JEFFY's 5th gen

[Jeffy]

2011 SR5: "The Mistress" After wrecking my 4th gen, I picked up a silver 2011 sr5

Stock Picture:



Current:






MODS:

Suspension/ Tires:
Radflo 2.5 ET w/ resi front, 2.5 rear
Radflo rear springs
Total Chaos UCAs
34x10.5 BFG KO2
1.25" Spidertraxx
No sway bars
BM Chop

Performance:
AFE CAI
Flowmaster 50 series
Transmission cooler
Power Stop Z23 rotors/ pads
Toyota120.com sticker (15hp gain)

Exterior:
Shrockworks TE Rocker Panels
1" 4Crawler body lift
TRD Pro Satoshi grill
Black door handles

Armor:
Pelfreybilt front bumper
Stubbs Sliders HD-SKO
RCI front skid
ICON shock shin guards

Audio:
Pioneer 4200 NEX
JL Audio dash speakers (2) C2-350x
Rockford Fosgate speakers (2) T1693 and (4) T1675
JL Audio 12w6v3
(2) Alpine PDX v9

Lighting:
2014+ Projector headlight facelift (write-up)
2014+ tail light swap
Morimoto 55W HID 5500k low beams
LED high beams
30" LED bar in bumper dual amber/ white
Baja Designs Squadron Pro wide cornering in bumper
LED rock lights
DRL always on hack

Electrical:
Odyssey Extreme dual batteries
Sure Power smart isolator
DC Power 270XP high output alternator
Big 3 upgrade

Communications:
Baofeng GT-3TP
Lip mounted dual-band Browning antenna on hood

Miscellaneous:
Prinsu full-length roof rack
Smittybilt XRC 9500 winch
Slee Brake Lines
Backup camera
Rexing Dashcam
Diff breather
Engine bay work light
LED interior lights
Auto-dimming rearview mirror (from wreck)

[mikey]

Copy cat. Hahaha


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[NoOneBetter]

whaat no way. Nice!

[bulldog]

Congrats and enjoy the new build!!!

[mikey]

You want to buy my Gobi Rack?


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[Darklight]

Hope it doesn't have a sunroof

Good luck with the new build. Sounds like a good list of planned mods.


Bobby

[Jeffy]

Originally Posted by mikey

You want to buy my Gobi Rack?

Interested, but not anytime soon. I just dropped way too much $$ on the new car.

Originally Posted by Darklight

Hope it doesn't have a sunroof

Good luck with the new build. Sounds like a good list of planned mods.
Bobby

Nope, no sunroof
I'm really happy my suspension is just a straight swap (and even happier the insurance is letting me keep it). It'll be in by the end of next week! It's painful to drive a stock vehicle now

[mikey]

Let me know. I am debating on getting a Prinsu rack.


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[Jeffy]

Originally Posted by mikey

Let me know. I am debating on getting a Prinsu rack.


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It'll be a few months away at the earliest, so don't hold your breath waiting for me. Thanks for the offer though.

[Jeffy]

Wait for it....

[Jeffy]

Well I got my suspension put in, and got rid of the wreck. We ran out of time for an alignment, but from eyeballing it it looks fine, definitely good enough for the weekend. That's fine with me because I think the coilovers need to be adjusted to bring the front up just a little bit. It's hard to tell because the picture isn't quite level ground, but there's still a tiny bit of nose-down rake. I'll have to check before getting an alignment on Monday.

[mikey]

Originally Posted by Jeffy

Well I got my suspension put in, and got rid of the wreck. We ran out of time for an alignment, but from eyeballing it it looks fine, definitely good enough for the weekend. That's fine with me because I think the coilovers need to be adjusted to bring the front up just a little bit. It's hard to tell because the picture isn't quite level ground, but there's still a tiny bit of nose-down rake. I'll have to check before getting an alignment on Monday.

I remember when mine looked like that. Oh the memories.

Looking good so far. What size tire is going underneath?


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[Darklight]

I like it, so now you have to provide us with a good 4th gen 5th gen comparison

[Jeffy]

Originally Posted by mikey

Looking good so far. What size tire is going underneath?

I'll stick with stock (265/65/17) for now, probably upgrade to 34s before the Shaver Lake trip. I need to figure out how bad that will rub though. I might put in a BL before then so we'll see.

Originally Posted by Darklight

I like it, so now you have to provide us with a good 4th gen 5th gen comparison

I've only had it for a week, but I'm loving it so far. I miss the v8 with headers, but I'm now getting over 20mpg so that's a really nice trade. For daily driving I really don't need a v8, and this 4.0 v6 still has a pretty decent amount of power. I'm not crazy about losing the Torsen diff, I liked the full-time 4wd (not that it really helped me when I was hydroplaning). It also kinda sucks that now I can't have 4wd with an open diff for sand or snow. That's a very minor thing though. However I do like the manual transfer case, even though the shifter knob takes up a spot that could be used for a cupholder .

The 5th definitely feels a lot bigger inside, I don't feel squished anymore. As expected, the ride doesn't really feel too different to me. I've always hated the body styling on the 5th gens, but I've recently started liking it more. Especially now that I have one, it's really growing on me quick. I still think the 4th gen looks better though. Still, a nicely built 5th gen looks much better than a stock 4th any day!

I can't wait to take this thing out and test it off-road.

[NoOneBetter]

sweeet. I still haven't gotten a lift for mine yet. Hopefully before this years shaver lake trip.

[Jeffy]

Originally Posted by NoOneBetter

sweeet. I still haven't gotten a lift for mine yet. Hopefully before this years shaver lake trip.

Haha you definitely should, unless you want to be scraping all over the place again

[Jeffy]

I replaced my dash speakers with some Jl Audio C2-350x (I had Rockford Fosgate P132). It's a massive difference. If you're interested in speaker replacement, read this:
I've had a lot of trouble getting the Fosgates to sound just right. No matter what I did they always seemed too bright and harsh. I have determined this is because of two main things. 1) The Fosgates use an aluminum tweeter and 2) They're only rated to 40 watts peak, and most head units put out up to 50 watts per channel. There was a lot of clipping and distortion that made a bad situation worse.
The JL's on the other hand have a silk dome tweeter and are rated up to 75 watts peak, well able to handle the 50 watts my head unit is pushing. The difference is very noticeable, and the new speakers sound amazing. The silk dome keeps them from being harsh while still allowing perfect clarity up to the 22khz they advertise. For the same price, the JLs are far superior to the Fosgates for that location

[4x4KindaGuy]

looks great

[Darklight]

Are you using the stock head unit ?

[Jeffy]

Originally Posted by Darklight

Are you using the stock head unit ?

Nope, that was the first thing to go. I'm using some Chinese knockoff, but it's really cool because it's actually a full Android tablet built into a double DIN head unit. It even came pre-loaded with the Torque app, I just need to get a bluetooth OBDII transmitter to pair with it.