What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

2" lift, nothing too ridiculous. Just posting for others who might want to do a similar set up. 2" blocks in the rear and spring spacer in the front. It's not quite level, which I'm not happy about. I had adjustable 5100s in the front but when the installer was making the adjustment to raise them, the center rod exploded out of one, oil went everywhere. It was really weird. Luckily I still had the stock struts. And the good folks at Toytec are sending me a new one. When I get those back on the front, with the spring spacer, it should be totally level.

 

I spent way too much time and money chasing that "level" stance. Trust me, you will always look not level, depending on the road/terrain you're parked on, how much gas you have in your tank, how much equipment or people you have in your truck, and the stage of the moon.

No one other than yourself will be able to notice that 1/2''-1'' difference front to rear. A little rake is nice when/if you haul anything, and even if you say you never haul, inevitably there will be a time when you put stuff in the bed.

Long story short, don't sweat the small stance differences. But it is your truck so just take this as friendly advice.

Matt

 

Do you have before and after measurements of the rear? I've noticed that a 2 inch block sometimes gives you greater than 2 inches of lift.

 

id like to see pics on how you mounted the scoop lightbar

 

Bajas?

 

Nice! Its a nice change to the typical in vogue black rims. I've been looking at all the off road magazines and I see
the oh so in black rim is changing to brushed aluminum or coloured rims.

 

Managed to get a Pro Tech tool box installed today. Next is to install and LED light strip in it, but that wont be for a few weeks.

 

Any links to purchase something like that? Good alternative to a UWS.

 

The company is Pro Tech. You can not buy it through them, you have to go through an authorized dealer. I went through a local company called Equipment Unlimited. They aren't the cheapest tool boxes, but they can take a beating. If I remember right they use 1/8" aluminium. The one in my F-250 is going on 14 years and three trucks and still works great. I had a Better Built box before, and it made it about 3 years before it fell apart. I did find a company online that has free shipping when I was trying to find a local company. The online company is For Truck Equipment. I have is the 38" wide chest. Hope this helps.

http://www.for-truck-equipment.com/UtilityChest-Box_c_58.html

 

I bought a tool box today. It will take a couple of weeks to get here. How did you mount it?

 

I used 3/8" bolts with 1 1/2" fender washers to distribute the load some. Because of the size of washer that I wanted to use, I had to put the bolt's up through the valley not the rise of the bed. I stacked washers between the bed and the box to act as a spacer so the bed wouldn't flex when I tightened the bolts. I also put the bolts next to where they reinforced the bed underneath. The only bolt that was a pain was above the gas tank. I wasn't able to get it into the corner of the box, but it will still help. If I get a chance I will take a few pictures tomorrow of the bolt locations. I will also caution, step up the drill bit size slowly. I tried going from a small pilot hole to a 3/8" hole and the composite started to come out in chunks. Luckily I was going slow so it didn't do any real damage. I ended up using 4 step-up in drill bit sizes to get to the 3/8". I also used stainless steal bolts and anti seize on the bolts to help if I ever wanted to take the box off.

 

Thanks, that helps a lot.

 

The new one will most likely do the same. I'm not sure if you or your installer understand what's going on when you put so much preload on 5100 shock. You are putting approx 3.5" of preload lift on shock that is meant to go with 550lb coils to max perch adj of 2.5" and you are trying to preload 720lb coil in there. That setup can go kaboom and and injure someone. Do your self a favor and get taller coils like 887 that work better with current 5100. I also hope your rear blocks are tepered.

 

those are tiny, here is what we had a few months back, they say every thing is bigger in Texas, well it is!

 

Wow, thats death. Bigger isnt always better in this case. I hope you didnt lose anything then

 

After over 6 months of shopping and deciding on what I wanted, I joined the club last night. First Tacoma and Toyota. South Louisiana represent. Fuck ford. Mods to come soon.

 

Congrats and welcome

 

Nice looking truck. No mods yet ? What are you waiting for ?
It is one of the best looking stock trucks I have seen. I have no need for a double cab but I probably would have bought this if I saw it when I was shopping. Good choice. What color are the seats. And there's nothing wrong with a Ford as long as you can afford the gas.

 

Where in Orange are you? I'm in Old Towne on Glassell.

Love the tent.

 

Looks great. Easy to drill the boats and get to them around the tank to tighten them up? You did it yourself right? (Just saw your other post.)

I put a Better Built one in last week. Just use it for my training gear so it's not in the cab. No tools will be in it so it should hold up for years.