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UPS investigation started. Package last scanned on the 20th. Truck gets parked monday. Gotta find a new way to work. JOY.

 

You ordered the 881s with 10mm spacer right?

 

So after laying fire to UPS for a week and talking to damn near every rep in the region, and @Wheeler's Off-Road Inc putting foot to ass on their end, it's finally HERE.

One of the most nerve racking weeks I've had not counting deployments haha. Here it is unpacked and laid out for a quick photo. Gotta pick up some hardware for the front eye bolts of the leaf spring. I know damn well mine are gonna be permafucked so getting ready before hand with grinder wheels and whatnot.


All I can say is thank you yet again @Wheeler's Off-Road Inc.

Fuck UPS.

 

2 weeks and ups had no idea where the fuck it was and charged me more on top of that

 

Been so busy last few days, I haven't had time to update this. Huge shoutout once again to @Wheeler's Off-Road Inc for impeccable service. Other than UPS being absolute derpasses on bathsalts, this has been great.

Lift is installed and trucks been realigned. Words alone can not convey how nice the truck feels now. I have a funky vibration during acceleration which I think is the carrier bearing and u-joints not liking the new angles.

Anyway here are a few pics. Yes it's the wrong way to measure it. No I don't care. From ground to fender I went 35 to 44 in the front. Rear ground to fender was 37 to 42.

 

Your measurements are better than mine as I never took any. People ask me how much lift my suspension upgrades gave me and I just shrug my shoulders and say, “enough to fit 35’s.”

 

After a regear I'll look into 35s lol. No way is the current setup moving anything more. At least not at the speed limit anyway hahaha

 

9 inches?!?! New tires too?

 

its gonna settle alot. and i measured wrong lol. supposed to go from hub center to fender. i did a rough measure from ground to fender which can be very inaccurate. and no these are the same 265/75/16 Cooper ST Maxx i have had since May 2017

 

lol that didn't last long. was at a friends house installing her alternator on her 2016 Dodge Journey....(PILE). went to go jumpstart the van with Deet, and happened to look under the truck. LF Inner boot is shitting everywhere. may explain the random crazy vibration i hear from time to time while im coasting about 45mph. on or off the throttle, in or out of gear.

could be the carrier bearing/ driveshaft angles being unhappy as well. oh well. when i get the funds ill throw some bobo parts bin axles in it and install a diff drop. maybe get a spacer for the carrier bearing/replace that ho too since im sure it like damn near everything else on this blue fuck, its OEM. I love this blue POS hahah.

i dont even tally it up anymore. i just laugh and keep rolling along.

 

@ChandlerDOOM found a bunch of my invoices and receipts and stuffed them into drawer in the shop. That’s the drawer that I never open. Ever.

 

Nick truck man. How many miles do you have on it? I have the same color with 162k.

 

HAHAHHAHAHAHAH Dude Ive seen your truck in person. The thought of how much all that shit cost between truck and the LC is down right blood chilling.

sitting at 209k and climbing lol. Daily ho. Diggin through your build now. That thing is friggin GOALS. I want a soft topper/ tent combo so bad.

 

Thanks man, That's not too bad at all for these trucks. Its hard to find these older tacomas under 200k. I really wanted a can-back after seeing one on @jacobrippey truck back when I first picked up my Taco. They can be pretty expensive and hard to find but its really cool that they can support roof bars and up to 600lbs.

 

PARADISE BLUE METALLIC TRUCKS UNITE!

 

So Deet had another go around with my line of credit. She's such a gold diggin bitch some days lol. Oh well still my favorite blue shitbox.

I went to go to lunch one day and I started hearing this loud annoying TOKTOKTOK noise like knocking on wood. Get to subway and I notice my exhaust tip is damn near on the opposite side of the truck.

The two rear hangars rusted off. Thing was swinging around all loose and dangly like from the back of the cat. I threw some coat hangars on it and figured no biggie I'll just milk it until I can get to an exhaust shop and have them fix it.

That didn't happen. Life happened and funds got tight. Well 3 days ago I am sitting there at work and dudes like hey something dangling from under your truck. What?

I'm met with this wonderful sight. FML LOL.
I got pulled over yesterday for spitting fireballs and excessive noise .

How the fuck a stock 4banger throws a fireball according to what cop saw is beyond me.

Oh well. Ordered a pro flow setup from LCE. Hopefully in future I'll pick up the header

 

If it weren’t for buzzard luck, I don’t think you’d have any at all.

You know you should change that order and put a cherry bomb under there.