What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (45 Viewers)
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I followed a how to video on youtube and ran a relay (they came with one). You have to make your wires to run, but at that gauge, it's easy. They are loud! So much better than the stock. Cheaper than the LX470 horns too. I'm happy with it.
perrobravo
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Replaced my rear pads (and rotors) as well as a wheel stud. Recommendation: Don't wait this long.
Still have more to do, but here it is as of now, just back from installer, OME 2.5 lift, SPC Upper contol arms, Slee diff drop, ARB Safari Bumper, ARB fog lights, Hella 4000i driving lamps, 9.5xp-s winch, Safari snorkel and led light on back
fireball
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Nice build you've got yourself there! Let us know how you like the Hella 4000i's. I have the 4000 halogens and they're pretty underwhelming. They look cool, but honestly aren't a lot better than the OEM high beams. I'm not ready to spunk $12-1400 on the ARB intensitys, so looking for something almost as good at a bit lower price!
I only tried them om my street last night, but they are way way brighter than the OEM high beams, When I talked to Hella they said the Xenon were the brightest, we will see when I get to try them out in some real darkness
Bloomer
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Finished relocating the back up camera to the spare tire on rear bumper. Thanks to @paflytyer for the great write up on installation. I did deviate some and built a new wiring harness rather than cutting/splicing into the existing wiring harness. For anyone else that's OCD about cutting an OEM wiring harness, the wire housing part numbers (for my 2006) for the connections at the camera and in the driver side rear quarter panel are 90980-12381 and 90980-11950 (thanks to @cruiserdan for the help identifying the correct wire housings).
Glad to have this done. Was tired of looking at the back of the spare tire.
Glad to have this done. Was tired of looking at the back of the spare tire.
Changed these out today.
Took the rig out for a quick overnighter and a mild trail. Hot day in the desert was quite a pleasure in the leather clad climate controlled Lexus. Had a great time sucking up bumps at high speed (although the truck mysteriously "beeped" at me after one harder hit).
I'm still learning to wheel this beast, and the front end behaves differently than my 80's. Poser pic below shows the extent of front end flex I could get. I'm thinking a quick front end anti-sway disconnect would be nice. Project for the future.
We did encounter one obstacle with a combination of holes and body-snatching rocks that took some care and a little trail work to get through unscathed. I still have to learn to trust the ATRAC on this kind of thing--I kept finding myself double footing the brake and accelerator, which killed the traction control.
Last but not least, I got a great deal of satisfaction hitting power folding side mirror button when creeping into a narrow dugway under the freeway. Simple pleasures.
I'm still learning to wheel this beast, and the front end behaves differently than my 80's. Poser pic below shows the extent of front end flex I could get. I'm thinking a quick front end anti-sway disconnect would be nice. Project for the future.
We did encounter one obstacle with a combination of holes and body-snatching rocks that took some care and a little trail work to get through unscathed. I still have to learn to trust the ATRAC on this kind of thing--I kept finding myself double footing the brake and accelerator, which killed the traction control.
Last but not least, I got a great deal of satisfaction hitting power folding side mirror button when creeping into a narrow dugway under the freeway. Simple pleasures.
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I ripped off my Ironman bumper, winch cradle and my winch to fix a bent winch cradle, stripped captured nut in frame and to reinforce the mounting interface between the winch cradle and the frame. I'm not too happy with the normal IronMan setup. We had to cut the frame horns off of the front of the frame (Slee bumper install style) so we could weld an additional 14mm x 1.5 nut (Same theads as 100 series lugnuts. We actually used an extra oem lugnut and machined both ends off of the lugnut.) on top of the stripped out frame captured nut. We also put a sleeve inside the frame for the front mounting bolt, so that the front most of the three bolts was actually doing something. Lastly, we tossed the u shaped spacers that fill the gap between the winch cradle and the bottom of the frame with 1" x 2" aluminum bar stock drilled for the three mounting holes. When it was all put back together I installed my new 30mm TJM synthetic winch line and a Slee aluminum hawse fairlead.
What is everybody with either a ARB or Ironman combo bar doing about the fact that the fairlead is recessed to far behind the bumper? On a side pull, the line will rub against the bumper edge due to the fact that the fairlead pocket is recessed and designed for a roller fairlead.
What is everybody with either a ARB or Ironman combo bar doing about the fact that the fairlead is recessed to far behind the bumper? On a side pull, the line will rub against the bumper edge due to the fact that the fairlead pocket is recessed and designed for a roller fairlead.
Finished installing hot water exchanger for shower unit.
I put some solenoids in so I can chose whether I get heated water or just recycled/ pressured water.
And diff lock time! Managed to borrow a mates hoist for the weekend, so got stuck in to them
...via IH8MUD app
I put some solenoids in so I can chose whether I get heated water or just recycled/ pressured water.
And diff lock time! Managed to borrow a mates hoist for the weekend, so got stuck in to them
...via IH8MUD app
Drove it to a 4WD gathering and got it dirty in the mud.
It hurts to see others mis0ue their car and race around the track, hitting every holes with speed. There were broken diffs, CVs an side steps.
If you did it slowly and controlled, you managed without any damage.
It hurts to see others mis0ue their car and race around the track, hitting every holes with speed. There were broken diffs, CVs an side steps.
If you did it slowly and controlled, you managed without any damage.
FRONT ROTORS AND BEARINGS, INSTALL VIDEO COMING SOON!! 
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Thanks! Yup that's the tire size.
I used this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003CT4AQQ/?tag=ihco-20
Very forgiving for the amateur painter and great coverage. I would order 3, one can does 2 rims pretty easy.
found a bad (brand new autozone) coil pack that had not thrown a code, its been acting up for 3 months and just discovered which coil pack it was.
ElHefe
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Hose clamped the cat heat shields, removed the running boards and tracked down some wiring issues. Also "fixed" my front bumper with some zip ties. It'll do until I decide which route to take on the front.
How long did you run that coil pack? I had to put an AZ unit in my 100 about 2 years ago (went out on me on a Sunday) and its been in the back of my mind for a while. Think i might buy a new OEM and keep the Auto Zone pack for a spare.
