Florida B.S. Thread

No it's a carling I got it off of eBay and yes the truck and words light up in blue
http://m.ebay.com/itm/261636753559?_mwBanner=1

 

Wish me luck guys. Never been on an 8 hr fishing trip before. Took some dramamine to help avoid getting sick. Fingers crossed.

 

Try Bonine next time, 1 tablet the night before and 1 tablet 1hr before departure.

 

Good luck man!

 

You wont get sick, have fun and we need some fish pics

 

that's freakin cool, i'm gonna get some of them soon

 

Hello Michael & congratulations on your purchase! You WON'T regret it! A great advantage (suspension-wise) over 4WD.

Last time I saw you, your truck had the 17" OEM TRD Sport wheels. Are you planning to use those or go aftermarket? From what I've read, you will need to use Spacers for the front so the wheels (if you stick with your OE Wheels) don't rub against the spindle. Also, keep in mind that your front trac width will increase by almost 1" per side + 1.25 (Spidertrax Spacer) so you'll have almost 4.5"'s of width MORE in the front than the rear. Of course, you can always run Spacers out back but the front will still be wider.

There is nothing wrong with that at all. It just depends on the look you are going for. I saw the Maxtrac Thread & Bandit is running FJ wheels on his set-up without front spacers. I already had the wheels on my truck & I did not want the fronts sticking out more than the rear so it worked out perfect for my taste. FJ wheels have .75 less offset (stick out more) than the TRD Sport wheels.

My current specs (and mudflap info) with some stance pics below. Not the best pics for showing stance but the best that I have.

2008 Double Cab Short Bed Automatic 4.0 V6
FRONT: OEM PreRunner coils, 5100's @ .85, MaxTrac Spindles, 1/4" Taco lean spacer.
ground to fender base: LF & RF: 40"'s
hub to fender base::::: LF & RF: 25"'s

REAR: 2012 OEM 3/1 leafs, Wheelers 3 leaf AAL, 2" Tapered steel block. Bilstein F4-BE5-B110-T5
ground to fender base: LR & RR: 41"'s
hub to fender base::::: LR & RR: 26"'s
Spidertrax 1.25" spacers (rear only)
All mud flaps trimmed 4"'s shorter.















Wider stance also improves handling:

 

Come on Young Pup....you can handle a few rolling waveeeeesssssss and if not....hurl to the pole side.....more "chum" for the fishies

 

Good luck and have fun

 

Hey man yeah I've still got the trd sport rims (for now) and ive been thinking about getting wheel spacers but I guess I have to now also your trucks looking good

 

Yeah I'll be getting more when I get more lights

 

Thanks Michael & Good luck!

BTW, Wheelers is the company that sells the Spidertrax in black. I didn't want blue.

 

I thought you needed a 17" rim with factory bs to clear the spindle without spacers. My wheels are 16s but have 4.5 bs and without my spacers they clear the spindles. Your TRD sports should clear the spindle without spacers. That's what maxtrac says at least on their Web page. I put my spacers back on because I like the look of the wider stance

 

Pretty sure the factory 17's wont clear. They have 5.5" of BS and the max BS is 4.75".

 

Correct, 17" wheel w/ 4.75" max backspacing

 

Plugging my buddy's business, he makes some badass knives if you guys are interested check out his page.

 

Those are really nice.

 

Bought a couple for Christmas presents, they're super nice.

 

Timbo, I've driven by your truck about 10 times today.

 

Yeah, just got home. I was sick as a dog out there. to the point I didn't even get to fish. It was horrible. I wont be doing that again.