looks good man, so freaking good. Maybe i missed it but didn't you have some LED's go out on you? did you fix it or buy new ones?
Thanks Jared. Yeah, half of my 3rd tail light stopped working. I'm sure it has to do with the lack of weather stripping, damn China junk. It's still half working, lord knows I'll end up buying another one someday... sigh. The other LED tails are still working great, 3 1/2 years now (time flies, damn).
Very slow day at work, had enough free time to get some little stuff done.
Was out wheeling 2 nights ago, when the strangest thing broke... my A/C button. The front part just sorta fell out. Anyway, dipped the broken end in epoxy and stuck it back in, works as good as new. Glad I didn't have to go searching for another one, the donor's was busted.
These PIAA 580 driving lights are really cool, they're put to use them any chance I get. The problem I've been having on 2 lane canyon roads is having to switch both the high beams and 580's off to avoid blinding any oncoming drivers. The driving lights were originally set up with the 510 fogs to come on with the running lights (for low and high beam use), but the 580's are now aimed and wired to work only with the high beams. I'm gonna swap out the PIAA switches soon with OEM fog rockers. OEM switches all the way. Here are some crappy iPhone pics from testing the beams:
I swapped the Toyota horns for some Mercedes ones a while back, but I must have been tired or something that day. Ended up redoing them, the wiring was too sloppy. Also removed the PA speaker wiring until I figure out a new spot, it used to be mounted behind the stock bumper.
Also did an oil change. Back with 2WD, getting the oil filter was a breeze up through the lower control arm. It's a lot harder with CV's in the way. Finally found a suitable way through the wheel well, exactly like the V6's but on the passenger's side. Exhaust has to be cold though, very close proximity to the header. You know you own a 4Runner when you're cleaning the skid plates every oil change.
While I was under the hood, replaced the plastic ring on the hood prop with the donor's, and cleaned the MAF with electronic contact cleaner.
Been having battery mount problems. I changed batteries from the huge 850A Mercedes battery to a smaller one with 800A. The battery kept sliding, which would pinch power steering return line against the supercharger nose cone. I ziptied a piece of wood to the mount as a spacer, the battery mount is tight and hopefully it shouldn't move anymore.
And last, redid my muffler hangers with some baling wire that we use for condensed cardboard at work. Might be a little ghetto, but it's strong and does the job. Side Note: Absolutely love the Jardine muffler, it'll be welded on with some real hangers someday. It's clamped on and was held by a bunch of coat hangers for 8 months, but it survived tons of 4wheeling without problems, can't say that for my old properly installed Magnaflow.
Coming soon: clutch pedal linear spring, different stickers, fog switches, and in the long run a big interior refresh. As far as other stuff I still haven't installed, sorry, I'm working on it. Gonna need a lot of money for tuning and I just don't have it now.
