aemravan's build thread - project TacoRunner
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you guys are definitely not making it easy haha!
2 days in a row now I wake up feeling that I have for certain decided... yesterday morning was silver, this morning was black lol. This afternoon i am not longer sure.
I think what I'll end up doing is what I said before..weld on the bull bar, paint it body color, and see how I feel. It would be much easier to go over the silver with a truck liner rattle can that I originally thought I was going to do so I guess we shall wait and see.
2 days in a row now I wake up feeling that I have for certain decided... yesterday morning was silver, this morning was black lol. This afternoon i am not longer sure.
I think what I'll end up doing is what I said before..weld on the bull bar, paint it body color, and see how I feel. It would be much easier to go over the silver with a truck liner rattle can that I originally thought I was going to do so I guess we shall wait and see.
And then coming back across the sherpa t4r again reassures me body color is the way to go.. Granted its a better looking bumper (in my opinion.. nothing against the Coastal front, but if I had the money I would have gone the DC8 route since its not as naked looking around the sides) but does give me an idea of what the painted bumper with the bar would look like on my car.
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If you're looking for another option, the front bumper from Shockworks is pretty well made and not as naked around the sides. Check out the bumper i attached below.
And then coming back across the sherpa t4r
again reassures me body color is the way to go.. Granted its a better looking bumper (in my opinion.. nothing against the Coastal front, but if I had the money I would have gone the DC8 route since its not as naked looking around the sides) but does give me an idea of what the painted bumper with the bar would look like on my car.
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This started, like usual, as a late night idea that I've never thought would come to life any time soon, but here we are once again.
In order to join and even more elite 4th gen club I decided to make an attempt at custom fiberglass wide rear flares..
The first iteration was a complete and and utter and failure, and I thought I was done. But I tried one more time. Second time around was also a messy long process, but resulted in something that is starting to look promising...
I think thry are a touch too wide still, so I am working in slowly shaping them back before I cover it all in fiberglass and start doing body filler work.. the idea is to have the factory flares remain on the car and to install these using a 3m double-sided tape.
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In order to join and even more elite 4th gen club I decided to make an attempt at custom fiberglass wide rear flares..
The first iteration was a complete and and utter and failure, and I thought I was done. But I tried one more time. Second time around was also a messy long process, but resulted in something that is starting to look promising...
I think thry are a touch too wide still, so I am working in slowly shaping them back before I cover it all in fiberglass and start doing body filler work.. the idea is to have the factory flares remain on the car and to install these using a 3m double-sided tape.
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My brother helped me knock out the first part of coastal offroad rear bumper together. One step closer...
The front bull bar is on as well and i couldn't be happier.
Now just to finish designing and cutting the swing out, paint the inside and outside of the rear bumper, prep and paint the front bumper , finish the rear fender flares...and...I think that may be it.... lol.
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The front bull bar is on as well and i couldn't be happier.
Now just to finish designing and cutting the swing out, paint the inside and outside of the rear bumper, prep and paint the front bumper , finish the rear fender flares...and...I think that may be it.... lol.
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Hit a pretty big milestone today I feel like.. front and rear bumpers are painted.
The rear still has to be done from the inside, but im going to wait to weld on the swing outs.
Can't wait to get the front bumper on and all the lights wires, should look damn good! So close now !
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The rear still has to be done from the inside, but im going to wait to weld on the swing outs.
Can't wait to get the front bumper on and all the lights wires, should look damn good! So close now !
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Just in time for taco Tuesday!
I am stoked with how this came together ! Only a few finishing touches but everything is on !
I have spent countless hours over the last few months, but its finally in the finishing stages. I can't believe my wife hasn't kicked me out yet lol.
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I am stoked with how this came together ! Only a few finishing touches but everything is on !
I have spent countless hours over the last few months, but its finally in the finishing stages. I can't believe my wife hasn't kicked me out yet lol.
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Can't wait to see it all complete...and in the daylight. lol
Thank you !
The red car is my first obsession that I've owned for 17 years now.. my 1995 toyota supra that started as a non turbo 5 speed car and is now, after many..many changes a turbo 6 speed that has been neglected for the last year while I was building t4r.
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Wow what a beauty! I love those cars...I couldn't afford them back 10yrs ago and sure af can't afford them now. I drove a buddy's RHD around 8-10yrs ago before/after his front mount intercooler swap and omg the difference was unreal.
I feel like I am SOO close to getting this round of modifications complete.
Yesterday I was able to run the initial wiring setup for the front pods and start tucking it away. The winch is fully mounted but I still need to come up with some sort of a basic bracket to hold the control unit that I had to take off from the top of it and is sitting right beside. From there I will also look at building a push-off bracket to support/push forward the bottom side of the grill so that it isn't sunken downward like it is right now.
Other than that, I think all the major stuff is done.. below is the list of things I need to get done in the next 3 weeks ahead of our 2 night camping/offroading trip in april:
-finish mounting the winch control box
-make custom fender liners (material just arrived yesterday but I am NOT looking forward to making more templates and mounting points so it will wait..)
-Receive and install my own custom roof rack... and hope like hell it works since I have no other way to mount my RTT
-replace my custom cut steel spacers with the aluminum spacers under the fenders and lights
-fabricate, paint and install the swingouts. At the minimum I need the spare tire swing out complete but should hopefully only take 1 full day of fabrication to finish.
Decided since the rear bumper face is so large and flat that I will relocate my license plate down to it as well as install 2 white, flush mount reverse light pods.
Got to marking and cutting the rear bumper to install them, figured 1 hour start to finish with wiring straight up to the reverse lights, and as soon as I made it through the first hole I realized my blunder... the factory rear crash bar is literally right behind where I want to install these :bravo: . doh! Since the rear bumper is pretty damn structural in itself, I decided that today I will pull it off and notch out 2 small sections to recess the lights in. At this point I am done pretending to know how long something will/should take as another 1 hour project will turn into a 3 hour project
Good thing is that I needed to pull the rear off anyway in order to spray the inside as its still bare metal. I guess at least I'll kill 2 birds with 1 stone. The fun part will be doing this by myself on an inclined driveway, but I have a plan :surfer:
Yesterday I was able to run the initial wiring setup for the front pods and start tucking it away. The winch is fully mounted but I still need to come up with some sort of a basic bracket to hold the control unit that I had to take off from the top of it and is sitting right beside. From there I will also look at building a push-off bracket to support/push forward the bottom side of the grill so that it isn't sunken downward like it is right now.
Other than that, I think all the major stuff is done.. below is the list of things I need to get done in the next 3 weeks ahead of our 2 night camping/offroading trip in april:
-finish mounting the winch control box
-make custom fender liners (material just arrived yesterday but I am NOT looking forward to making more templates and mounting points so it will wait..)
-Receive and install my own custom roof rack... and hope like hell it works since I have no other way to mount my RTT
-replace my custom cut steel spacers with the aluminum spacers under the fenders and lights
-fabricate, paint and install the swingouts. At the minimum I need the spare tire swing out complete but should hopefully only take 1 full day of fabrication to finish.
Decided since the rear bumper face is so large and flat that I will relocate my license plate down to it as well as install 2 white, flush mount reverse light pods.
Got to marking and cutting the rear bumper to install them, figured 1 hour start to finish with wiring straight up to the reverse lights, and as soon as I made it through the first hole I realized my blunder... the factory rear crash bar is literally right behind where I want to install these :bravo: . doh! Since the rear bumper is pretty damn structural in itself, I decided that today I will pull it off and notch out 2 small sections to recess the lights in. At this point I am done pretending to know how long something will/should take as another 1 hour project will turn into a 3 hour project
Good thing is that I needed to pull the rear off anyway in order to spray the inside as its still bare metal. I guess at least I'll kill 2 birds with 1 stone. The fun part will be doing this by myself on an inclined driveway, but I have a plan :surfer:
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While paying some bills this morning, I decided to get a rough estimate for my build for anyone curious.
My initial wrecked rebuild to a perfectly fixed, driving, factory 4runner ran me around $7800. This was for a 2003 4wd limited with 131k miles on it. Not too shabby at all!
This sub $10k build quickly escalated to a grand total of somewhere around $22.5-$24k over the last 9 months. Hard to believe, but at the same time not really considering I still see low 100k mile 4runners selling in the 14-17k range, but I am fully locked front and rear, 35" tires, RCV axles, full bumpers front and rear, 2015 taco swap, etc.
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My initial wrecked rebuild to a perfectly fixed, driving, factory 4runner ran me around $7800. This was for a 2003 4wd limited with 131k miles on it. Not too shabby at all!
This sub $10k build quickly escalated to a grand total of somewhere around $22.5-$24k over the last 9 months. Hard to believe, but at the same time not really considering I still see low 100k mile 4runners selling in the 14-17k range, but I am fully locked front and rear, 35" tires, RCV axles, full bumpers front and rear, 2015 taco swap, etc.
imp:Definitely a wish-list item for next off season....
I haven't made up my mind 100% but am leaning towards the ICON stage 7 tubular kit for when I need big-boy shocks to go in... has everything I will ever need for a long time... this along with some beefier rear axles and for my purposes, should hopefully he a bulletproof setup.
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I haven't made up my mind 100% but am leaning towards the ICON stage 7 tubular kit for when I need big-boy shocks to go in... has everything I will ever need for a long time... this along with some beefier rear axles and for my purposes, should hopefully he a bulletproof setup.
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