Recent content by Jono.ful

I run the AlphaRex LED headlights on my '12 SR5. Many new vehicles with led headlights of course have the feature that shuts off the headlight on the same side to increase visibility of the turn signal when activated. This could be accomplished with a timing relay and some fiddling, but I'm...

Just ordered a new v-belt, and I'll report back

This needs to be done too, but the noise is most definitely coming from the transmission neighbourhood. It's really more like a chirp right after up shifting than a pulley whine.

My 2012 SR5 with 240,000ish kms has been making a short but noticeable squeal immediately after up shifting. It was more often in the lower gears, but it's now happening between most up shifts, especially once the truck is warm. The transmission fluid has been changed at the Toyota recommended...

Long tube headers + performance y-pipe = problem solved + 20hp + no more whimpy exhaust sound

So this happened....

I ran King 14x3 700lb springs on my coilovers. Trust me, they'll settle.

Be prepared to adjust your spring perches after a couple weeks. Springs settle a fair bit and you are going to lose a lot of that initial ride height.

So you're planning to modify a leased vehicle?

Nope been busy with 80 hour weeks at work, first chance I've had to pop in since actually. Still waiting for that oem ball joint part nunber you promised you'd find, cuz a Moog part isn't an oem toyota part, which you claimed the Ironman arms could be rebuilt with oem ball joints. it was my...

And also, this ..... And this (granted, these are lca bushings, but my point remains that bolts seize in the oem bushings)

Find me a part number for an oem Toyota 4runner ball joint...... Its ok, I'll wait...... I'll even give you an official Toyota parts diagram and the link to a Toyota oem parts supplier. Take your time......

OEM ball joints are a non serviceable part. Toyota will tell you to replace the control arm once your ball joints go, which they do. Same would apply to the Ironman BJ's. My criticism of ironman's uca's would also be that their bushings are non-greasable. Ask anyone who has had to cut out...

I run a lot of Total Chaos parts (again, racing pedigree). I've had their uca's on for about 8 years now, but I'd recommend you swap out the spherical bearings for an emf sealed uniball which will last a long longer than an open bearing, and are a direct replacement for the f&k rod ends bearings...

Ask Google. There are literally hundreds of reports of broken welds and other failures with spc uca's across their entire product line. In my experience, eibach springs are also junk. My old Radflo coilovers came with eibachs, they bagged out after about 18 months, at which time I swapped them...