Official Tennessee Thread

Yeah....What brand? Who makes it....? I like it and want one like it. Closest I've seen is from Trail Gear.

 

I've got nice switches now.

 

Goat trail off exit 7 in NC And hurricane creek are both doable trails. Not much to disrobing town. Might check out parsons branch in the mountains.

 

Also don't bother taking your radiator out just make one of these. Pop the plastic cover and get both the radiator and the evaporator coil. 1/2 pic pipe several 1/8 holes only on one side and a hose fitting on the end. I drilled both sides before and it wasn't enough pressure. It's skinny enough to to fit right between them.

 

Kurt, you're a friggin genius! Why the hell did you not tell me about this last light? I didn't actually take my radiator out, just the fan and shroud, and grille... Hella lotta room.

 

I did several hundred post back.

 

Well shit. Subbed for future reference

 

Hahaha

 

Where did y'all pull the power for the lights on otrattw switches?

 

haha gotcha, im assuming front bumper. its Luxury Extreme Motorsports "Grappler" bumper. Mine is from when they were a small company and I made some minor modifications to it so their design may have changed slightly.

Found this video though too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7OLvrHxevI

to a dimming fuse that works with your dash lights:

 

Found one link saying Parsons creek is closed to motor vehicles due to tree dangers. Might go thru Bridal Veil falls on the trip up for a scenic drive. Also found Rich Mountain rd near Cade's Cove that we might hit. Thanks.

 

You can also just mash the end of some copper tube to shape of a 90 bend and put hose fitting on other end. Gives a spray like thumbing over a garden hose but skinny so you can fit it down between panels. A magic wand for removing mud from tight spaces.

 

Gracias!

 

@Dave41079 how was install for the Airflow?
Just drill holes and bolt it on? Did you have to move, cut, or change anything under the hood?

 

Took a couple hours. Very straight forward. Once you cut the main hole, there's a bracket behind the fender that needs a trim for everything to fit. The upper most bolt for the snorkel is a real pain in the ass to reach also. Buy clips for your fender flare before you start. It's kind of a pain to get the flexible portion on inside the wheel well also, but it just takes time. The only thing that gets modified under the hood is cutting the scoop off of the intake of the factory airbox with a hacksaw. I do have the correct size hole saw for the fender if you want to use that.

 

@Robertocritser this question may be directed for ya, but can anyone give me the BLUF of removing the bed? I'm tryin to do the homework since the 1" BL should arrive soon. I know there are 6 bolts that hold bed to frame.

If I am just raising it prob 1.5 - 2" high, just to slip in the BL and set it back down, do I need to take my rear lights out, unplug all the wires, unscrew the filler neck on the gas tank and anything else? I figured since I was just bringing it straight up with a lift, it shouldnt require much.

thought???

 

It should come with good step by step instructions, but everything I've read says you just unbolt and pry upwards enough to slide the puck in. The only thing I've heard is some people needed to lengthen the filler neck, and some did not.

 

When I was working on my abs issue I took my bed loose and just lifted it a bit and that was enough to slide in a 2x4. You should just have to undo the bed bolts and lift up. I did drill out the rivets on the gas filler plastic thing and then just re riveted it back. Make sure to soak the bolts too and bottom in some penatration oil to help and then use anti seize on them when putting them back in I think it's a T 55

 

The factory harness should be long enough. If you follow the harness from the rail lights you will see factory zip ties for holding the harness in place. Snip those and you shouldnt have to remove the tail lights. As far as the filler neck I'm not to sure if you will have to put an extension on it or not but basically I took a rubber mallet and hit the tube down and through the bed. Then the 6 bolts which is a torxs socket

 

thanks, I talked to roger from 4xcrawlers who makes the BL and he mentioned there is so much excess tubing in toyota vehicles for the gas can, that for 1", if I just loosen the connections, pull out 1/2" on the tank side and the nozzle side, i'd be set.

awesome, thank you. and just my luck, I bought a T set at lowes today thinking the T50 would fit...of course it's just too small. T55 sounds right

perfect.