What have you done to your rig today?

[Tremek]

Borrowing from my post on Mud - I've been dormant on Rising Sun most of the winter (sorry guys! I miss this!) - but such is life. I was rear-ended in our 200 back in February, and a Mud guy suggested I reach out to Slee and sure enough Slee's rear bumpers were nearly in production when we first spoke. He offered a pre-production model to me (only difference is a shorter accessory 'ladder') that I was happy to take him up on.

Nevertheless finally got the truck to him last Friday, and picked it up on Monday, very happy with the results:

Another customer's awesome truck was parked outside - I grabbed a quick pic of his versus mine (my truck's rear bumper is a pre-production model and you can see the ladder/left mount is 1 'rung' shorter):

The basket Slee mounted to the other guy's truck is definitely something I'll be picking up or making myself:

A few more pics:

Looking out the back:

And finally the rear-view camera (although slightly worse due to snow today):

Also got sliders on while it was there. Next steps in my mind is a lift and then maybe armor and a front bumper this year. Looking forward to seeing you guys again!

 

[Rezarf]

Looks fantastic, Christo is making better and better stuff with each product release. Just awesome.

 

[White Stripe]

Finally found out why my gas tank has a rattle. It's done it ever since I've owned it, and every time I have the tank out I forget to see what up. But this time,I remembered. Here is what I saw...
It's a lock cylinder! Bye bye rattle. I'm glad is wasn't a busted baffle or something wrong with the tank!

 

[Corbet]

Well that is a strange place to store spare parts.

 

[AxleIke]

Speaking of Fuel Tanks.

This past weekend I performed the T-EL010 TSB on my 4runner and fixed my ridiculous fuel gauge issues. Too bad the original coverage was only for 36,000 miles. Chunk of change but nice to have a fuel gauge that stays full for more than 5 miles, doesn't say bone empty at only 12 gallons gone out of a 17 gallon tank, and doesn't randomly decide to read whatever it pleases.

 

[Corbet]

Playing with some new BajaDesigns XL80's. Trying to figure out where I want to mount them. These are 80w with a rated output of 9500 lumens each.

Couple pics. My OEM lights all have HIR bulbs.

 

[Rezarf]

9500 lumens... each!? Wow, that's pretty amazing. Do they have a big heat sink on the back? I'd love to see some nighttime shots when you get a chance Corbet. Those make your factory headlights look like old miners candles with the reflector behind them.

 

[Corbet]

Camera phone pics don't really do the night shots justice but here you go. And yes big heat sinks built into the aluminum housings. I don't have them hard wired yet but ran some jumpers last night in the dark.

Low beam, low+high, low+high+XL80's

 

[TacoDane]

Replacing a whiney pulley. Only whine I want in my truck is a supercharger...maybe someday I'll win the lotto.

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[Giovanni]

Got my HPD intercooler installed this weekend!

 

[MountainGoat]

Dang. I was proud that I got new brake pads put on the 80!

 

[MDH33]

I pulled my 60 out of the storage unit for the first time since last fall.


Oh how I have missed you 60.

 

[LARGEONE]

Got some more fab and welding work done. First, I made front sway bar quick disconnect brackets.

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[LARGEONE]

Then, I cut, lengthened, and sleeved my lower control arms with 1.75x.188 DOM tubing. They are 5/16 longer than stock to help rotate the rear axle back down for driveline happiness.

Both mods need to give some credit to MUD. I believe LCPhil in AZ was the poster?

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[Cocarlisle]

Drove my 100 series for the first time sinse the hail storm
My wife's car was totaled and we have not found a replacement
Have been driving my 40
800 miles since the storm !

 

[MountainGoat]

I pulled my 60 out of the storage unit for the first time since last fall.


Oh how I have missed you 60.

Glad you are back in a Land Cruiser where you belong Martin!

 

[ccslider]

Finally finished the axle rebuild!

Lots of hurdles... was sold the wrong birfs and didn't know until I thought I was done. Took back apart and reassembled with the correct ones.
Replaced the leaking pinion seal which involved a lot of new differential tools and holder.
New marlin crawler tie rod bar and 555 ends.

Painted the wheels and installed a snorkel while waiting for parts to arrive.

The list is shrinking

 

[Lastresort576]

This weekend On the 80 I replaced the rear rotors and now I finally have a working parking brake. I also replaced the rear driveshaft U-Joints which fixed a bunch of slop... But of course I broke one of the caps installing them so I'll be back it in a few days.

 

[White Stripe]

Getting my tub all together. Installed roll bar and Trans tunnel.

 

[dan1554]

4x4 labs bumper I welded together fresh from the powder coater. Also sanded and undercoated everything underneath the cargo area. Eventually I'll put together the accessories for the swing arm.