Recent content by Ukraine Train

This would be a ton of fab work to do right. Your latch would have to be on the opposite side of the hinge to get a good seal. This would be a great mod, though. I use a fork lift to load stuff in my 4Runner at my machine shop sometimes and you can't get very close because the mast would hit the...

So I had the alignment checked and it confirmed there's a problem, but still no indication of what's causing it. 1.54° of toe on one of the rear tires. Since it's only on one side it seems like it's a bent axle but I think there would be other symptoms of that. The axle seal is leaky on that...

The other day my kid was playing in my '03 SR5 while I was cleaning it and now in addition to the chirp, the alarm also honks when I lock/unlock the doors. The ignition was off the entire time we were in there so I'm not sure what happened. How can I disable the honking? The chirps I'm ok with...

I've never had it to a shop. I think I should have the rear alignment checked to see what's up. Even if these were on the front, I had the alignment checked after doing the FJ springs and toe and camber were fine. They wanted to adjust caster but the adjusters are rusted solid.

Now you guys have me second guessing myself. I put these on at the same time I did FJ struts up front and I don't think I've had them off since then. I think I would have seen the same wear on the other two tires by now. The old tires I removed were mismatched front-rear but those rears were...

I don't drive very much so I haven't rotated them.

Here's the left rear, right rear, and a front for comparison. There's definitely more wear on the outside of the tread. I run 32PSI but bumped it up a couple PSI once I noticed the wear, just to get a little more load on the center part of the tread.

I put new tires on last summer and the rears have really worn down already. Any suggestions on what it could be? The control arms don't appear to be bent but maybe the bushings are worn and let the axle shift? The truck drives straight and smooth, though. I don't hear any bearing noise either.

I need the entire LED light that goes into an OEM '03-'09 rear spoiler.

Thanks for the tip! I think this is what it was. Early in the morning at zero degrees it wouldn't work but by the afternoon it would be ok again. So I sealed up the duct housing around the motor and then stuck the motor in the oven at 200° to dry it out and so far so good.

Yesterday morning everything worked fine but when I got in to go home at night, there was barely any air coming out of the vents. The flow would change from floor, to dash, to defrost like it should but even with the fan on high it was barely blowing. I verified that the fan was working in each...

I hear what you're saying about sipes and snow tires but I've driven a lot of cars in the winter with cheapo, worn, all-seasons that were better than my 4Runner is doing right now. That's good to know Discount Tire might do an exchange, but I've already had these for six months. Although not...

If fixing the alignment doesn't take care of it, I may look into getting sipes put in. I had this done in my Caprice 9C1 back in the day on all-seasons and it worked great. I drove through the country for work where snow always drifted over the road and it drove like a champ.

Well, I grew up driving in snow in crappy RWD/4WD cars so I don't think it's my driving style; I know how to drive in it. I think I need to take care of my alignment issue regardless, but I hope it takes care of this sliding issue. It darts around just driving straight under light throttle. It's...

I'm hoping you guys have some ideas. I have an '03 4x4 SR5 with FJ springs and 1/4" shock spacers in the front and new 265/65/18 Falken Rocky Mountain ATS tires. When driving on snow or ice it gets pretty loose. I'm constantly having to correct it. I've driven some beaters in the past that were...