What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

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Assume anything you get with "Denso" on it from eBay or Amazon is a fake. It may not be, but that's a safe assumption. Brick and mortar or RockAuto would be my sources...

-Charlie

I was about to help a family member do a spark plug replacement on a newer Toyota. He was equipped with a set of ultra-mega-unobtainum OEM spark plugs in OEM Toyota boxes... from eBay.

Pulled one plug and compared -- definitely counterfeit. All kinds of clues.

Seller was based in Ukraine. :smash:
 
So been driving with the opt offroad link set on the rear for a while. They ride 10000000% better then the oem w/poly bushings. The rear feels so much smoother and planted. Can't believe I didn't install them sooner.

So for those on the fence, save up money and just buy the oprt arms!
 
Installed new UltraGauge mount!

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Hit the trails today. 1N09. Just a chill trail, needed the outdoor vibe.

Blew out a exhaust gasket after cat, so I resealed it today. And also added a standard 194 bulb to my parking lights stuffed in the fender, it's to eliminate the stray voltage the LED's cause. I think [MENTION=139000]phattyduck[/MENTION] mentioned that I do that. Either way it works.
 

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Replaced tail lights, reverse lights, plate lights, cargo lights, map lights, vanity light and corner lights with LEDs.

Signal lights got amber halogens and fog lights got PIAA solar yellow H3s.

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Headlights still stock. I'm looking at the TEQ Customs OEM+...
 
Today I had to replace the ballasts and hid d2s bulbs as the ballasts were starting to act up. They are 5 years old almost on the dot. The bulbs were getting slightly dimmer. I went with the same balast, 35w morimoto xb with osram xenarc night breakers (66240XN). I'll see how's these work out, if it's good I'll roll with them, if not I'll switch to some led headlights from teq customs.

Also decided to see if I have a sunroof leak as I had some seriously nasty condensation on the inside of the windows after work. And sure enough, the pass rear drain hose had a clog in it. Blowing it out didn't fix it. So I used my steel fish tape and shoved it up the drain, felt it and broke through it. It was not leaking onto the headliner, it was leaking down the C pillar and draining through the pinch weld. Wierd.

I do use my sunroof, but seriously thinking of just siliconing it shut, as I absolutely despise water leaks.
 
Took Forrest out for a nice trail run, Bailey Canyon (2N49) I call it sugar pine mountain. Solo as always. Did some extra credit and lifted a few wheels sky high (actually went to sugar pine peak at 5479', not the highest I had taken him) . Absolutely beautiful day, light rain, lots of wind. Think I heard a cryptid banging on a tree.

Forrest performed flawlessly, the opt arms flex so damn nice! No front swaybar is where it is at!

Also rolled over from 247999 miles to 248000 miles, on dirt in 4wd! Whoot!
 

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Hit the trail again, to see how much damage the last rain caused. It was a beautiful day on the trail, warm sun and cold air. Made it a perfect day, though it was cut short from a massive washout.

Oh yesterday I installed a mishimoto catch can for the pcv system. Going to toss in a few of those stainless steel dish scrubbers to help catch the oil mist (did this on the miata and works perfectly.).

Also I'm going to put the dobinson c59-210v rear springs on again. I do love the lc80 springs but they are just to soft and I bottom out quite often and im not even at full weight yet. Also next payday I'm going to order a full set of duro bumps. Would like to do hydro, but fab time and $ just are not there yet. As I'm saving for all the drawer/sleep/solar stuff.
 

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Ordered some tires! Got Razr at 265/75/16’s coming.
Been pushing the rubber on it a lot further then I like, not that we are getting much snow thus far the couple times we have has not been fun.
Time to order some belts and idlers from the squealing I’ve been getting and I have lbj’s sitting on my bench to throw in.
 
Well I think I found my cause of my bad mpg's. I was replacing the CCV hose, drivers rear vc to intake boot. As I was replacing the hose, the 90 degree fitting on the vc pulled out of the vc! That's a first for me. So I tried to jam it back in with my hands, but I will have to get in there and seal it up permanently w/silicon. Just pushing it in got me 1 more mpg!

This is metered air, as it's after the air flow sensor.
 

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Ran it into a telephone pole lol
Dang! Sorry man!

I picked up four KM2's today for $650. They are 300 mile take offs from a Gladiator. I haven't made it to the car wash yet.

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Also, I noticed my front end wasn't bougie enough the other day so I painted my skid plate gold.
If I flip it. it will still look good!

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Mounted my new tires and put a new battery in!
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Next up I’ll do my lbj’s and fix my rack boots and maybe do tie rods.
 
Very first mod to our new (to us) ‘99–bought a small piece of metal to screw into rear wiper arm so it can use windshield wipers from the store like a normal vehicle.
 
Used a cheap ($7.99) cassette 'head cleaner' kit and my factory tape deck works great again. Looking forward to King of the Hammers in a couple weeks! Gonna do the TB and WP before that.
 
New OEM brake booster and Advics/Aisin master cylinder, along with new gaskets. Nothing wrong with the old ones, more of a preventative maintenance project. Should be good to go for another 250,000 miles. Also threw in new speed bleeders and flushed the system with DOT 3 fluid.

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Got that CCV hose elbow hammered back in and sealed with rtv. Since I was there tossed in a new oem fuel pressure regulator.

Runs good maybe a bit smoother.

Also installed my gmrs antenna mount on the lip of the hood. Ran the coax to a bnc bulkhead. Was having wierd issues with radio. Turns out the sma antenna to bnc adapter I was using on the HT was not letting the coax ground to radio, it was painted lol.....rookie mistake lol. Switched to a nickel plated adapter and it back to being perfect. Will check swr when more adapters I need arrive.
 
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