The Josh's Build Thread

[darkie3495]

wow thanks so much, i honestly didnt even know what those were, i thought it was a defect in the housing!

so i can basically pull out the bulb and stick my finger in to slightly push in the tab?

Yeah pretty much. Just make sure you don't push it all the way down.

 

[the_josh]

How To Grenade Your Diff...

And How To Fix It...

after the a close call of the hiliift slipping and dropping the truck we finally suceeded!

the mojave trophy

after the Highlander mod was complete, we headed out to camp

 

[the_josh]

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[the_josh]

Finally Installed!

 

[proudrunner]

Congrats! Looks awesome! I hope your bumper rust!! J/K.. It looks absolutely clean, I love the body lines of the bumper:bravo:

 

[kaiser]

Looks awesome man... you just took the cake in my book for most awesome 4th gen!

Plus having a wacky colored set of Buds like mine helped!!!

 

[Paynetrain]

Wow, looks really good man.... grats

 

[Pure 98]

wow josh looks good man congrats:cheers:

 

[the_josh]

the rest of the pics


MobileMe Gallery

 

[the_josh]

Congrats! Looks awesome! I hope your bumper rust!! J/K.. It looks absolutely clean, I love the body lines of the bumper:bravo:

Thanks! itll probably rust in like 20 years or more :bash:

i love the body lines too, perfectly matches the truck

Looks awesome man... you just took the cake in my book for most awesome 4th gen!

Plus having a wacky colored set of Buds like mine helped!!!

Gracias! hey you gotta go with crazy colors, why the heck not!!!

Wow, looks really good man.... grats

wow josh looks good man congrats:cheers:

Thanks guys!!! i cant wait to get it all dirty offroading!!! hahah

 

[smallfry]

The bumper looks good. How's the visiblity out the back now.

 

[shuly]

looks great!! I want that bumper...but can't spare the cash...it is a beautiful piece of steel!

How difficult was the installation....I beleive there is a bit of welding you need to do? or have they simplified that step?

 

[nate4runner]

You have the ultimate build!! So sweet!

 

[the_josh]

The bumper looks good. How's the visiblity out the back now.

haha what visibility?!?! if you click on the link for my mobileme gallery there is a pic looking out the back, its actually not that bad at all

looks great!! I want that bumper...but can't spare the cash...it is a beautiful piece of steel!

How difficult was the installation....I beleive there is a bit of welding you need to do? or have they simplified that step?

thank you! the install was easy, maybe 2 leasurely hours- no welding needed, i couldnt imagine where i would need to weld?!?

You have the ultimate build!! So sweet!

thanks so much!!

can i be a 4rotm twice? (my rig was stock the last time in 05' haha)

 

[the_josh]

Front & Rear 4.88's And ARB's

finally have some pics :cool1:

the switches

the pumpkin protector is back on

Air Locker air line

safety coil - in case the line gets broken i can take out the slack and hook it up again

running down the frame

ARB Air Locker Acuators

new 90 PSI air regulator for the lockers and air pressure cut off switch

air line ran to rear storage compartment for rear air hookup

 

[jsmarine]

Nice job! Your truck is really is really coming together, very nice setup you have.

What do you do for a living by the way? I need your paychecks! LOL

 

[the_josh]

Nice job! Your truck is really is really coming together, very nice setup you have.

What do you do for a living by the way? I need your paychecks! LOL

thanks you! its a fun work in progress :surfer:

i own a Property Preservation business - basically i maintain forclosed homes for the banks (grass cuts/re-keys/trashouts/window board ups/cure city violations) its a dirty job but i enjoy it :fro:

 

[proudrunner]

I like the way the switches are mounted nice and clean. May I ask what is next? Always looking forward to your post.

 

[the_josh]

I like the way the switches are mounted nice and clean. May I ask what is next? Always looking forward to your post.

I love those switches, I'm actually gonna get 3 more custom made ones for my lights made that look just like those.

As for next mod... Not sure!


Any suggestions?


I'd like to do glass fenders but I wanna see them in person first before I decide

 

[BajaRnnr]

Hey Josh what RPM are you running at highway speeds with the 4.88s? I'm going to run 35's soon and i'm up in the air if i should go with 4.56 or 4.88 for gearing.