"And on the flip side, maybe I'll just continue to drive my 4 and continue to enjoy the lack of a car payment."
+1
If you don't feel like having a new car and to have car payments.. why do it?
Stick with it.
Same thing happened to me.. went to see a "clean" looking 4 runner and saw the frame.. thing was falling apart because it was so rotten.
Told the seller that if he is still going to try to sale the truck to someone (after I showed him under the truck) that he was a total piece of shit. If...
Wow this is EXACLY the way I want my future 4runner to look.. Camping, hunting, fishing, overland.. what a nice rig man!
Going to be watching this thread carefully! Keep it up!:popcorn:
I have access to Catia V5 (I'm a tool designer in aeronautics) if you want me to do the part & drawing for you, shouldn't take that long for a simple bracket. After that, all you have to do is send it to a machine shop and ask how much it would cost to fab it!