.45 JHP's TRD Pro- Build & Adventure Thread

You belong in a Toyota commercial. Holy Hell! is that Tyler Pelfrey's Truck?

 

I should subscribe to my own build thread lol.

Yeah that's Tyler with us on the JT run

 

How does this guy have his rotopax mounted? @GHOST SHIP think it might work on mine?

 

Looks like the ratchet strap mount I showed you. Should be solid.

 

Yeah, I believe it's the ratchet strap mount.

 

You have an 8000 lb winch right? Is it enough or would you go 10?

 

Yeah I have the M8000s. If I did it again I'd save up for a Zeon 10S as the M8000 is barely cutting it. You can bandaid it with snatch blocks etc but it's nice to have single line pulling power. Choose quality over quantity though, skip the warn VR lineup and Chinese brands.

 

Okay. Winch is coming up on my list. Since the king group buy got so delayed I Pm'd them asking to switch to 700 lbs coils to try to get a better ride

 

You have a sway? Been talking everyone out of 700# and into 650# unless you have a full plate bumper and lot of weight/no sway. I'm maxxed out on the lowest adjustment thread on my coils up front with 3" of lift already. Fins barely touching on CV got lucky. If you have less weight it might be a little iffy.

 

I was thinking that too. I don't have a swaybar up front. I do in the rear.

I thought 700 would be too heavy but @JerryTaco and @GHOST SHIP have both reccomended 700lbs with my 75lbs front bumper and adding a winch.

 

Not sure why but Tacos can get away with 700# pretty easily. My 700# has no preload with a SW bumper, winch, and 31M battery, full steel skids. Also on the very last thread lol. If I was running a sway bar is probably back down to 650#.

 

@ChadsPride found my build thread

 

Damn it dude. Idk what to do now

 

700# springs made a HUGE difference for me. Truck rides great and supports the weight of the winch easily now.

 

I've even heard many people with 700# springs on a Tacoma say it's not needed even with bumper, winch, etc. I've ridden in two trucks with 700# springs with bumper and winch and it was far too stiff. I've got my PB aluminum bumper at powdercoat now and will have winch and lights installed on it and have an ARB twin compressor and group 31 hanging off the front. We'll see if I need 700 or not.

 

Something to think about. My Kings are custom valved. But I think at static height the weight is on the spring not the shock so I'm assuming it should be similar if you ran 700# on an off the shelf King shock?

 

Isn't @jberry813 a suspension genius? Maybe he can weigh in

 

oh and lets talk about that s2!

 

yeah dude. I'll message you about it. It's yours if you want it. Trying to think of a fair price for it. Definitely need a rebuild.

 

Sounds good man. I can handle the rebuild. not a problem