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The clearances are so tight in a FI TB that it wouldn't take much ice to jam the throttle plate, or at least I assumed that was the purpose of the loop. And that's a bummer about the 100-series.. but good catch.

Yes, Low-mile take-off springs, shocks, and UCA's from someone's 2021 build, plus the 10mm OE spacer up front. Stock-sized P-metric Michelin Defender LTX. It just made more sense given how I use my rig.. lots of road miles to get to the trails...

MAF. The TB is actively heated to prevent ice buildup with a small loop from the cooling system.

I’ve been at a test burn of a BEV inside a garage. It was a hell of a thing. It wouldn’t get used in a garage but my department is testing a fire blanket for BEV car fires.. I’m really interested in seeing how that plays out. And the cutoff not...

Underhood temps can be well above 49c in moderate climates, depending on what you’re doing with the truck. You’re sure it’s just a battery longevity thing and no risk of burning things up?

In general I agree, but in the world of sports car tires where it’s a bit easier to compare one tire to another (dry grip, how progressively they lose grip, other factors I’m not a good enough driver to consider) there are dramatic differences...

Yes. Larger bolt with a different pitch, 133 is in the factory service manual and should be used with 16+ calipers.

The reason I asked for a picture is there are indeed two VSVs on top of the engine. Per the original parts diagrams they are 25860-31060 and 25860-38010 The first number is superseded by 25860-0S020 at the site I use, and it does show available...

With how far you are from stock, and how long it’s been since you were stock, I have to wonder what your on-road impressions of the compromises would be if compared directly to a stock LX.

Any concerns with damage to the frame horn or threaded inserts if someone comes down hard on a rock with one of these off-road?

Please attach a picture of what you’re after. I show the original 0S020 number still being available at my usual parts site, so no reason to run a different part, unless I’m misunderstanding what you need to do. But as I remember it there are a...

Tell that to Defender LTX owners. Edit: I happen to be a happy owner of the burnt marshmallows.

I agree with this. I can almost picture the lone engineer on the team at Toyota really thinking things through and discovering this quirk, only to get shut down as being an edge case that isn’t a realistic problem.

Looking cool is more than enough reason for a large percentage of people installing these tires.

I only went up to 285/70r17 and that fits easily, but now back to stock wheels/tires.

In December I finally got around to the fog lamp project I teased above for 13-15 LC. Made out of 1/8" aluminum strap available at a hardware store. I did try to 3D scan these for printing out of plastic but had a lot of trouble getting a good scan.

Not sure of year splits but 63251-12190 is for an LX570 and still shows available. I have one on the shelf but can’t find time to install it.

Generally yes, as long as the sensor doesn’t push too hard on the wheel barrel. If it’s sticking out away from the barrel the big risk is getting snagged during tire mount/dismounting. Otherwise it can handle the centrifugal forces just fine.

Very good points.

How hard should someone try to have an incompetent service department work on their vehicle? I guess it comes down to whether this is the result of trying to have them rectify a mistake, or just an inquiry for service.

Basically the pad & caliper moving outward means a given amount of friction there has more leverage against the tire/wheel compared to the smaller rotor. Not unlike grabbing a cheater bar to help give mechanical advantage over a very tight bolt...

Have you tried flipping it around to see if the holes line up with the tabs better?

You generally need to upload to youtube or vimeo or similar, then link to that.

The dealers probably blame that on mice too

I'm guessing here, but it could be a slight change to the pad compound. I can confirm TRD, Hawk, and EBC pads are interchangeable between the larger and smaller brakes though, I've put all of those in both early and late 200 calipers.