Full suspension or ARB locker

Yea Eric... Between the lift, the better tires, my skid plates, my sliders (cant wait to get down to brandons for this), and my yellow wire mode I should be able to go just about anywhere. The locker will will be nice when I get it as well but I think this set up will do 90% until I get the locker.

 

I see what happened here, you decided to buy the suspension for yourself so you could donate me a locker, right?

 

I did Garett, how did you guess?!? Only the bad news is that they messed up the shipping and it went to Afghanistan instead of Arizona. So you either need to go pick it up there or I will see if I can find it next time I am that way. Sorry for the mix up man.

 

how about both

 

I will end up doing both eventually. My budget at the time is for one or the other. I dont feel like dropping $5 grand on both at the moment. I will do the locker by the end of the year, probably sooner if I sell one of my motorcycles.

 

Curses, thanks anyway!

Good Idea.. noted for when I have money!

 

As nice as that sounds it some things must be done in a certain order.

 

Ok, list of parts to be thrown at it.. Here it goes...
Suspension -in progress
Sliders -in progress
cab mount chop -in progress and not really parts but a mod
S/C underdrive pulley -just needs installed
URD short throw shifter -just needs installed
Headers- very soon
Y pipe -very soon
ARB rear air locker -very soon
URD upgraded fuel pump -very soon
Armored rear bumper with tire carrier -soon
Armored front bumper with winch -soon
APR 7th injector -sooner than later
Some sort of tuner -sooner than later
Rear expidition style rack -in the seeable future

Thats about how I see things. I dont have plans on locking the front end at this time and I have heard that the CV joints dont hold up well to being locked and wheeled hard. I figure rear locker, yellow wire mod, and a winch should get be through just about anything.

 

So I came back to my hotel today after a HORRIBLE day at work. Between some BS HR is pulling and the massive flooding and rain storm all I could think is could this really get any worse.... As it turns out "NO, IT CANT!!!!"

I walk into my hotel room and what is greeting me at the door....
THIS

and THIS

and THIS


OH HAPPY JOY... someone sent me some boxes, what could it be I asked???
WOW, look what was in them, new toys!!!






So far its my FOX 2.5 coilovers, ALLPRO FOX 2.0 rear shocks, Total Chaos UCA's, and extended front & rear brake lines.

I am still waiting for my Allpro expidition leaf packs, ubolt flip kits, and Timbren bump stops. As I am waiting on those items I can install all of this though. I am thinking next weekend (friday or saturday) I will go up to the U-fix-it place up in Phoenix area to install this all. Anyone want to come help?

 

^Very nice!

 

Awesome man, you're gunna love it. I'd help out but I'm already help'n out someone else tomorrow

Also looks like a familiar setup I like those rear 2.0 shocks though, nice to not have the braided lines like mine has. I wonder what the valving difference is between those and mine.

Also, make sure you mount the rear resi's toward the back, not the front like I did mine. My driver side axle housing is hitting the resi on compression

 

Ill help if I'm free

I do have a camping trip friday/saturday,
so i'll see how that goes..

 

uhh saturday sunday you mean??

 

next weekend.

 

Jake, thanks for the advice on the shocks. I know the Allpro rear shocks are custom valved by Allpro and have an adjustment nob with 8 differant settings so I can literally soften or stiffen the ride up in seconds. I will have to play with the settings to see how the respond on and off the road. I will say both the front 2.5 shocks and the back 2.0 are some beefy mo-fo shocks.

I wont be putting the parts on this weekend. I have plans for tomorrow and Sunday (Gun shows and 4 wheeling) but I will be most likely going to U-Fix-it Automotive (http://www.ufixitautomotive.com) up in Phoenix on saturday/sunday (24/25 Sept) to install my parts. I am looking forward to getting all of this and my expedition leaf packs on when they come in.

I also have my URD short throw shifter I will try to install.


On a side note, I will be selling my 5100's, eibach springs, and TSB Leaf + Toytec AAL pack (as long as my expedition pack comes in). If someone wants to help me install my stuff and buy my parts I will cut an even better deal than normal. Plus we can probably do it same day/next day.

 

Oh I was thinking this weekend for some reason... if I got nothing else down I'll try to head over man. There is a few tricky things to installing the fronts I can help ya with. It also helps a lot to shave one of the UCA bolts and you need to bend the wheel well a bit to get the damn bolt in/out (great job Toyota).

 

Yea, it definatly looks like a game of millimeters in getting some of this stuff in and out. I would appreciate the help, thats for sure.

Also, does anyone have the special Fox spanner wrench for adjusting these. I forgot to ask about it when I ordered and its definetly a weird set up.

 

I have a :cough: special spanner I made out of a screw driver... lmao. It'll pretty much only work before you install though. I can't get mine raised anymore without using a compressor

 

Actually the hammer and screw driver method wont work on the FOX shocks. The collars are perfectly round with holes in them instead of the normal type collars so inevitably I need to get a special tool probably.
SEE

 

i may be down to help depending on when i go to the lake that weekend.