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Old 06-30-2019, 06:48 PM #1
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My 2000 2WD 4Runner has made a dream of mine come true!

Some of you guys might have seen my post on Reddit already, but I also wanted to share directly to my favorite community! Haven't posted in quite a long time. Been busy, but the car has been reliable and has just kept pushin on since the last time I had to have the rear axels seals replaced.


Anyway, with the help of the 4Runner community + a few film friends, I was able to finally live one of my dreams and create my own 'show'! It's definitely not on par with the production quality of Top Gear or a few Youtubers out there, but it's something I am proud to have created and get out there!


A little backstory on how I ended up with this 4Runner -
I bought this 2000 4Runner from my mom after my 2013 328i was killed by Hurricane Harvey in Houston. The BMW was the first car I ever bought by myself and I was sad to see it go. I needed transportation and fast, so I bought this car and instantly fell in love with it. It was reliable, had a bunch of character and most importantly, it had high clearance for those future Houston floods.

Not too long after that, I found t4r and began modding away - very minor things - soundproofing, upgraded speakers, antenna mod, things like that. All learned from this site.
It wasn't long before I thought of this video idea and started jotting that down. So here's my own version of all those shows I loved, put together and starring our favorite car - the Toyota 4Runner. It's definitely a passion project, so thank you community for helping me put something together!

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Thank you and I hope you enjoy it!
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Old 07-01-2019, 08:24 PM #2
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Nice production job.

Looks like you're off to good start. I enjoyed it so keep up the good work.

Right now, I'm just tring to get started on the forum with my 15 posts.
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Looks.pretty good to me. Thanks!
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Awesome man! Keep at it! Practice makes perfect
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Very good video over all... Think about getting a wind sock for your mic... Nicely done.
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Hey everyone, thanks so much for the feedback on the video!

Will definitely invest in a mic for my next video.

Want to present to you guys another one I made!

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This one is a lot more Top Gear influenced, with not too much 4x4 involved. It is silly and I tried to bump up my production quality a little - really hard as a one man job!

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this one as much as the first one.

Thanks and Happy Trails!
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Nice work!

And if you are looking for a little feedback, I'd also work on stabilizing some of the video. Whether that's by using some sort of internal stabilization, gimbal or in post.
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Awesome. Would love to do something like this myself one day.
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Thanks guys!

Definitely will invest in further video equipment. I bought a drone, but it was stolen literally from my doorstep when I was supposed to get it. ugh

Anyway, Thanks for the feedback and still looking at making these.

Where's my Southern California people at?!
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