Recent content by MattAK

Hood was quite loose. A 4" strip of thick electrical tape on the hood latch appears to have solved the issue. I'm :ybrick: that it was so simple.

I thought it was my skid or a loose heat shield at first but I have a new skid and all my heat shields are on tight. I'll check the hood latch. My UCA's are original and they're the next thing I'll be replacing, hopefully this year. I can't really hear it in the cab which is nice but it's a...

I could use some ideas for chasing down a front end rattle I have. It only presents on rough roads, particularly washboard. I thought it was my broken front skid but I've since replaced it with a Victory4x4 skid. I've also replaced the front brake hardware with new pins and rattle springs. The...

I ultimately went with 5th gen calipers on my '08. I used O'Reilly calipers with the lifetime warranty, Centric rotors and OEM brake pads. Been two years and 35k miles and no issues so far. You must have 17" or larger rims to fit them though. I looked into getting other brands but ultimately...

One would assume so. If they fit between my cross bars then I figure I'll just get out the ol' drill press and make the correct holes to attach it on the top.

Thinking of getting these and adapting them to mount to my Victory4x4 rack. How long are the brackets? Need to know how close the rails on the rack need to be so I can measure to see if I can get my rails close enough to each other. Thanks!

Great, thanks! I'll consider trying them out when my current bulbs burn out.

How do you like them? When I bought my 4th gen it had terrible cheap Amazon LED's in the lows and they were just bad. Kind of turned me off of LED's for now.

Do you know if the transmission fluid ever been changed in it? Could be your driveline needs to be lubed as well. I picked up my '08 with 196k miles last August had some high-speed shudder that I only noticed after I bought it. I had the pan dropped and a fluid exchange done by a local shop I...

It's a little rough around the edges still but I'm slowing fixing things and hoping to get another 150k out of it.

Correction, it will arrive today! Thanks for the radio! It will be nice to have a portable one to complement the one mounted in my 4Runner (or to loan out to family that has a license but no radio yet). I'll also be re-purposing the box it came in to send the second half of my gift to my...

Thai was online today according to their user profile. If they still have control over their forum account that is....

They also posted about this on their FB page. I guess a hacker could have gotten access to that via the site if they managed to get in to the email account the FB page is listed under. The FB page Story in the About section was updated yesterday apparently. The grammar seems a little off to me...

There was this thread on here recently where someone picked up a set of those but they didn't fit his larger 4th gen calipers and did some damage. I was bummed because I'd been thinking of getting these but I have the 5th gen calipers so it's probably a no go for me.

Check your fluids. Put on snow tires if you want or don't, I just use my AT tires and call it a day. You could oil your frame if you want but I've never worried about it. My current new-to-me '08 has lived it's entire life in Utah and the frame looks almost new. My '01 also was pretty good, and...