sschaefer3

Trail Gear parts will be here today, come and get them so you can finish this thing up and bring it over.

BLKNBLU

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Thanks Steve. I'll see you sometime tomorrow.

BLKNBLU

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Rubber back on the ground. Still some tidy up to do then back to Steve's to finish.

wormhole

Lookin good Mike.

toyospearo

THAT TRUCK LOOKS GREAT!
Good job. Got me all excited and now I am gonna go out in the freezing cold workshed and mess with my SA.

BLKNBLU

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Thanks guys. Filled the diff, double checked for loose nuts/bolts, bled the brakes, yanked the front D shaft the rest of the way off (PITA), and played with the toe in a bit. Took her for a spin and it's not awful. I never did get the alignment right but close enough. Got it back over to Schaefer's today to finish up the shock hoops etc. Start on the rear on Monday.

Vermejo

Dang, that was fast. What size rubber are you going to run?

Elvota

Nice progress Mike.

So.. the rear is still stock height, right? Let's see a full side pic with the nose riding high.

That's gonna be a sweet drive to Schaefer's place. Will feel like hauling 3 tons of cinder blocks in the back... all at once.

904_runner

LOL

I can visualize what mine will look like soon. Geeze. I plan on going the 4" ifs eliminator kit, and then idk how soon i can get to the rear. But at least i already have 4" lift coils, so maybe it won't look too horrible for a week or two!

BLKNBLU

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Well, it's already to Schaefer's so no full on side pics unless Steve wants to post one. And yes, that was quite the circus side show driving over there. At least nobody actually pointed and laughed along the way.

sschaefer3

Cell Phone Photo:

toyospearo

most of the yota pickups around here are loaded down with logs and look just like that..ahahhaha

BLKNBLU

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Right on! Now we can look forward to the next installment when it's up all around but still on the 31's.

SOAZtim

For christmas I'm buying you a Flat Billed hat to go with your prerunner stance.

Its coming along nicely!

BLKNBLU

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Bro we'll rip it up fo sho. Like this...



Cuz we allways lookin good like this.....Bro.

wormhole

That looks normal for around these parts. Bring it down here and you'll fit right in.

SOAZtim

The best thing is seeing guys with 909 tattoos... then the area code changed! hahahahahaha!

Djlarroc

Mike, how the heck were you able to stay on the road looking into the sky? Lol. Truck looks good!

BLKNBLU

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It was surprisingly not too bad...as long as you kept looking straight ahead. Using any mirror was a joke, but looking forward didn't seem that abnormal.

Okay. Todays progress. Let me say up front that these are not the most exciting pics as it was really just prep work today. On top of that, I forgot to get shots of the frame or axle after they were clean. I'll try to remember to get them before we start in tomorrow.

I seem to have lost something.


Oh. Here it is.


Steve starts to plasma off the original hangers.


Then moves on to the spring perches.


Almost there.


The driver side perch proved to be stubborn and the axle housing ended up with a bit of a divot.


No problem. Just add a bit of material back on.


Well thats todays dose. Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit more satisfying with some rubber on the ground pics.

toyospearo

looking good man