What have you done to your 100 Series this week?

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Blake100 said:
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.

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Your truck looks absolutely excellent. Another example, in my opinion, of black being the best color on these vehicles.
I have the same tire and tire size, I'm about 80% through installing a 2.5 lift. Is yours 2.5 or 1.5 inches?
 
Drew my 100 this week

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SAH said:
Your truck looks absolutely excellent. Another example, in my opinion, of black being the best color on these vehicles.
I have the same tire and tire size, I'm about 80% through installing a 2.5 lift. Is yours 2.5 or 1.5 inches?
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Thank you!!! I’ve always been a fan of black vehicles but I see everyone’s cool rigs on here and think “man I wish I had THAT color”!

Black paint loves to absorb the sunshine and fade (driver side catches most of the sun). At the body shop for micro sanding now (and painting the grille).

Its a Slee OME kit 2.5” (ordered medium springs but received heavy rears). Thinking about getting Tough Dog shocks but hard to dish out $800+ not having any idea if I’ll notice much of a difference. Wish I could test them out ;)

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Removed the pinion gear, continue to prep the front diff for ARB locker install. (Yes, we decided to make a big upgrade!) Cruiser Outfitters will be building the internals for me, and I will be installing the diff, OBA and plumbing. They quoted me $250 for the work, and that seems reasonable for the piece of mind in knowing it’s done correctly. That being said, do you need a press to get the rear seal and loose set of bearings/ race out? I can’t budge the seal, even with my 24” pry bar.

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Installed some parts that I got from fellow mudders all the way from the US

thanks @Deftoned40 for the rear cargo area compartment cover
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Many thanks also to @Eyedaho for giving me his stock torsion bars for free. What a great guy! Had them installed yesterday. My AHC delete is finally complete.
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UTadventures said:
Removed the pinion gear, continue to prep the front diff for ARB locker install. (Yes, we decided to make a big upgrade!) Cruiser Outfitters will be building the internals for me, and I will be installing the diff, OBA and plumbing. They quoted me $250 for the work, and that seems reasonable for the piece of mind in knowing it’s done correctly. That being said, do you need a press to get the rear seal and loose set of bearings/ race out? I can’t budge the seal, even with my 24” pry bar.

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The pinion seal comes out. If original it's just in there really well and takes some love. No press needed.
 
Blake100 said:
Thank you!!! I’ve always been a fan of black vehicles but I see everyone’s cool rigs on here and think “man I wish I had THAT color”!

Black paint loves to absorb the sunshine and fade (driver side catches most of the sun). At the body shop for micro sanding now (and painting the grille).

Its a Slee OME kit 2.5” (ordered medium springs but received heavy rears). Thinking about getting Tough Dog shocks but hard to dish out $800+ not having any idea if I’ll notice much of a difference. Wish I could test them out ;)

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I went through the suspension debate as mine is about to roll 300k. I ended up spending a pretty penny and going with stage 1 Icons. They're in the same "price range" as the ToughDog and Ironman Pro's, but valved specifically for the 100. Worth looking into for a truck as well done as yours.
 
Installed a newly rebuilt instrument cluster. All new bulbs, stepper motors, with odometer set to current mileage. Note this unit was correctly advertised as being compatible for a 98-99 model. I had previously bought a replacement from eBay that was listed for 98-03 model. It turned out to be for an ATRAC model that will not work correctly on a 99 model.

One more issue repaired on the LX470 build. Valve covers next.

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ERMB said:
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.
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This is the one I finished today. Looks and feels brand new!
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This looks great! Would love to see how it all turned out as this is now on my short list of updates. Thanks for posting.
 
Finally got around to changing the AHC fluid yesterday on LX. After what seemed like a comedy of errors on my part(hose falling off several of the bleeding screws causing fluid to fall all over me), i successfully was able to get it done with no warning lights or odd behavior from the system. Unfortunately didn't notice a difference in the ride, will wait until i get the torsion bars adjusted for the final judgement.
 
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