Who's from OREGON??

Hey Guys!

Let me know when/where you are doing install. I can lend a hand if needed. Better yet, I can supply some of the liquid compensation required for a tough job like this!

I am in Hillsboro, and have yet to meet a fellow TW member in the area.

James

 

hahaha..well in that case....

 

rear 5100s accomodate up to 3" of lift if I recall, might be 2" though

 

hmm i think someone on here told me that i could just run the front 5100s and the 1.5" AAL and i would be fine. do i need the rear 5100s also or is there something else i could do?

 

This is sounding like a Portland area meet now.

I have an impact wrench, one of the electric/corded ones,and a decent 1/2" breaker bar, no metric sockets but a 13 & 15 mm in the 3/8"th drive if neded.

I'm mostly interested in seeing them 5100s and seeing th steps for a front install,no prob helping too.

No idea if you "have to" do rear 5100s if you do add a leaf though ,sorry.

 

Hey, btw, did you have the regular or Bilstein factory shocks, and how do you like the new 5100s overall/onroad/bumpy roads? I don't put hardly any offroad miles on my truck any given year, and not really sure I need the new Bilsteins.

 

so i still dont know if i can use the stock bilsteins with the AALs. but i was looking on wheelers, should i just get the 3" revtek lift? has anyone had experience with that? why did you go with that instead of the 5100s?

 

Let me know if you guys ever meet up....I'm down

 

jedidiah how do you know what HiLife is

 

I'm from oahu! Where you from?

 

im from oahu as well. born and raised in kailua! im here in oregon going to school at OSU

 

Sick! I'm from Mililani!

 

nice i hang out there all the time cus so many of my friends live in mililani, plus my gf lives sunset beach. yeah it is quite a drive from kailua to her house, but now that ive been driving up in the mainland its not bad. took me 3 hours to mt.hood last weekend.

i see youve got the 5100s on your truck. do you happen to know if i put 1.5" AALs on, do i need to change my rear stock bilsteins? relentlesstaco said they are going to be a bit short but i didnt know if that meant im screwed or if i need to change something

 

I really cant help you out on the 5100s...got a deal for all four and added the tsb toytec aal. My guess is it would be ok but i would listen to relentless...he knows what hes talking about.

 

I was in Pearl Harbor when Hurricane Iniki hit, learned to dive there.Couldn't get stationed there so I got out in "93" lol. Favorite things were hiking where the tourists weren't, and rock diving,just North of the Bhuddist temple, if I recall.

There was a local staion covering the Hurricane, they showed a 85-90ish toyota pickup playing in the surf washing into a parking lot. Later it stalled, the tires were big enough to float it somewhat, really tossed it around. When I saw the commercial where the surfer leaves his Tacoma and it gets tossed around in the surf I died laughing.

 

I remember Iniki...My aunty lives on Kauai and it hit them hard. Our whole family went up to help fix their house (There house was pretty messed up) after iniki hit!

 

I wouldn't advise using the stock shocks with the AAL. They aren't long enough, and if you hit a bump wrong the shock can come apart from the overextension.
I tried to get a fairly comprehensive post going on the rest of the stuff here.

So we got 1 truck to work on, 1 garage, 3 loads of tools, 2 guys working, and about 4 more who man the beer. The math around here ain't bad!
If this does become a meet, I'm in if my schedule permits. Heck, I might even have my parts in order. Getting a build day started would be kinda cool.
I think a keg and a BBQ should be required tools.

 

i saw this thread and i was stoked!!!!


im FROM protland (as in i was born there hahah)

but i live in san diego haha

 

Mike, I like the way you think.

 

Here is my truck with the Revtek and blocks. (and TSB Springs). I have read that the 5100's ride better. Revtek was on truck when I bought, and ride is a bit rough. I will probably go with 5100's when the cashflow improves. I am running 285-75-R18 tires.