Thanks Jim, great tip. I had already ordered a stop/start delete before I found your post. I bought a blue led nightlight for like $3 from WallyWorld, and it did the trick. It looks pretty cool too and I am sending the other item back, the refund will buy me a full tank of gas. :beer:
Just joining the party but just picked up my truck last week. Wow I really like this truck, light years ahead of the Rangers I drove years ago. Got a great deal plus dealer gave me a really fair trade-in on my trusty 2nd gen Tacoma. I had considered a new Tacoma as well, but I think Toyota...
I thought I would buy a new black one for my grey truck but decide to move over the low profile silver Husky box from my Tacoma. I have owned several brands of boxes over the year and am happy with build quality on the Husky. The black boxes look great new but the black quickly fades in Fla...
I do expect the ride to be stiffer, not necessarily a bad thing with the reduced suspension travel. You make a good point though with the spring limiting rebound enough to be a problem. Back to the crayons and drawing board.
Respectively disagree on both points. The preloaded leaf spring will stiffen the ride which the auxiliary spring (pulling in other direction) would help negate. Shock damping would be unchanged. As far as the turnbuckle hitting anything, would not happen due to constant preload from the...
Hi, new guy following this thread with interest. It seems there are more than a few owners (myself included) just looking to drop the sky-high rear a few inches. Just spitballing here:
What about hooking up a heavy spring/threaded turnbuckle on each side and then adjusting the rear down to the...