Recent content by Maritimer

Ahhhh... the Lexus cousins. Yeah, no way not to go with Toyota company products.

I honestly see a Runner in our future--they are one-of-a-kind. I also love Land Cruisers... but that's a whole other story (maybe an import from Australia), but see how expensive this is getting?). I do have my eye on some fold open camper/tent tops... but the Missus will kill me if I start...

I knew you were going to reply to this and bring up belt dressing. LOL. I'll try to get a few pics. It is a charcoal double cab with a long bed. Totally stock, so it looks kind of... plain. The only mods I'm thinking of at the moment are wind visors, beefed up lighting, and the most aggressive...

We keep a single vehicle in our family, and we were driving our 3rd Gen 4Runner for the past five years. It was finally showing its age as far as being our single family vehicle, and we wanted to get a new vehicle.... We got a new Tacoma (2015) and sold the Runner.... :cry2: I haven't been in...

The trailers when empty are 900 and 1920 pounds respectively. The small one can take 1800 lbs of cargo, and the large one 2500 lbs. I'm taking as little as possible, so I'd guess we'd come in at 1500 lbs. I guess that leaves towing about 2400 lbs with the small trailer, or about 3500 lbs with...

I may be moving across the country and would like to drive there with a trailer. I'm a bit worried about actually making it there, though. Do you think a 2001 4Runner with 260,000km (160,000 miles) can make it on a 7-10 day 5000km (3,000 miles) trip? I'm going to take it in for maintenance and...

Not sure on the process to fix any weak spots on the frame. If you know how to weld, I'd think that tackling any obvious spot before an inspection would make it go smoother--just make sure you find out about the rules first. I wasn't suggesting your Runner looks bad--I was just speaking from...

Awesome work. Spraying it with Rust Check will at least protect it from more damage. (After any painting will save you a lot of grief, I'm sure). Trying to reach perfection under there will just make you insane. Fixing up the visible areas with a grinder and some rust paint will make you ride...

I use the Haynes manual instructions, as I had never done it myself until about 18 months ago. I rotate my tires at the same time. It's a bit of a pain, but I had it done at Canadian Tire once, and they ****ed it up--the filter wasn't OEM or it wasn't tight enough, so it started dripping. Doing...

Cool. Always a chance. :thumb:

Well, that's going to be about 6000 lbs.

Nice. The other place I could get things from cheap doesn't ship to Canada anymore. Anyone with a used one will certainly be bringing good news. I can't believe mine doesn't work anymore--it works, just doesn't slide quite far enough to trigger the door closed light or allow the electronic lock...

Still have that Steeze or did offroadian pick it up?

My junkyard doesn't have this part, and a new one is $247 at Toyota. Anyone have a line on where to get a cheap one?

Sweet thread. I was wondering how I would ever get the electrical wire into the latch, and it's nice to see the electrical wire and the release wire both come with a new latch and hook on higher up. I've had the rear door apart higher up before because my lock broke and I had to just forget...