The RoadSafe recovery points will fit, but aren’t made for soft shackles.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/roadsafe-front-recovery-bracket.895078/
@TRAIL TAILOR used to make some soft shackle recovery points, and spacers to make them work with the ARB bumper. (Also pictured in the above thread)
It is my understanding that Toyota/Lexus recalled the liter plastic bottles (with the contamination issue) quite some time (2.5 to 3 years) ago. I hate to sound like an A-hole, but maybe eBay isn’t the best place to buy AHC fluid. It is my understanding that the metal cans of AHC fluid do not...
Yes, I donated the (unused) AHC pump/reservoir out of my 99 LX, to someone that had tried to disassemble/reassemble his pump, to resolve the same issue. Maybe you can find someone local, that has done a blasphemous AHC delete (like me), and has an unused pump, or use some of the tricks that...
Plastic bottles I assume?
There are multiple reports of issues with contaminated AHC fluid in plastic bottles.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/suspension-fluid-best-brand.1331317/#post-15337792
Cranking the torsion bars (or installing thicker/stiffer torsion bars) really doesn’t resolve this issue. It doesn’t change the travel, it just makes the suspension harder to compress, making tire/fender collisions less frequent.
So by fixing the ride issues, you’re going to be back to your...
To me, it sounded like you started down this suspension upgrade path, because of a misunderstanding about why you were experiencing tire/fender interference?
In my experience, at 23-23.5” front center of hub to fender lip, you have very limited droop (down travel), combine this with oversized torsion bars, which limits compression (up travel), and you end up with a very uncomfortable ride.
A 21.5” front center of hub to fender lip measurement, is...
From memory Ironman’s “stage 3” includes more supporting parts than lesser “stages”. If you’re lifted 3” in front (~22.5” center of hub, to fender lip), that’s probably a pretty large contributor to your issues.
Droop is terribly important here.
If tires are hitting fenders, wheel offset (or...
My (adult) son, and three of his buddies decided that they needed a guy’s ski trip. Apparently everyone booked the trip, and then figured out that most of them drove either unreliable or two seat vehicles. Somehow my old 99 LX with 270+k miles, that was just supposed to be a spare household...
I went through this on my son’s passenger side seatbelt, in a 2000 LC.
I used Techstream, FSM, and this thread to troubleshoot:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/air-bag-light-diagnosis-and-repair-write-up.1267640/
Yes, a new seatbelt fixed it. New grey seatbelts were still available for the...
Yes, the SPC uppers will work, BUT the adjustable proprietary ball joint really doesn’t benefit you at stock height, fewer people want to deal with installing, or properly adjusting them (and even fewer will do it correctly).
Typically, you remove the 50a fuse under the hood, and disconnect the 2 (or 3) of the plugs to the AHC ECU, and it disables all of the AHC dash lights. If I remember correctly, there was some anecdotal information about removing the two AHC under dash fuses affecting systems beyond AHC.
A post...
In my experience, with reasonable maintenance, the engine is the least of my worries. The most likely thing to kill the 2UZ-FE in a 100 series, is overheating, due to plastic tank on radiator, or plastic heater T’s being ignored. More likely that you’ll have shot bushings (steering rack, front...
If I’m not mistaken, the VVTI 2UZ-FE was also available in the Japanese manufactured V8 Toyota 4Runner, Lexus GX470, LC/LX 100 series, and US manufactured Tundra & Sequoia. They may be more rare than the non-VVTI variant, but I suspect not impossible.
Something about your wording, makes that sound rather painful! 😖
My first NOCO was a 3000a model, which is probably complete overkill, and it’s become the garage & long road trip jump box. Soon after, every car in my family got a 1000a unit. Sadly all of them have been used more to jump other...