Recent content by mister bean

I'm going to pass. That's not just surface rust.

Any rust? Shots of the under carriage?

Thanks for posting. I was planning to take a look at it, but suspected that it might be more like what you found than what you (or we) were hoping for.

Towing with my '99 seemed alright. Better than expected, really. My comparison was an FJ60 - terrible, and an FJ Cruiser - still not good.

I was doing Mobil 1, a Toyota filter, and yearly changes because mileage was rarey more than about 5k per year.

HIR bulbs are better. Not as much of a difference as doing a good HID conversion, but significantly better than stock.

Alright, back with updates. It's not as bad as it could be, but it's not good. Robbie put a borescope in and the pistons looked good. So next step was to do a partial timing belt change and a compression test. And that's where things turn not so good. Driver's side cylinder #1 has low...

LATCH isn't any more secure than installation with a seatbelt. In some cases it's a bit easier to install, but when properly installed, they're both effective. I wouldn't buy a new one just for that.

How big a lift? The PO of my truck had slee put on 866s and a diff drop wasn't installed either.

Only if the seller is paying for the diagnosis. Don't spend your money paying to have problems diagnosed on a truck that belongs to somebody else. The PPI did its job and turned up the problems. At this point, the seller either needs to get the diagnosis done, or give you a pretty large...

You'll probably get more interest if you post photos and a price here.

When I got them, and this was about to years ago so things may have changed, the Nittos were less expensive than BFGs. The Coopers were actually my first choice, but were even more expensive than the other two.

I'm in something of a minority, and haven't had great luck with BFGs. Performance was fine, but lifespan was not. I don't think either set I had lasted much more than 20k miles or so. Most recently I've been running Nitto Terragrapplers, and those have had similar performance and are wearing better.

I have OME torsion bars, springs, and shocks with no extra weight. It's firm, but fine for the most part. It does ride better with a few extra people or a bunch of weight in it though.

$750 is lower than I've been hearing for this area. Does that include water pump? Mine is waiting for parts to come in, but should be done later this week. Total with water pump is around $1k.