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New oem, rotors, pads, hardware with slee extended brake lines, and new rubber lines.
Fingers crossed she takes this time.
Fingers crossed she takes this time.
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Just a quick sanity check for me, does the spring just ride on the "follow" spring. There isnt a spring isolator in the front?
Removed some spacers and the iron man lift springs and replacing with dobinsons, just wanted to double check.
Removed some spacers and the iron man lift springs and replacing with dobinsons, just wanted to double check.
Both times Ive done suspension work on mine there were no isolators in the front, just rear!
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Awesome, I didnt see it in the FSM for the front but it just seemed odd lol. Thanks!
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Healthy
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Both sides done, torque to spec, all that s***.
last thing on the agenda is bleeding the brakes, going to knock that out tomorrow. Check for leaks etc. Then road test.
The new springs are C59-170's. Left the spacer on the driver front. Hopefully this'll even her out a bit more.
last thing on the agenda is bleeding the brakes, going to knock that out tomorrow. Check for leaks etc. Then road test.
The new springs are C59-170's. Left the spacer on the driver front. Hopefully this'll even her out a bit more.
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Big girl is all buttoned up, for now....
if yall havent flushed out your brake fluid. Do it! Mine looked like chocolate milk. And it took about 1.5 liters before it finally cleared up. This bottle with a one way valve made it easy!
Anyway time to hit some trails and camp sites.
Bleeder Bottle
if yall havent flushed out your brake fluid. Do it! Mine looked like chocolate milk. And it took about 1.5 liters before it finally cleared up. This bottle with a one way valve made it easy!
Anyway time to hit some trails and camp sites.
Bleeder Bottle
Brakes are one of the first things I upgrade. In my 99 Civic HB I ran 11" rotors in the front, and converted the rears from drum to disc from a Civic Si. The calipers in front were from and Integra Type R. The booster and master were upgraded to larger ones too. That car if you weren't careful would lock up pretty easily.
On the 80 I have gone with drilled and slotted rotors at all four corners with the towing/off road pads from Powerstop. The ABS and proportioning valve been deleted and I added a Wilwood proportioning valve, which is nice as the 80 brakes now with a lot less nose dive.
I have great success with the stuff from Powerstop so I installed it on our Camry too, but OE +. The braking is a lot better now in the Camry too.
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Yeah the brakes still suck, i honestly didnt expect much. I do need to delete my abs and the LSPV. I'll check out the powerstop stuff for sure.
I've also been looking at Torfabs E-booster setup as well.
Maybe a combo of all that will help, but for now. Ill just drive slow LOL.
Slow is not in our vocabulary... LOL.
I have tossed around the idea of Hydro boost as well. Torfabs E Booster setup is pretty cool too.
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Best way to test your repair? Go over some passes and find some cool campsites.
Left the Denver Diesel Emissions Program Area, and hit St, Elmo, Tincup Pass, then camped at mirror lake. The smoke wasnt too bad, but you could definitely see it in Buena Vista.
Left the Denver Diesel Emissions Program Area, and hit St, Elmo, Tincup Pass, then camped at mirror lake. The smoke wasnt too bad, but you could definitely see it in Buena Vista.
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Skyline drive, showing how bad the smoke is around Pueblo.
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Well not much new, but i did get the fuel gauge working. And ive put around 12ish thousand miles on the rig since the swap.
I also picked up a new used swing out tire carrier
Its on the floor of the garage for now, im going to sand it down, and repaint it.
Heading up to montana to get a few JDM pieces I saw on FB this coming weekend.
I also picked up a new used swing out tire carrier
Its on the floor of the garage for now, im going to sand it down, and repaint it.
Heading up to montana to get a few JDM pieces I saw on FB this coming weekend.
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Was trying to convince my wife that we should go to Colorado for labor day weekend and she thought driving for almost four days to enjoy ~two days wasn't worth it.
In my mind Montana is a hella far drive from Colorado, but I guess its only about half the distance from Louisiana to Colorado. At least depending on where you are going. Still ~12 for a weekend is a hike.
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Yeah were headed to Bozeman, it'll be a turn and burn just for cruiser parts but we'll head down through Yellowstone and Grand Teton on the way back!Was trying to convince my wife that we should go to Colorado for labor day weekend and she thought driving for almost four days to enjoy ~two days wasn't worth it.
In my mind Montana is a hella far drive from Colorado, but I guess its only about half the distance from Louisiana to Colorado. At least depending on where you are going. Still ~12 for a weekend is a hike.
10 hour drive, but adding stops for food/diesel will probably make it 12.
My wife and I went to the grand canyon one weekend, left Saturday at 4am, got there at dusk, camped, hiked the next morning, and made it back Sunday night.
It was stupid, but we still laugh about it.
I feel like we did this a lot more before having a child. With a child the stops take longer and come more often.
He is getting older though, and he's been asking to go camping a lot lately. So we will definitely do it soon.
Griswold style
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Gorgeous, it's probably not the strongest, but i really wanted to keep the LX450 light, adding a fat steel bumper just didn't make much sense for how I use it. Plus this is 1/3rd the cost.
now to head south.
now to head south.
I like my BIO tube bumper for that reason. It's relatively light. On the 80 specifically it's one of the few tube bumpers I like. Usually I like plate bumpers.
I did always think the hidden Toyota winch was neat though. What is the weight rating on them? I've never bothered to look it up.
I did always think the hidden Toyota winch was neat though. What is the weight rating on them? I've never bothered to look it up.