What did you do to/in your 5th Gen today?!

Got my inspection sticker, put on my registration and plates...and my black lugnuts with a front rebalance of the duras.
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Kicking myself for not getting my new Bud Built skids powder coated from Bud. Rattle can bed liner doesn't work real well when it is 1 degree.
 
Kicking myself for not getting my new Bud Built skids powder coated from Bud. Rattle can bed liner doesn't work real well when it is 1 degree.

I know this will not help with the ambient temp while drying, but have you tried throwing the rattle cans into a bucket of hot water and let them warm up before you spray, and once it starts loosing pressure from the cold dunk it back in for a bit? Keeping it warm will keep the pressure up and make the best of painting your skids in Antarctica.
 
I know this will not help with the ambient temp while drying, but have you tried throwing the rattle cans into a bucket of hot water and let them warm up before you spray, and once it starts loosing pressure from the cold dunk it back in for a bit? Keeping it warm will keep the pressure up and make the best of painting your skids in Antarctica.
Yes, rotating 3 cans through a bucket of hot water. The parts were indoor temperature, and the sun was out, so it's not too bad. Letting them cure indoors, also.
 
Love the site but 7 letters gets pricy in Tx.

Trying to top my old Taco's plate w/ the black star/5 digit plate 4x4xFUN

Its going to be tough with just 5. Isn't it 3 letters and 2 numbers (AAA##)?

They have a lay-away program for the custom plates. :cool:
 
Thursday in the California desert

I finally got my wife to drive off-road. I wanted to get a photo as she took it across a small dip. She kept control and I was a passenger the next two hours. High price to pay for one photo.
 

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Peformed the part mode/EQ modification. Now all 8 speakers are amplified. Removeing the head unit was much easier than expected.
 
I finally got my wife to drive off-road. I wanted to get a photo as she took it across a small dip. She kept control and I was a passenger the next two hours. High price to pay for one photo.

Next time, just do what I do: set the crawl control on the slowest speed, jump out through the window and run ahead and take pictures :photo:
 
I finally got my wife to drive off-road. I wanted to get a photo as she took it across a small dip. She kept control and I was a passenger the next two hours. High price to pay for one photo.

My wife seems to be acquiring a taste for off road driving. On our recent trip to Big Bend she drove the entire length of Old Ore Road herself (~28 miles). Its cool to see her confidence grow as she learns. I can already tell she has far more patience than me - if I have trouble trying a line more than twice, my third attempt usually involves a lot of skinny pedal...

David
 
Satoshi Grill

Here it is, worked on it off and on all day, of course in true me fashion I did scratch the top of the emblem with the dremel so we shall see how long I run till I decide to get a new one. :happens:

Love the look just need to get used to the new gap at the top of the grill and hood and only notice it cause yes I am anal about stupid crap

Enjoy
 

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Got home from work and found this waiting.
No, it's not a Stage 6 :), but I'm still excited to put these on.
 

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mfregeau20,
I admire a man that can use his wife's best bath towels, as drop clothes, for spray painting.
You are the man!!! :)
 
So last week I bumped into a guy who was running the exact same setup as I have ome884 up front but also had a 6mm spacer on top giving him about 1/4-1/2 inch of lift on top of his 2-1/2 inch lift. I've always wondered if this was ok to run this setup with stock uca which he had. He had 53,000 miles with no problems at all. After a lot of phone calls/emails. I talked to a couple Toyota techs, one of them a relative and the and the consensus was that the 4runner stock is an extremely capable vehicle but most people throw a lift and replace stock components with "race" components when they never really pushed the vehicle in the first place. I never really wanted to deviate from the stock components just to minimize maintenance and possible failure. The guys over at equipt have been running a 3 inch OME setup for a while now and they've been over landing for LONG time so I trust their judgement. I think a lot of it has to do with what type of driving you typically do. Most of my off-road driving consists of barreling down dirt roads / beaches and crossing washed out sections which I do 3 days a week (the beauty of being single).
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