So Don at Northwest Toys LLC was finishing up the dual case install for me. Got a message saying there was an issue with the T-G Crossmember. Not sure how I missed it but the crossmember isn't compatible with automatics



So Budbuilt is being contacted to do a custom crossmember...sucks but the truck has been down for 2 years so another couple of months will be worth it.

I would have liked a set of maxtrax due to their reputation but at $300 a pair I decided to see if I could find a set that didn't stack a foot high and wouldn't .
I found a set of bunker industries ramps that 4 of them stack right around 4" high


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got bored on my lunch..

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triple sticks.. I was worried these would end up a lot further back and I would lose my center console..nope..

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Well she is getting closer. Don sent pics of the old Trekker sliders mounted on the 4runner.
nice thing about having sliders is some of the non door opening individuals in the parking structure will think twice now about not giving a crap if their door hits the 4runner..


they are beat after protecting the Trekker for 10 years of running PNW trails

Finding 90-95 4runner parts locally has been challenging lately. Hit the Local pick in pull today and found the rear interior piece to replace the part I cut out when I had the rear storage cabinet in the cargo area.. it came out because we are getting another husky this spring and need the room


And looKing at the big dead space where the speaker used to be I may see if I can mount a small lock box there for some misc secure storage.



I also picked up another set of seats ..no clue what they are out of, they were laying on the back of a Mazda truck. A friend thinks they are out of a 1st gen Rav4. They cleaned up pretty good. Got these because I have a feeling the Forester seats I got a awhile ago might be too tall as far as the seat bottom.
I may gut those seats to get the heated seat inserts out ..We'll see.

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Decided to go ahead and pulled the heated inserts out of the Forester seats.
And had some fun with the airbags..too bad I couldn't post the video.
And got a smoking deal on some used rotopax mounts and a locking underseat storage box meant for a jeep. Not sure where I will mount it but will be good for some small stuff

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The one off BudBuilt crossmember is mounted. Looks like I will have the 4Runner back in the driveway Friday and I can button up a few things and get this thing on the road.

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Truck is back in the driveway but with issues - no reverse and some wiring stuff
The 4Runner got some more tube work on the front while it was down south




driveshaft trivia - stock length driveshaft on the left, new shortened driveshaft on the right. The new front and rear driveshafts are with in 3/4" in length. Might have a spare long slip driveshaft made just in case. Wrecked a couple of them with the Trekker


Unloading the 4Runner from the tow dolly with no reverse was a pain the butt. My daughter and her fiance came over with his duramax to act as an anchor point while i pulled forward with the Dodge to the 4Runner unloaded.
Total brain fart and should have chocked the rear wheels to keep it from rolling backwards. Anyway the truck rolled backwards into Brandon's duramax, the rear tire hit his bumper pretty hard. Fortunately no damage to his truck but the 4Runner tire carrier munch the tailgate pretty good. Luckily the rear window was up and wasn't shattered. Yanked hard on the spare and was able to pull a lot of it out. Rolled the rear window down and it sounded like a popcorn machine.
Did the usual trick the tailgate into thinking the window was up and carefully pounded out some of the damage. It is still munched but the rear window sounds much happier

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With the 4runner back in the driveway and the weather being halfway decent over the weekend I knocked out some miscellaneous junk to get them out of the way and to clear some space in the garage.
First up was to swap out the cut up left rear interior panel:



Next up was to extend the diamond plate I had mounted to the trekker sliders years ago. I figured with the grandminion and our pup Kenai hoping into the back seat it would probably be a good idea to extend the step concept. Freehand cutting the aluminum with the grinder a little bit at a time



And because I can't ever leave crap alone I came up with version 3.0 or so of my 8020 roof rack. This time it's 42" wide and 7 feet long. Also lowered the sides a litte bit. I would love to cut the side pieces to match the contour of the roof but that would be a major pain. Using the tailgate for a workbench came in handy. Only have about 3 hours into this one.




And this manual came in Saturday afternoon, should help me to trouble shoot the no reverse issue and figure out where some hanging wires go.
Really wish I had taken better pics when I was gutting this thing

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Knocked out an air deflector made out of diamond plate for the wider roof rack

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Roof rack looks good, i would like have that kind of low profile my self one day.

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Cut some holes in the fender today.
Winging a snorkel install with out a pattern sorta sucks
Another BS project that didn’t take much time and to try to get me motivated again to get it back in the garage and figure out reverse and stuff
I’ll get it hooked up under the hood later on.

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I have followed your thread a while. Just joined. I would like to try your paint job. and the snorkel looks killer as far as the most recent work. My truck is not as nice looking as yours. Perhaps in the future.

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Thank you! But I bet your moves under it's own power..hopefully I can figure out what is going on with my transmission soon.
Good luck with your build

Had some time to mount some Diode Dynamic DOT/SAE compliant SS3 driving and SSR2 combo beam lights.
Didn’t have time to wire them up

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Went down and picked up the custom BudBuilt skid plate from Don yesterday
Should protect both the duals and the A340h
And fubarred my knee again so not doing a lot of stuff for a little while

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