"Wheeler's Anonymous"

Thought he was a 1st gen

 

He is, see the new quote above. Simply mentioning it isn't the fact that he's a 1st gen, even the 2nd and turd gen King parts take a long time to be made. Well worth the wait for the quality

 

Well now I feel like a dick...

 

I literally got the email with a tracking # from HS this morning and 5 minutes later they were being brought into my office from the shipping dept at my work, lol.

 

Time to get them installed man!

 

Or course I'm going to be out of town this weekend Next weekend though, mod day at my place lol

 

I actually did install a lunchbox locker in the rear diff of my old '99 Prerunner back when I was 19...how in the hell I managed that without destroying anything is a mystery to me to this day. I even took it back out and reinstalled the gears back to stock when I sold it. Don't ask me how, lol. I'd be down to help out though

 

Yup keep me posted, I’ve been meaning to get my extended brake lines, and bump stops. Also willing to help where I can of course

 

Nitro gears?

 

@eon_blue 1st gens are really easy to swap out the coilovers. Like Danny said, 30 minutes per side if you've got your tools laid out.

 

Next mod day? 6months.

 

Nice Nice Nice. Congratulations.

 

Cool yeah I might try knocking it out on Friday night with my little brother's help if I can get him to come by. Think I just need to pick up a torque wrench and some floor stands and I should be good.

 

Yep. Do one side at a time. There's three bolts (or nuts) on the top, should be 14mm. Then the bottom bolt is 19mm or 21mm (I can't remember off the top of my head). That bolt on the bottom can be tight, so grab a breaker bar or an impact wrench to make life easier. But that's it, those 4 bolts and you can pull the entire assembly out and then put your new King coilovers in.


Also @dtaco06 @BLKTRUCK I forgot to grab my socket at Big Bear if you guys made the switch

 

If you come to the kilt Thursday give it to me there. Or give it to @itaro to give to me. I'll be seeing @eccracer104 next weekend

 

Right on, thanks dude Sounds easy enough. So it's better to adjust the preload prior to putting them in, but still possible once they're installed yeah? I assume that they come set for stock height, guess I won't know for sure until they're in.

 

Thanks Brian

Incorrect. King sets them for their "ideal" height setting. For a 1st gen that'll be right around 2.00" of lift. As for adjusting the preload/ride height you'll want to do that with them installed. If they're off the truck it'll be very difficult to hold the coilover assembly still while you try to turn the adjustment collar. After you install them, drive around the block, hit some bumps, let them settle. From there you'll want to jack the truck up to take the weight off the suspension so they're at full droop. Loosen the lock bolt in the collar and then you can adjust the preload.

 

It's like I'm in school all over again, lol. Thank you sir

 

You're welcome Ryan! Honestly man, once you have the truck up and look at everything you'll figure it out in no time