NW WA Meet / BS Thread

That's a killer deal. That batteries are damn near worth most of that.

Edit: that's an impact driver not an impact gun. Still a good deal

 

You can just buy the batteries too for like $100

 

It's amazing outside and I'm new as fuck...any recommendations on where to go? Preferably outside...

 

Who's got a chainsaw?

 

cause several hours of misery and a slew of words you won’t want anyone under 16 to hear

 

claimed better ride quality and less flex from the stock leaf hangers. The wife noticed the difference on her first ride without knowing what we did on the truck. There is a section of road that has some roots growing under it by my house that has a great washboard feel to it. With the icon aal and 5100’s the back of the truck would just chatter across it. The icon and kings resulted in much less bounce. With the deavers and kings the largest ridge still caused a bit of hop but the rest were good. First trip over it each direction with the hammer hangers and the wheel seems to stay planted without going airborne.

About 2 hrs last night getting them out and with help it took 45-60 minutes to finish up today.

 

Nice. First hand experience is always good. The back end can definitely use all the help it can get. I've found even with the ads it can still be harsh. If I ever finish my LCAs maybe I'll attack that too

 

We’ll get your control arms on soon.

 

Did you go with stock shackles? The options are confusing.

The weldable primer on the Total Chaos gussets is currently drying. I figured those would be an easier route

 

I bought a set of stock shackles from Toyota of Kirkland for $24 and bought a set of poly bushings on Amazon for $55. I have enough bushings to do 2 more pairs of shackles. Eric at Archive sells stronger shackles but says they aren’t needed over the oem ones with upgraded poly bushings.

edit. He sells a stock length and a longer one which is better suited to sua applications

 

The Tacoma is on its way from Germany!

 

Hey all!!! I've been MIA for quite a while due to health & work issues. But I'm back! Looking forward to getting back into the convo & seeing what you've all been up to! Have a great weekend!

 

Anyone else break these fuckers as often as I do?

 

I broke all of mine off in Moab back in April, and they have been rolling around inside the tires since. Took the front ones out the other day since I was tired of a little wobble here and there

 

No....how are you breaking them?

 

No clue. Wish it would have been maybe not quite as soon after swapping tires tho. I think that's 4 now. Might just be cheaper to get the scan tool

 

Do the stems break or do they just stop communicating? Maybe get the bands instead?

 

3 of 4 have straight up broken in half. Went with the rubber stem version, hopefully that lasts better.

 

Yes…deleted them because of airing up and down