NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Is Jeverich out of town? If not, he might be willing to hook you up for a few bucks.

 

Again, just to see if anyone is interested in helping.

Next Saturday, the 4th, my Auburn house. Packing furniture into a uhaul, moving to my new house in Renton. Unpacking furniture. It really will only be furniture since I will try to move all the boxes before.

I should have a few other people joining, any there isn't a ton of stuff. Living room, 3 bedrooms, some stuff in the garage and the shed.

 

Its pretty easy to do yourself if you have one other person, just unbolt your stock one and bolt this one on.

 

That should make lifting the 5th gen pretty cheap...

 

Good on you for catching it. They recently scratched one of mine but I didn't catch it until over 100 miles later; to late to prove. 4runner looks awesome.

 

dont u need like torque tools?

 

Probably need a torque wrench to tighten them properly but Greddy will comment, he did his not to long ago by himself. If you want to pay someone you can also check out VMI off road, they are up in bellinham and i've heard good things about that shop.

 

A torque wrench will run you 40 bucks. A shop will charge you 75 an hour.

 

If your lucky, shops around me are $95 an hour.

 

You don't even need to torque it to a specific measurement, just tighten it up as solid as you can. My bumper has 6 bolts holding it on. all torqued to as tight as i can get em.

 

St maxx is gonna look sweet with those and you will love them as I do mine!

 

Tight is good enough. I really don't use a torque wrench of anything but lugs, engine components, and some suspension parts though...

 

well then i will try to do it myself...more fun that way anyway.

 

Yeah holy crap I know I overthink torque sometimes too but a bumper is not Sometbing to over think. Just tighten them down good and if youre really paranoid try to loosen them by hand occasionally. If they're not hand tight they're not going anywhere

 

I used to be cranking down on the bolts for my skid plates until I looked it up and the torque is around 30 lbs

 

Sorry for the late responses, i only am able to get on here a few days at a time.
Oh ok, that's great. might rub a bit when on the trails and off camber, but at least i know i don't have to lift it right away. I have the stock rims right now, i've thought about maybe spraypainting them black or something. Go for something a little more unique.
On the subject of the lift, has anybody had experience with lifting their vehicle and had a diminished towing capacity? Tacomas have a 6500lbs towing capacity, but, with a lift... i'm not sure, i welcome opinions. Not that i got my Tacoma just to tow with it lol

Ouch dude. So sorry about the wreck. I'd be happy to come over and turn some wrenches if i could. I know the feeling, my neighbor rearended my old jeep and insurance ended up totaling it. Heartbroken... Look at the bright side, nobody was hurt, and everything will be taken care of. On the plus side, the bumper looks salvageable... probably tear that thing off and put it on the next one! Hope nothing gets sore over the next few days? Do you know if the insurance is gonna total it or fix it?

Don't feel bad for asking for help. We'd love to come over and help. or if you just need someone to talk to.

 

Thanks a TON everyone! If you have a chance to meet or wheel with Charles (Cykososhull) what a blast do not miss out. Great to hear from you Charles! We have to do another meet this year.

So the estimate for my truck was about $12K. It will take about a month to fix but I'm glad it will be repaired back to its old self. The bumper as noted had no damage and protected the winch. Things such as the lights behind the grill and the dual battery system look like they still work. No frame damage, but the driver's side LCA at least is a bit bent so there will be some suspension repairs. I have a Subaru Legacy in the meantime.

I'm not sure about people getting hurt, etc. There was a 8 month pregnant gal, her husband and another child in the car seat when I ran up to check on them right after it happened. Talk about feeling like shit. People seemed OK after the accident but they have a lawyer talking with my insurance company, etc. Nothing I can really do about it - I've thought about it plenty. I was driving slowly in traffic just going to work not driving aggressively or anything and shit went haywire. I haven't even had an accident claim before. Thank god for insurance.

As Mike mentioned, I am glad I didn't spend a weekend working on my lug nut / hub issues since the bumper tore right through the tire and bent the wheel. I had taken the frame reinforcement plates off my bumper last month to work on my fenders and had not yet re-installed them. I think that prevented a lot worse damage to the other car and kind of let my crumple zone absorb the impact.

I'm still ready to help wrench and entertain with my chemical consumption party tricks if we want to do some modding in the meantime.

 

I'm with you - I've always wanted to make that trip. Bucket list. Maybe someday after I get some lockers and regear.

 

Will, try looking into Dirt King LCAs. Seems to be the new hotness on the mid travel bs thread.

 

Any chance you could tell your insurance that you had a LT Front suspension and you'd need the money to get it repaired

For real though glad everything seems to be working out. That sucks about the lawyer getting involved. Hope all goes well for ya!