RainMan's 2021 Lunar Rock TRD Pro Build

And I kept telling you I'm going to hit you up before I buy shit and we see how that goes....

 

I can start texting every day.... if you think I message you daily just ask Casey what it's like being on the receiving end of my random thought texts

But seriously, I'll message more and continue sending business your way when I can find other souls with money to burn.

 

No, you gave the green light. No turning back now!

 

Ah yes, implied consent. My favorite kind.

 

I gave up on you after you couldn’t source a decent flux capacitor.

 

Except when you’re too busy playing flutes in Ireland or drooling on concept builds at SEMA

 

Ireland??..

he told me he was in Italy fixing the leaning Tower of Pisa and admiring the statue of David..

 

I thought he was in France installing HotTails on the Eiffel Tower

 

from the video my daughter just sent me from last night, I would believe this to be true...

no comment about David...

 

I've been staring at bumpers and my truck and wanting to find a solution... you made a good choice, can't wait to see it!

 

So what are you going to do with the SSO bumper?

 

She just arrived in Paris and sent videos of the Eiffel Tower all lit up in amber lights with white strobes

 

If you haven't gotten a bleeder, I saw this in a Samcrack video & got it for under 90 delivered. It is decent quality & had a fitting good for my Sequoia, BMW Z3M & '24 Bronco (not used on any yet, but I verified the fittings fit)

https://www.vevor.com/electric-brak...portable-tool-connector-garage-p_010571317456

Might be less now with BF deals.

 

Great success with



paired with

 

Saved both of these for future plans... thank you both!

 

i thought it was more bong-esque.

 

anyone have any experience with this particular setup?
https://speedibleed.com/search-products/?make=Toyota&model=Pickup Tundra&years=2007-2021&option=All

 

Yes, it works well! Super easy to use and be in a one man jam band

I can also send you my kit if you’re interested.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/wha...t-gen-tundra-today.2558/page-870#post-2127467

 

same same, just way less friendly adapter cap....

 

can I ask what you like better about the SMotivePro cap on Amazon versus the SpeediBleed cap? I have the SpeediBleed cap and only thing I didn't like was I tried to pump fluid into the reservoir through the cap and it didn't seal but if I just use it to pump air in to push the fluid it worked just fine.

 

Busy and sore couple of days.
Saturday I turned 88888 miles (didn't get a picture though) and I got some stuff done up front - from this:


To this




Full details:

• Bilstein 8112 DSA+ Front Coilovers with custom powdercoat springs (care of our good friend @memario1214 at Hotshot Offroad)
• Icon billet Delta Joint upper control arms (again from Hotshot Offroad)
• One Coachbuilder 1/2" shim each side (also from Hotshot Offroad)
• (sadly, not from Hotshot Offroad)

I actually started on Friday, until I got to the long UCA bolt and discovered I didn't have wrenches or sockets the right size (and the Icon instructions were wrong - you need 22mm for that long bolt).

I found that doing the coil-over first and getting it all bolted back up (but not torqued) and then doing the UCA was the easiest overall route and while the front side took me almost 4 hours, the passenger side was about 1/3 that. And I was working 100% alone.

My alignment is absolutely trash right now (I can visibly see the negative camber!), so I'm reserving final height numbers until after I get it aligned tomorrow morning.
More pics after buttoning up, including the obligatory Toyomafia stamps:




Alignment numbers are located in this post.
Stance and final height numbers are located in this post.

 

Then yesterday was the back end.
No before picture, but this was the "after" picture at the end of the day (before putting everything back together)


Full Details

• Icon RXT multi-rate leaf pack, set to "Option 1" (from @memario1214 at Hotshot Offroad)
• Bilstein 8100 rear shocks (guess where I got them!)
• (these came from @Squatting Pigeon off the Blueberry Cobbler)

I was, again, working alone. The driver's side (done first) was about 2-1/2 hours, and the passenger side was about half that. In this picture, there is also the Roadmaster Active Suspension (RAS) and Coachbuilder +2 shackles.

Unfortunately, when I put it back down on the ground, I was sitting WAY TOO HIGH in the back. Like close to 5" rake. Also, the Icon RXT leaf pack and the RAS don't interface well. Here you can see what I had going on:


The Icon leaf pack's second spring wraps up the back side of the rear eye, and that interferes with the RAS "hook" trying to sit on that eye. Instead, it hooks the back of the second spring AND sits up proud of the eye a little (actually rubbing a little against the underside of the cross-bar on the Coachbuilder shackle).

Today, I pulled it back apart to play with some other options. I tried the factory shackle and prying that second leaf down to try to hook the RAS on the eye and ended up with this, which I think is even worse.




So, I ultimately decided to pull out the RAS altogether and keep the Coachbuilder +2 shackles in place.

(that's about 75 miles of wet PNW road grime on everything in less than 24 hours)

Preliminary numbers looks like I'm sitting at about 1-3/4" rake, but I'm going to reserve that info until I get the alignment done tomorrow.

Alignment numbers are located in this post.
Stance and final height numbers are located in this post.

 

Also put on some ABS sensor guards that I had ordered off of eBay. After purchase, the seller reached out and had a few different options and colors to pick from.





Of course, three of them went on super easy, and the fourth (front passenger side) the old socket cap screw head rounded out on me. So I need to work on getting that extracted without screwing up the sensor...