Recent content by shark31

+1,000 If there was a 2.5" with reservoir option available for the rear of 1st gens I would jump on it. Plannerman said: If you’re rig is really heavy, you’ll probably be better off with 2.5s all the way around. That's true. The one thing I wish I'd done on my suspension is to just buck up...

I have ICON stage 4 (front and rear resi and UCA). Couldn't be happier, the suspension makes on road driving MUCH improved, and the off road driving is night and day.

Also guilty of excessive cornering speed! The Icon stuff improved handling too much to not take advantage.

Every 6k. It don’t get really noticeable until around 22-25k. According to Cooper: We recommend you rotate tires on front wheel drive vehicles and/or all season tires on any vehicle every 5,000 to 8,000 miles to equalize the rate of wear.

I'll share the results of the tire shave in a couple of weeks. Hoping that it works! I'm interested to see how the new 'quieter' KM3 compares to the ST/Maxx since BFG will be offering the new tire in 255/85R16. Too bad no one makes an all terrain.

Performance off-road is fantastic! The wear is super choppy and loud. I’m going to take it to a third shop that will shave and balance ‘on the truck’.

I've had the balance and alignment checked by two separate shops. The wear is incredibly uneven, each lug has a high and low spot. I'm willing to give them another try if the set I have is a dud, but if the uneven wear is typical then I'd rather go with a different tire.

no alignment issues, about 30k miles.

I have a 2003 Tacoma and I'm currently running 255/85R16 ST/Maxx. The tires were very quiet when new, but have worn incredibly uneven despite regular rotations and are now incredibly loud. All other 255 options seem like they would be even louder. I'd really like to stay with this size, but...

The Habitat did fine work as a mobile search and rescue vehicle in Houston after Harvey. It allowed me to stay in badly flooded areas without worry of high ground.

Since photo bucket crashed, I figured I'd post up some recent pics from my latest adventures in southern Appalachia as well as some pictures from my trip out to Houston to help with hurricane Harvey rescue operations. I've got to say that the setup was almost perfect for rescue operations. At...

So I'm beginning to think I need to reinforce the frame. Anyone know of someone who sells a .250" plate for a double cab?

Haven't seen much 1st gen stuff, so I figure I'd post my work in progress:

Just got the armor/winch installed, details in a day or so:

So I put a set of pro comp add a leafs to the OME packs when I swapped left and right, and I gained around 2" over factory stock, right where I want it to be. It's still not 100% level left to right, but the lean is unnoticeable compared to before. Next tuesday, winch, bumpers, and skids!!