Why not just use the handle anchors to hold an aluminum rod to have the spaced out anchor points on either side.
What have you done to your 200 Series this week? (18 Viewers)
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That could totally work. Will noodle on that. Meat on the bone for future tinkering.
Watch from 2:20 on and you can see how their anchors work and what they look like. To make another set of anchors, you'd have to be good with a dremel and cut out a small square from the headliner and another from the metal behind it.
Before the parts came in, I wasn't sure if it was going to be wide enough for what I wanted. My back up plan was to buy some half inch aluminum angle in my preferred length and make a rigid end support similar to what @lx200inAR is talking about. You would just have to use some spacers between the angle and the headliner to make up the recessed area for the grab handle.
Holes are for anchor bolts and slots would be for the webbing. If someone doesn't want to cut the slots, attaching some footman loops to the angle would work as well. One benefit of this method is that you could flip the angle to position the attic a bit higher or lower depending on need.
I like wood trim and I wish one of the suppliers of dash trim would make a set for the ‘16+ LC.
My thoughts exactly. Different time and era, and LX of course...I just missed how much wood came in the 100s.
Fitted strut spacers, a nice wee project for a few hours. Not so nice was torquing some of the bolts to 300nm, that's a fair grunt to tweak it up, and I need a bigger torque wrench so had to guess it.
Grubbins
Quickly out with the helper tube for extra leverage
Job done. A lift of 35mm. Can't drive the truck much till Monday as now really needs an alignment so it's booked in first thing. I think it'll settle/droop to about 25mm lift.
Grubbins
Quickly out with the helper tube for extra leverage
Job done. A lift of 35mm. Can't drive the truck much till Monday as now really needs an alignment so it's booked in first thing. I think it'll settle/droop to about 25mm lift.
turbo8
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Since we are on page 996
Wish you were here at page 930!
xeuxaz
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Oil change and a deep cleaning of all the kids crap out of the middle row.
I really love this truck.
I really love this truck.
Banks Pedal Monster completely transforms the dead right foot in the 16+ LX. Feels like a peppy 2013 in PWR mode.
xeuxaz
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Isn't this just a "better version" of the Pedal Commander? My only gripe with this one is my understanding that it occupies the OBD2 port, which I prefer to use for OBDFusion gauges.
Nice, I would buy Gale Banks stuff over competitors pretty much any day of the week.
Banks uses the OBDII port for several reasons. One is power draw, the other for reverse sensing. You can read those and the comparison against the Pedal Commander here. In my research, Banks engineered this product very soundly.
Regarding your OBD Fusion, there are splitter cables you can buy. I've not tried one so I can't attest to the functionality. I too have ran OBD Fusion and have found it more of a distraction than a help. The 200 systems manage the truck well and there's no need for the supplemental data.
I'm curious about the impact to fuel mileage, but maybe it doesn't matter if the smile is big enough.
xeuxaz
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I hadn't considered the splitter! Thank you for sharing. After looking into both, I came to the same conclusion: the BANKS option is superior. I may consider swapping it out at some point now.
I also agree, the truck handles everything just fine, but I like displaying via carplay trans temps when towing.
It might make a minor difference. On the one hand it will rev higher due to the mapped throttle position consuming more fuel. On the other, wider throttle openings reduce pumping losses and brisk (not full throttle) acceleration can improve economy slightly.
Brakes, wind resistance, and rolling resistance remain the biggest contributors to fuel consumption. Accelerate briskly but coast early before the light.
I used to do the same. But then I realized that it was never an issue. Though typical loads for me are under 5,000 lbs. I'd rather have dash real estate for something else, like my Ham radio display.
