That came out great! I'm really considering going with a similar tire, be interested to hear how they work out for you.
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little_joe
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Coming along quite nicely, look forward to more updates!
phishtaco
Cincinnati
It's amazing what couple of inches and some tires will do for a T4R. How close are the tires to your uca's? Any reason you added the dif drop?
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They are a little noisy but not too bad. Def louder than my Nittos were on my Tundra. Handling in general seems about the same. Tires are much stiffer which you can def feel. Most interesting thing is the steering feel. It actually feels much "lighter" now. Like easier to turn. There is a lot less castor now bc of the lift.
The tires are close enough where I can't get my finger in between them and the uca. That was one factor in deciding to got with the 275 over the 285.
Edit: Didn't answer the diff drop question. I felt like since this is a DD and full time 4WD it was kind of a "well it certainly couldn't hurt..." deal. I'm sure it would be ok without it. I'm just trying to decrease stress to hopefully eliminate any additional failure points.
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Also should note that I haven't taken any hard corners because of the higher center of gravity. 
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Then it is not tall enuf.....
Git after it............
Haha!! Give me some time! I'm just getting started!
Funny thing, I thought still fitting in the garage would earn some "smooth over" points with the wife... Boy was I wrong!! She is not happy with what I did to "her truck"
Haha!! Give me some time! I'm just getting started!
Funny thing, I thought still fitting in the garage would earn some "smooth over" points with the wife... Boy was I wrong!! She is not happy with what I did to "her truck"
Tell her it could be worse and show her a picture of my wife's 80......
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Tell her it could be worse and show her a picture of my wife's 80......
I will!!
Haha!! Give me some time! I'm just getting started!
Funny thing, I thought still fitting in the garage would earn some "smooth over" points with the wife... Boy was I wrong!! She is not happy with what I did to "her truck"
Erin said she liked it. Tell Liz if she doesn't like it we'll trade you the Jetta even for it like it sits. Tell her it gets like 50mpg highway.
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Erin said she liked it. Tell Liz if she doesn't like it we'll trade you the Jetta even for it like it sits. Tell her it gets like 50mpg highway.
I'll let you pitch that idea next week. Just let me know when you're gonna do it so I can get my camera ready.
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Got our in-house tint guy to do the front 2 windows on the 4Runner. It has the factory privacy glass in back. Came out pretty good I think.
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Started working on some clearance this evening. Took the front mud flaps off. The fronts just required the bolts to be put back in to hold the flares on. The rear ones are a little more tricky. The rear flaps also act as close outs for the rear bumper. The bolts also hold the rear bumper on. So, I just modified the rear ones basically removing the "flap" part of the... er... mud flap. Pics below:
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Couple more:
Is that Liz I see up there working on the front? You will bring her around. Before you know it I will be telling you "Liz would have Made it" 
Looking forward to seeing you guys next weekend.
Looking forward to seeing you guys next weekend.
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Is that Liz I see up there working on the front? You will bring her around. Before you know it I will be telling you "Liz would have Made it"
Looking forward to seeing you guys next weekend.
Haha. You're probably gonna be telling me that anyway. And it will be well deserved.
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Couple of pics of the mud flap modification:
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Trimmed the fender liners a bit:
Required tools...
Marking roughly what I want to cut:
After a little trim:
Required tools...
Marking roughly what I want to cut:
After a little trim:
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Driver's side was a bit flimsy so I cinched it up with a zip tie:
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No more scrubbing!!! (For now... Didn't flex it out or anything. Also only drove it across the driveway while parking.)
