Recent content by Rambler808

The previous owner had 285/75/16's on stock suspension and without offset wheels, they rubbed the spindle on the ring that holds the balljoint and wore some of the metal away. I didn't think it was enough to matter, but the outcome says otherwise haha

I just picked up a welder and ordered those gussets actually, hopefully I can get a tank and have them done in a couple weeks.

Snapped my spindle 6 miles down a dirt road and no tow truck would get me, but luckily I was able to pull some strings and get it moved to a buddies shop. Found a new spindle and fender off craigslist for $80 and fixed it in a night.

I was backer 76 and I just got them in Arizona about a week ago, I buried myself to the axle in cinder and these popped me out no problem. Definitely took a long time to get here but well worth it.

Haha thanks

Bought a bumper off a buddy of mine for pretty cheap, it's a Tacoma bumper so i'm going to have to weld a nut to the original mounting plate, but it does the job for now. That's his 99 tacoma shorty, it's Rhino lined and has full armor, pretty cool.

Just maintenance related, today I changed my spark plugs and removed my spindles to have a shop press new wheel bearings in

I'm looking into getting a pair of rear king shocks but they aren't long enough, so i'm trying to figure out how i could custom order some. I did a flex test and decided that 15" collapsed and 25" extended shocks would be a good size, but king shocks are 14" collapsed and 22" extended. I noticed...

I'm from kona too, I was home for a couple months in march and april and i feel like i saw your rig outside of the offroad shop by costco pretty often. Not sure if it was you though

In the past 2 weeks i've managed to break 2 brake lines, so I installed front and rear braided lines as well as new metal lines into the caliper. I also did a well needed oil change to full synthetic and used a wire wheel to clear off surface rust from the rear axle and frame, then painted over...

Dill a well needed oil change, installed front and rear braided brake lines, and used a wire wheel to clear off the frame and rear axle to be repainted.

Toyotas and subies are the way to go

Did a flex test to measure for new rear shocks

It's a 1999 sr5 5 speed with E-locker on 285/75/16. I was pleased with the purchase but the tires rubbed badly due to it not having any lift, I bought a cheap 2.5" Daystar puck lift for the front, and a 3" lift rough country spring for the rear to give me the extra wheel clearance. I also bought...

For personal record: -Rack and pinion (August, 2015) -Transmission swap (March, 2016) -New clutch, flywheel, pressure plate (March, 2016) -Rear Drivers side wheel bearing (May 2016) -King coilovers and TC UCA's (May, 2016) -Wheelers braided brake lines (June 3, 2016) -Repainted undercarriage...