Recent content by Jakeonio

Awesome! Thank you.

Beating a dead horse but after doing a full top end rebuild on an LS earlier this year successfully, I was feeling dangerous and an elbow deep in the timing belt job for my ‘05 Sequoia. Having a heck of a time lining up the marks and not being off a tooth. Someone tell me it’s simple and I’m...

Hey guys, thinking of selling my ‘05 but debating replacing the driver’s side exhaust manifold beforehand since it has a prettt good leak going on. It’s much more challenging to find options with the secondary air injection and I’m wondering what y’all have used? I’ve seen some used options on...

Hey all, have had my ‘05 for about a year now from 163k to 180k and went from stock to a 3” lift from 1stgenoffroad with SPC uppers and .75” spacers with 285/75/17’s. It’s a great truck but the off-road bug didn’t bite me and I am craving a car again. Timing belt done at 101k by original owner...

Hey all, I feel pretty good about my mechanical abilities but today I finally had my key cylinder give out. No amount of jiggling would work, so I watched a few videos and tried to fix the existing cylinder (the tumbler within it) to no avail. So I thought whatever, $200 for a new one is no big...

Also here is a short clip from the other day.

Good luck! Sequoia wasn’t too bad. Does KDSS interfere with anything or is it a separate system from the shocks? It’s separate I think? Gonna look awesome and gain a lot of capability when you do it.

Thanks!! Been great so far. Took it out to Kyle seale under the power lines and was about as capable as the LX was. It’s surprising how much more spacious it is on the inside though. Overall very happy. Still not a cruiser…love seeing yours around!

Passenger side rock sliders on. Gonna roll with just this side for a couple weeks while I finish fab on driver side and maybe learn any of the flaws now that I’ve got it in the truck. Biggest disappointment is the color. Got some rust oleum “dark steel” and it’s CRAZY metallic. I wanted...

I’m with you, I have 3 under 3 right now so I need to get the sliders on asap. The old boards are just gonna get munched on rocks if I left them there.

Yeah, had to gain a little clearance near the upper control arm. They’re 1.25” spidertrax. Measured out closer to 1 1/8. The front is good but the rear does look a little wide for my taste. We’ll see in time what I decide to do with it.

Happy with the 34’s but need to grind the pinch weld slightly to get rid of all rubbing

Love your build man! When I talked to Josh over at 1st gen he encouraged me to go SPC for the additional caster if I wanted to go bigger than a 33” tire. I figure might as well spend a couple hundred more now to allow for it rather than change my mind down the line. I’m in southern TX so pretty...

Well, got everything in last weekend but was too busy so I’ve started today. Front done! (pic from before totally buttoned down)Decided to do springs and struts myself but had no luck with the compressor from the auto parts store. Luckily I had access to a shop for using a wall mounted...

Did somebody say lift? I just started on mine today and only accomplished LBJ’s. I can’t get the spring compressed on the shocks to save my ****ing life. Using one of those stupid spring compressors and still out of reach by at least an inch. Should have just had Josh assemble them. Worth the money!