The Josh's Build Thread

to me Solid Axle was not ever in the design stage for the 4th gen so it just doesn't look right to me, it looks funky. the 4th gen was meant to be IFS and thats how it came. i love how long travel looks on the 4th gen and i will go that route next year after i get my mini restored. i guess it all just comes down to personal preference i just hate the way solid axle looks on a 4th gen, but the real reason is i enjoy all types of four wheeling not just rock crawling so hitting the dunes and desert in my truck with ifs will never be the same if i do a swap

i see good point
 
Hey Josh,
Great build. Thank you for sharing. Can you let me know what kind of bumper guard you had before you upgraded to the CBI?

Thanks!
 
Hey Josh,
Great build. Thank you for sharing. Can you let me know what kind of bumper guard you had before you upgraded to the CBI?

Thanks!

Looks like this: BLACK HORSE® - Rear Bumper Guard (2003 4Runner)

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"Looks like this: BLACK HORSE® - Rear Bumper Guard (2003 4Runner)"

Thanks guys! I've finally made it through this entire thread and gotta say thanks for sharing again. The posts are not just informative but very entertaining and inspiring. I hope to drive my 4runner down to the desert states one day - what a beautiful part of the country.
 
okay so the bumper is nearing completion but from this pic you may be able to pick out a couple things i added. dual swing arms, camp table, removable hitch (similar to new ARB style) and thats whats visible

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here is the quarter panel skid plate in its basic form. the current angle is 45 degrees but it will be changed to 30 degrees. steve will work his magic on the rest


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removed my rear bumper today to clean it up and prep for delivery in 2 weeks

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and cleaned my undies... (undercarriage)

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Josh,

As I sit here browsing through the forum and look upon the things I wished I have had the chance to do to my 05 V6 here in FL, I must say, I drooled all the way through this thread as a first timer here! My hat is off to you Sir! Good job! Your passion and dedication to this forum is greatly appreciated!

My 05 stock sport just crossed 100,000 this past week and look back on things I WISHED I could have done and again, drool, on what I saw and read here. My next 4Runner will HAVE to have some of these mods or I will not be able to live happily ever after!

Merry Christmas to you and your family and a prosperous New Year Sir! You deserve it!

May we meet in the future!

-Dorsey South Florida
 
Josh,

As I sit here browsing through the forum and look upon the things I wished I have had the chance to do to my 05 V6 here in FL, I must say, I drooled all the way through this thread as a first timer here! My hat is off to you Sir! Good job! Your passion and dedication to this forum is greatly appreciated!

My 05 stock sport just crossed 100,000 this past week and look back on things I WISHED I could have done and again, drool, on what I saw and read here. My next 4Runner will HAVE to have some of these mods or I will not be able to live happily ever after!

Merry Christmas to you and your family and a prosperous New Year Sir! You deserve it!

May we meet in the future!

-Dorsey South Florida

Thank You very much Dorsey, very kind words i appreciate it very much!
 
just got home from doing a few trails. it was perfect conditions. some light snow a few feet deep. completely empty trails and 1 fallen tree blocking the road...


ill post up more pics later


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today we headed out of truckee around noon to do the bear valley loop. I've done this trail 3 times so far and every time i do it i always find more trails and never end up in the same spot in the end. today we decided to run the whole loop plus the "difficult Loop Back" there wasn't a whole lot of snow but where the snow was it presented challenges like on steep inclines, declines and off camber sections. the snow also covered all the flat land so at some point i wasn't sure what direction to go

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Perfect Weather

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cockpit

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rear view

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the misses

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about 12 miles into the trail we come to a dead end, well almost...

i big tree recently fell blocking the path. so i pull out the winch controller and the tree saver strap. for the first tree we wanted to drag the tree down hill and by the placement of the strap it worked. the tree dragged downhill about 10 ft. the we moved the strap up higher in a attempt to break the tree in half. that also worked as planned (ill post up a video shortly) with the tree now snapped in half it was clear for us to continue on

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