Recent content by madalbert

essentially it's a work vehicle that doubles as a play truck on weekends. At the moment it's only done light beach work towing a camper trailer. But I'd like it to be able to handle some reasonably serious off road expeditions, but probably not serious rock crawling. Everything is a...

Front Bumper was purchased from Hilux Wreckers in Chinderah (Northern New South Wales)

new front bumper :) it's off a later model surf

cheers, good idea.... I wasn't too sure how long they could be... I might keep adding to my new one I think :) thanks

Wow that sure is coming along nicely... one heck of a lift job, can't wait to see some more pics :)

Cheers, and yes those original 4 Runner stickers were pretty ugly, glad i got rid of them..

Which bit do you mean I painted black... I will be painting the front bar Metalic Grey, but haven't done it yet? Or do you mean the rear bar? Coz that is an original bar that was already black (or dark grey actually)

Hey Hey my first reply :) Howdy, yes the paint is original, and all parts original (well except for the wheels and the front bar now)... sadly there is some whicked hail damage on the roof and a cracker of a ding in the rear pillar (which you can just see in the photos at the back)... It's a...

And here's the BEFORE shot... Current "mods" since this shot: Remove stickers Fit New rear springs Replace front Bumper Bar New Wheels and Tyres

Well the build up continues with rear springs now fitted and new wheels and tyres ready to go. I know this is probably boring the @#!$ out of you guys, but I'm just trying to document what i hope will be a build up of a stock standard 4 Runner into a fairly custom looking 4 Runner.... Most of...

A later model front bar was sourced from a SURF and luckily bolts straight on. The Chrome will soon be replaced with a charcoal metalic, and the light grey section will match the rest of the Sandlewood metalic paintwork.... and thus ends weekend number 1 on the Build Up... Next up is rear bar...

Next job is to replace the banged up front bumper bar. The original bar has copped a few big hits over the years by the look of it (and actually looks much worse in real life than it does in this photo)

Once the citrus spray has softened the sticker glue (10 minutes) , very carfefully use a combination of the razor scraper and a few clean rags (and lots of citrus spray) and it all comes off.... hit it with a bit of polish and the paint comes up A-OK !!

Sticky residue remains, so I gave it a good soaking with De-Solv-It citrus spray..

Slowly does it with the razor scraper and all top layers stickers removed in 90 minutes...