NW WA Meet / BS Thread

1 1/4" uniballs vs 1", bigger tubes, $50 less. Things are frigging massive. Also, don't hit my coils at full droop.. Yet....

 

I never knew that airfield was there! Really cool to see all the hangars and airplanes. I'm a big aviation nut. The Beach Stager wing was one of my favorites.
I didn't see anyone yelling at a Cessna, but I did see the Golf cart driving around Very cool event and the band was great too!

 

You can paint the outside so it matches the rest of it better.

 

Ya it's a great place, I wish more people
knew about the fly-in. I try to support them by spreading the word every year. Hopefully next year I'll be able to head up and join in!

 

Seriously I don't know why more people don't do this. I had @jeverich find a used set of Chevy leafs for $100, we hacked them up to our liking, and boom! 4" of lift and it rides like butter. I couldn't be happier.

 

Need more infozzz

 

Check out this thread

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/tacoma-spring-refurbishing.194386/

Basically I used my toyota main leaf and then cut additional chevy leafs to fit. I believe all said and done I have 5 or so leafs in each pack. There is a ton of info in that thread though, you've got some reading to do!

 

Or an alien spacecraft stalking you.

 

Well that one is big, they have all different sizes. You don't have to leave it on all the time lol put it on when following a bunch of other trucks on a dusty road. I read they should be sized right for the engine and CFM airflow to properly work too.

 

So, now that I've shed my 5-Lug, I'm ready for a 6... After all the wheeling you guys have been doing up here, what model/Gen. would you start over with as a blank canvas? Any thoughts are appreciated!

 

Any will do. As for bed/cab configuration, what kind of wheeling will you want to do? More overlanding or more crawling?

 

Anyone here locally running a volant intake box on their truck? I've got my core support ram air scoop left over after the snorkel install. Might work with other intake systems. $75

 

I want to do what I'm seeing in all of your guy's pics, to be extremely vague... I guess more overland than crawler, but some crawling capabilities would be nice, just in case. And, I have absolutely no PNW wheeling experience, BTW.

I've got my criteria at this general area: 1st./2nd. Gen. RC SR5 (or) AC OR w/locker.

 

Good to know, I wanted to go with the all pro "pro" suspension kit but I wasn't sure about there uca, was thinking I buy it separately but I've been hearing good things so I'll probably just go that route, add a diff drop and front ext brake lines and be set.

 

Rear brake lines, not front, and delete the diff drop more problems than they are worth, plus u likely need to shim ur IFS skid to make fit. If 3" or more lift may want a carrier bearing drop tho.... Jury's out on that one....

 

You will notice many DC 1st/2nd gen that do both.
There is something nice about having not all your belongings in the bed of the truck you are wheeling... unless you are single and plan to stay that way... ("I got 5 kids to feed" - name it - @Chickenmunga )

 

Well the kit comes with rears, I was gonna add the front just because at full articulation with a 2.5 lift they can get a bit stretched, from what I've heard. As far the diff drops I had a lift on my old 4runner and that thing rang through cv every 6 moths it seemed with the same lift, and after I added the drop it fixed the problem right up. But I sold it shortly after so I couldnt tell you the long term. But I'm open to segestions if you know any down sides.

 

Huh? My kids names are Toyota and Yamaha. I stopped feeding ASUS.

 

I added front and sent them back to be shortened because they were rubbing on the top part of the bump stop mount - too squished. You only need length for LT, maybe if you are doing full MT (I will find out soon). ABS wire is the shorty one that I wish I could lengthen, but no way I'm splicing that up.
Diff drop is bad juju from what you can read around here. One guy actually got his diff destroyed by it.
Was your 4R destroying the joints or just boots? I was destroying boots, now I'm on CVJ boots and we shall see how long they last.

 

There's a couple threads about it. I'm non committal on the subject. Took mine out so I didn't have to shim my skids. Honestly with a long bed I don't think it makes much diff. Ha!