That is awesome man, you win an award, not sure what kind but definitely award winning! Thanks for a good laugh tonight, cheers!
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They do kind of prefer the Tundra as they’ve got more room to stand up. The looks from people at traffic lights are priceless and it is nice to have someone to carry your stuff on the trails. Will have to ask the guys at Slee if they’d like some llama marketing. He does wear hats.
The longer I have this color the more I like it.
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OK you win! Color co-ordinated too. Is the shovel for the ball bearing size droppings?
That is so cool! Won't show this to my wife though... she's always wanted a Llama and well, I live in a subdivision.
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No problem just teach it to bark at odd hours and sit and shake. No one will know the difference?
Update:
Hey guys!, sorry for the long wait I am just loaded with collage work. However I do have some updates from my testing but no pictures or videos of testing yet. Since I did not have time to set the tripods and edit. I plan to do so this weekend hopefully.
So far the long travel upfront has been outstanding. It socks up large bumps and whoops amazingly well especially with my customized valving setup which is a coil over carrier( coil over with minimized valving to give the bypass full control). The rear end is what ruins that experience since it is stock travel and has to be stiffer to compensate and prevent blowing through the travel but still amazing. Most of my testing has been with the bypass set to the heaviest (slowest) rebound damping upfront with the compression set to the softest. The rear end has the standard ICON 2.5 shock with CDC and standard valving. I returned it to standard valving so I can have a good baseline on where to make adjustments from. So for now the compression is on point for the rear however I do need to up the rebound damping significantly for my driving style and setup. It is currently bouncy in the rear (rear end buck). Ill have more time to play around with the settings tomorrow.
As for the 35 inch tires even with the fender flares it still rubbs against the inner line. Especially in the rear where there is no trimming work. So I returned my old much smaller tires as placeholders which allowed me to cycle almost full travel (i say almost because I added a one inch spacer to the stock bump stop upfront to keep the 35's from breaking the fenders. This is what I plan to fix after this weekend.
Plan for next weekend:
1. Trim inner line of front fender flares and rear stock fenders to ensure 35's cycle properly.
2. Revalve the REAR ICON shock with 2 stages of increased rebound damping.
3. Replace stock rear bumpstop with ICON bumpstop (2 inches of travel, starting baseline PSI = 100).
4. Add KING 2.0 x 2.0 bumpstop upfront and set it up to allow max up travel (this may mean shorting the stroke).
After doing all that it should be set, however it is a trail and error process and will require allot of time and effort to get it dialed in.
Picture of my LC200 jacked up and some other rushed shots since I did not have much time(front more then rear travel which looks strange since I am used to seeing the opposite
):*Rushed photos bad quality apologies *
Update:
Hey guys!, sorry for the long wait I am just loaded with collage work. However I do have some updates from my testing but no pictures or videos of testing yet. Since I did not have time to set the tripods and edit. I plan to do so this weekend hopefully.
So far the long travel upfront has been outstanding. It socks up large bumps and whoops amazingly well especially with my customized valving setup which is a coil over carrier( coil over with minimized valving to give the bypass full control). The rear end is what ruins that experience since it is stock travel and has to be stiffer to compensate and prevent blowing through the travel but still amazing. Most of my testing has been with the bypass set to the heaviest (slowest) rebound damping upfront with the compression set to the softest. The rear end has the standard ICON 2.5 shock with CDC and standard valving. I returned it to standard valving so I can have a good baseline on where to make adjustments from. So for now the compression is on point for the rear however I do need to up the rebound damping significantly for my driving style and setup. It is currently bouncy in the rear (rear end buck). Ill have more time to play around with the settings tomorrow.
As for the 35 inch tires even with the fender flares it still rubbs against the inner line. Especially in the rear where there is no trimming work. So I returned my old much smaller tires as placeholders which allowed me to cycle almost full travel (i say almost because I added a one inch spacer to the stock bump stop upfront to keep the 35's from breaking the fenders. This is what I plan to fix after this weekend.
Plan for next weekend:
1. Trim inner line of front fender flares and rear stock fenders to ensure 35's cycle properly.
2. Revalve the REAR ICON shock with 2 stages of increased rebound damping.
3. Replace stock rear bumpstop with ICON bumpstop (2 inches of travel, starting baseline PSI = 100).
4. Add KING 2.0 x 2.0 bumpstop upfront and set it up to allow max up travel (this may mean shorting the stroke).
After doing all that it should be set, however it is a trail and error process and will require allot of time and effort to get it dialed in.
Picture of my LC200 jacked up and some other rushed shots since I did not have much time(front more then rear travel which looks strange since I am used to seeing the opposite
*Rushed photos bad quality apologies *
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Why not run a small body lift? The race teams here run quite tall ones but you wouldn’t have to go 3”. Maybe 1.5”? Then you might get full travel without destroying anything. Although, your new bumper would be gapped down
At any rate, well done so far!
I'm not normally a fan of the prerunner style fenders, but that looks awesome! The body shop did an excellent job.
That looks great! Mind sharing the type of bumper and sliders you've got on there?
Thanks! ARB non swingout rear bumper, Slee sliders, BP51s.
First off nice job! Looks awesome.Update:
Hey guys!, sorry for the long wait I am just loaded with collage work. However I do have some updates from my testing but no pictures or videos of testing yet. Since I did not have time to set the tripods and edit. I plan to do so this weekend hopefully.
So far the long travel upfront has been outstanding. It socks up large bumps and whoops amazingly well especially with my customized valving setup which is a coil over carrier( coil over with minimized valving to give the bypass full control). The rear end is what ruins that experience since it is stock travel and has to be stiffer to compensate and prevent blowing through the travel but still amazing. Most of my testing has been with the bypass set to the heaviest (slowest) rebound damping upfront with the compression set to the softest. The rear end has the standard ICON 2.5 shock with CDC and standard valving. I returned it to standard valving so I can have a good baseline on where to make adjustments from. So for now the compression is on point for the rear however I do need to up the rebound damping significantly for my driving style and setup. It is currently bouncy in the rear (rear end buck). Ill have more time to play around with the settings tomorrow.
As for the 35 inch tires even with the fender flares it still rubbs against the inner line. Especially in the rear where there is no trimming work. So I returned my old much smaller tires as placeholders which allowed me to cycle almost full travel (i say almost because I added a one inch spacer to the stock bump stop upfront to keep the 35's from breaking the fenders. This is what I plan to fix after this weekend.
Plan for next weekend:
1. Trim inner line of front fender flares and rear stock fenders to ensure 35's cycle properly.
2. Revalve the REAR ICON shock with 2 stages of increased rebound damping.
3. Replace stock rear bumpstop with ICON bumpstop (2 inches of travel, starting baseline PSI = 100).
4. Add KING 2.0 x 2.0 bumpstop upfront and set it up to allow max up travel (this may mean shorting the stroke).
After doing all that it should be set, however it is a trail and error process and will require allot of time and effort to get it dialed in.
Picture of my LC200 jacked up and some other rushed shots since I did not have much time(front more then rear travel which looks strange since I am used to seeing the opposite
*Rushed photos bad quality apologies *
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I know your and my truck are set up very differently. i will share that i have timbren rear bumpstops to keep the 35’s from contacting my rear inner fenders and i just had the rear icons nitrogen recharged. If i remeber correctly its at 130+ psi. That’s something info that may or may not be helpful for the rear end bounciness that you mentioned.
Why not run a small body lift? The race teams here run quite tall ones but you wouldn’t have to go 3”. Maybe 1.5”? Then you might get full travel without destroying anything. Although, your new bumper would be gapped down
At any rate, well done so far!
I'd agree on the bump stops. Maximize use of all the travel available, rather than limit it if practical. Though some sheet metal clearancing should really help as well.
Great looking pre-runner! Too bad there's none in the state to chase down them Raptors.
Thank for the add.
Recent trip to West Virginia.
Recent trip to West Virginia.
ARB look great. What is total weight of the rig?
Ryan,
Thanks, 2 ARB Bumpers , minus OEM bumpers minus cut always, minus third row seats, minus existing roof rack, plus new front runner rack, plus RTT, plus dual battery, plus winch , plus ARB sliders, plus 2 drawer Goose Gear cabinet, plus Nat Luna frig plus awning.
OEM curb weight 5813, approx curb weight 6250. On my next trip I’ll hit the scales to confirm
Thanks, Gene
Great to see on on the site, and very nice truck and photo skills!
Thank you Gene! Barely any weight gain - relatively speaking
The big help,the removal of the OEM bumpers stuff the 3rd row of seating
Hope to see on the trails
Cheers
Gene
Without the front one inch bump stop spacer this thing is absolutely insane. Goes through everything like butter!. However I jumped the first time with everything fully open (softest setting rebound and compression) and the tires rubbed against the washer tank. So I am getting that relocated. However with the bypasses fully closed no rubbing and very very controlled.
*35s were off the vehicle because there is more fender work required front and rear which will be done after this weekend.
VIDEOS COMING SOON!, just need to wait till my friends are less busy to record me.
*35s were off the vehicle because there is more fender work required front and rear which will be done after this weekend.
VIDEOS COMING SOON!, just need to wait till my friends are less busy to record me.
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