Awesomesauce0528 Build Thread

Haven't done much lately but I have ordered some stuff for the 4runner. Found a great deal on some fox 2.5 shocks for the rear. Those came in so I decided that while I have everything apart in the rear I could replace the stock rear sway bar links with some extended ones, so I ordered some 2nd gen 4runner rear sway bar links. All that should go on this weekend if I have time. I also finished my satoshi but haven't uploaded any pics so I will today. Haven't made much progress on my relay box either, but I'm almost done, I just need a mount for it and then it'll be done for the most part, so if anyone has any mount suggestions let me know.




 
looks good man! 2 questions....where did you find the shocks at a good price? I think my rear Billy's are starting to fail. Also, where did order your grill mesh material from. I have a grill sitting in my storage closet for me to start when I find some free time. Yours is the same pattern i wanted to go with. Thanks!
 
momo.75 said:
looks good man! 2 questions....where did you find the shocks at a good price? I think my rear Billy's are starting to fail. Also, where did order your grill mesh material from. I have a grill sitting in my storage closet for me to start when I find some free time. Yours is the same pattern i wanted to go with. Thanks!
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Ebay for the shocks. The ones I got were new but were an open box item that got a discount. I got the grill mesh from https://www.customcargrills.com/index.asp. I also bought the mesh from their scrap mesh pile. It supposedly had a bad powdercoat, but as far as I could tell it looked fine, so that saved me a few dollars.
 
Got the new shocks and extended sway bar links on last weekend. Straight forward job but the bolt on the sway bar links was seized so I ended up having to cut them off. Got a picture of the new shocks installed. Not much too it, only concern is that the wheel may hit the reservoir with some articulation, so I'll probably jack it back up next weekend and play with it. I can definitely tell a difference with these shocks so I'm glad I did it.
 
awesomesauce0528 said:
A few weeks back, I went and got my windows tinted. I got 15% on the front 2 windows, with 20% over the rear window and a brow. You can't tell from the pictures, but the front windows are slightly lighter than the rears because of the windshield letting in so much light.

I also just placed my order for a Prinsu Roof Rack so that should be here in a few weeks hopefully.
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You’ve gotta hook me up with some good places to go wheel around AR! I’m in the Little Rock area for a short time of the year when I’m not in NWA or at school
 
HCWatson997 said:
You’ve gotta hook me up with some good places to go wheel around AR! I’m in the Little Rock area for a short time of the year when I’m not in NWA or at school
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I mainly go to the Ouachita forest to camp because that's what is closest to me, but a few times a year I go to the Ozarks and do some camping as well. I have a few guys I go with and I'd be happy to let you know next time we plan a trip if you want to come.
 
awesomesauce0528 said:
I mainly go to the Ouachita forest to camp because that's what is closest to me, but a few times a year I go to the Ozarks and do some camping as well. I have a few guys I go with and I'd be happy to let you know next time we plan a trip if you want to come.
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I’m definitely down if I’m not busy:D
 
Finally got around to painting the overhead switch panel. I think it looks pretty good and matches the interior parts pretty well. I used a SEM Primer 42003 then used a SEM Base coat 17103 and a krylon satin clear coat.






I also ordered a pelfreybilt fuse panel to mount my bussmann fusebox.
 
Got the overhead hooked up and installed. Also got the pelfreybilt fuse panel in this past week. Its for a tacoma/5th gen 4runner so I had to make a few modifications to get it to work but my relay box is mounted now and I just have to run some wires and it'll be done. I don't have any pics of the fuse panel, but I will upload some later this week.






 
Finally finished up the relay box. To get the mount to work with my relay box I had to make a few modifications. I made a large cutout for the relay box to sit in and had to cutout the mounting holes so that it could bolt to the inner fender. I used some 1/8 inch aluminum to hold up the other end of the mount and had to add 1 inch spacers to the mounting bracket so that the hood could close properly.








 
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