Recent content by baldrik78

Oddly enough, they don't use much road salt here. Most of our snow is in the mountain. I might see snow in my yard once a year. This truck in particular spent most of hits life in south western Oregon.

Oof. Rubbing through an oil cooler line while going up a mountain pass is my nightmare. My other vehicle is a '94 F-250 that I picked up to do some heavier towing. I'm also a fan of less popular engine choices, going with the 460 big block instead of the 7.3 PSD. I picked up another 460 from a...

No, it does not. You unplug a part of the factory wiring harness under the dash and the DR KDSS harness plugs in between that port and the factory harness. If you look up the installation instructions, you can see what I mean.

Do us all a favor and take it to a shop to get the system evacuated. They will credit you for what they remove and then you can take it back to get it refilled. I just did this on another vehicle. Got the system evacuated, replaced the compressor in my driveway, got it refilled the next day. I...

No oil. They might have some grease on them from the JBA control arms. Greasing them every 5k is...messy.

I bought my coils new about 5 years ago and the coating has failed on them in numerous places on all 4 corners. The fronts are by far the worst. I can pick a lot coating off with my finger nails. They don't salt the roads here, so the rust isn't eating away at the coil. If I lived in a more...

A few things. 1) I don't find that a narrower tire helps with teh tracking feel. 2) If the truck isn't tracking well down the highway or you have cracks and uneven pavement pulling you a lot, you need more caster. 3) One thing you can change, relatively cheaply, to stiffen up the ride, is to use...

That is outrageous. You do NOT have to pull the motor. You DO have to pull *everything* off the front of the motor (rad shroud, belt, clutch fan, water pump, pulleys, etc) and the valve covers to pull the timing cover.

KDSS is not something you are going to be able to add to a 4Runner.

Capitol State Forest, just outside of Olympia, WA. I was surprised by how much snow was there. The area caps out at around 2,000 ft, so I was expecting a couple of inches - we hit 3+ ft in some areas.

Snow shenanigans inevitably lead to winching. Lots of winching. Photos below. IG link in my signature has some video of said shenanigans.

Man, I like that a lot.

I was getting about 11-12 months per bulb set when I was running the H9s. I think I ran those for almost 3 years before I ended up switching to the Hikari Eyes of Megatron LEDs. They are slightly less light than the H9s (so long as you position the diode correctly), but they are a crisper white...

I noticed on the 2024 Tacomas, the moved the exhaust to the driver's side, where previously it was on the passenger's side. Exhaust on this vehicle is also on the driver's side, whereas 4.0 4Runners are on the passenger's side. Not that it means a ton, since you can route it anywhere, but if...

I'll let you know. I currently have my KDSS valves open, so any smoothness I feel right now could be attributed to that. I had a little bit of KDSS lean before I swapped shocks, so I'm giving it a chance to even out and settle a bit before I adjust the height.