Recent content by kcdehart

Yeah, I'm super excited for it! It'll be nice to upgrade from the hitch carrier I'm currently running

My most recent addition :) TrueNorth Fab front bumper that my buddy welded together. I then filled most seams with body filler to try to prevent rusting, and painted it with black appliance paint. Unfortunately we made the mistake of not test-fitting before doing final welds, so the wings...

It caused stumbling/hard idle for the first minute or so, but that went away after a while. Eventually the exhaust gasses leaking out were just spewing coolant out of my reservoir on long drives. I think it leaked for at least the 40k that I drove it before replacement. So it can definitely be...

Yeah, after being lifted for 5k miles or so, I found that my OEM upper control arms were *dead*. They'd worn notches into the balljoint carriers from being extended to their limits so often. I went to SPC UCAs.

Selling a 4th gen rear crossmember! Ended up not needing it when I repaired my rust. Bought for $290 + shipping. I'll give a *large* discount if you can pick it up in person - shipping won't be fun with this one. 4th gen rear crossmember - King George, VA

Bought for $290 + shipping. Never used. Willing to let go of it for $270 shipped, or cheaper if you come pick it up! Located in King George, VA. Will fit '03-'09 4Runners and will need to be welded on.

Swapped out a front brake caliper :) Gotta love em

The OEM vent caps weren't the rubber tubes, iirc. They were small plugs with a foam insert. They seem to let things breathe better. I, too, noticed that they helped me out a lot. The other thing that has kept my headlights mostly fog-free was resealing them with butyl tape. It involves opening...

It'll be no different than running lower offset wheels. Little more wear, but nothing crazy.

So much for my polish job :D Got a dumping of 11" of wet snow last Monday and got to go explore/get gas for the generator/pull an old lady out of the ditch. The Geolandars did GREAT and didn't have me worried once. I was super impressed and had fun just plowing through the deep stuff when I...

Very much wasn't today, but finally got to a friend's house to use internet since mine's still down.... Got a dumping of 11" of wet snow last Monday and got to go explore/get gas for the generator/pull an old lady out of the ditch. The Geolandars did GREAT and didn't have me worried once. I was...

Took the old girl out a few weekend ago and got up into the mountains exploring a bit. The trail I took was a *lot* easier than last time (a few years ago), thanks to current mods :D As penance, I spent 8ish hours detailing today :) Not my favorite job in the world, but I sure do love the...

Took the old girl out a few weekend ago and got up into the mountains exploring a bit. The trail I took was a *lot* easier than last time (a few years ago), thanks to current mods :D As penance, I spent 8ish hours detailing today :) Not my favorite job in the world, but I sure do love the...

I actually think it might've happened when they were prying the valve cover off. He'd told me that they really had to pry at it, and you can see a little marring on the bolt hole in one of those pics. That honestly bothers me more, cuz then they'd have known they were putting on a bad cover...

Found out that the valve cover was leaking *bad* after getting it back from the shop. Took it back to em and they said it was warped/wanted me to pay for new OEM parts ($390). Bought one off of eBay for $50 and did the job myself. Found that the term 'warp' wasn't quite accurate... Reached...