LTDSC Build Thread

It looks bent, but the alignment is also terrible.

 

And here I thought you were never going to change out that stock exhaust. I take it that tail pipe hanger gave you some trouble?

 

no i hate exhausted routed to the back. I wanted it tucked up and this one finished off nicely right there so i put the tip on it.

 

I like the FJ "high tuck" style pipes. But our spare gets in the way.

I'm still waiting on my Lexus headers to get here, been righ around a full month so far.

 

so happy you did this. i thought about leaving my tip there too but with the salt/sand in the winter it would get absolutely demolished. make sure you take that tip off every time you polish it because mine gets totally welded to the pipe when i leave it for more than a couple months. otherwise, enjoy that sound when you make a pull with the converter locked on the highway, it won't get old

 

Does it get louder with time? It seems to already have gotten a little louder. It's a great tone so far. Can't wait for the hot exhaust smell to go away though.

 

gets a little louder, sounds better in the cold than summer imo. exhaust smell went away for me after a week of driving every day

 

I recently installed a dash cam that I got. Install went extremely easy as I routed it up the A pillar and under the headliner. I hard wired it in as well.

 

Painted my LED lights on the dash cam. They randomly would turn on if the camera thought it was dark. I am not sure why because it only added glare off the windshield. So this worked well.

 

Went up to South Lake Tahoe yesterday for a quick day trip to mess around in some snow. SDM handled amazing and never slipped even when i tried to get it to. Ill post some videos from the dash cam here after a bit.

 

Looks awesome how does it ride with that suspension setup

 

it rode really nice with that set up. I enjoyed it.

 

Installed some raptor grille LEDs today. I found a raptor and had my tape measure on me so I measured the width of the lights as well as the separation measurement. So I installed mine to "raptor spec". Here's my process and pics in progression.

Take the grille off.






Grabbed this from local hardware store. Was the right length and thin enough to work perfectly.



Three LED trailer marker lights from superbrightLED.com.


Measured and drilled mounting holes to line up with the OEM grille securing bolts. Also measured out and drilled the 3/4" holes spaced appropriately.






Scuffed and painted the metal to finalize the install. You can also see where I cut and dremel sanded the center bar on the upper grilled opening. Then I smoothed it down and shot it with some black paint to hide and not obstruct the LED in any way.






I daisy chained the LEDs and soldered them together and ran wire behind the under hood mat and ran down and under the fender and out by the headlight where I soldered in the wires that tap into the parking lights for the power feed. Bolted the grille on and loomed the exposed wire and secured it out of the way of the hood latch.







Night pics tonight!

 

Night pics

 

omg no airflow gonna overheat.

looks good

 

very bro, much poser.

 

huck greatly, many fox shirt

 

i even lowered my front end about 1/4" glad nobody can notice, but my angles are far better.

 

the fenders changed everything

 

now i have to replace my other CV axle. pissed

 

how do you know? i think one of mine is going bad, i have a rotational vibration under my feet that goes away if i put it in 4wd. suspect.

 

the boot is blown wide open. Is the other OEM one so its just standard maintenance, i just dont want to do it. Especially after dealing with that stupidity just recently with the other CV.

 

Time to modify this monetary switch to be an On/Off and then it's go time to disable my VSC.

 

Tonight I took the Toyota momentary traction control switch and converted it to an on/off switch.

I took the switch apart




Then I made two pieces. One straight to a 13/16" length, one Z shaped to a 1/4", 7/16", 1/8" shape.



Removed the switch stop that didn't allow the switch to fully seat.



Placed the 13/16" straight rod in first, it just sits there. Then place the Z piece long end in first by the rod. I filed the edges to not be sharp as it pressed against the plastic switch with a nail file.



Reassemble switch and tested it.


Switch worked great, can hear it engage when you press it down and it holds. Then releases once you press again. The switch is now an on/off switch.

 

I got off early today so I went ahead and tackled this.

Remove the glove box and the single screw to access the 4x box.



Find the blue with violet wire and tap into it however you wish.


This is what it looked like when I opened the driver side lower panel.





Cut the red and white wire as I have to have the wire I just tapped on the passenger side connect to this red/white wire before the plug.



Run the wire from the passenger side to the driver side and clean up the wiring and tape what you need and start buttoning the paneling back.


Backlit like OEM.






I've driven around with it off. As long as you turn it off before turning the car off you're golden.

 

i hate you. thats awesome

 

Was impressed with how easy it was honestly.

 

wish i could do it without serious splicing