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The center caps come apart easily to paint whatever color you choose Here’s mine (I painted the chrome matte black)

Tundra wheels. Nokian Outpost tires. Not sure I’m going to keep these center caps in. Slee sliders also.

We had 3-5 guys working over 5 days to swap all my mods and upgraded parts from my wrecked 200 to my new one. Part of that was swaping the transfer and trannies. I think we (my contribution was watching) did the transmission/transfer swap...

Yes. This is the way! On my SOA 60 and 48” hilift, I couldn’t even get a tire off the ground so I got the 60” which made it exponentially more sketchy Then someone showed me the ratchet strap trick before lifting and the rest is history…

Hi-Lift states ~175-lbs of force to lift the rated 4660lb, so more like ~165-lbs at 4400lbs (note the top 12" of the 60" are only rated at 2660lbs per Hi-Lift). I think their rating is assuming a pull from the very end of the handle, gaining the...

Ratchet strap around axle housing to frame, cinch it tight before lift. Heavier the ratchet strap the better IFS can be a bit trickier, but can usually wrap strap around lower arm and above top coil over mount I had a SOA 60 series with gobs...

THIS!

This. The set we use under our sub 4000lb travel trailer (so figure 1000lbs a corner max... and really they are for stabilizing so far less) are already getting pretty beat. I can't imaging what a much larger load would do to them.

Depends on which ones. I tried some Wally World cheapos, and they basically crushed

Yeah. Good call and I should look into that.

I won a set of these in a raffle and they were very impressively made and stout as all hell. I always carried them with me in the Tundra on my long crazy trips. Never ACTUALLY USED them for a situation, and gave them to guy that bought my...

Do you have a newer iphone by chance? It has a built in lidar, and the scan apps have come leaps and bounds the last couple years. We were messing with it for 3d printing, scan a widget with the scan app, put file into Fusion 360, and print...

This… I’ve seen more than one, ok, damn near a half dozen, using hi lift on slider, or similar, and it slips and the main upright goes right into the door leaving a boo-boo. I’ve came very close to doing it myself. Having tool is one thing...

Done. Actually still want to mod the hand crank to take a drill input. This thing goes way high up.

I believe the correct spelling is “thicc” 😅

This. It's nearly entirely impossible to solo use the airbag when inflating with exhaust. But with compressed air, it's a manageable, albeit slow, process. Also, be careful using CO2 with exhaust jacks, rapid inflation can lead to crazy cold...

Ooooh…. Was not aware. In That Case. This is a pretty good option as well

No need to inflate with exhaust, there is a schrader valve (same as a tire valve) that can be used with any air compressor to inflate the big bag. FYI

This is slick and the first I’ve heard of this. Very cool

I have used one messing around to see how it worked. It did the job as advertised, but with the vehicle required to be running to use it, that limits it somewhat IMHO

All hail the mighty Toyota mechanical bottle jack. Most compact, lightweight, and elegant solution to 90% of the lifting needs. Punches way above it's weight. 11" stroke from 8" to 19.375". Weighs only 5.5lbs I've got buddies from Raptors to...

Burning it in this morning. Pretty fun and easy as all components are 1/4" plate meaning hard to burn through or get it too wrong. I'm using flux core mig at 250 amps. Not the prettiest stuff but there will be plenty of penetration and the...

This! So much this! I agree 100% It’s hilarious here in SoCal, the “maxtrax on everything” trend has kinda faded away, and now its “hilifts on everything trend Usually on the stock roof rack, usually with absolutely zero places on the vehicle...

The Tauler Jack is another neat lift/lower (only) option, would work for jack/stack, jack/cast, and wheel lifting too. I think they are neat. However, like the ARB Jack and other hydro units (albeit at a muuuuch lower cost), they don't have the...