slowpok3
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Hired a specialist. Gary's Collision Repair in Severn, MD did great work rebuilding my quarter panels.
What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (86 Viewers)
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Hired a specialist. Gary's Collision Repair in Severn, MD did great work rebuilding my quarter panels.
Had today off, so i tinkered a little longer on my two broken wheel studs. They finally popped out using a 10mm socket. Not much left to them. Completely disassembled the broken front diff; spoke with Bryce today at Cruiser Outfitters (thanks @bwell for the suggestion! ) and a rebuild is about $400 in parts, or $1800 all in for an ARB air locker, OBA, and tray. I was ready to drop $1400 on a new open diff, so $400 extra doesn't seem too bad. What's needed more a front or rear locker?
Crazy.....as i was just under mine looking at the exact same thing going on. Do you have any links to the replacement parts?
Up on the rack next to a bunch of new Audi’s getting serviced.
New front OEM pads & rotors (once we find the proper tool to remove the hubs).
Did not know that was necessary so I have to wait one more day to see my new Tundra wheels on.
New front OEM pads & rotors (once we find the proper tool to remove the hubs).
Did not know that was necessary so I have to wait one more day to see my new Tundra wheels on.
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Love those wheels! Always been a fan of bronze. I know you said Tundra but are those also the same ones that come on the new 200 series heritage edition?
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No problem. They're probably at the top of the places you could do business with all things considered.
IMO, with these vehicles I would rather have a front locker than rear in order to get rid of the factory carrier and factory pinion crush sleeve. Especially if you're not changing your gear ratios. The rear suspension on these can be set up to flex quite well. The front is what it is.
A rear locker is by far more useful in sticky situations than a front, no question about that.
But our trucks typically suffer from front diff failures so a case can be made abt doing the front first.
Do you have before pics? What was tge cost?
My rear quarter panels can use some love like this
Did you get new clip on the axle sub shaft when you swapped it out?
Thank you! I did look for the LC Heritage wheels but they were pricey (BBS). The ones I got are high gloss black Tundra TRD Pro wheels that I had powder coated bronze.
slowpok3
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The before pics are linked in the quoted post. $500.
really got into for president's day, installed a new t-case that we rebuilt a couple of weeks ago with a part-time kit, 3.1:1 low range gear set and 10% high range under drive gear. All parts and labor provided by Cruiser Outfitters.
Also swapped out a tired ARB awning cover took about an hour with a drill and pop rivet gun. this was a super buy of about $30 from Cruiser Outfitters, pretty sure it is the cheapest ARB product I have been able to purchase.
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Also swapped out a tired ARB awning cover took about an hour with a drill and pop rivet gun. this was a super buy of about $30 from Cruiser Outfitters, pretty sure it is the cheapest ARB product I have been able to purchase.
Upper and Lower ball joints done. 4 hours.
New rims and new 5th tire mounted. Have black Toyota wheel caps that I’ll need to figure out how to make fit in the front.
Ordered parts to replace the seeping valve cover gaskets.
Ordered parts to replace the seeping valve cover gaskets.
That looks soooo good!!!
skip the center caps and get a part time kit... check out Cruiser Outfitters.
I pulled out my Drop Stops and arm rests for a couple days when working on the center console and immediately dropped everything down the side of my seat where it's inaccessable and gets wedged deeper and deeper the harder you dig for it. Cell phone, pens, keys, wallets, everything. You have to pull over and search with a flashlight to find them again. Drop Stops are required for vehicles like this with a horrible gap trap IMO. And for $20 it's a no-brainer. I have them on several of my vehicle and have bought them for other people when I was tired of dropping my things down between their seats. They stay put and move with the seat adjustment and you never notice them except for when they stop you from losing your stuff.
I got them here: https://amzn.to/2wuJwtC
I got them here: https://amzn.to/2wuJwtC
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It's a built rig now!Put some “Raptor Lights” in my grill bc I was bored. Still not sure if I like them, probably would be a lot better on a built rig. What do you guys think?
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Did some inside work, working on the door cards. The area inside the window is getting all faded. I was able to locate the color and respray the top of one window today, then it got windy so had to stop for the day.
This is what most of them look like, one has some damage from the previous owners dog. So I filled the hole with leather/vinyl filler.
This is the one I finished today. Looks and feels brand new!
This is what most of them look like, one has some damage from the previous owners dog. So I filled the hole with leather/vinyl filler.
This is the one I finished today. Looks and feels brand new!
