Fitting 35’s with minimal trimming NOW ADDING LONG TRAVEL AND 934 CV’s

Not to mention the RF resi being slammed into the washer res. It was bad. Took like 15 hours to install shocks lol. And that was on a lift and everything.

Edit: them weren’t self tapers lol. They were straight up lag bolts. If I recall it was for the front. Not knocking them one bit, now that they are on he really does like them. But a bolt on kit, shouldn’t be that difficult lol. I’ve just been insanely impressed with everything I’ve gotten from king. It fits absolutely flawlessly, and if I’m going to spend that kinda money on bolt on stuff that’s what I like.

 

Well as a friend of a friend of a friend and acquaintance of a few of the guys over there I will forward on the fitment issues and concerns. Definitely not the experience I had with my neighbors 3rd gen Tacoma oem stuff early last year. Other than the self tappers for the rear resi mounts that is. Which were definitely self tappers for his. I know they were looking for assemblers earlier this year so maybe some bad batches got through on a newbie or something. Not really an excuse though

Either way I’m glad your buddy is happy with the performance. I was thoroughly impressed with my neighbors once we got it all dialed in. Been a while since I had driven a “stock” mid travel oem replacement truck though.

 

hope everyone is and

 

Pretty quiet in here, so I may as well share my whoopsies over the weekend. Fiancé and I decided to do some “exploring”. Needless to say I’m reminded why I hate mud.

 

Looks like you had to call the meat wagon!

 

When you make 37's disappear you done messed up. Luckily a friend was close by and came to the rescue. I then spent 6 hours cleaning the thing.... I will say, the truck got an absolute thrashing over the weekend and the slide rack is still doing its job.

 

2 years later I still find mud from the one and only time I dug my self in.. never again lol.
That shit still whacks me in the face when working on the truck.

 

Forest opened up yesterday after being closed for a few weeks due to fires. Heading out this weekend for sure though

 

It was a hot weekend. I laid on a creeper, pressure washer wand in hand and went to town. It wasnt pretty but its definitely clean!

 

This thing is your friend.

$30 M MINGLE Pressure Washer Undercarriage Cleaner, Under Car Wash, with 45 Degree Angled Wand

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RZYSL1Q?ie=UTF8

As well as this.

$30 Twinkle Star Short Pressure Washer Gun with Foam Cannon, Car Wash Foam Gun with 1/4" Quick Connector, 5 Pressure Washer Nozzle Tip, 1 Liter

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085NX4D5Y?ie=UTF8

Not having a long wand on the end lets you really get into all the nooks and crannies.

Yesterday when cleaning up I thought about bringing out my little 27" tall flex ramp so I could just sit there and wash the bottom. I didn't feel like dragging it out though.

 

this was a game changer, along with the foam cannon and oscillating nozzle

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083L4DC8R/

 

Need to get around to building something like this. But knowing me I’d go way overkill on it and do a step at 1’,2’,3’,4’ lol

 

Honestly, I have one and while it does ok it’s not a game changer in my books. Still doesn’t get in the frame rails or anything else. So at that point I’ll just roll around on the creeper.

Edit: Ignore me, @EatSleepTacos snuck a quick one on me with the edit lol.

 

It was a fun project but also incredibly time consuming. There's 60' of tubing there and roughly 20' of weld, laid in 1" increments.

 

Oh I bet. Built my parents a rack for the back of their motorhome and it was triple the time and effort I was planning on. Not to mention the cost of materials

 

we need to link more Amazon cleaning supplies and pervert the affiliate links at the bottom. People show up to this thread thinking its about LT and 35" BS and see all the car detailing and silicone spray...

@81Trekker what did you use to get the engines looking so dapper?

 

@RonRon23 So you've got JD's spring under setup, yes? And you mentioned you already have Archive towers as well? I'm curious to see how you set yours up with them. I've got 14's in my AG towers, but they're too big without setting the lower mount way low.

 

No. I plan to. Just not yet. I’m running the 539/540HD pack with a couple leaves pulled out. I will be cutting off the archive towers. You’ll run into the same issue with the lower eyelet hanging down super low past the spring pack if you keep the shocks with the archive tower. I would imagine you’ll run into rubbing issues as well with the amount of flex the h70 springs have.

 

Exactly, I’m right with you there. 14s and the AG towers kinda work with SOA, but would be ludicrous with the extra bump gained from SUA. I’m leaning towards cutting off the AG towers and getting a proper LT rear built. I think the added performance would outweigh the money and labor saved with keeping the towers and running a 12” shock.

 

I'm pleading ignorance in this regard, but what exactly is the difference between the AG towers with SUA and a "proper LT" rear system? I'm not putting that in quotes for sarcasm, just genuinely curious. Is it shock length, shock placement, etc.