MARYLAND TACOMAS

Hey there! I have a 2017 Tacoma trd off road. I have the front end assmebled coil overs and new ucas are in. I have the billet ucas and the bit about lining up the slit in the collar lines and the adjusting the pinch bolts has me tied up.

Then I’m not sure where the sway bar relocation block is supposed to mount. The instructions say to bolt the block to the frame, but I can’t seem to figure that’s out.

Most of the day was spent trying to do the add a leaf only to realize I will have to cut the stock rivet to make room for the new bracket and pin. So as far as doing the tears go I might pay a shop for that because cutting makes me nervous.

So after about 16 hours of work this is what I have accomplished lol...

I am very much a newbie if you couldn’t tell!

 

Calm down, take a deep breath. You are not driving anywhere tomorrow. Allocate a half day to get a front end alignment before you drive anywhere farther than a few miles.

The sway bar relocation block bolts go in the same bolt holes as the original sway bar bolts. The block will/should reposition the sway bar forward about 1 inch.

Pictures of the other issues would help.

 

Yup that’s my plan finish up the font end, get everything torqued and go get an alignment done.

Shouldn’t be any problem with driving the truck with just the front suspension upgraded, for say a thousand miles? I was also wondering if I could put the rear shocks in and not do the add a leaf as it will require grinding the old rivet.

I already have left my truck for the evening as I already had plans for the evening. I was anticipating to be done sooner lol! I can post pictures tomorrow am. Planning to start in the morning around 7am.

 

I'm up in Glen Burnie, how far are you from there?

 

I am down in Deale, MD

 

I work out there (civilian).
Occasionally some local Tacoma & T4R folks meet at a place called Frisco's in Columbia (close to Ft. Meade).
Give me a shout when you get there and maybe we can meet up for lunch one day.

 

Picked up a cheap camper off of Craigslist and put it on the new piece of property. My buddy wired up a RV outlet for me.

 

Your dads home away from home .Nice

 

@EatSleepTacos thx for the cmc!

 

New projectors too

 

Also guess your gonna have to dig a deep hole and build a shit shack nearby or you gonna let the grey water drain right there lol

 

did you do retrofits or are those the ebay projectors?

 

Its kustom45 projectors. Got a deal on them. Its easy to do, done it before. Just tedious and tie consuming.

 

i need

 

I would never let the black tanks just drain out. This property has a nice outhouse but plans are in the works for a septic system. As I mentioned this property touches my property so a short little trail ride and you're at my cabin for bathroom use if needed.

 

I spent the day showing my nephew around the mountain. We stopped so he could skip rocks across the Potomac. I was a little scared & was holding on tight while he drove.

 

It doesn’t flex really at all. What it does is when you go over a bump or something it kind of moves with it so you have to touch the mount to hold it still again. It comes with a little “stabilizer” that you mount to your console to stop that so I will be doing that. Little things drive me crazy so with that being top heavy and bobbing back and fourth after hitting pot holes or a bump was driving me crazy

 

Ok yea, that's exactly what I referring to. The little thing that holds it to the console. Seems like for smaller devices it would not be needed but for larger ones it is a requirement, especially off road.

Thanks!