Old Man Emu: Questions, Answers & Pictures

You have 886s or 886s? LR ucas?

 

with a 17x9 4.5BS I'd recomend -1 to -10 mm offset. Would not stics out as much and help more with clearing the cab mount at full lock.

 

When I switch to 285, I'm just gonna chop my cab mounts before I even put the tires on along with caster at 3.

 

Most 17x9 wheels out there have a -12 offset or at least the ones I was interested in.

 

I've noticed that when shopping for my wheels as well, I found some with -1mm offset with the said above specs. But I was afraid it wouldn't clear the calipers. The spokes on my wheels are pretty damn close to the brake calipers now. Maybe .25 -0.5 inch of clearance max, 11 millimeters differnce between -12 and -1 is about .43 inches. Didn't want to test my luck and just went with the most clearance. my wheels came in -12, -1, and +20 offsets.

 

I had the 886 and OEM UCA . Once I change to 886X and TC UCA it didn't rub on regular driving only when I hit a bump or off-roading. I had to do some triming to be aible to go offroading.

 

I noticed something like that on mine.. I'll get pics in a minute. :-( shoe creek..

 

Me too...http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/su...-scratch-scuff-marks-my-ome-front-shocks.html

This is what ARB told me

"the dust boots can end up slightly misaligned during the assembly process and over time rub the paint off the body of the struts as seen in your photos. It does not harm anything, but can create the potential for corrosion in certain climates. You can reach through the springs and adjust the plastic boot to improve clearance and stop the rubbing, though it's not mechanically necessary." ​

 

Stick your finger up there and finger bang it, make sure theres no debries, rocks, tree limbs etc... Yes, finger bang it i said.

 

Finga blast dat bish

 

I don't think mine developed it until after I put my UCAs and top spacers on though. Not sure if the boot got turned during that install or if it caused it. I tried turning the boot like they suggested and it won't move either.

 

Mine did that , it's the boot

 

*aboot

 

Yup boot eh

 

I got a lot more clunking after shoe. Lol

 

mine is cluncking from the passanger side as well. this past weekend i took the swaybar off and ran the right wheel and the left wheel over a speed bump and the clunking is definetely coming from the passanger side so i took out the passanger side coil/shock and compared it to the right side. i've noticed that on the bottom cup where the coil rest at, there is supposed to be a dimple to the right of the shock, turned it 180 degrees and the clunk seems to almost disappear. the other thing that i've noticed on my passanger side wheel, when discount tire balanced that wheel, they put the sticky weights on my wheels. they had two strips of the weight on top of each other and it was rubbing on the brake caliper. i will take it back sometimes this week and let them rebalance them and see how it goes.

 

It is a boot , aboot the boots

 

over speed bump no longer goes clank

 

there is no clank initially on my drivers side. after i turned the passanger side shock around its almost gone there is still a bit of a noise, idk if is the wheel weights. i will get that redone and see how it goes. i also ordered the swaybar relocate, but that's not really the problem.

 

Good to hear

My sway bar only contacted during a sharp turn on an incline that twisted the front end