Yea us Canadians always get shafted as all of the good stuff always comes from the states! Shipping and duties are a killer.
Some more pics - spent some time clearancing the fenders which was considerably easier than my 3rd gen was. These are only ~33" so no major surgery required, basically just realigning dust covers and whatnot.
I spent a long time going back and forth on whether I should put wheel spacers in. I actually bought spidertrax for all 4 corners but ultimately decided to just run right on the hub. The new rims are -6 offset so they already stick out more than stock. I really do like the look of the super wide stance but I figure the spacers add 24 additional points of failure. Better safe than sorry. I don't know though, maybe I'll add them in the future.
Some more additions - added a full length Prinsu rack and 30" LED lightbar. I will probably add a few more LEDs to the rack as well for the sides and rear. Still have to figure out where to run the wiring.
Also put in some window visors so I can crack the windows in the rain.
Suspension going in. I had read a bunch of horror stories about dealing with the KDSS system but it turned out to be pretty straight forward. The hardest part was getting the front coils seated without a spring compressor. Also the OME kit recommends a small strut perch spacer only on the driver side to deal with the Toyota lean, which I installed, but now my driver side sits about a half inch higher. I feel like that spacer would have been better on the passenger side, or just not used at all. Ah well, not a big deal.
Yea us Canadians always get shafted as all of the good stuff always comes from the states! Shipping and duties are a killer.
Some more pics - spent some time clearancing the fenders which was considerably easier than my 3rd gen was. These are only ~33" so no major surgery required, basically just realigning dust covers and whatnot.
I spent a long time going back and forth on whether I should put wheel spacers in. I actually bought spidertrax for all 4 corners but ultimately decided to just run right on the hub. The new rims are -6 offset so they already stick out more than stock. I really do like the look of the super wide stance but I figure the spacers add 24 additional points of failure. Better safe than sorry. I don't know though, maybe I'll add them in the future.
Thanks guys.
Some more additions - added a full length Prinsu rack and 30" LED lightbar. I will probably add a few more LEDs to the rack as well for the sides and rear. Still have to figure out where to run the wiring.
Also put in some window visors so I can crack the windows in the rain.
Suspension going in. I had read a bunch of horror stories about dealing with the KDSS system but it turned out to be pretty straight forward. The hardest part was getting the front coils seated without a spring compressor. Also the OME kit recommends a small strut perch spacer only on the driver side to deal with the Toyota lean, which I installed, but now my driver side sits about a half inch higher. I feel like that spacer would have been better on the passenger side, or just not used at all. Ah well, not a big deal.
Some more goodies awaiting installation..
Wheels are 285/70/17 KM2s on MB TKO rims.
Suspension is OME 885/90010 front, OME 889/60080 rear
Doing this chronologically - first up on the mod list, custom aluminum shift knobs. Yea I'm a poser, so what, it's cool!