This weekend I played the Let's learn bead locks the hard way. Keep in mind the manufacturer says OFFROAD USE only and 25psi max.
I find it at the moment kind of like marine engines and equipment, a mix of black magic and luck. When I installed the BLs I lost some bolts, as in the broken at...
Everyone says I will even if I’m gentle. I wheeled Windrock last year, and the year before for a week on 35’s and nothing.
I don’t drive like most of the guys in the videos, I use the ATRAC and keep the rpm’s high enough to keep it engaged. And I use the winch. Now that I’m on 37’s this will...
So far so good, I did 2 things,
1st I lengthened my fuel pump wiring, it was taught from the 2" body lift installed a few years ago.
2nd I replaced the fuel pump.
PSA, when you do a body lift there is a little slack in your electrical and hoses. Not much on the GX though. I had an intermittent issue (might still be there I'm waiting) where the truck would just die. It took me some time, but I finally saw the wiring for the fuel pump was taught...... like...
I want to retract my comments on balance the balance beads. After a few more camp trips I decided to remove my wheel spacers (Spydertrax 1.25”). My effects backspacing with the spacers was 3.25” (wheel BS 4.5, spacer 1.25, 4.5-1.25 = yup 3.25). It was clear a firewall chop was required with 3.25...
Oddly enough when I was rebuilding my wife’s LED projectors in her 2005 Sequoia I noticed Toyota stuck the fuel heal sink thing in the DS fender well. Its located behind the battery on my Gx and get no air flow.
I have been searching specifically for an exact issue on my 2007 GX470 with no success, I broadened the search and found this thread with the SAME symptoms on the 100 series. I ordered a fuel pump to start the rabbit hole adventure.
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A little update;
2007 GX 37x12.5R17 Kenda Klever MT2
w/ Bilstein 5100's w/ OME 885's, a 1/2" top out spacers, and 3" dual-rate springs for the rear + 2" BL from 4Crawler.
Raceline Avenger Machines 17" wheels 17x9 -12 4.5 BS w/ Spidertrax 1.25" wheel spacer.
A couple of updates, I wanted so bad for balance beads to work so I saw what I wanted to see in the YouTube videos and was hooked, and yeah no those don't work in my 37's, if anything they are worse than my not-so-great balanced tires. I added 16oz a wheel per bad math calculations. Application...