Recent content by dhatcher

I did regear to 4.56’s. I did not have a shop in the Bay Area do the work. I found a guy who had a shop up near the Rubicon trail in Georgetown that did the work. Unfortunately, he closed down his shop to concentrate full time on 4wd instruction and volunteer fire fighting. I didn’t have any...

I had my 4runner regeared to 4.56 gears and added an arb locker up front about 1.5 years ago. I didn't anticipate wanting to run larger than 33" tires at the time but, I've been bitten by the bug to run 35's. I've been talking to a place that works primarily on Toyotas and they recommended doing...

Thanks STX! Apologies for the confusion on missing bolts. I found the part schematic and circled where there is currently a bolt. The other two holes are missing bolts it seems.

Need help identifying the part in this photo. Changed the oil today and happened to notice there’s only one bolt holding that piece to the frame and that bolt wasn’t even finger tight. It looks like there’s supposed to 3 bolts holding it in so I need to figure out the part numbers for those...

Haven’t had the chance to work on it yet. I need to find a shop that’s willing to swap the cv boots on one of my axles so I’m kind of focusing on that at the moment. Kind of surprised how many mechanics have turned down that job so far but, maybe I shouldn’t be.

Awesome! Thank you for the tips. I'm waiting to get the 4runner back from the dealer (airbag recall) and then I'll give the bushing replacement a go and report if it fixes the knock issue.

(Reading through some of the KDSS / sway bar bracket threads on here is definitely revealing that a lot of patience and careful attention will be required with those M12 x 1.25mm bolts).

Will a regular 3 ton floor jack and the oem bottle jack suffice for persuasion purposes? (I have a decent sized pry bar, few smaller crowbars and multiple screw drivers handy).

Interesting! My 4Runner only has 30K miles on it but I'll definitely give that a look! Maybe time to see if there are some tougher sway bar bushings for these vehicles.

I will try not to make this long winded as I know KDSS topics have nearly been beaten to death here but, I wanted to see specifically what advice folks here have regarding my situation. 2016 Trail Premium 4Runner. I had a Sonoran Steel lift kit installed by a professional mechanic (a bunch of...

Just wanted to post an update, bumper and lights finally arrived at the mechanic's shop today. So, far all looks good. We'll see what happens when they go to put them on and get everything bolted down. 7 months, phew!

I have chatted him several times on FB messenger and he does seem like a genuinely nice person. ...and his bumpers to seem to be high quality and doesn't look like anyone disputes that but, if I can't get the bumpers on my 4runner then they are of zero quality to me because that means I cannot...

Not as far as I know. I just felt like I was buying a great product from a great company and harboring the feeling of wanting to support those who are building and manufacturing things here in the US, I paid full in advance. Somewhat hopeful that would make them want to make sure all the boxes...

Ordered my bumpers back in June. Still waiting for them. I've had to chase down every communication with Hefty that I've had. Starting to get super frustrated. Will probably give them to the end of this week before I ask for a refund and go somewhere else. :mad:

I saw the JBA one thanks to Timeslot. Emailed them already to ask them specific questions. God forbid you do it here.