Yea, but the SC'd truck has to run super unleaded, so....

 

Should be easy to find MUUUUUD this weekend!!

 

Jeff- I'm a little biased to Deaver spring as well. For the coin you can weigh the rear loaded and unloaded and they'll make a pack specific to your needs. I have an acquaintance (Sean P.Holman) who swears by em'. I've known him since I first got into wheeling with Rangers and that's how I heard of them. If you google Deaver Springs you should pull up nothing but good comments about their products and service. IIRC they're located in Santa Ana Ca. My route (years ago) passed right by their shop and it now reminds me of where I'm at...they may have moved..but don't know. I know we've talked about the rear suspension before but thought you were content...anyhow, maybe no more 3 wheel motion for you huh?...reminds me of an IceCube song I once heard..

 

More flexy= More fun!! Ive taken some pretty fast tight turns in my truck, trying to get the feel for what it can actually handle. I couldn't get a tire off te ground even when I was trying. Ride height isn't really a factor for me, but my super flexy rear actually handles decent.

 

Rear leaf shot with Downey 2" lift and Deaver Nissan Frontier mini-leaf pack. The PO also installed the U-bolt flip kit and relocated the bottom shock mounts.



Close up - the bottom two short leafs replaced the large thick overload spring. You can read up on axle wrap if you want. Its the supposed down side of removing that leaf, but I have never had a problem.



I can't find my real camera and I needed to cut off my daughter's pink Barbie bikes from the picture , but you can't really see the angle by photo. The yellow thing on the softtop rail is a level


The bubble on the level shows that the back end is higher than the front.


Hope this helps.

Oh yeah - I did all the work myself in two weekday evenings. MUST have good 6" or 8" c-clamps to do a proper job. I have 4" c-clamps and I worked but they did not have very long t-handle to crank the leafs together. I bent the piss out of the handles and even mashed the threads a little.

 

Bob- I really like the color you chose for the 4Runner...helps the black on the armor kinda POP! a little more. It'd be great to get some full size photo's of the swing out thingy you have on the back there..We'd love to add em to our collection on Avids FB page.

 

Looks like I'm gonna have to put any mods on hold for now. The motor on my pool pump took a dump and the housing on the impailer cracked. $600 and an hour later, I replaced the last thing on my pump system that was there when I bought the house 10 years ago - but on a good note, its a more powerful motor so I don't have to run it as long everyday and its much quieter.

 

Ohhh! Sorry man...mine is getting ready to let go too. I'm not getting the Psi reading I use to get and it seems like it sucking air in too. Filter basket before the pump isn't filling like it should and there isn't alot of pressure at the airator either. Since I'm no pool repair man, the wife wants me to call in for back up. But I think it's the pump/impeller housing..but again don't know for sure.

Glad to hear it's all working like it should now.

 

Low PSI, too much air in the filter, water leaking... I had all kinds of issues over the past 2 years. I have replaced every single part of the above ground system of my filter with the help of my friend who the Repair manager at Paddock - he did most of the work, I just supplied the parts and beers. I could come by and take a look before you go paying someone to check it out if you want. I have alot of spare parts that I don't need now that I have a different kind of pump - if they are compatable with your system, you can have them.

Maybe I can burrow your car buffer while I'm there too? I really need to do something about my car soon.

 

Anyone here ever go out to Speedworld in surprise?? This weekend, the 15th, there is a big event happeneing. Truck Fest! There will be a few Monster Trucks, some short course stadium truck racing, mud bog races, sand drags, motocross... wet t shirt contest...etc. Its always a great time. Me and a bunch of friends are gonna be bbqing out there, so feel free to come on by for a burger and drink a beer. There will be vendors out there selling gear and whatever else they got.

 

Anyone have any 33 or 35x12.5 15s there trying to get rid of? A friend of mine is looking for some tires, mud or all terrain

 

Its a little too late for me - but if anyone is looking for canvas top for their 1st gen 4Runner, here is a Canback for $700:

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/pts/3272711367.html

 

Too funny.

Today I found out that I had a brush with fame back in 2009. I was responsible for the off-road durability for the 5th Gen 4Runner which ultimately ended with a Baja 1000 run. It was a loop race out of Ensenada, but Toyota policy required us to have security with us (unnecessary in my mind but who was I to argue, I was on the clock and getting paid to race...).

Anyway, today I found out that the head of that detail was Sam Jones, the guy who played Flash Gordon the the self-titled movie and opposite Bo Derek in "10". I remember his name as such but never did the math. I looked him up and surer than hell it was him.



He never mentioned his fame the whole week we were together and I spent a lot of time with him. On the other hand, he was a little over the top in terms of his job, especially the way we were driven around. It was as if we were a presidential motorcade - blocking traffic, etc. I guess if I saved the world from Ming the Merciless I would be a little over the top too

 

I loved that movie when I was a kid

 

I WILL TAKE HIPPIES IN FLAG ANYDAY OVER CITY PEOPLE IN CLARKSVILLE TN!! I MISS ARIZONA SO MUCH!! 17 years at the Canyon and 1/2 in Williams but I always say Flagstaff since its the closest city to me!!

 

Wow! The weather seems to be getting much better. Hopefully today is a show of what the next few months has in store for us..

 

Wheelin' Time!!!!!

 

There is a huge event being put on by 4 Wheel Parts Sunday out in Florence - I went last year and it was awesome! Even though there were over 200 rigs, the kept the groups small and very spread out. The group I was in had 8 trucks and we only saw 1 other group while we were out and they were very far from us.

Plus there is free food, raffle and tons of other give aways - AND (Nate) they have an RTI Ramp

http://www.team4wheelparts.com/custo...e-junction-az/

And the Flyer:
http://f.e.4wheelparts.com/i/6/20873...preciation.pdf
Not to mention - my birthday is Tuesday so this is my B-Day weekend of wheelin!

 

Looks pretty cool. I'm hoping to be out that way on Sunday anyway, so I might have to stop by and check out the festivities, not that early though. Any idea what trails they're running?

 

Not really sure - last year the run I went on did Box Canyon to a trail called Jackhandle then around to Sandaman then back.