We'll be in Appleton; so a little more than an hour away from you in West Bend. I've already started looking at the Trans Wisconsin Adventure Trail. Always glad to have some 4Runner company.
Lol, time will tell if it's the greatest state in the union:uzi:
Spencer how are you man? Life is good; as it turns out we're in the process of moving to Wisconsin. Cold as hell yes :lmao: but it is what it is. It'll be a change from Atlanta but will be back and forth. Wish you and the wife a happy and prosperous new year!
Wisconsin? That's a heck of a long way. Wish y'all safe and easy travels on the move. We'll have to get a beer before you're gone. I know there's a few of us that would like to see you. It's been too long!
Momo thanks man!! Hope things are going well for you and yours in Alabama. GO DAWGS!! Lol.:lmao:
We'll be in Appleton; so a little more than an hour away from you in West Bend. I've already started looking at the Trans Wisconsin Adventure Trail. Always glad to have some 4Runner company.
Lol, time will tell if it's the greatest state in the union:uzi:
Appleton is nice, my wife's aunt/uncle live right outside there. There aren't many trails in Wisconsin other than ones on private property. The only off roading my rig sees is on my friends 247 acres of hunting land. We have about 3 or so miles worth of trails that we use for hunting in Wautoma. Nothing crazy but its still fun to take the 4R out and getr dirty.
I thumbed through a few pages but looks like you pretty much did what I originally wanted to for my own 3rd gen haha. Looks great to see how it would have turned out if I didn't turn to the dark side and get a 4th gen. Awesome build man. I still have my rear hilux hatch sitting in the garage too.
I agree. Much better one to come tomorrow after I pick up a larger mem card. Forgot I had the skeleton cover on the back of the GoPro so please forgive the excessive wind noise.
Momo thanks, it's all about the JDM man; hope you got that stuff installed.
Got a few things knocked out yesterday; swung by my local muffler shop and got a quote on a reroute job for the exhaust. The right mount is broken (see below) so getting this sorted. With the reroute I will have both coming out and behind the passenger rear tire. Decided to go with a factory look too. May even go to a stock muffler; after a while that droning gets tired...
Also took it to get dynoed; one hour, three pulls and a few minutes later results are inconclusive. Tester David was having a time keeping it in one gear without it upshifting etc. We basically just shot the stuff about his shop, race carts and his Baja days so not a total wash I guess...
Also discovered my passenger side inner CV boot is now torn; fantastic:jaw:. Time for OEM or CVJ replacements.
Did get home to this though: winch came in from NorthRidge, two packages from FrontRunner and two 4 Gallon packs from Rotopax. :llama:
From FrontRunner I purchased a ladder and grill. The ladder uses a ratchet system to attach to the rear tire as shown below and the grill simply mounts under the ratchet straps. My JAOS ladder doesn't accommodate the SSR-X spoiler only the SSR-G or blade spoilers.
I was able to drop off my front bumper and sliders at a local 4Runner forum member's shop so we'll be working on that tomorrow. Cut frame rail ends, weld on bumper ends, also compensate for the 2" lift. Originally planned to run [MENTION=12884]BanditRunner[/MENTION] 's bumpers front and rear but dealt with three different companies that seemed to have three different issues so finally pulled the trigger on the Apex for up front and CBI Hybrid for the rear.
The Rotopax and HiLift will mount to the Whitson. It already has mounts in place thanks to the PO [MENTION=138036]URBAN_ASSAULT[/MENTION]. Will need to make some adjustments to accommodate the Rotopax but it's straightforward.
It's good to finally see the truck coming together after some setbacks here and there in the past. :lookout: With only three months to go till Texas I'm getting pretty damn excited about this thing. :jump:Cheers!
