The Oregon State Edition Build Known as #BeaverYota

Got it fully plumbed after receiving a stock intake.


Little bit of a kink.. Might go get my pipe bent a little more and it should solve the problem.
Then this happened in a parking garage on campus as I was backing up. Some girl came around the corner and hit me.

Looks like it bent it up and in toward the body a bit as well as denting it. Oh well.

Just more excuse to get rear armor!

My headlights started fogging again in the rain the other day. I've checked the seals though and they seem sealed well, so I can't figure out where the water is getting in. I don't know if having a hybrid bumper that doesn't cover the bottom of the lights is somehow letting water splash up on them and seep in somehow, or if it's in the corner of the headlight somewhere that it gets in. No clue. Can't figure it out. But with the cold, I'm nervous about water seeping in and fogging up and then freezing.

 

Sometime wish my build was cooler. There's so many sweet trucks on here. But I love my truck, even with the current dents.

 

The headlight thing....fogging.....it is such a fucking pisser. I haven't been able to run my WHLM headlights for over a year. Doesn't matter what I did .....................they fogged.

 

It's annoying. I sealed them up pretty good I thought. Thinking I may just run silicone all the way around them and clamp them for a day or something.. The issue is just, I generally need my truck to drive around. Might see if I can find some of those silica packs and throw one in each light. I've heard of people doing that.

 

I tried the silica packs.. Didnt work very well. I just removed the rubber boots on the back of the housing, and ran without them for a few days, with the lights on, to "burn" the moisture out.

 

Interesting. I guess it makes sense that the packs don't work... Would be a lot of moisture to absorb. I took off the rubber boot last week and ran a fan and heat gun to get rid of it quick. I'll probably just drive it without like you said for a minute. I just can figure out where it's getting in. Bugs me.

 

Only thing I can think of on mine is air is getting in behind my corner marker lights. They don't seem to "seat" in there very good when i twist them in. I thought about silicone around them when I put them in but if it fogs again I will go into a fit of rage. When that happens....nobody likes Ross....not even me. Bad things happen

 

I was wondering about that area too. Or the corner of the light itself where it sits against the body, I feel like it presses the light apart or something.

 

IDK. My WHLM headlights are $99 ebay lights. They didn't fog up for about a year then bammm....fogging. I narrowed it down to the lights. I had to replace the headlight lamps and the corner markers twice. I noticed when putting the corners in that it would twist to sorta tight then go all the way around if I went to far. It definitely feels way different in my stock Toyota headlights. They fit in tighter than a nun. That has to be it. If I work up some patience i'll give my white lights another chance

 

Most recent picture. Haven't done much since I got back from Christmas break and school started back up. And I'm broke for truck things.

 

Opinions... Future tire size possibilities.
255/80/17 (Cooper ST Maxx- about 32.8" tall)
OR
285/70/17

 

I love my 285s.. My next set will be 285/75/17.. Slightly taller.. Almost a 34"

 

I'm having the same dilemma but 16"

 

I would love to do 285 75 but it seems like tires are hard to find in that size.

I honestly kinda wish I had 16 inch rims. I've heard there's only a few that actually fit the TRD sports though.

 

I have a sport and I've run the stock TRD offroad 16" wheels and now I'm running Konigs. Fit perfectly fine.

 

Interesting. I'd seen on here that only certain types of 16 inch rims cleared the brakes on the sports.

 

Get the 285's. I think 255's look too skinny on the 2nd gens. They look like a naked woman on the beach when you put them on a first gen though

 

PS. Sucks about the headlight. I'll be peeved if that starts happening to mine

 

PPS. I like the new sig pic. Show off that snork! I need to update mine

 

HA! I think I'll do the 285s at least. Maybe 295s if I find a good deal on them, or a tire that isn't E rated. I don't want my next set to be E rated if I can avoid it. So heavy.

Luckily it seems to be holding up okay now. Sad part is, one of my halos has a couple bad LEDs so LED Concepts is sending me a replacement.. which means opening it up again. Which I'm tired of doing.

Yeah. You do need an update.