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Well with my wife driving the 4Runner most of the time I went ahead and modded the Taco. Just hammered it all out at once, hurts less in the long run I guess.
Winch, bumper, tint, Softopper, bunch of interior mods.
Pics are above Bear River Ridge at the NOAA satellite.
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08-23-2019, 04:31 PM
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#137
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Originally Posted by MeefZah
Well with my wife driving the 4Runner most of the time I went ahead and modded the Taco. Just hammered it all out at once, hurts less in the long run I guess.
Winch, bumper, tint, Softopper, bunch of interior mods.
Pics are above Bear River Ridge at the NOAA satellite.
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Lookin' good!
Who did your tint? My wife needs her Subie windows done and I will end up darkening up mine a bit as well, so looking for a good local installer.
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08-23-2019, 05:47 PM
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Lookin' good!
Who did your tint? My wife needs her Subie windows done and I will end up darkening up mine a bit as well, so looking for a good local installer.
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I've used American Auto Detailing, over by Target, several times. They are good. I've suggested them to a few people and all but one guy were pleased; that guy had some bubbles that wouldn't go away but the shop replaced it for him under lifetime warranty. I think for a full car they charge $350 and for just matching the two front windows to factory tint it's $110.
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08-23-2019, 06:24 PM
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I've used American Auto Detailing, over by Target, several times. They are good. I've suggested them to a few people and all but one guy were pleased; that guy had some bubbles that wouldn't go away but the shop replaced it for him under lifetime warranty. I think for a full car they charge $350 and for just matching the two front windows to factory tint it's $110.
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great, thanks for the lead!
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08-24-2019, 01:00 PM
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Well with my wife driving the 4Runner most of the time I went ahead and modded the Taco. Just hammered it all out at once, hurts less in the long run I guess.
Winch, bumper, tint, Softopper, bunch of interior mods.
Pics are above Bear River Ridge at the NOAA satellite.
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Your Taco is looking great man! Are you able to keep up with those 2 big dogs?
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08-24-2019, 08:08 PM
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Your Taco is looking great man! Are you able to keep up with those 2 big dogs?
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"Keep up", what am I, like 100 with a broken hip? LOL. Yeah, the dogs are a motivating reason to get / keep a truck; it's just easier and cleaner to move them around in a truck, plus they love riding in the bed.
We got a decent sized backyard so they are always wrestling around with each other there; when they get bored of that I run them to the dog park on Del Norte St by the bay and let them tear it up for a while, we walk them through Sequoia Park a lot, too.
Here's a funny pic of the male (Bosco) that Meredith took yesterday when I was reorganizing the closet and tossing some old uniforms:
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08-24-2019, 10:24 PM
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"Keep up", what am I, like 100 with a broken hip? LOL. Yeah, the dogs are a motivating reason to get / keep a truck; it's just easier and cleaner to move them around in a truck, plus they love riding in the bed.
We got a decent sized backyard so they are always wrestling around with each other there; when they get bored of that I run them to the dog park on Del Norte St by the bay and let them tear it up for a while, we walk them through Sequoia Park a lot, too.
Here's a funny pic of the male (Bosco) that Meredith took yesterday when I was reorganizing the closet and tossing some old uniform stuff (not the hat!):
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"Keep up" hahaha . I guess I meant space-wise for the dogs! I bet they need lots of exercise to tire out.
That is a golden photo! Lol.
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09-19-2019, 02:01 AM
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Just came back from 20 days / 8100 miles in the 4R to Alaska.
Blog (bad words and thoughts abound) here:
August 2019 Alaska trip - MeefZah
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10-15-2019, 11:47 AM
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If anyone is interested, we are doing a loop of some FS roads off 36 on the south side of S Fork Mtn on 10-23. Nothing super tough. A girl who works with my wife has a pretty sweet lifted / armored Subaru and wants to tear up some dirt. We'll likely do Picketts Peak trail and some sporty one lane dirt off of NF23 / Horse ridge lookout road. Probably be an all day thing what with the 36 closure.
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11-11-2019, 10:27 AM
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If anyone is interested, we are doing a loop of some FS roads off 36 on the south side of S Fork Mtn on 10-23. Nothing super tough. A girl who works with my wife has a pretty sweet lifted / armored Subaru and wants to tear up some dirt. We'll likely do Picketts Peak trail and some sporty one lane dirt off of NF23 / Horse ridge lookout road. Probably be an all day thing what with the 36 closure.
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^ trip pics:
October 2019 Shasta-Trinity NF - MeefZah
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11-17-2019, 12:44 PM
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Looks awesome, keep up the pics, we miss the area so much.
Wife and I are trying to plan a trip with the 4runner up to Arcata to see the in laws next June or July.
Since it's been 10+ years since I was last up there on the trails I'll need a few recommendations to take them all on as the time approaches, seems like new gates and closures pop up all the time in eastern Humboldt and Trinity from some of the early research I'm been trying to do.
Again, love the true NorCal pics and adventures. Keep 'em comin'.
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12-05-2019, 11:38 AM
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Got a Christmas tree up S Fork Mtn on Tuesday... got to use my winch...
December 2019 South Fork tree trek - MeefZah
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01-26-2020, 09:42 PM
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Bear River Ridge Rd a few days ago
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01-27-2020, 12:04 PM
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03-25-2020, 01:05 PM
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Hope everyone is doing okay in our pre-end times existence!
I was planning on going to Moab for 2 weeks in April but all vacations have been cancelled.
I guess there's worse places to be "stuck" than our area!
Made a fast 13 hour run yesterday to (location not listed for security reasons) and had a pretty enjoyable time experiencing all the seasons in one day...
From this
to this
to this
to this
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let's see, in other news I pretty much have the Tacoma exactly how I want it... just in time to sell it and start over again with a '19 4R ORP...
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