NoOneBetter's build/photo thread.

Some more photos from this past weekend in Stanislaus National Forest.

























Had plenty of dead trees around making for some good firewood.


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Making good use of the rear platform made by [MENTION=129593]MTN4RNR[/MENTION]. Will have more photos of it soon.






 
Also got around to installing my NOCO Genius GCP1 Black 13 Amp 125V AC Port Plug to be used with my NOCO Genius GEN1 onboard charger. No more cable hanging out of my engine bay. Got the idea for the mounting location from [MENTION=44305]weeeee[/MENTION] and [MENTION=99702]jrandom[/MENTION].

Removed the driver side trim



Traced the 2in circle for the cut


cut finished


Fitting the plug


Final product:






Hey man, love this whole thread. Sorry to jump back two years but wondered if you had any wisdom to share about getting this part off and on. Such an awesome place to locate the plug!!! Thanks.

EDIT: HA! Nevermind. That was easy.
 
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Took a trip to Sequoia National Forest a couple weeks ago. Wasn't planning on doing any trails but one of my friends happen to have a surprise by showing up with a brand new Cavalry Blue TRDPro 4Runner. Luckily, there were trails close by that we'd be able to take it on its maiden journey.

























View from the lookout














General Sherman
 
Upgraded my foglights last night to Baja Designs Squadron Pros. These things are insanely bright.











Comparison of stock housing with LED bulb versus the squadron pro.
 
Pics look awesome, just took the time to flip through this whole thread. Your build info and photos are inspiring. Pretty cool that you have that area to explore close to you! :nicethread:
 
Some new suspension updates :)

Taking apart the entire front suspension and removing KDSS completely.






Reinforcing the front with plating




Spindle gussets


Bypass hoops and gusseting in and painted.


And now we're getting to the good stuff :)




 
Some new suspension updates :)

Taking apart the entire front suspension and removing KDSS completely.






Reinforcing the front with plating




Spindle gussets


Bypass hoops and gusseting in and painted.


And now we're getting to the good stuff :)






Nice too see people tearing out kdss for LT. Few questions.

Are you running any sort of stabilizers or similar parts? I would imagine it would be prerunner type handling without.

How is it on road with it set up like this?

Thoughts so far all around?
 
Nice too see people tearing out kdss for LT. Few questions.

Are you running any sort of stabilizers or similar parts? I would imagine it would be prerunner type handling without.

How is it on road with it set up like this?

Thoughts so far all around?

At this point, no sway bars in the front or rear. Thinking about doing Curry anti-rock or something similar once I get around to working on the LT setup in the rear. It handles really well, and doesn't sway as much as I expected. I feel that its a little more stable than a friend's non-LT 4runner without swaybars. Part of that is due to having bypasses though. I haven't gotten around to doing a full shakedown yet and will be working on the rear soon and tuning afterwards so wont have any concrete data points until then.
 
At this point, no sway bars in the front or rear. Thinking about doing Curry anti-rock or something similar once I get around to working on the LT setup in the rear. It handles really well, and doesn't sway as much as I expected. I feel that its a little more stable than a friend's non-LT 4runner without swaybars. Part of that is due to having bypasses though. I haven't gotten around to doing a full shakedown yet and will be working on the rear soon and tuning afterwards so wont have any concrete data points until then.

That makes sense. I always seem to catch these builds right when they get to the stage where they are fleshing that issue out. Interesting to see what people say long term about running the curry anti rock (I've seen it hinted at in other builds) in place of sways.
 

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