What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Think I found the culprit
That little hose seeping. Put a small zip tie to tighten it down.

 

Finally finished up the fluids. Would have gone quicker but ALL the splash plate bolts (I refuse to call the OEM stuff skid plates) were jacked up. A tap and new bolts were acquired. Dang the dealership and their impact wrenches! :LOL:

 

Changed tires over to summer set. Decided to throw on 1" hub centric spacers for fun.

 

are you getting enough thread engagement on those?

 

I would say more than 90%.

 

Curious to know what specific size, bolts, etc or you went with for this. One of mine is completely messed up and another is halfway there.

 

Talking about the lug nuts that secures wheel spacers to brake drum, looks like lug nuts cover only half of threads covered. What brand wheel spacers you get? I have BORA 1” wheel spacers, the OEM lug nuts completely covers all threads.

 

It is good idea to know, if it is leaking, so you can ensure that it gets fixed at your last warranty check appointment.

 

The factory bolts are M8-1.25 x 20. I grabbed M8x1.25 x 25 body bolts at Lowe’s. They actually have a bigger bolt head and washer. Cleaned the old bolt bits out the nuts, applied a wee bit of anti-seize, and torqued to 21 ft/lbs (I know, I know. Wet torque versus dry and all that jazz). Snugged up just fine. If I was guessing I would say the bolts are designed to die before the nuts as a few of the nuts are hidden in the crossmembers and would NOT be fun to replace.

Link to the bolt...
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hillman-8mm-x-25mm-Black-Phosphate-Coarse-Thread-Body-Bolt/3013022

Link to the tap (and the drill that isn't needed)...
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-M8-X-1-25-Metric-Tap-and-Drill-Set/5013366885

 

Mine did the same thing and I also just put a zip tie on it.

 

The lug nuts that came with the spacers are acorn style so they are quite deep.
Spacers were not completely torqued yet. Only about 2 threads showing.

 

Got it!

 

What’s the going rate for stock suspension on FB marketplace these days? From my 2020 OR with about 20k miles when removed.

 

500, 400, 300? I don't know...

I think i sold mine for one of those numbers, a while back, with 15k on them.

 

Noticed the damn trim strip on the roof popped up again (3rd time?) after the last attempt, using 3m weatherstrip adhesive. It didn't stick to the rubber well and was too thin to fill the gap. I'm done dealing with this, m12 caulk gun full of 3m windo weld go brrrrr.

 

Never coming off now.

 

Picture of the hose you guys are talking about?
Just looked at my coolant tank and it down to the low mark.

 

Finally got around to removing my step rails. Easy like Sunday morning.

Question for anyone who has done this: Did you put anything in the now-empty bolt holes? Trim plugs? Leave ‘em empty?

 

Chrome bumper delete! Went with a full replacement rather than bumpershellz. Feels more permanent than 3M tape

 

That looks good, I need to do that with mine. Where did you purchase the new bumper?