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[bikerjosh]

Also Put in the hood struts. But im not very happy with it, because i lost about 2 inches of hood opening. reason being the struts only have 6 inches of draw. im going to look for some replacement that has better draw.

Wait it is a Toyota, why do you need to look under the hood? :rockon:

 

[t4r4life]

Wait it is a Toyota, why do you need to look under the hood? :rockon:

i use it to make my famous radiator burritos

 

[bikerjosh]

i use it to make my famous radiator burritos

oh ok, forgot you were going America's Next Top Chef:juggle:

 

[t4r4life]

Finished my big 3 upgrade.
Used copper wire terminals, marine grade battery terminals, solder, wire loom, and a lot of electrical tape.
Wires i've replaced: Neg battery to chassis, Neg battery to block, Pos fused link to alt, Neg engine to chassis.
Took me a whole day, its a pretty time consuming mod, but the benefits for me is worth it. Before the big 3 i had 13.1v when running, which led to be believe my alt was going out, after big 3 i have 14.3 when running, which tells me my alt is still good(god knows how) after being under mud water for a good 20 mins and the occasional mudding trips.
Also i got rid of the bass lag, before the mod my bass hits about a beat behind the music, but now the bass is on point, which is one less annoying thing to think about when driving.

Pics tomorrow.

 

[t4r4life]

Quick observation just now, the idel seems to be smoother, at least according to my ultra gauge, before at idel the rpm jumps around between 550 and 610, today after big 3 it stays between 560-575. also the weird ticking sound went away.

Also this came in today
DROK Electrical Test Meters Digital Car Clock Volt Gauge 18B20 Temp Monitor Sensor

My stock clock has been touch and go, sometimes if i tap it it would come on but one bump later it would be gone. Got fed up and thought maybe i can add a different gauge.

some hot glue and solder later, it is in. pretty nifty gauge. looks stock which is what i wanted. it reads voltage, time and temp. again will post better pics tomorrow with my dslr.

 

[t4r4life]

scored this roof rack off of craigslist for 50, but i don't know what brand it is, it doesn't look like the loadwarrior i use to have.

 

[t4r4life]

did a video today of the hood struts working. and showing the big 3 upgrade.

 

[TheeMikeB]

How is it we are both in WC and I've never bumped into you?

 

[t4r4life]

How is it we are both in WC and I've never bumped into you?

well there are
[MENTION=47554]t4r4life[/MENTION]
[MENTION=73865]4Runnin Tahoe[/MENTION]
[MENTION=47731]TheeMikeB[/MENTION]
[MENTION=86901]Forrrrest[/MENTION]
[MENTION=59608]bikerjosh[/MENTION]
All in walnut creek, and so far i only met bikerjosh

 

[Forrrrest]

Well technicaly I only work in WC. I think I've seen all your guy's runners driving around at one point or another

 

[t4r4life]

i only seen bikerjosh's truck, i live in downtown WC you guys must live on the san ramon side or pleasant hill side.

 

[TheeMikeB]

well there are
[MENTION=47554]t4r4life[/MENTION]
[MENTION=73865]4Runnin Tahoe[/MENTION]
[MENTION=47731]TheeMikeB[/MENTION]
[MENTION=86901]Forrrrest[/MENTION]
[MENTION=59608]bikerjosh[/MENTION]
All in walnut creek, and so far i only met bikerjosh

Haha true.. and we have that Orange one blazing around who may or may not even be a member lol.

 

[t4r4life]

yeah i always run into him on my way home on civic dr. for some reason he always give me the stink eye

 

[4Runnin Tahoe]

well there are
[MENTION=47554]t4r4life[/MENTION]
[MENTION=73865]4Runnin Tahoe[/MENTION]
[MENTION=47731]TheeMikeB[/MENTION]
[MENTION=86901]Forrrrest[/MENTION]
[MENTION=59608]bikerjosh[/MENTION]
All in walnut creek, and so far i only met bikerjosh

Yeah seriously, wtf? Walnut Creek is not that big of a town haha....I'm usually working down by Ruth's Chris, or Nordstrom. I'll be working at Nordstrom out front at the valet stand if any one of you want to roll through tomorrow haha

 

[t4r4life]

Yeah seriously, wtf? Walnut Creek is not that big of a town haha....I'm usually working down by Ruth's Chris, or Nordstrom. I'll be working at Nordstrom out front at the valet stand if any one of you want to roll through tomorrow haha

haha going hiking today otherwise i would. Maybe walnut creek parking lot meet soon?

 

[4Runnin Tahoe]

haha going hiking today otherwise i would. Maybe walnut creek parking lot meet soon?

Ya we should. Mine's always parked in one anyway

 

[Supra725]

now, where were you guys when I was there 2 weeks ago lol..

 

[t4r4life]

you shoulda told us, in case yall didn't know we do have our own facebook group ran by me and [MENTION=56529]Jon[/MENTION]. https://www.facebook.com/groups/204653426273819/

 

[t4r4life]

Little update
1/16/14

School started last week so modding is starting to die down as well, but i did add 2 small things to the truck before all the madness sets in.

After i got my roof basket the wind noise was crazy, my old rola rack was nowhere as loud, so i got a wind faring for it, not a direct fit so some drilling were required, but the change in wind noise was instant.


I also added in some Led strips as turn signals, my old ones were hideous and really made the truck look weird with the big ol housing, took me a while to find amber led strips but i got lucky and found some, 4 self tapper later.
I tried to pain the white housing black but the paint just wont stick to the rubber, huge fail on my part


Little poser shot

 

[t4r4life]

Also does anyone know if tires dry rot if they are stored inside? my 35s been sitting in my room for a year now, and it won't be on the truck until i regear so god knows how long before i actually use them, i just don't want them the rot away.