MattJakobs Build Thread-2001 Stellar Blue Pearl

Yesterday and today were spent doing some maintenance and work on Stella. Yesterday we topped all fluids off as well as a light engine compartment cleaning, taking off running boards and most of the stock rear bumper. I kept the back piece on just so I wouldn't get a hard time for driving without a rear bumper.

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Today, I got the brackets of the rear tube bumper I picked up earlier this week, altered. The bumper was made for a 2nd gen but after a little cutting, we got it to fit pretty well. With install, I'm into the bumper for $220 which was well worth it.

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Just a small update:
I've been looking for clear corners and tail lights. I can't seem to find the 99-02 clear corners without the clear blinkers, anyone know where I can find some? And clear tail lights?

Also have a surf/camp trip scheduled in Cape Hatteras this weekend. Plan on leaving here around 3a.m. on Saturday in order to catch the sunrise down there. It's about a 3 hour drive depending where on the islands you're going but that'll get me to most of the northern breaks. Need new tires soon so probably won't take Stella on the sand but we'll see... Will upload some pictures when we get down there and set everything up but it'll look a little something like this, just trying out a different tent. I'll try and get the 4Runner in some of the pictures.

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This is me and my buddy heading down earlier this year in the old Runner. My other friend got a new fish eye, unfortunately he isn't coming, would've loved to get some new shots in the current 4Runner with the new lens.

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So we logged a little more than 400 miles this trip. There will be many more of these to come and we will get better pictures of her. Didn't do too much driving on the beach with the front two tires being in the condition that they're in but will definitely have some fun as next summer approaches.

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Packing her back up after camping for the night. I really wish we got more pictures but my phone was quickly dying. We had an interesting time getting to the camp ground. It was me and my friend Michael in my vehicle, following four of our other friends in another truck. We were going about 60 mph down highway 12(which can be more of a back road) when I spot 2 deer to the right of us and Michael sees about 8 running in a yard to the left of us. There's about a 30 foot gap in between us and all the sudden on of the deer tries to shoot the gap... Slamming the brakes, I avoid hitting the one jumping in front of us. I start speeding back up and when we hit about 30, we hear a huge thump. Quickly check my driver side mirror and see a deer just ran into us... It almost seemed like the deer bounced off of us and started running next to us. Luckily there wasn't any damage. We're unsure on what exactly it hit but it was somewhere behind the backseat door.

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This is the view we had when walk down the path from the camp site leading to the beach.
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Home alas!
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After the road trip, I noticed she was running a little rough. I took her to the local dealership to get a check up and they said I should consider new spark plugs, wires, and PCV valve. They wanted to charge me over $400 to do this which didn't sound to appealing for a relatively simple job. While under the hood, we replaced the plugs, wires, PCV valve, air filter and cleaned the MAF. She still felt like she was running a little weird so we dropped her off at the family mechanic to get a full check out. Inspection is due this month so hopefully we will have her up and running at full strength soon by the end of the month. While I save up for a new front bumper, I found a great deal on a brush guard. I know there's some controversy over whether they help or hurt in an accident but I like the look and it'll bridge the gap between stock bumper to a new bumper. I got it on late last night so I don't have any pictures yet. With the deal, I got rear tail light guards that I really liked. Picked the package up for $125 which I thought was a great deal

The joys of buying a used vehicle from someone that doesn't take proper care of it. These were the old plugs that desperately needed replacing. After the maintenance we did, she was running 10x better.

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When we finished up, I decided to paint the bottom parts of the rear panels that the new rear bumper exposed. The passenger side looked fine but the vent on the driver side was yellow and was very noticeable. I also removed the spare tire from under and put her in the back. Not sure whether I like that or not but the paint was much needed.

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Haha, so you're the one who got that brush guard. I was emailing them about it too and planned on using the brush guard, but throwing the tail light covers in a closet somewhere. Oh well, it'll look good on your truck man. Give me a shout if you ever decide to part with it, I may very well be interested. Nice progress on the truck. It's coming along nicely. Keep it up.
 
sterbenlicht said:
Haha, so you're the one who got that brush guard. I was emailing them about it too and planned on using the brush guard, but throwing the tail light covers in a closet somewhere. Oh well, it'll look good on your truck man. Give me a shout if you ever decide to part with it, I may very well be interested. Nice progress on the truck. It's coming along nicely. Keep it up.
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Once I saw it for that price, I knew I wanted it haha, I considered getting one for my last but never did. The only problem with it is the bottom bar has a dent in it and the brackets were a pain in the ass to get on(which is probably a good thing.) I've been eyeing an ARB bumper but don't want to pull the trigger till I have a lift on her. The brush guard is nice because it already has holes for mounting a light bar/off road lights. I'll hopefully uploading some pictures later this week depending on what the mechanic tells me and since this is only filling the gap between stock and new bumper, I'll shoot you a PM when I'm ready to sell
 
MattJakobs said:
Once I saw it for that price, I knew I wanted it haha, I considered getting one for my last but never did. The only problem with it is the bottom bar has a dent in it and the brackets were a pain in the ass to get on(which is probably a good thing.) I've been eyeing an ARB bumper but don't want to pull the trigger till I have a lift on her. The brush guard is nice because it already has holes for mounting a light bar/off road lights. I'll hopefully uploading some pictures later this week depending on what the mechanic tells me and since this is only filling the gap between stock and new bumper, I'll shoot you a PM when I'm ready to sell
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Sounds good. And if you ever have any issues, you're welcome to give me a shout. There's a lift in my garage and just about every Toyota resource you can dream of. Good luck with the truck man
 
sterbenlicht said:
Sounds good. And if you ever have any issues, you're welcome to give me a shout. There's a lift in my garage and just about every Toyota resource you can dream of. Good luck with the truck man
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Thanks man, and same for you. Do you own a local shop? Our family mechanic called today and said they didn't have time to check it out today due to others with scheduled appointments and ours was more of a drop off but they're taking a look first thing tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed that nothing to serious is going on...
What year/series do you have? And are you in the Hampton Roads area?
 
Yeah, I'm in Chesapeake. I work at the dealership, but my garage here at home has a full lift, service manuals, techstreams, and whatever else, and every Friday night, this place is full of Toyota master techs and instructors.
 
sterbenlicht said:
Yeah, I'm in Chesapeake. I work at the dealership, but my garage here at home has a full lift, service manuals, techstreams, and whatever else, and every Friday night, this place is full of Toyota master techs and instructors.
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We heard from the mechanic, one of the master spark plug coils when bad. They said it locked the engine up and it was unable to start. Do you know if there's any thing we should be looking for on the other two or is it just a random occurrence? They're getting it in later today and taking it on a test drive to see if that fixes the problem. Hopefully we're fully operational again.

Sounds like you have one hell of a setup too. Are you at First Team, Priority, or elsewhere?
 
While the 4runners still getting checked out, I finally got some pictures from our last camping/surfing trip down in the Outer Banks...

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LittleCaesar said:
Nice pics Matt. What break were you riding?

Ode to have the free time of a college student again.......
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All the during the day pictures were at a break near the southern most beach access in Nags Head. We were heading up from Rodanthe to check Eckner Street and randomly decided to check this spot. It was me and 5 buddies, one of them taking all the pictures. The later in the day pictures were taken at the South side of Rodanthe Pier. We stayed overnight at the campground near the airstrip in Frisco. Nothing was breaking down there but the campground at the light house was closed and we have previously stayed in Frisco. Sunday, the 5th, we surfed at the lighthouse but I haven't seen any of those pictures yet.
 
If you need a sound sleep, stay at the sea-sound motel, right at the end of Sea Sound Rd. I have stayed there three times, very cool place.

I have stayed at the North Beach campground. Nice as well. I have heard good and bad things about the KOA site. Living in DC for 90% of the year doesn't allow me much freedom to surf anymore. But money doesn't grow on trees.

In lieu of Columbus Day, if Columbus would have sailed to NC during any of his three trips , the OBX would have been nothing more than a shallow sandbar to him at low tide.
 
MattJakobs said:
Just a small update:
I've been looking for clear corners and tail lights. I can't seem to find the 99-02 clear corners without the clear blinkers, anyone know where I can find some? And clear tail lights?

I picked these up for my last 4Runner and never got to put them in. I think they'd be a cool alternative instead of the current handles under the top of the door (don't really know what the technical term is.) The only problem is I don't know how to secure them so that they can still can support the stress of someone trying to get in and out.

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Also have a surf/camp trip scheduled in Cape Hatteras this weekend. Plan on leaving here around 3a.m. on Saturday in order to catch the sunrise down there. It's about a 3 hour drive depending where on the islands you're going but that'll get me to most of the northern breaks. Need new tires soon so probably won't take Stella on the sand but we'll see... Will upload some pictures when we get down there and set everything up but it'll look a little something like this, just trying out a different tent. I'll try and get the 4Runner in some of the pictures.

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This is me and my buddy heading down earlier this year in the old Runner. My other friend got a new fish eye, unfortunately he isn't coming, would've loved to get some new shots in the current 4Runner with the new lens.

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You were looking for some clear corners. heres a link to the ones i got. 96 98 Toyota 4 Runner Aftermarket Replacement Clear Front Corner Lights Depo | eBay
Says theyre for a 96-98 but i put them on my 99 no problems.
 
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