JoeDuke's Build Thread

[JoeDuke]

I think its about time I post a Thread up. I have been on the forum for a while now, but never really post that often. So, here is how the story goes. I bought my runner from my Aunt a few years ago while I was visiting her in Colorado for Christmas. My dad and I drove her home in a day and a half instaed of flying back with my mom and brother. We went through Colorado, Whyoming, Idaho, Nevada and then halfway though California. Any ways, Here is what I bought initially. Completely stock with a set of wheels I have never seen on a 4runner before.

And this is what she looks like today.

 

[JoeDuke]

My first mod was a set of wheels. I bough a set of four rims and tires from a buddy for $150 and I still have them today,Unfortunately.
Before my lift, so there isnt much room at all. They are Devino Road Concept rims with Cooper STT's with barely any tread left.

And since I obviously got rid of the running boards, therre was a gap behind the front fender flare.

The next order of business was getting my new Sonoran Steel 1.2 Lift put on.

 

[JoeDuke]

There was a very long period of time where there were no mods, because of lack of funds, but then I sold my beloved freeride bike.

The money from that went towards All new sound system, Savage offroad sliders and Brand new 285 duratracs.

 

[JoeDuke]

Then I lost my camera which had all of the pictures from the Welding and painting of my sliders, painting the grill, tinting the tail lights, and installing the roll bar in the back. But here is a pic of the grill,

And for my birthday I got a CB/PA and a speaker for the front to yell at kids in the school parking lot.

 

[JoeDuke]

As you can see my "street Slicks"

The trail is in South Lake Tahoe. here are some more from the same trail just on another trip.

And you can see my first battle wound above the wheel well.

 

[JoeDuke]

Today I took a few pictures out front of my parents house since I am back from college for break. Not many new mods recently but On craigslist I found a guy in Gold Country who makes front plate bumpers and hopefully I will be picking one of those up soon.

 

[downpour11]

Nice!! Still haven't seen you driving around though! PM me when you get back to town and we should grab some drinks man I'd love to see your truck. (Though I'm outta town right now and will be back next weekend.)

 

[hrt4me]

what is the black piece in your front turn signal?

 

[JoeDuke]

I tinted the turn signal

 

[JoeDuke]

These are the bumpers that the guy I was talking about builds. I am going to see if he can make a stinger that matches the shape of the grill.

 

[SantaCruzRunner]

how much does he charge for those?

 

[4Running Daily]

Killer Specialized man! I'm getting to the point where I want to sell my 2011 Stumpjumper to buy for some mods, and some living money. Maybe grab a hardtail so I can still do some trail runs.

Do you regret selling it?

 

[JoeDuke]

Absolutely 100% regret it! My sounds system is bad ass but not good enough for selling that ol beast. Especially since I just found some sweet jumps and trails around Chico where I'm going to school.

 

[JoeDuke]

how much does he charge for those?

That bumper is $440 with the blinker buckets and set up for a winch, another $40 for the d ring mounts, and another $30 for a hoop.

 

[Zachpins34]

I don't think I've seen you up in Chico yet. Pretty cool how you're from 925 like me too haha. Me, you, and downpour11 should do some kind of meetup after break. We went up cohasset road (30 min drive) about a month ago and it was pretty sick. Your runner is lookin awesome

 

[SantaCruzRunner]

That bumper is $440 with the blinker buckets and set up for a winch, another $40 for the d ring mounts, and another $30 for a hoop.

hmm thats pretty good. may have to look into that.

 

[JoeDuke]

I don't think I've seen you up in Chico yet. Pretty cool how you're from 925 like me too haha. Me, you, and downpour11 should do some kind of meetup after break. We went up cohasset road (30 min drive) about a month ago and it was pretty sick. Your runner is lookin awesome

Yea that's awesome. We definitely will get another group run together soon. I couldn't make it to the last one but it looked like a good time. Are you going to Chico state? And thanks man yours too

 

[downpour11]

Yea that's awesome. We definitely will get another group run together soon. I couldn't make it to the last one but it looked like a good time. Are you going to Chico state? And thanks man yours too

I am always down, just lemme know when and where.

 

[JoeDuke]

Here's a picture of my new Shotgun up in Tahoe a couple of weeks ago. You can also see how dark my tail lights are, and you can still see the perfectly fine. I do want to upgrade to newer 02's soon

That second picture is taken with the pro HDR camera app on my phone

 

[JoeDuke]

Found some more pictures. These were taken at Carnegie