She was riding dirty today! Picked up a pallet of grass for my yard. Had about 800lbs in the back of the truck. No rubbing! Still had a little travel in the rear suspension. It still rode decent and was able to clear a couple of monster speed bumps (Very Carefully!) She did good with a full load in the back. Love how slammed she was! Makes me wanna go all the way! I cant though because I still want the truck to be able to do light household chores from time to time. This is about as low as I want to go and still be able to keep it practical.

 

C-notch could be in the future so I can slam it right! Need to find somebody I trust to do it locally!

 

Semi trucks are air bagged

 

Had a bad experience with bags in the past...They are a pain in the ass

 

Bags are cool if you spend a shit ton of money and do it right....Too many things to break and go wrong...When you do have a problem your truck is just a brick on the side of the road...I prefer static for daily use.

 

I just ordered my headers. After doing some research, I came to the conclusion LCE headers were worth the extra money and decided to go with them. They are available on Amazon and Ebay but you save about $50-$60 ordering directly from their website. Placed my order tonight for the LCE STREET HEADER KIT 2WD DIRECT FIT 22R/RE 1985-1995 Part Number: 1041030. I also ordered new header studs and I already have my LCE air injection block off plates. I am going to eliminate all the the EGR equipment and clean it up. I am looking forward to seeing if it makes a significant difference or not. I have a small exhaust leak now that I have been putting off fixing until I ordered these headers. I will post pics and maybe a video once its installed in a few weeks.

 

You'll like that header. Just be sure to leave the nuts loose holding it to the head then put a wedge between the header and torsion bar so when you tighten the nuts the header clears the torsion bar.

 

Finally got around to fixing my oil pressure gauge today. It hasn't worked since I bought the truck. The previous owner had done a bad SR5 cluster swap and hooked up the pressure gauge to the stock Toyota Pickup sending unit. I guess they didn't know that will fry the gauge right away. Looked like they tried messing with the wires and opened the cluster also. I changed everything. Put in a new SR5 cluster from a 22RE SR5 4Runner and the OEM sending unit and harness from the same vehicle. Got everything working now. As a bonus all my lights match now and are all green and working nicely! They were mixed matched before the old cluster was white light and the rest of my dash was green. I like the look of it all matching green and everything working now. I snapped a couple pics with the new prelude seats in and my mirror also. I had installed the HID kit I bought, but in the end didn't like the quality of it and decided to stick to my stock Sylvania sealed beams for now. I also finally changed my starter. Old one was starting to give me more problems.

 

This is a sneak peak at the next thing im working on



I bought them cheap on ebay from china for like $25. I wasn't expecting much just going to see how they look. They surprised me when I tested them tonight and were cooler than I thought. Now I have to see them installed. Not sure if Im going to install above the wheel wells or in the front/back and sides of the truck. The wires will have to be extended for it to work. It does all kinds of different colors and sequences. I like the green the best though.

 

Beautiful truck.
I tried the hid lights in mine.
ended up with Hella e codes... great light for the $

 

Nice...I wasnt aware of these...Just looked them up...Gonna have to get me a set. Thanks for the info!

 

Got my LCE header kit UPS today. It came on time and WOW it is even nicer than I thought. It came packaged and wrapped as good as can be and the quality to detail on the header is nicer than anything I have seen for a Toyota in the past. Perfect welds, finish and quality of the materials. It is a beautiful header and I cant wait to get it installed. I cant say I regret spending the extra money for it!

 

The bulbs that come with them are ok. The cutoff Is better than any dot lights. They take any H4 lamp. Plug and play.

 

Do you see what I see?

 

Test fitting one rim and then making a final decision.

 

Color me envy. Beautiful truck so far.

 

Let's see pics with the test fit

 

I need a smaller dust cap so I can put the center caps on. Any suggestions here?



REAR






Gonna need spacers if these are gonna work out

 

Looks like they'll fit real well. I wouldn't worry about rear spacers. Just cut the corners off the u bolt plates so they'll clear the wheel. Mine have been cut for a couple years without issue.

 

What do you think about the front? The dust cap sticks out too far for the center caps to fit. Is there a flat cap I can use?