Build What did you do to your Land Cruiser/Toyota/Lexus 4X4 this week?
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Installed Firestone Ride-Right air bags on the Taco. I should've done this years ago!
I have had very soft Alcan springs on the Taco since about 10,000 miles. They are only rated to support 700 pounds, and I can verify that 7 sacks of (94 lbs) cement puts the bed on the bump stops and makes for an uncomfortable ride home from Home Depot.
Over the last 160,000 miles since I installed the Alcans they have worked great off-road with lots of flex, but have sagged quite a bit to the point that they are inverted on the driver side and barely flat on the passenger side.
The Firestone air bags fixed the sagging and will support more load than I ever want to carry in the Taco.
I also bought Daystar cups so I don't need to have the bottom of the air bags bolted down. This should help a lot when off roading.
The kit
Daystar cups and the air bags
Firestone Industrial Products!!!
Drivers side - the inverted Alcan springs made the Taco ride almost on the bump stop
Point of no return in the installation - sawzall off the bump stop!
Air bag installed and pumped up to 40 PSI gives me 1.5 inches of lift and puts the Alcan springs flat again
I have had very soft Alcan springs on the Taco since about 10,000 miles. They are only rated to support 700 pounds, and I can verify that 7 sacks of (94 lbs) cement puts the bed on the bump stops and makes for an uncomfortable ride home from Home Depot.
Over the last 160,000 miles since I installed the Alcans they have worked great off-road with lots of flex, but have sagged quite a bit to the point that they are inverted on the driver side and barely flat on the passenger side.
The Firestone air bags fixed the sagging and will support more load than I ever want to carry in the Taco.
I also bought Daystar cups so I don't need to have the bottom of the air bags bolted down. This should help a lot when off roading.
The kit
Daystar cups and the air bags
Firestone Industrial Products!!!
Drivers side - the inverted Alcan springs made the Taco ride almost on the bump stop
Point of no return in the installation - sawzall off the bump stop!
Air bag installed and pumped up to 40 PSI gives me 1.5 inches of lift and puts the Alcan springs flat again
Before - driver's side had 36 inches
After - driver's side has 38.5 inches with 40 PSI in the air bags
Passenger side had 37.25 inches
After passenger side has 38.25 inches with 40 PSI
Driver side air bag
After - driver's side has 38.5 inches with 40 PSI in the air bags
Passenger side had 37.25 inches
After passenger side has 38.25 inches with 40 PSI
Driver side air bag
I should do this to the wife's Tundra, her low beams are becoming obnoxious.
Thinking of this route, or add-a-leaf's.
Decided to test out the newest additions to the cruiser (regear of diffs & low range tcase) with a little jaunt up to Montana!
Glamour shots of the Cruiser
Glamour shots of the Cruiser
Wildlife - Saw everything but moose & wolves.
Lots of bison, bear, elk, deer, marmots, fox, etc.
Still working on scenery pictures
Lots of bison, bear, elk, deer, marmots, fox, etc.
Still working on scenery pictures
Where is this? Roughly?
The wild was all within Yellowstone NP
Awesome. Makes perfect sense!
Rare Friday off. I drove like Walker Evans through a cholla forest this morning with the windows down. Pent up need to get out.
NeVrDun
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Still working on fitting the new to me LM7 into Rusty. Got the cold-ish air intake plumbed up, pretty happy all in all. The air box came out of a junk-yard 2015 GMC Savana van. The K&N conical filter fits in there perfectly!
I got it back after having my read main leak fixed and got help putting a 2" ironman 4x4 shocks and springs on (I'm new to wrenching), and then I washed it, painted the TRD rims and vinyl wrapped the ream sombrero emblem to match. Love it!
NeVrDun
SILVER Star
I just pulled out some "Low Voltage" Backyard Landscaping Light cable (the stuff you bury in the ground and light up your trees...) from the PO DIY wiring harness.
When in doubt, replace the wiring harness
When in doubt, replace the wiring harness
NeVrDun
SILVER Star
Just hooked the battery up after rewiring everything, nervous but no smoke so far - bonus!
Also, love the sound of the relays kicking in when cycling through the IGN key position... geeking out.
Also, love the sound of the relays kicking in when cycling through the IGN key position... geeking out.
The UPS guy has been delivering things left and right.
First I converted the lights from the huge glass slabs with RHD lenses to round LEDs
Then I installed Seat Jackers
Lastly I blacked out the chrome door handles
Now I need for the weather to cool off so I can do a little camping
First I converted the lights from the huge glass slabs with RHD lenses to round LEDs
Then I installed Seat Jackers
Lastly I blacked out the chrome door handles
Now I need for the weather to cool off so I can do a little camping
Found some fire in the sky:
Been a long while since I cleaned the back of my FJ62. So emptied out and vacuumed it.
Cleaned and installed the mat.
Finally loaded it back up.
Unlike elk it requires some off road hunting to find dead and down oak. That comes next.
Cleaned and installed the mat.
Finally loaded it back up.
Unlike elk it requires some off road hunting to find dead and down oak. That comes next.