Build I bought a Whale, now I gotta build it and use it

[Bomar]

Yeah so odd that the RGs are damn near silent on 100s but not on 200s.

Crazy...

Great looking man! Once those sliders on and it will be done.

 

[04UZJ100]

Looking forward to more pictures! Truck looks great!

 

[wngrog]

Looking forward to more pictures! Truck looks great!

Thank you. Looking forward to my step sliders. It’s tall now….

 

[fountainhead]

Thanks for dropping by and convincing Ginny that she needs to upgrade to a 2018+.

 

[reddog90]

What size RGs are those?

 

[wngrog]

What size RGs are those?

285/70-18

I’ll put a tape measure and a level on them in a bit and post it. They don’t have quite the width I liked that the 285/65-18 Toyos had but they are way taller. I know there are a ton of threads where people wring their hands about tires in this forum. They are so insufferable I can’t wade through them. I have a 200 friend @ntsaint who has done all the 200 stuff so I took his lead on this size.

 

[reddog90]

285/70-18

I’ll put a tape measure and a level on them in a bit and post it. They don’t have quite the width I liked that the 285/65-18 Toyos had but they are way taller. I know there are a ton of threads where people wring their hands about tires in this forum. They are so insufferable I can’t wade through them. I have a 200 friend @ntsaint who has done all the 200 stuff so I took his lead on this size.

I got the same size RGs and talked to him as well. They look and fit great, just a tiny rub on my passenger sway bar on uturns after a better alignment. Mine tuck just fine with spidertrax spacers on factory wheels but I do have some very slight rubbing at full stuff that I'll need to address at some point.

 

[wngrog]

Where do yours rub with the spacers? I have not twisted mine up yet to see? I don’t usually worry about a little rubbing as long as it’s not a binding deal. As I said before. I try to build em for what I use them most for.

OK. These things measured out pretty damn true to the Nitto sheet on them.

40 PSI

Width is 11”

Height is 33.5” using a level.

 

[wngrog]

Nitto Specs. Unlike BFG you get pretty true to size tires after you mount them up

 

[reddog90]

I had a tiny rub inside the wheel well here, don't remember how the front did.

I'll barely ever be in this situation so I am not that worried about it.

I used to have bad rubbing on KDSS and passenger sway bar when turning. My prebuilt 2" Ironman lift gave me like 3.5" up front and it drove like s***. Lowered the front to 1.5" and realigned and it drives perfect now. No more rubbing on the KDSS on driver side and just a slight rub on passenger sway bar but that's only because I make a tight uturn on my commute every day.

 

[wngrog]

Yeah inner fender runs like that won’t hurt anything.

 

[wngrog]

to @sleeoffroad for quick shipping, excellent packing and superb directions. They sold all 50 sets of these sliders in 2 hours last week

Gotta clear this turd off the lift then I’m going in…….

 

[Selous]

to @sleeoffroad for quick shipping, excellent packing and superb directions. They sold all 50 sets of these sliders in 2 hours last week

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Gotta clear this turd off the lift then I’m going in…….

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Nice!
My set is still waiting to ship - I’m told that will be early next week. Amazing how fast Slee sold out.

 

[wct49]

Dropped the whale off at 49Tire this morning for tires, alignment and oil change.

I buy a lot of tires so I rate the best loaner truck in the fleet. View attachment 2735578
I put $25 in it and spent the day running errands and taking conference calls. These Bose made it possible in that loud ass 80
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Grabbed a burger
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Had a few minutes to blow and dropped in on @fountainhead to check out his new pad. Few minutes later @wct49 called and said it was ready.

Alignment guy said he got it aligned with stock control arms but it’s maxed out. That’s FYI if anyone cares. I don’t keep tires long enough to care.
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Final measurements after alignment. I’m sure it will settle more but for now here you go

Driver Front 37.25 Passenger Front 37.50
Driver Rear 38.25 Passenger Rear 38.75

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thanks for the biz.

 

[TEQAdventure]

You will love those sliders, I put them on the wife's LX and it has been a super useful upgrade

 

[wngrog]

I’m a certified @sleeoffroad homer so you may think I’m exaggerating but ….. these sliders are an engineering marvel. Bravo. I don’t think you can appreciate them truly unless you install a set to see how well it all fits with no stress. I knocked these out in 2 hours flat.

 

[YieldHunter]

*Writes E-mail to HR for 200 Series company car*

Ha! We got a request from a safety supervisor in our NC facility about two weeks ago... wonder if he is lurking on here.

Also, @wngrog good to have you in this section until you get bumped out for "yelling at someone arguing about the proper floor mats and then they cry to Woody and [you have to] sulk off". If you do want to go back to roof rack, quiet was a demand of mine and w/ sunroof shade closed the Prinsu is dead silent on Kiboko.

 

[wngrog]

Ha! We got a request from a safety supervisor in our NC facility about two weeks ago... wonder if he is lurking on here.

Also, @wngrog good to have you in this section until you get bumped out for "yelling at someone arguing about the proper floor mats and then they cry to Woody and [you have to] sulk off". If you do want to go back to roof rack, quiet was a demand of mine and w/ sunroof shade closed the Prinsu is dead silent on Kiboko.

Thanks for the welcome. I had a Prinsu on my 4Runner and yea, I agree. Silent. I really don’t need a roof rack. I just got excited and bought that one.

Looks a lot better than the day I bought it home.
I celebrated the easy install with a small road trip to get one of the best burgers in Mississippi at Berrys in Benton

 

[wngrog]

Parts run to Mosley Motors today

 

[wngrog]

Another Mosley run today. Picked up @jmlockwood at the airport plane-side then had a bad ass burrito then loaded up his new 2F and now I’m home. Cush ride