Southeast GX Broverlanding and BS

Did you get the door hinge shims yet? My JW is going strong at almost 2 years. The license plate light casing broke but the light still works.

The shims I bought from Kaon but I think there are other vendors in the US now that carry them.

 

Did you find yourself needing the shims?

 

Yes, but just to make the door align the same way as stock. I ran it without shims for about 7 months, it was just a little harder to engage the latch before aligning with shims. Other than the door being heavier to swing, it closes and opens same as stock now.

 

As of now it opens & closes smooth as butter. The bottom piece does scrape my bumper so it’s got a hairline scratch of bare metal. I don’t mind the scratch and it’s nice to know it’s resting on the bumper when closed. I won’t do the shims yet but I fully expect to eventually as the weight takes its toll.

 

Anybody got any tips or "watch out for ____" on doing a lift on a 2nd gen? Bout to throw a 5100/OME kit on my dads 11'. Never fucked around with a 2nd gen in any shape or form.

 

Front end is pretty much the same, so that’ll be familiar. Doing leafs in the back?

 

AAL in the back. Nothing special. Worked on pre 95 pickups, 1st gens, 3rd gens and the GX. Just havnt been around 2nd gens much. I figured they were pretty much the same, just wanted to ask.

I appreciate it.

 

Yea, you’ll be good. Nothing weird. Just remember the nut/bolt orientation for the leaf spring shackles…I always forget and have to swap them around

 

Today cost me

• TW SoCal regear group buy deposit

1. 1. 4.56
   2. F & R Eaton e-lockers

• MTS module
• Rad Rubber mud guards
• Rad Rubber rear window prop
• Pending confirmation from JW Off-road if their exterior molle will fit 2 RotoPax over the quarter window.

 

I just finished watching this rig walk around and thought some of you all might enjoy it…

https://youtu.be/MvHtD8ryYqQ?si=1Bw_zGw_GTk59eLF

 

Bro, how did you manage to watch the whole thing? I could only stand 3 minutes of those capri’s

 

I agree.

 

Chase.in.point on instagram. That guy has an amazing rig and just wrapped up a 2 month vacation road trip where he toured the entire southwest desert. I think it was like 7k miles. Poor choice of wardrobe for sure but he’s a genuine fan of the GX platform & one of my favorites to follow on IG.

 

It was tough lol, I tried to focus on the truck.

 

Crawled out of the shop under her own power. Can’t wait to get this thing back

 

Team Tech Offroad switch installed last night. Appointment set for gears and lockers a week from today. I’ll have about 18 hours after the install to get it wired up before I leave for the annual TW San Gorgonio takeover. I’m thinking I’ll just half ass the rear locker wiring for the trip with zip ties. Won’t even worry about the front until after the trip.

 

New car who dis

 

Having some issues with binding on the JD Fab 934 CV’s that need to get sorted. Also front needs to come up some.

initial alignment was done. Just a bunch of oddball crap left to do.

 

Haven't been following, but what suspension did you go with (specifically in front)? I have a similar lift height and the tuner states that it is way too tall. Trying to dial in my CO tuning and springs.

 

start here

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...6-gx-470-sport-unicorn-edition.692094/page-15

i need to add some updates though.