Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

Lol, hasn’t been shiny since woolwax. But another thing missing besides shine…rust!

I’ll take the woolwax crust over rust. The color is beautiful to my eye. I call it “Saharan Warlord Tan”

 

It is very nice armor, and you can tell a lot of thought and design went into it, with how it basically forms a kind of unibody shell all the way to the transfer case.

But the weight means that some stinkbug action is gonna result in the stance (thanks for the visual @Camerasandcoffee lol). Which is why I’m trying to lift the front.

For now it’s not that bad though, courtesy of 4 sand tubes in the cargo area

 

THere is that!

 

Mine were installed with the same tool as the oil filter.

edit: I had my impact on hi and they wouldn't budge.

 

I dont know they have Blue Crabs (call for availability)

 

You mentioned that the spring compressor you bought didn't fit. You can use disassemble the strut in place using the vehicle weight and a jack under the LCA as the compressor. I believe that is how @Supr4Lo did his when he changed to higher rate springs. It's a decent technique and not as sketchy as it sounds.

 

Yikes.

It's sketchy, but wwwwwaaaaaayyyyy better than a lot of them rental units. Lol

 

Sounds like you need one of these:

 

@bkhlrTaco's It was good meeting and BS'ing with you this morning! Hopefully the ECGS bushing mod goes smoothly!

 

Yes, that's how I changed springs. Took like 15-20 minutes a side. Was not sketchy at all.

 

Selling some aluminum extrusions for building roof racks, will give a discount to anyone on the WI crew to help them move. PM if interested!

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/midwest-classifieds.393768/page-100#post-29262052

 

Likewise and thanks for the TW Express Delivery.
Now I have to get my hands dirty again.

 

More like a 3' pipe on my breaker bar...

 

I was hoping to avoid complete disassembly just to increase pre-load on my spring, but this may be the way.

 

I’m sure I could knock them out in 15-20 as well, as long as you let me define when I start the timer.

 

If you’re willing to split the lot, I’d be interested in 43 percent of it.

 

Appreciate the offer but not just yet, think I'd have a hard time moving the other 57%. But if you find some friends to take up the remainder let's make a deal!

 

Ole Bessie would have got it done. Either that or snap the bolt off.

I might be interested in the other 57%. I'm not exactly sure what I would need it for yet, but it seems like it could come in handy and wouldn't take up a lot of space in the meantime.

 

Handy for the roof rack on the new camper build!

 

See! I just needed someone else to figure that out for me! Now I definitely think I need those things!