended! Same goes for a second floor jack under the LCA when changing out the coilovers up front.

 

But once you lift it, you'll need a lot of wood to stack under a floor jack cause most cheaper ones will be too short.

 

HEY QUIT GIVIN AWAY MY SECRETS!!!!!!!!!

 

I got the 18.5" lift one from HF specifically to make sure I could still lift my truck. Best $80 I've spent ( I think they're marked down to $60 right now, or at least they were)

 

i've got the 30 dollar walmart special with 2x8 chunks.

 

That works... I prefer to have my jack actually be tall enough. If there's anything I'm anal about, it's lifting a 3900lb vehicle properly before I get under it.

 

heh...

 

Also, just for reference, the $30 SUV jackstands at sears are also tall enough to hold my truck near the crossmember, even lifted with UCAs.

 

i just grab mine and lift it by hand..........oh wait we are talkin bout our trucks arent we?

 

and
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00950159000P?prdNo=2&blockNo=2&blockType=G2

have worked awesome for my truck, in case anyone is in the market.

Edit: Grabbed the wrong crappy HF floor jack

 

well just got my tracking number for my sliders!!!!!!!!!!! i am sooooo pumped. hopefully they will come in on time according to ups and i can get them powdercoated and installed before my world gets tooo crazy.


well now it looks like i wont be getting them powdercoated after all. the guy that was gonna do it is supposedly one of my best friends but is now trying to royally screw me over on it not just price but time as well. found out he is going to try to charge me double what it normally cost to do something the same size and is wanting close to a week to get it done.

 

you rattle canned yours didnt you jim?