UPDATE - March 21, 2015
Despite the lack of photos I'v actually been putting in a lot of time on the truck lately.
I picked up the rear diff from the Gear Shop on Friday. Front was almost done too but I knew I wouldnt get around to installing it this weekend anyway, so I said "take your time" and left it with them for a few more days. Rear diff is installed. Still need to button up the axle shafts and e-brake but I'll do that when the o-rings I need get it. After that, my good friend and I started on the headers. We are into the job now for about 6-7 hours of wrench turning with the rest of the time being messing around with the jack/blocks and getting the old rear portion of the exhaust out while helping my brother with a few things on his 4Runner.
As it sits now, the old headers and entire exhaust is out and it's ready to have the gaskets put on and the headers bolted up. We removed both motor mounts entirely and the engine is being supported by the floor jack. Doing this gives you a ton more room.
Old vs. New:
IMG_4488.jpg by
RickaShay24, on Flickr
Oh, and last week I got these new Morimoto LED turn signal bulbs. They are CRAZY bright and look awesome! I'lll get some pics when the truck is out of the garage. They are amber when illuminated.
IMG_4486.jpg by
RickaShay24, on Flickr
I was originally going to just throw the headers in, but at the last minute I decided I wanted to heat wrap them first. This job is not something I EVER plan on doing again so I might as well not take any shortcuts. The heat wrap can't do any harm and with heat being a common enemy of any lifted/big tired/heavy offroad rig I thought it was worth the effort.
Also threw this together last week. I only had limited footage to work with but still a good start to working with video. Can't wait for the summer when I will have more footage than I can use to pick from.
[video=vimeo;122817519]https://vimeo.com/122817519[/video]
