Prayn4surf

So not taco related but a reminder to get out and use some 2wd cause its gorgeous out there and most of us on this site seem to appreciate being out n about. A recent trip to yosemite valley

El capitan and el cap meadow


Then looking towards the other sode of the valley towards half dome

Ran up to Mirror lake at the base of half-dome. Super awesome and easy hike. If you wake up early the sun rises over half dome and no one is around.


My pops n wife along for the fun...I need a real camera...


Then ended up going up Yosemite falls...one of my favorites in the park...2700 vertical ft climb and 3.5 mile to the top.












This is the top of the falls just before it cascades off the ledge

 

That upper falls is one of my favorite hikes, but I feel like the elevation climb gets harder every year I do it

 

Im so out of shape it crushed me haha had shin splints already from doing vernal falls and figured fuck it haha. The last part of the switchbacks above the tree line is brutal, but so worth it!

 

Haha seriously, I had minimal trouble one year when I was hiking a lot but every year after that has kicked my ass. And I still hike that trail every time I go, the views make it all worth it. Awesome pics!

 

My buddies always go for time on the way up. 59 mins and 23 secs from the bottom sign to the the top is my best so far lol

 

Figured this thread needed some Maiden! Inspired by other build threads
https://youtu.be/WxnN05vOuSM

 

Hell yes.

 

Had a great Memorial day weekend, up in big bear. Had some fun times great camping trails, recovery, and good peeps minus the drunk jeepers who had their head up their arses at tye end of holcomb creek...

 

Ward pretty sure i just was behind you getting coffee at whidbey coffee, saw your 4runner man! Was gonna get out n say hi but wasnt sure it was you haha

Edit yourGX 460

 

I drive a GX 460 with a vinyl wrap.... Kind of a 4Runner!

 

Hahah it was you! I didnt have my coffee yet lol. I was a car behind ya, but wasnt gonna pop my head in your window to say hi. Beautiful island you live on my friend!

 

Thanks, sir - good coffee as well!

 

It was good coffee! We were visiting my wifes Aunt who has a small farm by deer lake. I wanted to cruise up to your shop but we only had a day n a half on the island. Definitely gonna go back there.

 

Last weekend we ended up heading out to do some light wheeling. We had the pleasure of meeting @Norsemanvike at one of our brewery meets. He has a new 3rd gen that needed to get in the dirt so we obliged him, and took him on a popular trail. Turns out he is quite the lenseman too and took some great shots! Along with @erice they both took some quality pics!

We spent the morning out east trying to get in our fix before the heat caught up with us. @desertjunkie760 had some testing to do for clearance on his new rear suspesion set up, and @eccracer104 also joined in the fun. Just a small set of obstacles to play on, but still fun!

 

Tim: “I left my beer!”

Shane: “I gotch you! (Jumps on truck with beer in hand)

#stayhydratedmyfriends

 

Tim “get off my truck”
Shane “its cool I got a roadie”
Tim “Fn A cotton...fn a”

Haha

 

So I finally got around to dealing with the rebound on the front coilovers. And am going to try and find a happy medium with valving. Dont think Ill be lucky enough to get it the first time around. But now Im gonna start playing with shim stacks. So I got the truck back up on jackstands

And took these guys off. I love how easy they are to access. Took all of 20 minutes



Then I dropped them off with a super cool friend that has access to a spring compressor and waited for him to bring them back the next day. He walked me through rebuilding these guys and was a huge help! If he wasnt there this would have taken twice as long and I would have spilled twice as much oil. It is really hard not to have the piston cause an eruption of oil when its pulled out. It doesnt wanna give at all, then presto blamo, you look like a fat kid who spilled his grape slushy down the front of him. Thank god there are no picks of that haha. And I didnt take too many picks through the process. I also swapped the spacers to make them ext travel.


Now just waiting on them to be charged and the coils replaced and should go back on tonight. All in all this was super fun and really cool to see the inside of the shock and the piston design.

Thanks Shane you the man!!

 

This was the rebound I was recommended by Icon for what I was asking. If anyone has lots of experience in revalving Icons, I am alsways down for advice. For now we shall see how this feels

Comp

0.925" x 0.015"
1.050" x 0.015"
1.175" x 0.015"
1.300" x 0.018"
1.425" x 0.015"
1.425" x 0.015"
1.550" x 0.018"
0.925" x 0.012"
1.550" x 0.015"
0.925" x 0.015"

Reb

0.925" x 0.015"
1.050" x 0.015"
1.175" x 0.015"
1.300" x 0.018"
1.300" x 0.018"
1.425" x 0.015"
1.425" x 0.015"
1.550" x 0.018"
1.550" x 0.018"
0.925" x 0.012"