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Still the starter clicking and we're pretty sure the relay clicks as well. We can feel it, it's hard to hear over the starter click. So far all connections look fine. We replaced a ground connection just cause and still didn't work.

 

How new is the battery?

 

Like maybe 6 months. It's a dry cell big ass battery. My boyfriend's truck has the exact same battery that's only a month old and a jump didn't do anything different

 

Did you plug the plug back into the starter, as well as the cable that bolts on?

 

Yes everything is connected properly. We swapped batteries with a known good battery and still nothing. Remote start doesn't work so it's not ignition related. Bad starter?

 

I doubt it. I’d keep checking wires or think about anything else that has changed recently.

 

That's the kicker. Nothing's changed. Last year my truck has a hard time keeping idle after I drive it a short way, turn it off and turn it back on. It'll hold a low idle and die. But that hasn't happened in a few months .

 

Well swapped it with Aaron's starter relay and it started! It was a hella painful start, took some acceleration but it's running now

 

Well, took bad relay and put it in Aaron's truck and his started. So I don't fucking know haha we tried Connors jump idea and that tighted the bolt to the starter. So maybe that wasn't tight enough?

 

I need to hang out in this thread more with my 4Runner people.

 

No. Get out.

 

Just talked to them, they are sending out some replacements today, still wasted a day this weekend though. Oh well, shit happens.

 

What rear coils you running? I’m about to start ordering all the cantilever stuff for the rear. Should be full lt before to long

 

Put the kings on this weekend. I'd say the majority of people install them wrong, leading to the majority of the issues...

Most people install the passenger on the driver side and vice versa. People don't realize the shaft can be rotated to match the lower mount...

I put mine on, went for a 20 mile drive and realized they rotated. Then I realized I tightened the top with the axle drooped so I retightened the top with the truck on the ground and they were fine for the 25 miles or so I drove. Then I decided to take it out on some dirt/gravel and see how it did. After 7 or so miles they rotated again, but not as much. I rotated them back and drove 3 more miles on dirt and 15 more on pavement. No rotation. I'll try to snug them up some more on the top mount if I can, but they're pretty tight already. I also might loosen the piggy back clamp, rotate the shock, and retighten the clamp. Maybe the shock just wants to be in a certain position?

Anyway, the ride is amazing now. At low speeds around the neighborhood they feel the same, but at 40mph driving on the worst roads around here I didn't feel a thing. The front was rougher than the rear honestly. I was floored when I hit those huge pot holes at speed and the rear end didntd skip and hop and do whatever it wanted. I love the ride now. I have them set all the way to soft and I still feel less sway on the interstate.

I pushed it pretty hard on the dirt and the entire truck did really well. That was the first time it has seen dirt with any of the new suspension. I'm very impressed. Especially with the rear. I didn't think it could ride that good.

 

Very jealous

 

Have you gotten to play with the compression adjusters besides just putting them on the softest setting?

 

Very glad I got them. I wasn't sure they'd do that much for the ride in the back, but I'm sold. My drive everyday consists of driving over those roads and it was starting to get old. Now it's so much more comfortable. Just need to get the slight rotation figured out.

Not a whole lot yet. So far all I did was max soft, and max firm. Max soft rides really good, max firm is much stiffer over the same roads the max soft soaks up. I plan to experiment around with them for daily driving, for loaded down with camping stuff, and when I just want to make a quick run without hauling everything with me. They're definitely worth it in my opinion.

 

How much added weight are you running out back on a daily occasion? Plan on keeping them as soft as possible for day to day driving?

I want to bust out my rear suspension this summer and I’m not completely sold on compression adjusters

 

Rear bumper, 90 pound spare, ladder, roof rack, full skids radiator to gas tank, sliders, hilift, and maybe 50 pounds of "recovery stuff" is what I always have with me.

I'll keep them where they ride the best around town for daily driving, which might be on the softest setting. For the extra money I think they're worth it. It gives you the ability to fine tune it for whatever you're doing. There was definitely a noticeable difference in the ride from full soft to full firm. I thought they might be kinda gimmicky, but they actually do work.

I assume setting the compression adjusters to the middle is the same as running no compression adjusters. I can try that sometime and let you know.

 

since none of you hobos read the build thread





still a lot of work to do