Went upstate for the weekend. I needed to bring my spare, so I quickly fabbed up a tire carrier for the trunk to hold up. It worked, I need to make a few minor tweaks and add something, but I'm pretty impressed with it.





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Dig the spare carrier. Where upstate did you wheel?

Up by Lake George/Luzerne area. Some cool stuff up that way!

Well, I am moving back out to Tucson, at last! I will be towing the Runner out there on a trailer behind my Suburban. Hoping to be out there by the end of this month/sometime next month. Nothing new with the rig, been letting it sit, so decided to take it out in the snow today.

In preparation for my move back to AZ, I had an idea to build a camping platform. I folded down the 2nd row seats and got to work. I came up with this in just a few hours. Its very solid. I am not done yet though. I still have more wood laying around, I may build a divider down the middle underneath the platform. I moved the amp and screwed it into the area where the seats are folded down. I need to buy some hardware to secure the unit to the hooks in the trunk so when I am out in the desert it doesn't move around.

How miserable was the POR15 to apply, huh? Next time I touch the stuff, I'll be wearing one of those full-body disposable coveralls!

So I am now back and settled in Tucson! I drove my Suburban out while I had the T4R shipped. Took a drive down Mt. Lemmon on the control road into Oracle.

What wheels and tire size?? I'm a member of AZ 4runners too, so I'll probably see you around! We're both rocking the rpm Fab bumpers

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Man, those tires look really bad ass. I'll look into those when I get my eventual v8!

Cool pictures! Seeing these really makes me want to move to the Tuscon area.

They are Cooper STT Pro 295's on 17" wheels either pro comp or Cragar. Brought them used so I do not know exact brand. Awesome you're on there- where in AZ are you?

North Phoenix around I-17 and and Thunderbird.

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Sweet, if you ever want to come down to Tucson, let me know! Once I start working, I will be planning some trips up north.

Did some more offroading the past few days, and came across a few things that need attention. I've been getting this clanking sound from somewhere in the front suspension, which leads me to believe something is loose due to a bad bushing. Unfortunately, living in a condo, I cannot do any major vehicle work, so I have to find a friends place to jack the truck up and look at it.
My alignment got thrown WAY off to the point where the steering wheel is almost upside down. Happened after being on a trail Saturday night, which leads me to believe that maybe the sound in the front is something with the steering, as I hit a medium size rock with my tire, and heard a loud bang. CV's looked alright.
Tires rubbed like a b!tch, I might consider going down to 285's once these are worn down.

Given I have a daily driver, once the AZ weather cools down I plan on re-painting the frame, POSSIBLY putting a full 3" suspension in and changing the front bumper to something different, as the company is no longer in business and screwed their customers in the end.






Exhaust pipe seperated from the muffler for no apparent reason. Damn northest rust gave me one last fuk you I guess. Going to be putting a flowmaster 40' series on it and remove the resonator.

Any chance your bumper has the brackets that accommodate a bodylift? I was gonna swap mine out with RPM Fab so I could get a bodylift but now they no longer exist. If not I'm thinking about having custom brackets made and adding custom tubing to make it a custom 3 hoop design.

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