Should've saved the $300 and dealt w damage til you had enough for one

I'm having a hard enough time saving up for that lift!
Lot of stuff getting in the way...

Quick update, getting my RX7 closer to running (bout damn time I got off my lazy bum and worked on her) and still waiting/saving on parts for the MPAV.

Got an Email back from Shrockworks earlier this week:

Paul, we do a run of about 10 of these every month. I hate to say your bumper missed this run by 1 order. Otherwise, it would have made the lead time I quoted you. I’ll see if we can’t do another run of just a few of them in a week or 2 to get your order built also.

As far as the total goes, don’t be nervous. You were charged correctly. Those failed transactions are deleted on my end.



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Mark Wottlin

ShrockWorks 4x4 Products

Bumpers, Rock Sliders, Rocker Protection, Skid Plates, ShrockWorks

877-4-SHROCK (877-474-7625)

(in regards to the transactions their website was not liking my card...)

I say we all boycott Shrockworks and their crappy customer care and products!
Just to be clearn I am JOKING, I am actually very impressed with their customer service and Mark has been nothing but patient with my emails pestering him about my questions and purchase order.

A little bummed that the bumper will be delayed some, I was looking forward to getting it at the end of June, but oh well, gives me a little more time to scrounge up money for the 2.5" Radflo Lift Kit from OverLand Warehouse.

Anyways just figured I'd drop a little update, not sure if anyone here really cares...

I feel your pain about the wait. I'm waiting on my Gobi rack, they said 3-4 week lead time and tomorrow marks the end of week 4 so it's not late, but the wait is killing me! And I know you've been waiting much longer!

And here's a little somethin' something for those of you watching this thread.

Check it out! Adds 15HP!!!



Cost me about $20-ish from the Dealership, you can probably get it cheaper online if you want. Its just the emblem on the back of the 2000-2005 Tundra's with the 4.7L.


If you're interested the part number is:

PN 75443-34010

I look forward to the gun turret.
May I also suggest broadswords? California has GREAT knife laws.

So here's a quick update on the progress of mods... There is none...

Still waiting to hear from ShrockWorks about my front bumper, they've been very nice putting up with my constant pestering, hopefully their getting started on their next batch soon! *crosses fingers* That said, since I don't know when the front bumper is coming in I am still setting aside money for the lift.

BUT! The truck is getting close to an oil change so I threw in some Seafoam in the oil and am running it till my tank is empty (about 80~90 miles) before changing the oil, so far it hasn't blown up so I would venture to guess it hasn't hurt anything. I also ordered eight of those NGK sparkplugs I was asking about, ended up being about $60 shipped to my door from RockAuto... hopefully they don't mess my order up like this did the parts for my RX7 a year ago...

My Fall semester welding course starts tonight! Which means roughly another week or two until we get to melting metal. BUT! that means I need to draw up designs for my roof rack and possibly some sliders!

So hopefully in the next month or so there will be some decent mods going on.

Nice, cant wait to see your future fab work!

Quick update...

Just found out our welding department is still under construction, so it won't be usable for another 2~3 weeks... add insult to injury, just noticed that my passenger side inboard CV boot has a tear in it near the clamp spraying goo everywhere. The driver's side's looking to go soon as well, gonna see if I can get that covered under warranty at work tomorrow.

in the meantime, squirt some more grease in there and wrap duct tape around the cv

I will have to keep that in mind for next time Beretta!

Well got a bit slow today so brought the 4Runner in for warranty, all we had were the dual inner and outer boot kits (Oh bummer! :P) so went ahead and used those and was like, "Well... already changing the inner boots, lets do the outers since its all free anyways!" Took about an hour or so and now I shouldn't worry about those CVs for a long while.

Just did the truck's first oil change since purchasing it. Ran some Seafoam for about 100miles before I changed the oil. Gotta say it came out pretty dark, I know it was changed less than 4k and this oil was blackish so I wonder if the Seafoam did its thing? Flushed that stuff out with an extra quart of oil and filled her up with Penzoil High Mileage 5W-30 I had at work.

Also dropped in the new NGKs and I have to say hard to tell but it does seem to run smoother, maybe my gas mileage will improve some.. a guy can hope no?

Side Note- WHY!? Why did you have to put the ABS/Brake Fluid Resiviour tubing in the way of B1 rear plug hole? Was a PITA to get a long extension in there... granted it wasn't as difficult as replacing the plugs on a '99 Pontiac GTP without removing the engine.

Anyways, little update and I feel all warm and fuzzy because of it. LoL

Another update on the build, its actually getting closer gettin' started!

Just got an email from Mark at Shrockworks that they are making another batch, cutting them as we speak and will be shipped in two weeks! WOOO! Also for my patience he's gonna throw in a snatch strap which is cool of him.

Which also means that the OLW Lift will be the next purchase in the next month.

Unfortunetly the welding lab at the college is STILL under construction.. they're saying the 12th, I think they mean the 12th of NEXT September... getting on my nerves as I wanna start on the roofrack!

Nice to hear they're building your SW, can't wait to see it. I want a bumper so bad it's killing me (as well as the OW lift) but it's not in the cards til I'm done with grad school and living in one place...

Any word on your bumper?