The 2.7L Single Cab Thread

First off, sweet truck. I like the black steel wheels. Did you paint them?

 

Thanks! Yeah I sanded them down and used rustoleum wheel paint and then a clear coat!

 

Also just added a mesh grill and fogs

 

Also correction stock rake instead of stalk brake

 

Just west of kaupo..epic spot!

 

I just got back from honeymoon in Kaanapali. Took the Road to Hana on 36, no problem but man was not expecting the edge-of-cliff driving between Hana and Kaupo. That really was a whole day drive.

 

Wasn’t an option... got a Wrangler

 

You down there bra?

 

Lol yeah, I told the wife I wish I had shipped the truck over.

Was a beautiful drive but too many dirt road hairpin turns over one way bridges on edge of 200 ft drops. These are pics she took while I was driving. We didn’t think to take many pics of the road, should have made a video.

 

Oh and I finished up my 3” exhaust. I took a single ‘before’ shot and couple at the end after I recycled a hanger from the stock tailpipe. It was my first exhaust, not hard but second time will take quarter of the time.

 

Do you plan on keeping the cap on the truck? If you remove it, you might get back to the stock rake. If you're keeping it on the truck, you could probably just add a 1-1.5" block. But with the spacer lift up front, I would see how you like the way it rides with that before you do anything to the rear. You might decide to go with spring/shock lift up front instead and then you could wait to see how it sits after changes. A lot of guys don't like the spacer lift.

My truck has the OME 885 springs with nitrocharger shocks up front and AAL in the rear and it has an almost stock rake to it. If I added a cap it would probably end up level.

 

I do plan on keeping the cap, and it also has a bed system inside so yeah definitely why its sagging, I would like to eventually get new coilovers, but I heard they can make our single cabs pretty rough riders, but I haven't ridden in one with them on. What are your thoughts?

 

The 885 springs on my truck make it pretty stiff. But I'm used to vehicles being stiff so it doesn't bother me. You might be better off getting some heavier duty rear springs to give the lift and hold the extra weight.

 

I have 884’s and hd dakars with bilstien 5100’s. It’s pretty stiff, especially when the bed is empty. But the performance and handling is way better than the stock setup. I always have a cap on and usually my camping/ bed platform, otherwise I’d have gotten the medium dakars. I like the way it sits

 

This is what I did to level mine.. it was valuable to take some measurements so I knew roughly what to do.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/ome-883-coils-ome-shocks.297531/#post-20180336

 

Any of the MT guys have a squeak in the clutch when you depress it? I can’t quite figure it out any ideas??

 

I had these put on today
Goodyear
Wrangler All Terrain Adventure with Kevlar
LT235 /85 R16 120R E1

 

Constantly. I just live with mine.

 

Mine comes and goes. Some days it’s a loud creak inside the cab from the pedal. Some days it’s a squeak outside the cab. Some days it’s silent, like today.

 

I talk back to mine