What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (38 Viewers)

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baldilocks said:
Do you have a spacer on top of the front J springs? Or are the rear Slee's mediums? Not as much stink bug as I would expect with your set up. I ask because I have a small collection of springs and your combo is one I have contemplated trying out.
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I have 1" spacer on the J's up front and ALSO had to put 1" spacers on the Slee 4" mediums.

I had posted earlier, but the Slee 4" mediums feel much better than the 864's I had in prior. The standing free height of the 864's vs Slee 4" were almost identical, however the Slee had slightly thicker wire diameter and an extra 1.5 wraps of coil. I'm very happy with them. I feel that the 863J's were too soft and 864's were too stiff.
 
bajaphile said:
I have 1" spacer on the J's up front and ALSO had to put 1" spacers on the Slee 4" mediums.

I had posted earlier, but the Slee 4" mediums feel much better than the 864's I had in prior. The standing free height of the 864's vs Slee 4" were almost identical, however the Slee had slightly thicker wire diameter and an extra 1.5 wraps of coil. I'm very happy with them. I feel that the 863J's were too soft and 864's were too stiff.
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My Slee's are all heavy's and carry weight very well but does sit stink bug unloaded. Previously, I ran 850j+1" spacer and 863 plus30mm spaced rear. The Slee 4" fronts sat 1/4" taller than 850j with 1"spacer. I probably don't need the HD rears but they really feel stable when the rig is loaded down.
 
Yellow Jacket said:
Managed to break a wheel stud (with another on the way) when I went to change out my rear pads. Thanks to the goon with the impact gun at my mechanic. 4 lug nuts were loose and two cross-threaded. So pissed.

So what is the part number for wheel studs? When I searched I kept finding the wrong kind. Thanks.
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90942-02052

These are the ones I have in my spare parts bin on my trip.
 
baldilocks said:
My Slee's are all heavy's and carry weight very well but does sit stink bug unloaded. Previously, I ran 850j+1" spacer and 863 plus30mm spaced rear. The Slee 4" fronts sat 1/4" taller than 850j with 1"spacer. I probably don't need the HD rears but they really feel stable when the rig is loaded down.
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I run the entire Slee heavy 4" lift. The rear was higher when I first installed it but I have added a Slee rear bumper with double swingouts and a heavy 3/4" marine plywood drawer system with about 500 lbs of tools so the back end is 1/2 inch higher than the front now as measured from the center of the hubs.
 
60/80/100 tow points arrived. 1/2" grade 70 laser cut. $55 a pair shipped, bare.

Tow Points - 60 80 100 Series


@LS1FJ40 YOU LEFT TOO SOON!!!

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TexasJack said:
I run the entire Slee heavy 4" lift. The rear was higher when I first installed it but I have added a Slee rear bumper with double swingouts and a heavy 3/4" marine plywood drawer system with about 500 lbs of tools so the back end is 1/2 inch higher than the front now as measured from the center of the hubs.
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500 pounds of tools? Damn! Is this also your work truck?
 
Finally took the old girl out for a little fun, tried to go to mount pinos to play in snow but the amount of people there is just insane! So I just went to Gorman to make something out of the short trip. Got her a little dirty from the mudd puddles...woot! I love it when she is all dirtied up parked in front the house!

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Also for the trip I finally wired up the twin compressor that has been sitting in the garage for a while.
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Headed up to Arnold, CA New Years eve to hang with some friends who have a cabin up there. 'Boarded' yesterday at Bear Valley which was just epic, what a great, 'low key' resort.

Had the chance to lock my hubs and push the CDL this morning since we had a bunch more snow overnite.....


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Drove it to Tahoe and parked it at our base camp for a week! Time for some snowboarding with the fam...
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My wife spilled a venti mocha on the center console and it ran all over under the carpet.:mad: So I spent most of the day Monday pulling out the interior and cleaning out the foul smell.
 
I washed the LX :hillbilly:
 
New Years Texas Style! ...Hidden Falls Adventure Park...and my wife demonstrating the perfect place to have a cold beverage...could be a new advertisement for Toyota! Any ideas for a caption?


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desertdweller said:
My wife spilled a venti mocha on the center console and it ran all over under the carpet.:mad: So I spent most of the day Monday pulling out the interior and cleaning out the foul smell.
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I take it you have an LX450... :rofl:
 
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