quick update - tundra/LC coils installed

 

Joshua Tree NP

 

lc coils vs stock 98

 

holy crap, big difference. Got any pics of those coils on the runner? like before and after pics? i think i'll have to change the coils at some point soon.

 

OK, so for the LC coils no one can answer me if they have to be from the same side of the 95-97 cruiser. Right front or right left?

 

you need both springs left and right from the front ones pictured are off a 94 now some are taller than those too

 

no pics right now im waiting on my brake line ill take some next to papa's 98 since its stock

 

so what does Sonoran Steel sell in the 1.2 kit? It looks like the springs he has pictured are both white / purple / grey

 

I have heard this, not sure if I'm right just what I had heard.

2nd gen runners use the rear LC coils tall the longer one goes on the right side to accommodate the weight of the fuel tank.

3rd gen use the front LC coils.

Just what I have heard. I believe the coils I installed were rear LC coils and I did install the slightly longer one on the right side.

 

I have these on mine not sure what the correct color code is but I found out what were the shortest LC coils and that's how I made my purchase...


yep...

 

Might as well start here...

 

waiting to put in the 1in BL and gotta get a heavy bumper up front... still workin on cailan... she's gettin real pretty!

 

All pics are off my cell, so they suck. But it's all I got. This is the 1KZ turbo diesel and it rocks. It's my DD and hunting rig for five months a year.

 

Back before building a winch bumper for the back


Just a little snow

Having a little fun

Back when it used to belong to a sane person

Back when I was destroying the stock rear POS bumper

 

mmm... turbodiesel!!!! that is such good yota porn... Please, please, PLEASE-
take a few pics under the hood?

 

Any pics of that rear winchmount bumper?

 

Pornalicious if I do say so myself! Mine is not the intercooeld version, although I could easily stick one up there. I choose this rig because it fits into a cheaper tax and inspection class than the 1997 and up rigs. It only costs about $500 a year to put on the road, whereas 1998 and up are more like $1300.

What I have learned though, is that the automatic is without a doubt the way to go. My 5sp is ok. but the freakin flywheel is a major liability, suspect to come apart after 70k miles and spit grease all over the cluth no matter where you are. Costs $1300 just for parts. Been there did that and it sucks.

Otherwise it's a great rig. I do a lot of deer hunting here and the bag limits are crazy, one stag a day and all the does you can shoot. Since November I have bagged over 50 deer, whereas in my native Oregon I would have been lucky to even draw a tag.

I have stuck the toyota 4.55 gears in it with a e-locker front and rear. Muhahahaha!!!
They have e-lockers for the front here as well. The front is a easier retrofit than the rear, believe it or not.

While coming up an inclined long stretch in over two foot of snow I blew up what I thought was the Xcase, turns out to be the front diff, of which part I have no idea.

I'll crack it open soon and get the carnage up here, with pics of engine and my very unique rear bumper.

 

I never saw this in North American vehicles.

 

Hokkaido; are you north of the border, in Japan, or of Japanese descent?
Where are you getting all those deer limits?

 

....Last pic with stock bumpers, picking up 100ft of 1 3/4" .120 wall tubing today to build bumpers and tie them into the rock sliders.