NW WA Meet / BS Thread

I’d like to get in on this too if time allows @hx989

 

TWSS

 

Gonna be a long shot but any of you have a set of stock coilovers with a spacer lift or something similar they want to get rid of? Buddy that’s in a pinch because his new lowers for his Kings were delayed and Is supposed to head out for an epic week long trip this weekend

 

eye ball it and just buy the correct dimension steel, It’s what i did before my relocate. The only thing you have to watch out for is making sure you have enough clearance to access the body mount bolt.

 

If @bobsuruncle has his icons in he Should have a set. I think I just have my old OME coils still, I’ll check tomorrow

 

Probably won't help... I have stock coilovers but no spacers??

 

I still have those 885’s if he needs springs.

 

I feel dumb as shit. I cant seem to get my sway bar over my steering tie rods. I tried dropping one tie rod but its not fucking budging. Suggestions?

 

Need to get it a bit straighter so it's not in such a bind, try shocking the area of the spindle where the tie rod balljoint goes through with a good solid blow from a hammer. Last resort, thread the castle nut back on and hit the nut to drive it downward and out. Some heat, even from a small propane bottle torch would help. Heat the spindle around the joint, but not the bolt or joint itself.



Edit: scratch that, just undo the UCA balljoint or bolt if you have aftermarket/separate the spindle from the UCA, loosen your lca bolts, swing the lca and spindle assembly down, put sway bar where you want it, and reassemble. You may need to also remove the coil assembly at the lca, ymmv.

 

Not yet.


I have a spare set of oem struts and springs from a 2012 trd off-road access cab tho.

 

...i got it off lol. I just about took off the front crossmembers? And slid the swaybar off through the front. 10 minute mod my ass lol.

 

Yeah, whoever said it takes 10min must have just cut it off. There's quite a bit of shit to remove just to get the away bar out in one piece.

 

Yah. The vid i watched conveniently left out the guy removing the outer tie rods lol. Oh well. Did a quick lab around my neighborhood. Doesn't feel too boaty. Less body roll than OEM trd off road suspension. I'll have to test it out on the freeway to see if I'll keep it. At this point though my laziness will probably keep me from putting it back in lol.

 

I took mine off and threw it in the trash, haven’t looked back.

 

anybody replace their carrier bearing? I was taking a nap underneath my truck and noticed it had quite a bit of play. I dont know if thats normal but it doesnt seem like it

 

Ive replaced them. They have movement in them though so its hard to say if yours is actually bad or not though.

 

I did but i'm 1st gen.

IEDLS poly bushing - TW group buy on/off every so often
you will need to know the inner diameter when ordering.

 

Just did one on @Kidwidataco s truck and I replaced mine with the iedls bushing also like @Yetimetchkangmi

 

they got it figured out thankfully. Thanks for the potential help tho fells!

 

Wanted to get some input in on this but I’m considering getting Bilstein 8125’s in a 6 inch travel length adding dirt king coil bucket mounts and an extended eyelet to bring it to tacoma shock length spec I’m doing this in order to get more front travel I belive extended length kings are only 5.5 inches in travel. Anyone know if this is a good idea or if it will even work?