The 2.7L Single Cab Thread

Really clean little truck

 

Nice!!! A few questions for you given I'm yet teetering on the edge of I should buy the LCE headed or not. I know there's tons of discussion about it but I seem to never find a legit answer. Is it worth it? How much did it really help with power and is it noticeable? Better MPG's if you have a light foot? Are you running 285's with stock gearing? Truck is sick and pics look great! Ronnie

 

Brown Santa came by... HD-SKO's by Stubb's Welding. I've purchased from him before, he's a top notch guy



Replaced the rear shocks earlier this year, had a blow out on one of the OEM's. Have the matching front struts just haven't put them on yet.


Can't remember if I've posted my truck here or not... '12, 2.7, 5spd, 265's on steelies, 1.5" lift

 

Hit a hog doing highway speeds. Taco is non drivable lol. Talking to insurance about it.Monday.

Wondering if they'll total it or fix it.

 

What is the damage? Balljoints? Control arms? Steering rack? Tie rod?

 

Swapped out my old, cheap foggies for some better ones yesterday.

 

From the looks I'd guess -
Fender
Spindle
Lower control arms
Tie rod
Possible steering rack
Possible CV
Lower control arm mounts are tweaked as well.

Don't know what else is jacked up and won't know till a shop looks at it all and sees what's all tweaked and what's straight.

 

Bummer sorry man

 

Its all good. She has treated me great the past 3 years and 100k miles we've made together. If its time to put her down then I'm willing to accept that and look into a bigger new daily.

 

It's all good. Got my eyes on a tundra if they total it lol

 

i was thinking of upgrading to icon extended travel coilovers...but now that i looked around i've noticed the spring rate is 650lb.
that would be overkill for a reg cab...my old 885s were 590lb and that rode way rough.

i was only planning on running the icons enough to add an additional 1" on top of my spindles...or even at zero preload.
but now i'm not sure.

thoughts? anyone with experience on running icons?

 

That might be an option too. Was hoping to keep it all icon. But with that spring rate I don't know.

What's the lb rate on foxes

 

I have the extended ICON CO's. They ride great with a plate bumper & winch and did prior. In the rear, ICON 2.0 V series and Deaver 8 packs.
I vote for ICON.

When I began my build, I didn't plan on a plate bumper & winch, but ended up doing so. Once the bug hits you... you never stop. If you plan to stay IFS, you'll end up there as I did, it's just a matter of time. Doing so, didn't cost me anything in the long run.

Now that I'm in the middle is a SAS project, I'm still good.

Hope this helps you.

 

I know what you mean. I can't keep still either.

I have icon 2.0 and a 3 leaf in the rear. I wanna match the front.
I don't plan on armoring up. You said had them prior to armor? I'll be running little to no preload so I'm hoping it won't be as bad.

 

Here's my 2013. Plasti dipped the grill and cut the tailpipe last night. I have lce headers coming in this week.

 

... yeah, I had the ICONS prior to the bumper & winch. I will add, with these CO's, I was able to remove and keep OFF my sway bar. The ICON's work well with my style of off roading.

Good luck.

 

Retrofit=Nightmare

 

Heres my 2008 for now. Havent gotten too far with it but i have only had it since September.

 

I see lots of great mods just in this photo!!! Nice truck brother!!