Recent content by BobWheelerJr

Slim chance, but possible... If you have (or had) a nail or other similar object in your tire, or hit something hard enough to create a problem, and it caused a tear in a steel belt in the tire, that can happen. What happens is that when you're tooling around town your tires are not really hot...

I had a set of janky OMAC crossbars and bought a roof basket that fit on them. Well, I finally bought an LFD Offroad set of crossbars and the basket doesn't really work well with the square-ish shape of the LFD system. What basket/attachment system are y'all using with the LFD Offroad full set...

I've actually never modified a vehicle other than a 1997 extended bed crew cab 7.3 liter diesel F350, and that was just for ranch work. All the other cars and SUVs I've bought (since I bought my first at 16, in 1983) just stayed the way they came. Until this... ;-)

:jaw: Hahahaha... WTH Toyota?

I changed out two locking universal OMAC crossbars for a full set of LFD Offroad crossbars and don't want to just throw these away. I'm also too lazy to sell them on eBay or really anywhere else and I think I only paid a little over a hundred bucks for them anyway, so if anybody is in the...

I tried to PlastiDip mind and one thing I've discovered is that I'm good at a lot of stuff, but painting ain't some of it. The rails look okay. The covers are another story. Anybody know of a place that sells black 5th Gen rail hardware covers to replace the chrome ones I've jankily painted...

Among the many things I've learned that I'll pass on to people who are considering buying 4Runners: 1) Your build (you will learn this term) will never be "finished". You're always going to want something more. 2) No matter how much research and thought you put into a mod, and no matter how...

Hey all... before I start, I've made some kickass changes to my rig and all thanks to the advice I've gotten here... When the wife took it to get the oil changed the other day (another question y'all have answered) the guy at the oil change place said "if there's ever a zombie apocalypse, this...

Went ahead and ordered the bundle and am having the rails powder-coated.

This is a bit of a random question. Anybody have any 5th Gen wide crossbars or the integrated wind fairing crossbar on order from LFD and know what the wait time is these days? They both show backordered and before I jakeleg myself for two months I'll look at another option if it's going to...

Strange coincidence. I am going with the factory rails (which I'm having powder coated black), three of the wide LFDO crossbars, and the LFDO wind fairing integrated crossbar.

Okay, I've looked at all my options, and this seems like the best. I guess I can just remove the rails, have them painted, and then put say 4-6 OEM crossbars on when I replace the OEM rails. They fit inside the OEM rails and the fit should be better than anything else really. Thanks.

I would, but the chrome looks shitty with the rest of the truck blacked out.

I dig those crossbars, but I've got a jones for getting rid of the factory rails. I'm looking at a few different ones, and I think if I don't get some screaming recommendations otherwise I'm going with either SSO or LFD Offroad. I worry about leaks, but I think I can whip that.

Forget it... 1) My getaway property is on an Ozark mountaintop, 35 miles from the nearest city that's larger than 450 people. We're glad to have an overpriced gas station. We'll be the last people on the planet to get charging stations. 2) In the winter power goes out on the mountain for 2-4...