Recent content by dezertbomber

I bought some Freedom Off Road LCA's since they were nearly the same cost as OEM, but supposedly have increased adjustability in their alignment hardware, heavier duty ball joints, and oem style hardened rubber bushings. Accepts OEM bushings and ball joints if desired. We'll see how they do...

Plenty capable, no lockers really necessary using ATRAC, and still looks slick when cleaned up. Used to offroad it with spacer lift, DuroBumps, and its stock XREAS just fine. Last year I put on Bilstein 6112/5160's (later Ironman FCP rear shocks), Ironman HD rear 2" springs, 1.5" wheel spacers...

Your "real point" misses completely. The chassis and suspension being the same means changing it on the GX vs on a 4Runner is moot. The nicer aspects of it are all retained, but now this GX also has increased off road capabilities should the owner want to use them. It's funny that your slightly...

Here's another way to look at it: Guess who's helped the economy/offroad industry more? Looks like a fresh build. Also, how many 4Runner owners you think actually use their truck's potential? I get it, when I see all the Kings and Fox's on trucks that might go crawlin at 2mph here and there...

So both your front and rear springs are the Heavy Load options. The good thing here is you can get the lighter load springs and it'll solve your problems. Here are all of the spring options: Coil Springs

So you have the HD rear springs? I do as well and they are indeed super stiff. I initially ran them with Bilstein 5160's, but those are valved for closer to stock spring rates, so tried Ironman's FCP and they do better overall, but going fast off road proves to be frustrating as the shocks just...

This thread has info on comparing various models on the 4R: Anyone has the Flowmaster 40 or 50 exhaust on their 5th gen? All depends on how aggressive you want it to sound, but the more aggressive the more drone inside. I've always ran loud Flowmasters on my trucks, but would prob go with 50...

Wow, 7 pages of guessing and anecdotes... Until measured with data collection, we won't really know what differences there are. Car and Driver did a somewhat recent comparison on a varied set of vehicles. Now while there are some differences in the 4R with these, there is one big takeaway from...

In addition to weight dist. hitch, ensure tire pressures are good all around. Reduced rolling resistance goes a long way for several areas. Could get SumoSprings for the rear instead of air bags. Both assistance with towing and a progressive bumpstop if you go off road. If you do go off road...

Ensure you use the retainment washers on top of the spacers for the front bolts. I also use an impact so it can spin while I hold the skid in place with my other hand and knees. After you do it twice you get the routine down.

Both 5100's and 5160's show 0-2" lift height. I can't confirm 100% the stock rear springs wouldn't fall out, but I highly doubt it. When I replaced my rear springs that had 1.25" spacers, I had to disconnect panhard, remove swaybar, and use a second jack to article one side enough to droop the...

I too have to give him credit for his excellent support. There were wires mislabeled and after briefly describing the issue he was able to identify what was wrong and gave me the correction which worked immediately. Used the front camera in the sand dunes and it worked better than I...

Even if you reused the old hardware it shouldn't squeal. Pull all the hardware out, clean with wire brush and wipe down, then use brake grease on hardware and all contact points of pad backing plates.

Without knowing what the assembly looks like, would it be possible to remove and then weld it back on there? Rivnut or jack nuts work, but wonder how strong those options are given this application's safety concerns.

Pretty close to what I was lookin for. I'm in SoCal and as the name suggests do a bit of desert runnin', so small/medium whoops, choppy roads around 60mph, and occasional small jumps. Biggest concern would be hitting the rear hatch with strong enough oscillation from short, choppy whoops.