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Dirtco's 1999 4Runner Build
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BrianSD_42
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This build is one of the most awesome on this site for sure! The fact that you can weld and have the setup and skills to the work yourself is very impressive.
What brand / color paint did you use for the skid plate and front bumper?
I like it, it looks like a dark grey or semi-gloss, charcoal black.
I am still in awe that you have 35s on your rig. I have the SS 1.2 and of course have between 2" - 2.5" lift in the front, no body lift and wouldn't be able to fit 35s without massive rubbing to save my life.
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What brand / color paint did you use for the skid plate and front bumper?
I like it, it looks like a dark grey or semi-gloss, charcoal black.
I am still in awe that you have 35s on your rig. I have the SS 1.2 and of course have between 2" - 2.5" lift in the front, no body lift and wouldn't be able to fit 35s without massive rubbing to save my life.
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This build is one of the most awesome on this site for sure! The fact that you can weld and have the setup and skills to the work yourself is very impressive.
What brand / color paint did you use for the skid plate and front bumper?
I like it, it looks like a dark grey or semi-gloss, charcoal black.
I am still in awe that you have 35s on your rig. I have the SS 1.2 and of course have between 2" - 2.5" lift in the front, no body lift and wouldn't be able to fit 35s without massive rubbing to save my life.
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Thanks! The paint is Rustolum "Hammered" Black spray paint, your right about the color.
The 1" body lift helps, but you still need to trim. It's not that hard, I thought it would be worse.
Yes, the wheels make a big difference. I should be in the 3-4" range with the body lift (give or take).
Dirtco
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I took the 4Runner on it’s first real wheeling trip! I’ve taken it out on a couple dirt roads, and I’ve gone down a moderate trail, but this was the first time I really wheeled it and put it through it’s paces. I did not have rock sliders and I still need to install the ARB compressor (so I was open in the front).
I met up with a few friends and we ran Wheeler Lake on Saturday, it’s a moderate trail with a couple fun/challenging spots. We had planned on this run for a few weeks, so it only figures that we get our first big snow of the year that day. Even the drive to the trailhead was an adventure! Here’s a combination of everyone’s pictures…
At the trailhead
Heading up the trail
Let the action begin!
I met up with a few friends and we ran Wheeler Lake on Saturday, it’s a moderate trail with a couple fun/challenging spots. We had planned on this run for a few weeks, so it only figures that we get our first big snow of the year that day. Even the drive to the trailhead was an adventure! Here’s a combination of everyone’s pictures…
At the trailhead
Heading up the trail
Let the action begin!
Dirtco
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About half way up the trail the snow started to fall again
I parked the 4Runner at the bottom of Bowling Ball Hill and rode up with my friend Tim; with all the snow, lack of a working front locker and no rock sliders I was starting to push my luck. After a little Baja action we made it to the top!
I parked the 4Runner at the bottom of Bowling Ball Hill and rode up with my friend Tim; with all the snow, lack of a working front locker and no rock sliders I was starting to push my luck. After a little Baja action we made it to the top!
wow.......you are a master fabricator, this rig is by far my favorite, the fact that you have done all the work yourself is just awesome, i wish i had the tools and ability to do this quality of a build on my own, again looks amazing ill be keeping tabs on this to see how it continues
Dirtco
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Thanks man! It's a lot of work, but well worth all the time.
You could say that
, I usually go wheeling at least once a week (more during the fall and spring when the snow is at it’s prime). All of my buddies trucks keep getting bigger while mine gets smaller, but so far I keep up with them.That trail was SUPER slick, you could hardly walk around without falling down. Traction was pretty much zero, but it was fun! Snow wheeling just adds another level of fun/challenge; some snow you have to bash, some you have to crawl, and for the most part it’s somewhere between.
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YES! Snow already, I love it. I remember the one year that my family lived in SW Colorado, we got like 2 feet of snow on Halloween weekend. Being from the midwest (and loving snow), I was in heaven. Man I want to live back in CO.
Pictures look like a blast. Get those sliders on and the compressor in! Then there won't be as much fear of messing up a really really nice rig. lol
Pictures look like a blast. Get those sliders on and the compressor in! Then there won't be as much fear of messing up a really really nice rig. lol
Dirtco
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I don't know if I could live anywhere else! It starts snowing up here very early, I live above 9000'.
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That's my buddy Cory, he's on 40's! I also have another friend Mike that has a buggy with Rockwells running 49's, he REALLY makes my truck look small!
But I have heat, AC, leather, tunes, etc, etc, etc
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I also took the 4Runner out the following day for some mild snow wheeling on a couple rocky trails. I was hoping that two solid days of wheeling in different conditions would work any bugs out, and it was a good opportunity to get some more seat time in the 4Runner. It started out as a beautiful blue bird day…
St. John
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St. John
End of the road
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I came back down and headed up another trail, with the same result. On the way down I found a car that had drove into the ditch, so I pulled him out and headed over to Webster Pass. By this time the weather was starting to change but I kept going…
I made it half way up the switch backs and had to turn around; if I had a working front locker and my CO2 tank (I wanted to be at 5 psi, but I had to drive home so 10 psi was my limit) I think I could have made it to the top. The snow drifts in this area and settles into the switch backs, there were spots were the snow was a foot deep.
View of Radical Hill across the valley
Coming back down
I made it half way up the switch backs and had to turn around; if I had a working front locker and my CO2 tank (I wanted to be at 5 psi, but I had to drive home so 10 psi was my limit) I think I could have made it to the top. The snow drifts in this area and settles into the switch backs, there were spots were the snow was a foot deep.
View of Radical Hill across the valley
Coming back down
Dirtco
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And for the hell of it I headed up Radical Hill, I knew I wasn’t going to make it very far but it was worth a try.
Webster Pass and Red Cone, I made it to the switchback on the very left.
And again, the end
This spot is just too steep when there’s snow, I always get stopped here.
Webster Pass and Red Cone, I made it to the switchback on the very left.
And again, the end
This spot is just too steep when there’s snow, I always get stopped here.
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