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[LittleCaesar]

Nice. Maybe you can solve COB's (very valid) five year old complaint against them. I won't dig up the thread but some of you know what I'm talking about.

Sorry to hear about your Dad Connor. I wish him a fast recovery.

COB really laid down the verbal rant here once against Connor's present employer no doubt.:infidel:

I really remember COB's rant on fellow member Mom years ago. I laughed so hard I fell out of my chair at work and spilled Starbucks on my shirt.

 

[Rockdawg84]

2 ECGS Diffs ordered. Both with 4.88's, ARB's, and solid spacers. And an ARB CKMA12. I'll do a cost break down after I get an actual invoice with return shipping etc on it.

you will love seeing those three nice buttons every time you get in your rig!!

 

[4Running Daily]

you will love seeing those three nice buttons every time you get in your rig!!

I don't know where to put the third one. If you go a couple pages back I have that switch panel I made. But I'm out of space. It's probably my biggest concern in this entire project hahahaha

 

[Rockdawg84]

With the interior lights on
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I don't know where to put the third one. If you go a couple pages back I have that switch panel I made. But I'm out of space. It's probably my biggest concern in this entire project hahahaha

Add two more lights and move the locker and compressor switches to the left of the steering wheel near the clutch cancel switch. LOL :cheer2:

 

[rickashay]

Exciting move on the diffs and gears! I'm sure the truck will be a different animal with the 4.88's and the manual trans.

Just installed a Magnaflow muffler on my 4Runner. Love the mild and low tone for driving around... but loud enough when you want to hear it. Pretty rad spot to land an internship, congrats!

Sorry to hear about your old man. My father passed away from a stroke at 56 this January. It's tough but it sure makes you appreciate your family a lot more when stuff like that happens. My best wishes to your fam and hope him a full and rapid recovery.

 

[psraff]

Which model muffler did you end up with? Sound clip? I'm always trying to hunt down the sound I want and few are close to what I like. I want mild and not obnoxious in any way. No internal drone. I was pretty much settled on the Borla setup the last time I looked, I believe.

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[4Running Daily]

Add two more lights and move the locker and compressor switches to the left of the steering wheel near the clutch cancel switch. LOL :cheer2:

I use to have them there but my 6' 3" frame hits them with my knees all the time. I kept breaking switch covers. I don't have a clutch cancel button, I just stuck a wire in the plug that goes to the clutch pedal. That way basically it works as though the button is pushed all the time.

Exciting move on the diffs and gears! I'm sure the truck will be a different animal with the 4.88's and the manual trans.

Just installed a Magnaflow muffler on my 4Runner. Love the mild and low tone for driving around... but loud enough when you want to hear it. Pretty rad spot to land an internship, congrats!

Sorry to hear about your old man. My father passed away from a stroke at 56 this January. It's tough but it sure makes you appreciate your family a lot more when stuff like that happens. My best wishes to your fam and hope him a full and rapid recovery.

I'm really looking forward to the diffs! Looks like I'm looking at another 2 weeks. Once I get a tracking number though it's going on jack stands in preparation.

Glad to hear you like the muffler! It definitely is a very cool company to work for and we have a lot of cool things coming up. Today they needed to look at a Toyota O2 sensor, so they threw my truck on the lift and stole the O2 sensor haha.
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Sorry to hear about your dad though. That's too bad. My Dad is 55 which is oddly similar. But he got very lucky and I'm certainly happy to have him pull through.

 

[4Running Daily]

ECGS Diffs shipped, 2 weeks and 1 day.

 

[4Running Daily]

Replacing my rear link bushings after 3 years of abuse. Johny joints are still nice and tight though!

 

[AssBurns]

Think 4.88's will be good for those 37's you are planning on throwing on? Seems like 5.29's would have been spot on for those.

 

[4Running Daily]

Think 4.88's will be good for those 37's you are planning on throwing on? Seems like 5.29's would have been spot on for those.

Yes because I have a manual. If I had an auto, I would go 5.29. I'm 100% content with 4.10's and 35's now. I'm just regearing because I wanted a front locker and I figured I might as well regear. And then I thought, well if I'm gonna regear the back, I might as well get another ARB in the back instead of my Yukon Zip locker so everything matches. And then I figured if I was gonna do that, I might as well get a higher output ARB compressor. And now here I am, with a $3650 hole in my pocket until I return the front core and sell my rear 3rd with the air locker and old are compressor. Hahaha oops

 

[AssBurns]

Yes because I have a manual. If I had an auto, I would go 5.29. I'm 100% content with 4.10's and 35's now. I'm just regearing because I wanted a front locker and I figured I might as well regear. And then I thought, well if I'm gonna regear the back, I might as well get another ARB in the back instead of my Yukon Zip locker so everything matches. And then I figured if I was gonna do that, I might as well get a higher output ARB compressor. And now here I am, with a $3650 hole in my pocket until I return the front core and sell my rear 3rd with the air locker and old are compressor. Hahaha oops

Haha That's a big investment all at once. Definitely going to be worth it though. Having that front locker is going to be pretty awesome. One of these days I'm going to have to shell out the money for the same thing. Definitely going to be a little jealous of you for a while. 35's on stock gearing isn't as bad as everyone makes it sound, even with an auto and 4.30's. 4.88's or 5.29's will definitely help the crawl ratios though.

 

[4Running Daily]

Haha That's a big investment all at once. Definitely going to be worth it though. Having that front locker is going to be pretty awesome. One of these days I'm going to have to shell out the money for the same thing. Definitely going to be a little jealous of you for a while. 35's on stock gearing isn't as bad as everyone makes it sound, even with an auto and 4.30's. 4.88's or 5.29's will definitely help the crawl ratios though.

The crawl ratio is why I went to 4.88 over 4.56. That's probably the worst thing about 4.10's and 35's

 

[4Running Daily]

Spare CV's in preparation of front locker madness. My new drawers in the trunk should house these nicely

 

[Chuckles89]

^^ need pics of them in the drawers out:

 

[4Running Daily]

^^ need pics of them in the drawers out:

They're invisible because I haven't had time to build them yet. Maybe later this weekend.

 

[Chuckles89]

They're invisible because I haven't had time to build them yet. Maybe later this weekend.

:rofl:

 

[4Running Daily]

Calico Trip Report, aka last trip on 4.10's and only one locker

Well, per usual, the good old 2-tire fire legend of Palm Springs was stuck. [MENTION=117408]Oneluv13T4R[/MENTION]


DSC_0170 by Connor Rhoades, on Flickr

Weird how the back tires are all dug in and the fronts don't look they've ever had power in their entire life. <3


Good old tug by [MENTION=123332]Drunner97[/MENTION]
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Cute Sandbox Miah.
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Then we hit this sweet viewpoint
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Then we hit an actual trail, and I really do mean "hit"

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Danny really makes me want to dump my F150 for a 4th gen
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Then the fun started
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Nice a close
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Well sadly it was just too off camber, and with only 33's and no locker, we were forced to turn around. I have no doubt I could have made it up with a little damage, but it was too off camber for me to come back down.

As Danny was backing out, he may have hit the wall a little
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And things didn't get better. We had to go down this nice little waterfall and his rear bumper didn't like that either
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Things got a little worse from there as well haha. It was a sharp left hand turn with a large boulder about slider height on the driver side. I used it to pivot around. Danny smashed his front bumper into the wall 3 or 4 times and then high-centered his slider on this rock. His bumper didn't fare too well.

DSC_0224 by Connor Rhoades, on Flickr

Overall though it was a good trip and good memories.

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Video of my going through the gatekeeper
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Link to more photos:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskYov5VG

 

[Chuckles89]

Badass video!!

 

[4Running Daily]

Diffs showed up today. I get off work at 2:30 and I'm normally home by 3:30. So I have a fair amount of time to work all 7 days a week. Hopefully it isn't in pieces more than a week.

Rough plan of action
Stage 1
1) Pull everything off the front end. In order of disassembly:
-Grill
-Fenders
-Hood
-Skids
-Wheels & Tires
-Spacers
-CV outer Nut
-UCA & Spindle
-Coilovers
-CV Inner
-Front Driveshaft
-Front Diff

2) Clean all of it. Cut off old resi mounts. Weld gaps. Paint everything including fender wells.

Stage 2
Basically the same exact plan with the back. Pull most everything off the axle and paint it.

Stage 3
Remove old ARB compressor.
Pull wiring harness I made a year ago.
Analyze old wiring diagram I hopefully made a year ago.
Build compressor mount in engine compartment on passenger side.
Clean any wiring along the way.
Build new wiring harness.
Figure out somewhere to mount the new diff lock switches.
Plum the new air lines

Stage 4
Reassemble.


Got a little done today, only worked for 2 hours though
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So excited to use this as my back-up for filling up tires.
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Currently
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More soon.