New England B.S. Thread

If you need to, I modified the stock bump stops to fit onto the u-bolt flip kit I bought, granted they might not be tall enough, but at least they are there.

 

Buy beads and when you have your tires mounted they pour them in for you instead of balancing.

 

And the longer valve stems

 

Got my stainless brake lines on. Ordered pads and rotors and even though it's not sure the rest from parts as well. Now I need brake fluid and some oem calipers. Shopping around for prices

 

I believe the tire shops/ mechanic has them. Don't quote me on it cause I've never done it. I just know they keep some valve stems in stock

 

Napa has reman OEM usually in stock. I'm doing my front with stainless tomorrow. Just got home with fluid.

 

Rockauto is my go-to. Some of the "modified" stuff (lifts etc) isn't in there but almost everything oem is. Mine is a 2020 so for a bit there I didn't have everything in there for oem would have to go back to 2017s because the 2018s had the radar BS so they counted them differently even though brakes for example were the same. Seems that for 2020s at least they're pretty caught up.

 

I checked but didn't see oem

 

OEM will be remanufactured from rock auto.

$369 for a set on fleabay... Makes reman sound pretty ok.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284006080036

 

I need to pull my plates, drill and tap... but, need to make a choice of brand first.... and need to do it kinda soon...

Curious how you did that?

I still have my Tacoma! Just not online much... once it gets colder and I can't stand to be outside, I'll be back to annoy everyone consistently....

 

It has been awhile since I put them in, but I cut off the ends where the stock u-bolt holds on to the bump stop, and then drilled holes (in the metal of the bump stop) that lined up with tapped holes in the flip kit plate.

I honestly didn't think about bump stops when I bought the kit (I bought it brand new in box from another member that was going in a different direction with their truck), and it was the quickest/cheapest way to keep bump stops on the truck.

 

Might go that route, do I really risk bottoming out 5160s with stockers?

 

My opinion, I currently run 11" travel shocks without issue with the stock bumps. Going to a 14" travel shock inboard setup for crawling though

 

Multi tasking today, need to get a permanent tv to swing away mount to the garage wall

 

Finally got around to installing some Rigid floodlights in the back bumper. Hooked them up with a SPDT switch and relayed through my Bussman fuse block. They can be always off, on with the factory reverse lights, or continuously on if the parking lights are on.

 

looks great

i was thinking about ordering some diode dynamic ssc1 or Baja design s1’s to flush mount to the bumper in a similar fashion, factory reverse and from the switchpro.
I have the meso hitchpod that taps the factory reverse but I wanted to go a step further with manual control.

 

All done. Need two more hangers up front, but it’s all lined up, bolted in, and sounds very subdued. So quiet, compared to my old exhaust at least.

 

The manual control is where it's at. I'm no electrical engineer, so it took me a bit to figure out how to make it work, but I got it.

 

I really like the way you set them up. I had my forward lights wired up similarly. DPDT switch that could be off, on with high beams or manually turned on whenever the ignition is on. Eventually, I'll get around to rear facing lights wired up the same way you did, but I haven't found a mounting solution that I like.

 

That's the way to go - I might do that with my ditch lights, on off or on with highbeams. But, at least for those I might just leave it on as normal. Might get an auxbeam controller TBD