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This weekend I played the Let's learn bead locks the hard way. Keep in mind the manufacturer says OFFROAD USE only and 25psi max. I find it at the moment kind of like marine engines and equipment, a mix of black magic and luck. When I installed...

Reverse light upgrade, was previously using a BD rocklight that was woefully inadequate for that particular task. Before: After:

Everyone says I will even if I’m gentle. I wheeled Windrock last year, and the year before for a week on 35’s and nothing. I don’t drive like most of the guys in the videos, I use the ATRAC and keep the rpm’s high enough to keep it engaged. And...

So far so good, I did 2 things, 1st I lengthened my fuel pump wiring, it was taught from the 2" body lift installed a few years ago. 2nd I replaced the fuel pump.

Bead locks

Looks really good.....

Fuel Pump

Ordered a Ironman FCP heavy front medium rear. Perry parts front and rear bumps and coil conversion, arb diff breather, eBay snorkel, super pro UCA, extended brake lines, lasfit switch panel, dr kdss rear panhard correction kit, and probably more...

Then, it started acting funny..... so I replaced the fuel pump.

PSA, when you do a body lift there is a little slack in your electrical and hoses. Not much on the GX though. I had an intermittent issue (might still be there I'm waiting) where the truck would just die. It took me some time, but I finally saw...

I want to retract my comments on balance the balance beads. After a few more camp trips I decided to remove my wheel spacers (Spydertrax 1.25”). My effects backspacing with the spacers was 3.25” (wheel BS 4.5, spacer 1.25, 4.5-1.25 = yup 3.25)...

Oddly enough when I was rebuilding my wife’s LED projectors in her 2005 Sequoia I noticed Toyota stuck the fuel heal sink thing in the DS fender well. Its located behind the battery on my Gx and get no air flow.

I have been searching specifically for an exact issue on my 2007 GX470 with no success, I broadened the search and found this thread with the SAME symptoms on the 100 series. I ordered a fuel pump to start the rabbit hole adventure.

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Weekend update

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Are you asking me to measure the emblem, otherwise I don't know what size it is I ordered it with the grill as I said.

The dyna beads in my 35's did nothing to make them run smooth in factory alloy wheels. The beads will not laterally balance a wheel/tire. Don't waste your time putting them in.

I A little update; 2007 GX 37x12.5R17 Kenda Klever MT2 w/ Bilstein 5100's w/ OME 885's, a 1/2" top out spacers, and 3" dual-rate springs for the rear + 2" BL from 4Crawler. Raceline Avenger Machines 17" wheels 17x9 -12 4.5 BS w/ Spidertrax...

A couple of updates, I wanted so bad for balance beads to work so I saw what I wanted to see in the YouTube videos and was hooked, and yeah no those don't work in my 37's, if anything they are worse than my not-so-great balanced tires. I added...

No, the Kazichstan Grill came with a badge.

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Some weekend shakedown shots

Toyo's are hard to beat, I've had their AT II 's in a 285/75, the RT in a 35x12.5 and the MT in a 37x12.50. Love the AT & MT the best. I also have had good experience with Yokohama G003's in a 35, I really miss those. If your all chasing ALL THE...