Recent content by kai920

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I have a 2005 v8 4wd with XREAS and daystar spacers. Looking to replace it. It’s a daily driver, mostly highway, but I’d like a little bit of a lift to fit slight larger tires. I think 2” front and 1” rear. I’m thinking 265/70-17. I won’t have any significant weight added front or rear. Anyone...

I have an odd situation with my door locks that I've lost my patience with. Initially, the RP door lock failed and stopped working for a year or more. Then it just started working again one day. Now all of my locks except the rear hatch, go in and out of working at different times. This week, my...

P1441/1444 I hit 190k miles on the 05 v8 on our way to New Orleans this weekend. As soon as we started it up to come home to Houston the dash lit up and we went into limp mode, with codes P1441/1444-valves stuck open. Couldn't clear codes, and we had to get home, so I had to rent a uhaul and...

I'm skeptical that this is a fix at all.....sounds like the knock you are referring to in the V8 is "piston slap." From my understanding, and talking to people on this forum and Toyota techs, the V8 suffers from "piston slap." My V8 does it as well, mostly in cold or sometimes cool weather...

I can't make it this weekend but let me know if something works out next week, not sure yet what my days off are. After next week, same boat as Ripcord, classes every day.

Did you ever figure this out? I have the same issue.

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/84794-ball-joint-failure-my-turn.html

The grease becomes contaminated and then the joint eventually dries out. That leads to excessive wear and then the joint will be loose and make noise and rough driving conditions. Could lead to improper tire wear or wear of other components. The worst that could happen? Catastrophic failure...

I put in the Daystar Leveling spacer(which wasn't level BTW) and my CV's started leaking grease. I think this was common amongst those who were lifting the front and changing the CV angle. If it happens to you, heres a good thread. Replacing CV bands - Toyota 120 Platforms Forum

Where are you guys in these videos?

Even 265/70-17 to 265/65-17 has greater than 3% difference in rolling diameter(barely) Question is if you only do one wheel, does it effect front to back, or only side to side. Do you have to do swap both tires on front or back before it will effect the center diff or is one tire enough to...

Hey man, how did your Rio Puerco run go yesterday? Hope you got some good pics/vids. I couldn't make it yesterday, I had family in town until morning, and then work in the afternoon. We actually went out on Friday though, spent the afternoon out there. I finally figured out how to get out...

Yep, aware of the haweka plates and road force. The first set that would not balance, even with a road force was replaced. New set(different tire) was perfect until DT rotated and balanced. I went back to them about 5 times in two weeks to have them done over and over. They even put their...

Yeah I'm riding the blue line too, usually on at the transit station. I'm sure we've crossed paths and not known. I'm a Civil Engineering major. How long you have left? I still got 2-3 years.