Recent content by ndbuck09

Rust I would bet somehow the dampening material behind the metal is getting wet and holding moisture. If you never get that out of there, itll just keep going until you need a whole new hatch. On my 06 4runner, I had a spot beside the license plate that had started bubbling and rusting from...

Mine is an 06 Runner in Shadow Mica... The brackets for the bumper are bent and the rear of the drivers side headlight housing cracked as well as the driver side air guide. Other than that is perhaps new adhesive for the wheel well fender flare getting pushed from the bumper. I'm very...

Hey Guys, My 06 4 Runner just rolled over 100k miles on a shed hunting trip up to Garden Valley here in Idaho. Things were going great until a family of deer decided to run in front of me on on Highway 55. I was able to miss the first one but the second one sped up and I drilled it...

Deer I met a deer here in Idaho with my 4Runner :( Gonna need a new front bumper.

Thanks! Hey I thought I would bring this back up to the top...I found a shop that would do my job with the parts and i got it completely done for $290 inclusive of the parts. I had to call about 6 shops but basically I started telling them that I wasn't bringing my truck in unless they would...

Hi Guys, My 06 lower ball joints are bad so I am on the road to new ones, naturally I went to one mechanic that quoted me for the entire control arm assembly to replace the ball joint. Then I did research and saw a lot of people simply pressing out the old and in a new Moog joint which led me...

Thanks Thanks For the Help!!!

lift My height is a little over 3" right now with the FJ SPrings and the 2.5 setting.

As always, I did a ton of searching for this but I can't find a super-definitive answer and the threads about FJ lifts, etc. are super long and I'm at work. I just put in '11 FJ Springs and Bilstein 5100's set at 2.5 on my front end of 06 Limited. Going to be doing rear superflex soon. I...

2011 Front FJ Springs Install Bagginz, I have read through what some other guys have done to get the post 2010 FJ Springs in. What did you have to do to get the fronts to work? I am going to be installing Front 2011 FJ Springs this weekend and wanting to get the full picture of what I...

Yes, I have read through that a number of times but I want to get specific feedback on my thoughts...I reference that sticky a couple times in my post. I am unsure of what happens when I throw on taller springs with stock shocks, etc.

Hi Guys! i am a brand new, proud owner of an 06 4x4 Limited 4Runner. So far I am loving this truck much more than my Ford Ranger and 350z Nismo that I sold. Naturally, i want to lift this truck. I have spent a lot of time lurking and reading all the amazing details on everything on this...