Northern Virginia Roll Call

@spithead051 Any good deals there toaday?

 

@spithead051 want to sell me those covers? I need them to flip to @chiefcrunchy

 

@fatfurious2. I don't need any covers yrt, but thanks for keeping an eye open

When is the next shenanigans fest?(meet)

 

Yea.. Im looking forward to the next meet.
@chiefcrunchy i thought you kept bugging Patrick about some uniball covers that he was trying to sell..

 

Nope that's some other guy, I was asking ?s about The full icon setup for later this summer when I do my lift.

 

Also I was a weekend off, I thought the gun show was this weekend, but it's next I have to work.

 

Dunno, was mostly buying bolts

You could get the rear shocks and upper control arms now! And just get the front coils later

 

good luck with that i'm getting ready to start the same battle a lady pulled out right in front of my wife in her rav4 it only had 14.000 miles on it

 

work at dulles but won't be back for about 4 months if yoy see this truck though it's me

 

Got a question for the group regarding lifts/leaf springs. I have a Icon lift with the AAL in the rear. I haven't taken the time to measure the actual stance/height yet, but I'm wanting to get 3" out of the lift. I have a supercharger and dual batteries up front and a shell plus maybe 60# of stuff in the back. I'm running 33" Cooper Max and from eyeballing the the top of the tire on the truck, it seems a bit low. The front coilovers are set same as they arrive from factory. I know I can adjust them some, but the questions is would I need to look at a set of leaf springs (vs AAL) or an "expedition" version to get some more lift in the rear? Would I also need to run extended rear shocks with expo springs? Thanks for the help!

 

You'll definitely need to bring the front up if you want a full 3" of lift, keep in mind that it may reduce the ride quality up front as the higher you preload the coilovers the harsher the ride gets. For the rear, I skipped the AAL game and just went straight to a Dakar pack for a 3" lift in the rear. For ICON's, you will want to consider getting extended shocks if you go with expo springs since they are much taller than factory. I made the mistake of ordering regular length shocks and they limit the down travel of the rear wheels. Some folks won't care as it still droops more than factory but I don't like the idea of maxing out my shocks. (Hence my need to sell the ones I ordered and the vendor will not take back because reasons)

 

Thanks! Looks like with the Dakars you can also AAL if you want a bit more additional height or load capacity, making them comparable to expos. Looks like some folks have had problems with squeaks. Common problem/solution?

 

Yeah, they do have an AAL you can add if you carry a lot of weight regularly. No squeaks or creaks on my Dakars and I've had them for 40k miles and 4 years

 

Saw a black DCSB OR on 28 north today. License plate FISH33. Toytec sticker and a guitar sticker. Anyone here?

 

Finally ordered a winch for the truck. Now to figure out the logistics of moving my intercooler pump....

 

That's my buddies truck. I don't believe he is on here. We lifted it a couple months back.

 

What's so hard about that?

 

Fred's Used Auto Parts in Manassas had a pair with decent tread sitting out front a few months ago. I went in looking for a bumper.

 

Moving where it is mounted should be easy. Just have to figure out if I can cut and re-use the current hose or buy a new one in the shape I need between the pump and intercooler (or low temp radiator as Toyota refers to it)

 

my wife made this for the truck. i thought that was pretty cool