South Florida B.S. Thread

I only took like two pictures. The phone doesnt have the best camera lol.

I got the tires in 285/70 17, the same size I had before. Yes they make a crap load of noise but I like it and my radio is loud enough to drown it out.

 

Spoken like a true off-roader!

 

I'm stuck at work...bored out of my mind.

 

feel sorry for you buddy.

got them headlights yet man, they should make your truck look real nice with them

 

I wish. Expected ship date is around the end of the month. Which reminds me, I'm gonna ask the guy to update me...lol

 

sweet

 

Yeah...

I've also been thinking about either wrapping or dipping my truck matte white...

 

that would be interesting to see. but definitely a lot of work

 

Agreed & curious to see that.

 

OK now I think the pictures worked

 

Ha everything is so much more expensive...like jumping into a new tax bracket.

Headlights would be sick though. Would be nice if buying tires for the 250 cost close to the Yota...about 750 for the Yota, 1500+ For the 250

Wrap it in some black and gray or orange camo or something crazy and out there.

Very nice!

 

I would be lying if I said I hadn't thought about doing something crazy...like matte fluorescent orange...



Or a blue/black chameleon color.



But then I come to my senses...

 

Looks like you had a BLAST! The Hump looks good in the late afternoon.

I'm scared!

 

Hello everyone,

FIRST, Let me thank: Bandit, BORNWILDGUY, nammer, Ricks2013, SpruceTaco (sorry if I left sopmeone out).

I finally installed my driveshaft spacer. My take-off vibes have been reduced by 50% or more & it placed my driveshaft & CB back into its correct position (I have 4"'s of lift so I expect some take-off vibe. Oddly, the quicker I take off, the less shudder). My lift is 2" with Wheelers 3 Leaf AAL & 2"'s with a steel tapered block. I will eventually buy 4" springs but I'm not in a hurry now. I also have an overall smoother ride which I was pleasently surprised to find out since I thought it rode fine other than the take-off vibe.

The Spacer also allowed me to use the Toytec CB drop kit which I couldn't do before. I previously attempted to lower the CB with washers & even a stack of washers long enough to copy the same drop distance that Beefed Tacos CB drop kit would give me & every level of drop end up causing drive shaft shudder at highway speeds.

I torqued it to 65 ft lbs & then I rechecked it at 60 ft lbs after 118 miles of "purposely" hard driving & not one of them budged. The spacer kit comes with nylon lock nuts but I still used red loctite as added insurance. I've read of guys instyalling these & just tightening them to what they feel is tight & they've been fine so I feel good about what I did.

Now, I never measured my diff flange bolt pattern. I initially ordered the 65mm x 65mm (with 10mm bolts) because it is the most common one but it was too small for my truck. I returned it & they had nothing else for me. About 2 months later I check their site again & noticed that they were now carrying one for my truck. 66mm x 66mm with 11mm bolts. My truck is one of the few Tacoma Prerunners with this bolt pattern. Easiest way to tell is to look at the bolt heads & if you have "11" stamped on them you will need the larger diameter ones.

So, I order this & decide not to install it & post it for sale. I felt bad returning another one to Roger Brown (VERY helpful person & 4crawleroffroad). Then, I took my truck to Toyota & paid $29.95 for a drivetrain inspection because I just didn't feel comfortable with the CB stretched back towards the rear due to my lift & I had it at its last setting. They confirmed what I suspected. Everything is good but I will eventually damage the CB. I wasn't too worried about the shaft position in the trans. I sent a few pics to Jason (Toyota Tech 31) & he said if it's not leaking trans fluid then I'm good. However, it is nice to see everything back in it's place.

BEFORE the spacer:







The spacer:





After the spacer:

 

Good deal, glad it helped & glad I could help out.

 

Good deal, glad it helped & glad I could help out.

 

What's up T.W. Florida.

So my buddy and I will be heading up to Lazzy Springs this Sunday the 25th. Please send me a P.M. if any of you would like to meet up and ride up/meet at the park.

Here's a link to the place.

http://www.lazysprings.com/hours-location-pricing.html

 

Sounds fun. I've heard good things about that place when I was in college...have fun man.

 

I'll be there. Dan, you can't go?

 

I'd love to, but I'll be stuck at work...working a double most likely.

You're just using as an excuse to wear out those tires a little bit. Lol