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JWaldz
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fightman80
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HA HA HA! Funny stuff guys.... so does my clock look ok?? Should I try to change the color some more?
The current color film, allows the clock to be seen well even in day light. The others, looked like they may be whiter, but we very dark during the day.
What do you guys think?
The current color film, allows the clock to be seen well even in day light. The others, looked like they may be whiter, but we very dark during the day.
What do you guys think?
GottaBeTRD
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nice job on the clock man! I'm about out of all the good swatches so you may have to become the new vendor 
fightman80
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Thanks man! Not sure if I'd be up for selling mine.... lol! Anybody can order them from E-bay... got mine for around $5.00...
fightman80
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Maintenance time!
Well, tackled my front stabilizer bar bushings today! Got some poly bushings off E-bay along with the link bolt bushings....
It's been due for a long time, and I've been procrastinating, thinking that the bolts would be a pain to take apart..... Thanks to my religious application of oil on the undercarriage, they came off like butter! The driver side bushing was toast!
Here's a pic of one installed:
Well, tackled my front stabilizer bar bushings today! Got some poly bushings off E-bay along with the link bolt bushings....
It's been due for a long time, and I've been procrastinating, thinking that the bolts would be a pain to take apart..... Thanks to my religious application of oil on the undercarriage, they came off like butter! The driver side bushing was toast!
Here's a pic of one installed:
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fightman80
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BTW, I also had my buddy take a look at my ball joints and other suspension components today.... looks like I need a driver side Inner tie rod .... the ball joints were tight, but the rubbers looked bad.... gonna have to replace those soon enough....
fightman80
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Thanks for the comments guys! A few changes have been going on lately! lol! I'm working on a couple of other little projects.... still in the planning phases though! Should be done those in a few weeks!
First things first though...I have to do my inner tie rod! Probably going to do that tomorrow.....
First things first though...I have to do my inner tie rod! Probably going to do that tomorrow.....
LittleCaesar
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Bad rubbers are not good at any time; it is a good thing you have an ample supply from the Christmas stocking.
BTW, the LED lights turned out quite nice.
BTW, the LED lights turned out quite nice.
fightman80
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Definitely man! Still got a few rubbers left... lol!
Thanks for the compliment about he LED's... I really like them!
Thanks for the compliment about he LED's... I really like them!
fightman80
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A Long A$$ day!
Well, did a couple of things to the 4Runner today! I was planning on doing my inner tie rod, and then a couple of other little projects, but the
tie rod job took the bulk of the day!
Pic of the parts I picked up:
I paid $115.00 for the inner tie rod and $93.00 for the outer TRE, but didn't plan on using the outer unless I really needed to replace it.
Pics of the day's debacles:
We got it done.... messed up the boot on the outer tie rod end. I tried to hammer on the knuckle (as instructed by 2 other guys), but didn't work for me. I then tried the pickle forks the part store lent me, which messed up the boot on the outer TRE. That didn't work either, so I finally just put the castle nut on the bolt again, and just tapped it down. Then I had trouble separating the inner and outer tie rods from eachother, so I opted to just remove the entire assembly as one unit. I couldn't get any leverage on the inner tie rod, and ended up giving up! A quick text to LDForget, and he ended up coming over to save my tail again.
Together, we figured out that if we used a short pipe on the end of pipe wrench, we could get enough leverage on the inner tie rod to turn it. It finally worked, and we were good to go.
Pic of the old inner Tie Rod:
We had tried to clean up the old boot on the outer tie rod, and Permatex'd it to see if it could be salvaged. Unfortunately, it was still oozing out grease. I tried to call 3 different part stores to buy just the boot, they didn't have em. So, I ended up using the Outer Tie Rod I ordered, and the job cost me another $93.00.
Pic of the two installed:
Aside from the cost of the two parts, I payed $10.00 for a second Crescent Wrench, in an effort to detach the inner tie Rod from the Outer TRE. I also tossed Lee $20.00 for driving out here and saving my a$$. He's always willing to help, but living a half hour drive away, is a major pain, so paying him this, was the least I could do!
Now for the one good thing that went well! I removed my 2 year old plastic TRD emblem I got from E-bay for my rear hatch:
It was all pitted, and was looking pretty grungy, so bought another grill emblem from E-bay for $5.00 shipped!
I could go back out and do some work on the interior right now... but I'm freakin tired!
Stay tuned for more updates, as I have 2 or 3 more projects in the works!
Well, did a couple of things to the 4Runner today! I was planning on doing my inner tie rod, and then a couple of other little projects, but the
tie rod job took the bulk of the day!
Pic of the parts I picked up:
I paid $115.00 for the inner tie rod and $93.00 for the outer TRE, but didn't plan on using the outer unless I really needed to replace it.
Pics of the day's debacles:
We got it done.... messed up the boot on the outer tie rod end. I tried to hammer on the knuckle (as instructed by 2 other guys), but didn't work for me. I then tried the pickle forks the part store lent me, which messed up the boot on the outer TRE. That didn't work either, so I finally just put the castle nut on the bolt again, and just tapped it down. Then I had trouble separating the inner and outer tie rods from eachother, so I opted to just remove the entire assembly as one unit. I couldn't get any leverage on the inner tie rod, and ended up giving up! A quick text to LDForget, and he ended up coming over to save my tail again.
Together, we figured out that if we used a short pipe on the end of pipe wrench, we could get enough leverage on the inner tie rod to turn it. It finally worked, and we were good to go.
Pic of the old inner Tie Rod:
We had tried to clean up the old boot on the outer tie rod, and Permatex'd it to see if it could be salvaged. Unfortunately, it was still oozing out grease. I tried to call 3 different part stores to buy just the boot, they didn't have em. So, I ended up using the Outer Tie Rod I ordered, and the job cost me another $93.00.
Pic of the two installed:
Aside from the cost of the two parts, I payed $10.00 for a second Crescent Wrench, in an effort to detach the inner tie Rod from the Outer TRE. I also tossed Lee $20.00 for driving out here and saving my a$$. He's always willing to help, but living a half hour drive away, is a major pain, so paying him this, was the least I could do!
Now for the one good thing that went well! I removed my 2 year old plastic TRD emblem I got from E-bay for my rear hatch:
It was all pitted, and was looking pretty grungy, so bought another grill emblem from E-bay for $5.00 shipped!
I could go back out and do some work on the interior right now... but I'm freakin tired!
Stay tuned for more updates, as I have 2 or 3 more projects in the works!
fightman80
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Another Lighting mod: LED licence plate light!
Pretty simple install for me... as I already had an aftermarket light for my plate on the Tire carrier. I simply swapped the lights fixtures, and ran some new wire conduit to clean things up.
Here's a pic of the old light:
Here's some pics of the new one:
And a shot of the tire carrier with the wire conduit running beneath the truck into the tail light areas:
Another little addition: My homemade TRD oil cap
I bought a set of 4 TRD wheel hub cap stickers and opted to use one of them to dress up the engine compartment.
Aside from that... not much more for an update today. I did however, decide to wash the truck again, and give the interior a good cleaning.
Here's some poser shots:
I ordered some stuff 2 days ago, hoping to get another lighting project done, and some other little dress up items finished up!
Pretty simple install for me... as I already had an aftermarket light for my plate on the Tire carrier. I simply swapped the lights fixtures, and ran some new wire conduit to clean things up.
Here's a pic of the old light:
Here's some pics of the new one:
And a shot of the tire carrier with the wire conduit running beneath the truck into the tail light areas:
Another little addition: My homemade TRD oil cap
I bought a set of 4 TRD wheel hub cap stickers and opted to use one of them to dress up the engine compartment.
Aside from that... not much more for an update today. I did however, decide to wash the truck again, and give the interior a good cleaning.
Here's some poser shots:
I ordered some stuff 2 days ago, hoping to get another lighting project done, and some other little dress up items finished up!
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AZ4FNER
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Lookin' good man. I love your aux lights in your lower valance. I'm leaning toward the same, but can't decide if I should mount on top of bumper or below. Probably would get more use as driving lights, as I don't plan on doing a lot of "night" wheelin'...
Any feedback on if you like them or plan to change them?
Any feedback on if you like them or plan to change them?
fightman80
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Thanks for the compliment man! As for the auxiliary lights, I like them where they are alot! I'm working on a little project for these, but they will be still located in the same area...
GottaBeTRD
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looking good man! i was thinking about getting some of TRD wheel caps kinda like that, my Procomp ones are getting kind of beat.
Oh, I SOO want your tire carrier haha
Oh, I SOO want your tire carrier haha
fightman80
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I'm sticking with the 4Runner LBJ'S, as I just but the 4Runner outer tie rod..... These sre 14 years old, so I've done pretty good with athe stock 4Runner ones.
