What have you done to your 1st gen Tundra today?

my hatred for too many flanges means we put the flanges at the headers (obviously) and then flanges at the muffler side. so the x section includes the cats.. in our environment (granted its 304 stainless) less flanges is ideal

 

Hey, it could be worse. Mine is currently welded together with spare pipe. Also was mig welded with standard wire and no shielding gas so it looks terrible lol. One of these days when I have money to spend I might actually get some co2 and weld in true duals.

 

Nice. I tried to use a less flangis’ as possible, but wanted removable cats, so my x pipe and muffs are all one unit, it’s manageable…….

 

honestly if i lived anywhere other than the rust belt.. i would of tossed this shit together.. but im a buy once cry once guy. LOL

 

Haha. It could definitely be worse. I just cut everything behind the muffler and turned it down. But, cross pipes, stainless, gate valves, oh my!

 

No kidding. But you can skip the floss if you do it when new.

 

I'll find a way to chuck it in w/spacers.

 

Finally got around to getting the resis mounted in the front. Need to bleed the brakes and do an alignment.


Moved onto the rear to get started on the archive garage shock relocation and hammer hangers. Got the bed off and did a decent pressure wash of the frame and bed.



Removed the old hangers, opened up the rivet holes and threw a coat of black paint on the frame. Installed the extended ss brake line, removed the old leaf pack and bump stops and installed the new ones.

I still need to tighten everything up but in looking at the shackles i realized I should probably replace the bushings. So far there is already a significant increase in travel and I am excited to get it finished and put it all to use. If anyone has some recommendations for shackle bushings that would be appreciated.

 

So have you been sitting on those leafs? They haven’t been in stock for MONTHS!

 

I've been home a total of 4 weeks and a couple of weekends since the middle of February and i finally have a few weeks at home to actually get some stuff done.

 

I ordered them back in December and got them end of February i believe.

 

Next batch is supposed to be available mid august

 

When I talked to Eric at the end of last year he only had a few pairs left which is why I ordered when i did.

 

Hell to the yes! Be sure to trim those u bolts all the way down to the nut when you are ready. Are those med or heavy Leafs?

 

Eric has some 4" stock length shackles ready in about 2 weeks. I think I'm going to order them...

 

Absolutely. Once I figure out what I'm doing about the shackles/shackle bushings I'll get eveything tightened up and get them trimmed. I still need to cut off the old shock mounts on the axle housing and the upper drivers side mount for the new radflos.

 

I've had every intention of calling him this week to ask about them because i didn't see them on the website without them being an add on to the hammer hangers. I did ask him about it when i ordered everything else and he didn't think I needed them because I'm only running a 10" shock not a 12", which I'm now starting to regret.

 

On a DC, flush to the nut is needed. We have diff stops and I have since shimmed mine - but I did have stud contact to the frame. So, flush baby.

 

I think 11" is the sweet spot. I think we are just on different sides of it.

 

I'll definitely keep that in mind when i trim them.

 

I just sent him an email, he can send a paypal bill if I recall.

 

Wait do I need 12’s? I better not have 10’s. I’ll be so pissed off.

 

Ok cool. I'll reach out to him next week.

 

Not digging the TC shacks?

 

I made 12's work by turning down the lower shock mounts. I am at the very threshold of travel on up travel with the 12" bodies. My needed to be better trimmed studs hitting the frame helped protect my shocks. I completely maxed them. 10s and 11s would have more room for error.

 

Love them. I just might need that 7/8" lift back.

 

@Archive i didn’t know you were active on here

 

Can't tell if this is sarcastic or not? Lol

 

These?
https://www.chaosfab.com/product/2000-2006-Toyota-Tundra-Lowering-Shackles-49702

 

Yes - that's what some of us have used when we realized a lifted truck should still have rake. It's the - My springs went too far solution. And it's awesome. I theorize it also softens the rebound and over time increases sag, but I digress. Those are on mine right now.