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Thank you for posting! I was just figuring out a few weeks ago what it might take to rent a Hilux and do a trip around the island. I didn't get my fill the first time.

Thanks! Despite vowing to cut back a bit I still have a few things in the works for this year. Where in the Whites are you? Back when we lived near Boston the wife and I loved hanging out in and around that region of NH.

I'm sure know what you are doing, but, per their installation instructions, ICON does not recommend more than 1.13" of exposed threads for the 700lb springs (1.75" for the 650lbs). They warn against coil bind at preloads higher than that. Just FYI. I did my best to crank both up to the 1.75" of...

Your spare tire! What do I win?

Perfect, thank you! I happen to have a 3/8" brass drift in the toolbox that should work just fine. Gonna head out and adjust them tomorrow, I probably only have about 2.5" of up travel at the moment but surprisingly the ride isn't so bad. I'll crank em down as much as possible until I can get...

As I posted earlier, I was meeting up with a guy to buy his ICONs this evening and the deal went smoothly. Ironically he swapped from the ICONs to some OMEs. To each his own I suppose. Icon 1 by Tim Souza, on Flickr Anyway, I was too impatient so I decided to get them in there tonight. I was...

On a side note, does anyone know of mounts or have a good way to carry a chainsaw with them on the roof rack? We quite often go camping where there is plenty of dead fall or dead soon to be fall, it would be nice to have unlimited firewood at my disposal.

It sounds like our setups are fairly similar. What I lack in in the supercharger up front and the camper in the back I make up for with steel skids + ARB + sliders. I'm looking forward to the ability to dial in the amount of lift up front. While it looks cool to be all lifted and stuff I'm...

So I spent a little bit of time tonight putting together a crude bracket to mount the awning to my Thule bars on the topper. Just something temporary to get up and running and make sure it works up there. It is made of some 3" x 3" x 1/4" angle iron and will be fastened to the bars with 2 square...

21 days into the new year and I've already semi-broken a promise to myself. I said I wasn't going to pour all kinds of money into the truck this year, but I found a great deal on a set of extended travel non-resi ICON shocks on Craigslist and will be picking them up tomorrow evening. From the...

Yep! You can check out the link to my build in my signature. Right now I'm running sans cut bumper. I would have to agree that the gap is larger than I'd like and cutting it would result in a much cleaner look for sure.

Do it! I went for a few weeks without shock boots on mine and the mag chloride they spray the roads with here discolored the chrome shafts of my rear Icons.

Pardon my disjointed thoughts, but here we go. The stock suspension on my 2015 Tacoma SR5 was very underwhelming. It felt too soft stock and the rear didn't do well with a topper. Part of going with a lift was to get some suspension rated to carry heavier loads. I went with OME up front and a...

After you first suggested it I looked into adding limit straps and it looks like a cost neutral'ish proposition compared to getting new shocks. If I owned a welder it would be pretty easy to fab something up but given that I don't, the labor + materials would be nearly the cost of just getting...

Wow! Just checked out your brackets and those are totally awesome. I only wish that I could afford a pair at this moment. :( Maybe sometime...

I know I've alluded to it before but I went and got the KM2s siped last night. Most places I called no longer do siping but Les Schwab did it. I asked them to the center blocks only and leave the outers alone as the internet says that siped outer treads are prone to chunking. We'll see if that...

Question for you. I see that you aren't running any front mud flaps. Do you ever find that you get snow packed between the body and the mount behind the wheel or sliders? Whenever it snows I get a snow build up in those places that's annoyingly loud over any bumps. Just wondering if I'm alone in...

After spending the past year and change accumulating debt related to truck mods and not getting out as much as I'd like, I am in total agreement. This year I have resolved to cut back on the mods and spend more time getting out there and enjoying nature. I don't have the disposable income nor...

Welp, for a truck related update I took advantage of the current 20% off coupon at AutoAnything.com and picked up an 8'x8' ARB awning. Since the bed is well, little more than a bed in the current setup and given that it rained every time we went camping last year with the exception of a few...

Thanks guys! Currently sitting at the airport ready to ship off to Costa Rica for a few weeks. I do find myself at a bit of a crossroads at this point, though it may have more to do with life than just truck related. As I look at my mod wish list the cost adds up quickly. I'm starting to...