Ontario BS Thread

OH! That hurts on the new fibreglass.

Your sliders are too close to the body. You need something to stick out more, not saying it would have helped but it would keep stuff a little further away.

 

Sliders not social distancing...surely there gotta be a govt grant for that no?

 

Installed the iDrive Australia throttle controller today. The unit arrived two weeks go, but the included harness had the wrong connector for Tacomas. A few emails and photos back and forth, and they sent me the correct harness.

 

And what good sir does this fancy gadget do?

 

It changes the gas pedal "gain" to be more- or less touchy. The U- settings (U1 - U9) are good for removing the initial deadband in the throttle in daily driving. The E- settings (E1 - E9) are good for 4Lo crawling off-road where you may want the throttle to be less sensitive. The unit has separate calibrations for AT and MT, too. Similar in functionality to Pedal Commander and Sprint Booster, but smaller size and simpler to use.

Buying from the mfr in Australia (vs. the US site) saves some money due to current forex rates.

 

Why did you have to do that? Now I want one too.

 

I am planning to be there probably Sunday and Monday with a couple buddies with Jeeps. one is a gladiator on 35s... interested to see how it does. PM me if you guys wanna meet up.

 

There you go: https://www.idriveaustralia.com.au/evc161l2005-2015-1
Pick the faceplate color from the drop-down menu.

The iDrive Australia web site had a different model listed in error for 3rd gen Tacomas. EVC161 is the one they should've sent me to begin with.

Lite Brite's review (go to 11:24):

https://youtu.be/xa9Ghk_BnkM?t=684

 

You got yours from Australia? I see they have free shipping which is nice.

 

Yep, and they include one colored faceplate free of charge (extra $18 USD on the US site). Took about one week to arrive via DHL. Beware there's an extra ~$70 CAD charged by DHL for brokerage and taxes (which would be present if you bought from the US site as well.)

 

I was just about to get one from US. ..

 

Have a nice socket set for 12 point sockets because of it.

 

Lucky you didn't strip the bolts

I snagged a set of E-torx sockets from Princess Auto a few years ago. Came in handy for removing the two intake cover studs. Of course Toyota changed those to normal hex drive for 3rd gen...

 

$30 for a set of 10 I think. Not great but, had to order off of Amazon since princes auto sites pictures and description were going to lead to a mess up with no return happening. It works. I think those are the only 12 point sockets on my truck. Don’t have any more torx (other than the roof rack) and only have a few Allen head bolts (front diff and one of the front diff mounts)

 

Have not forgot about this trip. Hoping there are some that will want to do it this coming winter....

 

I did it in March this year all the way to Attawapiskat. Definitely a great adventure!

 

If you do it again I'm in. I was in last year but found out to late. Have to take the time off work.

 

I'm not sure if I'd go next year but definitely would do it again. From London to Attawapiskat and back it was 3200 km and took me 4 days.

 

Sounds likenmynkind of good time.
If you dont go I'll be asking for your itennary.
Please and thank you.

 

Yes no problem. Actually just finishing up a story for the Canadian magazine 4WDrive on the trip.