Recent content by rickashay

Thanks for all those still following along. I do truly appreciate it! I am not going to appologize for the delays anymore because this is ultimately a passion project (this thread is titled Front Bumper Prototype, not front bumper manufacturing thread ;) and as life has it, I just haven't had...

Prado 90 has rear discs. Its basically a 3rd gen 4runner minus the difference in the rear axle. Lots of us Canadians (we get the imports from Japan after 15 years as opposed to after 25 years in the US) have been swapping in the Prado axle housing to get the rear discs. They are setup like 4th...

**UPDATE** After the wrong file was cut, we want to cut the correct one to find bend interference. We've now been through 3x upper bumper revisions trying to get a complicated bend to work on our manufacturers machine while trying to keep the rounded top edges that a press brake would provide -...

I am very grateful for your marathon of loyalty on this project lol. Serioulsy though, I appreciate it. And it's this kind of feedback that makes me happy that we are still pushing on this. Thanks for all the feedback! Glad to hear some people out there are interested in the weight savings of...

Pictureless bump. The first prototype of the full bumper showed up yesterday afternoon. Been a long time coming, very excited to unwrap this thing and start buzzing it together. Going to plan for an assembly day next week.

Likely will be the primary option. Thanks for the feedback. Same... been a long time coming! Appreciate that. I'll be posting photos here and on our IG as it unfolds. @ Tamarack.plus (no space)

A couple current renders: IMG_0778 by Tamarack, on Flickr IMG_0780 by Tamarack, on Flickr IMG_0782 by Tamarack, on Flickr IMG_0777 by Tamarack, on Flickr

Hey everyone! First of all, I want to appologize once again for the lack of updates and me not meeting my deliverables. I am learning more and more that if I am not committed 100% to stuff the sacrifice is that it just takes WAY more time than I want. (I own and manage another company - a...

Thank you. Simple and sleek! Thanks! Lol dirty slider legs suck! 4x4 Innovations does great work. Honestly lots of great options out there... we just thought with our approach to armor being a little different, it might be a good opportunity. Yah 4th gen's can be tough! Especially in the...

Hey everyone. Long time t4r member here... built my first 3rd gen back in 2011 with the help of this awesome forum and it's members. Crazy that I've been on here for over a decade, really aging myself here. Sad to see the forums getting less popular but honestly it's still such an amazing...

Interesting. Lots of black and light blue over here. I agree on the wheels - looks great! Where are you stationed? If you'd like to sell 3/4 of those OEM visors, shoot me a PM. Thanks!

Thats a great color on the Surf! Haven’t seen that before on a JDM unit - even up here in Canada where there are quite a few of them running around. Curious, do you still have the JDM rain visors?

Man, the glory days! Reading you talk about Downey Offroad and your photo with the OG BGF K0’s made me take a trip down memory lane. Looks like a nice setup! And I totally agree - LC 7 wraps are great but you need some weight to sag em so your not rolling around on 4”+ of lift.

Bump for a sold truck … I bet no one ever would predict that I would sell it one day (lol). It actually sold in October 22’ so it’s been gone for a bit. I miss the truck a lot but did pull the 3-piece wheels and a couple other parts off it went to it’s new owner. What’s next you ask? Well, I...

Love how clean and meticulous this build is!! I bet that sound deadening has made a dramatic improvement in interior noise nwo that you’ve done so many of the panels. Was there any one area that you’ve noticed the most improvement in road noise - for us who would like to attack the primary...