What have you done to your 200 Series this week? (35 Viewers)
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Same way I felt when I was 16 and on my first date at the drive in movie.
That's funny
Congrats MS 
Congrats on the baby of course!
Dropping the rig off today to have Benos special spacers installed, alignment and coilovers cranked up.
Started to rub ( only during sharp turns and inclines) in the front after the bumper and winch went in. Nothing a dremel and hammer couldn't fix.
Started to rub ( only during sharp turns and inclines) in the front after the bumper and winch went in. Nothing a dremel and hammer couldn't fix.
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I am going to get started on the bumper this afternoon, that is of course between taking care of this little one.
Meet Abby. I have big plans for her, besides being a lover of the outdoors, she is going to be a LandCruiser junkie (who knows, maybe Fat Amy will be her first car), and a beer snob too! I am excited about the rest of our lives together!!
Meet Abby. I have big plans for her, besides being a lover of the outdoors, she is going to be a LandCruiser junkie (who knows, maybe Fat Amy will be her first car), and a beer snob too! I am excited about the rest of our lives together!!
Welcome to the forum Abby - you are the youngest person on here.
MS - get some sleep when you can - good looking little girl
MS - get some sleep when you can - good looking little girl
Congrats she's a beauty!!
Congrats MS! My "little girl" went to college this year... enjoy every moment!
Congrats! Post up if you really do get to the bumper and want ideas about how to solve the problems VERY stout now that it's installed so the end result really is worth it - keep telling yourself that during the process.
VERY stout now that it's installed so the end result really is worth it - keep telling yourself that during the process.
Nope, just logic with trial and error.
A few HUGE ones come to mind. I did post elsewhere on having to get a bunch of different sized washers available for the swing out hinges to rotate on. The bushes and washers supplied were too wide to fit. Grab a selection of different widths that will fit that hinge bolt they supply. In our case even when we had the washers perfect we had to grind the left side swing out because the holes were not aligned correctly from top to bottom of the ARM bumper frame.
We also used two long GR8 carriage bolts and washers through the entire bumper and frame instead of using their hokey banjo washers with the little segmented extension arms that they want you to insert into the bumper space. Here you see the GR8 bolts inserted. The weird banjo with cage nut on the left was discarded. Many benefits to this and the only downside I can come up with is that you have one bolt instead of two in case of failure. The forces that would be required to shear this GR8, once you see how it fits through, would be so incredible that you'd have bigger problems than this bolt to worry about
There are so many things unclear or wrong on the instructions that I wouldn't do much more than skim them along with each step to get the rough idea. It seemed that much of that stuff was from a 100 series that they just carried over but is wrong for our trucks? You're going to have to just hold it up, visualize it and then use trial and error.
You'll want a hoist for the alignment.
A few HUGE ones come to mind. I did post elsewhere on having to get a bunch of different sized washers available for the swing out hinges to rotate on. The bushes and washers supplied were too wide to fit. Grab a selection of different widths that will fit that hinge bolt they supply. In our case even when we had the washers perfect we had to grind the left side swing out because the holes were not aligned correctly from top to bottom of the ARM bumper frame.
We also used two long GR8 carriage bolts and washers through the entire bumper and frame instead of using their hokey banjo washers with the little segmented extension arms that they want you to insert into the bumper space. Here you see the GR8 bolts inserted. The weird banjo with cage nut on the left was discarded. Many benefits to this and the only downside I can come up with is that you have one bolt instead of two in case of failure. The forces that would be required to shear this GR8, once you see how it fits through, would be so incredible that you'd have bigger problems than this bolt to worry about
There are so many things unclear or wrong on the instructions that I wouldn't do much more than skim them along with each step to get the rough idea. It seemed that much of that stuff was from a 100 series that they just carried over but is wrong for our trucks? You're going to have to just hold it up, visualize it and then use trial and error.
You'll want a hoist for the alignment.
And some liquid courage it sounds like.
