Recent content by PhillipJFrye

In reference to earlier posts regarding parabolic TT's Yup, me three. I put the TT parabolics in my troopy about 4 years ago, along with TT springs and shocks. I told the folks in Australia my vehicle was quite light, not set up for overlanding with all the gear. They insisted that the...

Best vid I've seen all year.

Well, today was interesting. My daughter and I had an entire tree land on us while on the way to school. Not on my Troopy, on our more normal car, but this is my usual hang out, so I figured I'd post it here. Thank God for well built Toyotas. Safe and sound.

After cleaning up the rear bed's rust and holes, got the old hardwood floor refurbished and reinstalled. It's been a bit of a journey, since this also included replacing all the old body mounts, snapping one of those bolts and having to drill it out of the frame (good times), and in general a...

Mucho dirt down here in Panama, carrying a few kilos of it in my own car. Panama representing!

Well, it was a healthy 4 hour drive and a night in a roach motel, but all good. Always enjoy a little road trip. Sorry to hear your bumper is giving you the business. There are actually a couple of youtube vids detailing the shortcomings of those bumpers.

New bumper setup. The real news is that it was locally made here in Panama by Rudo4x4. They've got a modern, neatly organized production facility and can do anything from boat trailers to shelves or pickup trays. Needless to say, it saves a helluva lot of money on shipping from Australia, S...

I agree, that's a really good look. Greetings from Panama, by the way. I've got an older, though similar color troopy.

I've got TT parabolics on my troopy. My car isn't that heavy so the change in ride quality was small. Good, but small. One thing is the parabolics are much lighter than the oem springs, if you're concerned with weight. The new TT springs and shocks on the front improved cornering a lot.

For what it's worth, I'm super happy with my SS Manta exhaust. Evergreen Offroad hooked me up. It objectively increased the low end on my 25 year old 1HZ. I always had to shift down to first on a very steep hill near my house. Now I can cruise up in second gear. A surprising difference, and...

Update: got the tires balanced and the shaking is gone. Seems obvious and a little silly, but I had balanced and rotated my tires fairly recently so I figured it might be some other issue. Apparently they didn't balance very.... precisely. Life in Panama, it can be a crapshoot. Thanks for...

Thanks for the great input. I shall soon begin the process of eliminating potential causes. Cheers!

So I've got a steering wheel shimmy that only appears at 70-75 KPH. No vibrations slower or faster. Shakes less when accelerating, more when coasting, about a half inch shimmy travel each direction on the steering wheel. What kind of gremlin is this? Vehicle is my 2000 HZJ78 with a 2" TT...

Beautiful! Really love the choices you made, classy and old school aesthetic while using new tech.

Thanks, I'm really happy with it. Manta makes nice stuff.