Ontario BS Thread

4WheelParts sells spidertrax 1.25”. They’ll ship to your house or you could pick up in Burlington as they’re open for business.

 

looking at ordering front 5100s, top hats and rear 3 leaf aal any recomendations where to order from since the dollar sucks.
Also thinking of doing the ecgs bushing is the tool necessary to do it or no?

 

Not sure where the best place to order from. There are so many places you wold have to check pricing. The ECGS bushing does need the tool. I have seen people make their own version of the tool. I had it done at a shop and they had their own.

 

I'd wait until you lift and drive for a while to do the ECGS bushing. If you feel vibrations I'd replace it but if not I'd leave it be. I don't own a 2nd gen and thats just my $.02 though.

As far as places to order - I ordered my 5100s from http://www.bilsteincanada.com/
I'm not sure if there is a Canadian distributer to order all three components from however, might need to shop around and make separate purchases. Canada is somewhat lacking compared to the US in distributors that carry tacoma parts.

Additionally @pete37 may be able to help you out at Creditstone Auto Parts.

 

yes sir

 

on wheelers offroad they have two part numbers for 5100s 24-280785 vs 24-239370 the 239370 are the commonly sold and the others are said to be nearly identical and 63$ cheaper anyone know the difference?

 

Ive got the tool..your welcome to borrow it

 

I'll keep that in mind for future reference thanks.
I think ill go without it for now and see what happens

 

Post in this thread matches my guess that the 70's were 2nd Gen and 80's were for the 3rd gen...

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/bilstein-5100-correct-part-number.547032/

 

Still a different number then stated in that tread and 2nd and 3rd are mostly interchangeable idk mostly just curious about it now

 

Wheeler's says they are identical Price difference is likely just an artifact of the mfg deal with RCD.

24-263108 (for 3rd gen) has finer groove graduations than 24-280785. Reduced lift range, but you can take out the Taco lean by setting the LH and RH circlips at different heights. See photo:

 

So basically if running set at 0 with ome coils it doesn’t matter as it’s still the same shock just different lift range?

 

Yes, the bottom groove is in the same location. If you run the 3rd gen P/N, you can set the driver side one notch higher to counter Taco Lean without needing a trim spacer.

 

but dry fitting it, i'm going to need to wedge the damned thing to get it to be "flat" ....
Wasn't aware this is the case with this hole...

 

I didnt think he was going to demo this one, for some reason I just thought he might keep one.

 

Oddly, each of his videos averages more than a million views, but he has only 844K subscribers. With most other car/truck channels, the ratio's the other way around.

 

as much as i have a dislike for ford... that thing deserved a better fate. but i will tip my hat on how much it dragged along and the fact it's still running after being turned into a underground bunker

 

More money than brains, what a waste!

 

Probably cause if dudes like me that dont like him enough to sub but still end up getting sucked into to watching his videos

From what ive seen so far he hasnt really done anything to destroy the motor
More cosmetic shit
Im more surprised the ball joints and u-joints havent grenaded yet

On most of his trucks they run untill the end then he just starts putting bolts in the intake lol

but i dont watch every video so i probably missed something

 

Remember he's a professional Youtuber. Making jackass videos like this is how he (and his crew) earns income from this business. There's likely a limited-liability corporation registered on the acct, too.