Recent content by FoundedSine14

I have a sensor in my spare in my 4th gen. If/when the spare gets low, it triggers the TPMS ligh and my iDataLink will tell me "spare is low". It's pretty convenient (but I still carry an inflator everywhere anyway)

It finally happened - my OCD front swaybar disconnects fell apart and tore a CV boot. I know the disconnects require maintenance and I put it off. They constantly get loose and I didn't keep up on them. Turns out I had an aftermarket axle so I just bought a rebuilt OEM axle from CVJ. I also...

Picked up a set of IS350 wheels for about $300. 18x8 and 18x8.5. I didn't realize the IS350 had staggered wheels from the factory. Now I have to decide if I want the 8 or 8.5 up front? Since I won't be staggering my tires, I'll probably put the 8s up front to reduce rotational mass on the...

My brother had an 80 series and he (somewhat poorly) painted the fenders and lower door panels with bed liner. To give you an idea of what it might look like?

Did some basic maintenance. New swaybar endlinks front and rear, new swaybar bushings and brackets front and rear. Since it's been sitting, the car has been very creaky so I got some greaseable endlinks, bushings, and brackets. I couldn't find greaseable bushings/brackets for the rear, but they...

I have this 2006 XV30 Camry SE with a 3.3L 1MZ-FE. It's paid off and it gets driven like 200 miles per year. We originally bought it to replace my spouse's 2014 Focus which had a Powershift transmission (god I hated that car). The Camry gets worse fuel economy but makes a bit more power. Plus...

Pulled off the driver side fender flare to replace the fender liner. I replaced all the clips and the seal. You can see that the middle supports for the flare broke, unfortunately. I guess I'll have to upgrade to fiberglass, damn. Seal: https://a.co/d/1Fp4q1R Clips: https://a.co/d/0aGMMPc

The powerwasher took off all the mud, but it also took off a bunch of paint from my rock sliders. So I sanded them down and recoated them with truck bed liner. We'll see how it holds up. Also, yard waste trash bags are the perfect size to be paint-overspray protectors.

Went wheeling up in the mountains today and literally drove through clouds. It was wild. Moisture and mud really exposed how valuable lockers would be. My friend in the F150 has a rear locker and didn't struggle nearly as much as I did.

Have you checked the grounds? Use a multimeter to verify continuity from this part of the horn to the frame

All 92 pages (so far) of this thread are incredible - thank you for sharing so much with us! You've given me a lot of ideas and added many things to my shopping list lol

I reached out to 80% Offroad about my bent swing out. They sent me a new plate and a koozy. Top notch service. The only issue is that I suck at welding, so I'll have to put in some practice before I install this

I had an issue with calipers sticking on my 1973 VW. The rubber brake hoses were deteriorating and it caused an issue like you're describing. I don't know if that's the case here, but considering the age of the vehicle it probably wouldn't hurt to replace the rubber hoses.

Took off my roof rack and spare tire carrier. The plate with the threaded inserts got mangled on the tire carrier, so I reached out to 80% Offroad to get a replacement plate. I'll cut out the old one and weld in the new one and see if I can beef it up at all. Or I may just tap some threads into...

According the SuperfastMatt on YT, since the new Tundra and new 4Runner share the same platform, the front suspension can be swapped to essentially get OEM long travel on the 4Runner. I'm curious to see if anybody does this and how it works Here's the video at the timestamp