Cleaned up the wiring.
What did you do on your 70 series today? (38 Viewers)
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Night and day difference. Next step is figure out the stereo situation and try to muster up the energy to finish my arduino.
Also, my Bilstein shocks came in; thanks @Onur for the information.The installation of those will be postponed since @perrobravo was kind enough to part way with some lightly used OME shocks. It was great meeting you and chatting some!
Also, my Bilstein shocks came in; thanks @Onur for the information.The installation of those will be postponed since @perrobravo was kind enough to part way with some lightly used OME shocks. It was great meeting you and chatting some!
FJBen
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Which OME shocks did you get? I"m still weighing options on shocks. I never seemed to get the right valving with Bilsteins, OME's worked pretty good bu sometimes too firm.
Get that Arduino working!
fireball
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What dash bulbs are those? They look nice. I saw some LEDs on the site before that looked too bright.
Which OME shocks did you get? I"m still weighing options on shocks. I never seemed to get the right valving with Bilsteins, OME's worked pretty good bu sometimes too firm.
Get that Arduino working!
The shocks according to perrobravo pair with a 2-3 inch lift. If the ride is too tough I might get a little longer shackles and see if it’ll help.
Update: only good for 12v, on the 24v they burnt out.
Started cleaning out the interior of the rear panels...
FJBen
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Put in the new HVAC controls and a seat legroom extender that gave 1” up and 2” more of legroom.
Scoped out the new tire (so I can return the '40s set), 255/85-16 geolandar.
Turned onto by this thread, otherwise would have been torn on what to try, AT or MT options:
forum.ih8mud.com
Still need to see how much they don't fit, they're like 2" taller and ~1" narrower than the 32x9.5 TSLs on it.
Turned onto by this thread, otherwise would have been torn on what to try, AT or MT options:
"new" Yokohama Geolander M/T
Anyone running them yet? I'm due for new summer tires and the new Geolander M/T is in the mix. Going 37x12.5r17 this time up from 315's I've run the original red label General Grabbers and a set of Toyo Open Country M/T's recently. I liked wheeling the Grabbers better but the Toyo's lasted...
forum.ih8mud.com
Still need to see how much they don't fit, they're like 2" taller and ~1" narrower than the 32x9.5 TSLs on it.
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jblueridge
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What wheel is that on? I am looking for a 7" rim with something like 3.5" backspacing.
I like your 33" tires.
I like your 33" tires.
With a 2” lift they should fit just fine, without I guess you will have to try em out
Unfortunately don't know the story on them (have been trying to figure out myself as I want a spare, currently have split spare). 16x6, ~4 inch backspacing, look to have originally been silver, only markings:
This thread has some good options, I may ultimately go with the Summit option (toward end of thread):
Steel Wheel Tech
It’s amazing how times change. For years we took off the steelies and added mags, white spokes, beadlocks and chrome. Now it seems the worm has turned and steelies are all the rage. I’ve got a few different sets of steel wheels I’m going to opine about. Hope to put some tech all in one...
forum.ih8mud.com
I was a 4Runner owner for a whole 10 days. I decided the Land Cruiser Ute and Tacoma was all I needed.
That's not a Toyota rim... "Made in China"Unfortunately don't know the story on them (have been trying to figure out myself as I want a spare, currently have split spare). 16x6, ~4 inch backspacing, look to have originally been silver, only markings:
View attachment 2105589
This thread has some good options, I may ultimately go with the Summit option (toward end of thread):
Steel Wheel Tech
It’s amazing how times change. For years we took off the steelies and added mags, white spokes, beadlocks and chrome. Now it seems the worm has turned and steelies are all the rage. I’ve got a few different sets of steel wheels I’m going to opine about. Hope to put some tech all in one...
Is your truck from the Middle East? These are a common wheel over there... dime-a-dozen Chinese knock-offs of Toyota steelies.
Yep, that's what I was wondering, thanks for confirming. Truck is out of Kuwait.
jblueridge
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Is there a vendor here in the states?
fireball
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Found a leak somewhere at the turbo!
Fun times.
Fun times.
Thanks for the numbers I’m gonna give them a shot on my 74!
I’m going to recommend against the rear shocks from what I posted. The fronts I like a lot.
Rears are too bouncy and stiff. Not happy at all with them on a SWB/light truck. Going to call Bilstein up tomorrow and discuss other options.
These might work much better on a heavier LWB vehicle like a troopie or 4dr wagon or pickup with weight.
