What did you do to/in your 5th Gen today?!

The screws are a smudge too long. I can see where they make contact on the body when the hatch is closed which has now rusted a little. And when I say little, I mean little.

Really?! I'll need to check that out tomorrow and figure out what I'm going to do to stop them from doing that. Is this where you had it mounted?
 

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Gah. Had to take the Warthog into the shop today due to a growing gear whine from the Diff. Pinion somehow working itself out of alignment, most probably due to the work done on it a couple three months ago to install the locker.

Hoping it's something that can be fixed without full third member removal for both my and the shops sake.
 
Gah. Had to take the Warthog into the shop today due to a growing gear whine from the Diff. Pinion somehow working itself out of alignment, most probably due to the work done on it a couple three months ago to install the locker.



Hoping it's something that can be fixed without full third member removal for both my and the shops sake.


Who did the install? Please say The Truck Shop?
 
Who did the install? Please say The Truck Shop?

Yeah it was them.

Er but why "Please"? :D

I am waiting to see if they do the adjustment for free or not. Though I don't know diffs well enough to argue it one way or the other. It was seemingly good from the start, but over the last couple months or so one of the pinion gear settings has slowly changed it seems like. Due to the extremely identifiable sound and looking on the net it seems like a 95% chance that it's the pinion gear setting. Dunno from something being under torqued or a spacer being only on the very edge of acceptable and has changed spacing with a little wear etc...
 
Yeah it was them.

Er but why "Please"? :D

I am waiting to see if they do the adjustment for free or not. Though I don't know diffs well enough to argue it one way or the other. It was seemingly good from the start, but over the last couple months or so one of the pinion gear settings has slowly changed it seems like. Due to the extremely identifiable sound and looking on the net it seems like a 95% chance that it's the pinion gear setting. Dunno from something being under torqued or a spacer being only on the very edge of acceptable and has changed spacing with a little wear etc...

I don't like The Truck Shop at all. There alignments are a joke. They did a shitty install of my clutch. They installed a rear main seal that began to leak a couple months after. I don't like the way they operate.

Every opportunity I get, I send work to Service Pros in San Marcos instead.
 
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Made the decision and bitt the bullet. They're in stock, so I ordered 5100s front and rear, OME 883s and Superflex coils from Wheelers Offroad.
 
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Got these sum beechaz in today! 2.5" 58747 ICONs... rears are arriving soon! They even threw in a free adjustment wrench and sway bar relocation bracket... wheelersoffroad rocks!
 
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Gave Midnight a well deserved washing today... then rode her hard!
 

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California Winter

Followed a friend on a private road today near Chico, CA. Weather was perfect at 70F, great time exploring new roads, and seeing some wandering livestock.


 
Not today but last night... finally got my first 4Runner. Been driving a 98 QX4 for a while. Sucks that I have to wait til the weekend to play around with the new car
 

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Plastidip!

I recently finished some plastidip on front end of my truck for a road trip and then got carried away and did my hood scoop. I have to say that this stuff is a great alternative to vinyl wrap and is very easy and inexpensive. I think I will plastidip my entire truck one day. After my return from Texas all the bugs that were accumulated came off with ease and really protected the paint.

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