Recent content by LoserCroozer 80

So far its performed flawlessly. No negatives to report. I’ve run my winch, lights, stereo ect and haven’t had any problems at all. The belt hasn’t loosened up either.

Alright I figured i’d give an update. I installed this a while ago on my 80 and have been running it for about a month, daily driving and a bit of rev limiter in the snow a few times 😂 so far its performing flawlessly. I ended up using a nylock nut and I had to install it on the other side of...

I will actually, this was just a nut i had laying around. It’s a 2003 Sequoia alternator, you reuse your stock pulley and it lines up. There’s a lot of threads on this and the wiring side, I just hadn’t seen anyone diy their own bracket yet.

Thanks for the heads up, as I said this is a spare 1fz i have in my garage.

My 80’s alternator went out so I figured I’d jump on the bandwagon of putting bigger alternators on. At my local parts store they’re actually cheaper than stock 80 amp alternators. It seems Photoman’s no longer making his brackets and no one’s selling one at the moment so I decided to modify my...

Her maiden voyage was a success. Everything felt super solid. It drives down the road straight and is actually really comfortable. It’s exactly what we were going for as a dailyable rig that will be capable on the trail. The 4.88’s are perfect gearing for 35’s and so far the speedo is right on...

The last step was installing the steering stabilizer. I didn’t get any good pictures but the inside bracket got welded to the top if the diff and the other side clamped to the tie rod. We might end up re thinking this as there were some clearance issues with the clamp end and the spring perch...

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Got the brakes installed. We ordered FJ60 rotors and drilled new mounting holes to mount on the back of the ifs like factory. Tacoma rotors is a better all around option as its easier to service later, with these the whole hub has to come off even to pull the calipers. This worked better for us...

I moved the axle back by drilling matching locating holes forward of the stock ones on the spring perches. The ruffstuff u blot plate allows for different postions as well so it worked out. The clearance is a lot better and the axle is centered in the wheel well, I don’t have any issues with the...

Thanks for the tip, ya I think we’ll probably move it eventually for now moving the axle should get us on the road and out of my garage 😂 What springs were you running? I noticed the alignment pin is 3 or 4 inches forward of the center of the spring. I know thats normal but wondered if that...

We marched forward finishing the axles and installed the trail gear high steer to set it down to see how it looked. The new springs picked it up a little more than the old ones which we expected. It seems to have good down travel and flexes well. This is when we ran into another issue, at ride...

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Got the diff and shocks in last night. Today i started building out the axles. Cruiser outfitters has the best axle rebuild kits available in my opinion. You can spend 10x the cost on OEM Toyota but when this comes with quality Japanese parts and oe Koyo bearings all for under $200 it’s a no...