T-man's '05 Sport Build Thread

[having fun]

I bet! I gained an inch in the rear shoving this FJ coils in. 1 1/4 to be exact.
That's what I thinking. More articulation, maybe a little softer ride even though it's not bad by any means. I wish I could have the shocks set at .85 with that spacer but I max out my drop to often to have the cv binding up.

That wheel drop and binding does create a problem. I have a lot of rake on mine, and was thinking on doing a diff drop to add some top spacers in for a little more lift in the front. Will see after I finish this rear bumper and put it on. I have so much lift in the rear using the overland 3" coils, that it is pushing the front down, and + height in the back. We'll see.

 

[having fun]

Hey, did you tell the kid he needs a chop job done. In Cali here, they would see him on the streets and think he's a teen age POTHEAD. LOL.

Boy, reminds me of my teen age years.

 

[t-man]

Hey, did you tell the kid he needs a chop job done. In Cali here, they would see him on the streets and think he's a teen age POTHEAD. LOL.

Boy, reminds me of my teen age years.

Lol, Ya he was never allowed to grow it out before, but he really wanted to so I let him. Will see how it goes.

 

[t-man]

Finally got everything installed. Was rained out yesterday but was able to do it today.
Set my Bilsteins on the bottom setting, 0" lift and put a 3" lift spacer. I gained half an inch in the front, 1" in the rear. I have quite a difference from side to side.
Final #'s ground to fender
Passenger side front - 40"
Driver side front- 39"
Passenger side rear-43"
Drivers side rear-40"

Wheel center to fender
Passenger side front - 24"
Drivers side front - 23 1/4"
Passenger side rear - 26 1/2"
Drivers side rear - 25"

After moving the Bilsteins to the bottom setting and assembling everything my front coils have about a quarter inch of play when drooped out instead of being tight. Like I said, they are shot. One of these days I'll be able to replace them! The FJ coils on the back are so much better! The whole truck rides really smooth now. No more bouncing in the front. Hopefully I'll be able to hit a trail in the next couple days to really feel the difference. My steering is so much tighter with the new tie rods. The drivers side one was completely shot, full of water and dirt and just flopped around when I pulled it out. Glad that safety concern is handled!
I didn't take a picture of it, but my front tires droop down much farther now. Can't complain about that!
I did notice this. My cv boot just barely touches the shock mount at full droop. Also it seems like there is a slight bind in the cv axle at full droop too. Hopefully this doesn't create an issue.

 

[having fun]

So I take it as the spacer you have is 1.5".

 

[t-man]

So I take it as the spacer you have is 1.5".

Yes.

 

[having fun]

Yes.

I'm going to say your binding is to having 3" lift with a tophat spacer.

Even when I installed 885's and billies, with no bumper on, I still didn't have any binding. Only when I added a 10mm on the driver side to correct the lean. I removed it due to binding REAL hard.

I would say, when you can afford to, go to a 3"spring lift or slightly 2" with .5 top hat spacer.

 

[t-man]

I'm going to say your binding is to having 3" lift with a tophat spacer.

Even when I installed 885's and billies, with no bumper on, I still didn't have any binding. Only when I added a 10mm on the driver side to correct the lean. I removed it due to binding REAL hard.

I would say, when you can afford to, go to a 3"spring lift or slightly 2" with .5 top hat spacer.

Makes sense, it's pushing the lca down that much farther with that spacer. Ya I want lift coils. Stock are done. I didn't realize how bad they were actually sagging until today.

 

[t-man]

So I got a 0430 code today. I'm guessing my leaky manifolds and wore out catalytic converters have finally caught up.... Ugh, why can't this Shit wait til spring.!

 

[t-man]

Removed my rear sway bar today. Might be a small amount more of lean, but nothing bad. Will be better when I get the front springs.

 

[t-man]

Replaced my front calipers today... Again... Nobody had any 5th Gen calipers avaliable. Replaced with duralast and now have a lifetime warranty though!


While swapping these out I found out my drivers side shock is leaking oil from the top and it looks like it is broken. Great... Contacted Down South Motorsports to see if it's under warranty.

 

[t-man]

Also found a shop that will do my exhaust. Will be buying the headers soon. Shop will be installing them and making me a complete dual exhaust tucked up out of the way. Bye bye cat's, true dual with a dual in/dual out muffler acting as an H-pipe. Will also have to have an O2 simulator to get rid of the codes.
$750 for headers.
$1100 for installation.
$500 for custom built exhaust.
Badass exhaust, PRICELESS!!!

 

[t-man]

psyched for my upcoming exhaust!! All I can think about, especially when driving and all I hear is that damn manifold leak!

 

[Inv4drZm]

Make us a video after its installed!op2:

 

[t-man]

Make us a video after its installed![emoji14]op2:

Definitely will! I'll make a before and after.

 

[t-man]

Flexy Friday! Had a little fun at a rental I'm painting.

 

[hobosapien]

Also found a shop that will do my exhaust. Will be buying the headers soon. Shop will be installing them and making me a complete dual exhaust tucked up out of the way. Bye bye cat's, true dual with a dual in/dual out muffler acting as an H-pipe. Will also have to have an O2 simulator to get rid of the codes.
$750 for headers.
$1100 for installation.
$500 for custom built exhaust.
Badass exhaust, PRICELESS!!!

Without the cats will it still pass emissions?

 

[t-man]

Without the cats will it still pass emissions?

No it won't. No emissions up here, no intentions of moving out of state, and she'll be a project truck after DD is done.

 

[hobosapien]

No it won't. No emissions up here, no intentions of moving out of state, and she'll be a project truck after DD is done.

Although I assume that if there were cats installed on two of the pipes you'd be fine anyway, with emissions and sound.

 

[t-man]

Although I assume that if there were cats installed on two of the pipes you'd be fine anyway, with emissions and sound.

Yes. Even one cat after y pipe, if you wanted single exhaust, would make you legal. You can buy high flow cats that are designed for specific engine sizes.
I should add this depends on state. Some actually look to see if it is an oem cat or not.
Cats will block a little noise, kind of a resonator of sorts.