Bought a second 4runner, this one for the wife and I. Quickly ordered and installed a Niserack on top for the RTT. Also found a good deal on some used Hefty Fab rock sliders. Took a day and a half to clean up some surface rust, Corroseal the exposed metal and then put on a couple layers of bed liner. Installed and looking great. The wife (who is only 5’) loved the steps to get into the lifted T4R.
What did you do to/in your 5th Gen today?!
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Jivewalker
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On Saturday a buddy and I installed Bilstein 6112/5160s and JBA UCAs. Pretty damned happy with the results.
Then yesterday I built a custom fishing rod holder for the side of my roof basket. I couldn't find anything off the shelf that worked for me (just wanted something simple to hold 2 rods along the side) so I got some quick fist clamps and built a little setup.
Hell yeah! If you are looking for an interior rod holder solution check out the link in my signature. Been all over the east coast with this setup and is working great. Tight lines!
BobsTrail
Senior Member
Do the windshield with ceramic also. It really cuts down the heat.
rlporter507
New member
installed Hefty Fab sliders
really nice people, chose them because they fit the tightest, and could pick them up with no shipping. fit was dead on, cleaned and chased the holes per there video, not one problem. saving up for more of there products!
my pics wont load, but they look just like on there web site.
Last night installed caretrims black emblem overlays. work fine, i had to trim some of the tape off the sides so it was only on the bottom, i can see how easy it is to stretch it when the put it in.
really nice people, chose them because they fit the tightest, and could pick them up with no shipping. fit was dead on, cleaned and chased the holes per there video, not one problem. saving up for more of there products!
my pics wont load, but they look just like on there web site.
Last night installed caretrims black emblem overlays. work fine, i had to trim some of the tape off the sides so it was only on the bottom, i can see how easy it is to stretch it when the put it in.
DannyLlama
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SpeedyKevin
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Got my oil analysis done today.
Oil is about 9.9k miles old with 6.5k of it done on Eastern Sierra trips. 15% offroad/85% highway. TBN looks good! Will likely stick to 10k intervals. Next up will be my 30k transmission oil analysis
Oil is about 9.9k miles old with 6.5k of it done on Eastern Sierra trips. 15% offroad/85% highway. TBN looks good! Will likely stick to 10k intervals. Next up will be my 30k transmission oil analysis
TheWraith
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Wasn't too bad... I didn't encountered really rutted areas. Some big rocks but that's about it. I didn't tackle the harder 3N06A or 3N06B
Maybe this Saturday
Well, today I went though and re-tightened and torqued some nuts and bolts... Not all that interesting...
But the reason for that was because _yesterday_ I went on a great shake-down drive.
We went on a loop from Prescott, AZ, and back. But the interesting part was the ~80 miles of mostly forest service road from Cherry AZ through Mingus Mountain up to Jerome AZ, then on to Perkinsville and over to Chino Valley. A mix of different and interesting dirt driving. A combination of sandy, slow rocky, fast, up and down, etc. It was complete with beautiful scenery, clouds from the monsoon rains rolling in, smoke from a fire in the distance, and a great stop for a picnic in the middle.
One of the really interesting parts was driving on what both Google maps, and the cars navigation system indicated was one piece of Forest Service Road 132. It turned out to be the very sandy wash that paralleled the actual FS road. So not only was driving in the sand a lot of fun, but then there was the challenge of getting out of the wash, going up an 8 foot loose dirt embankment.
This was a time when I completely understood why a front-locker would be helpful. But it turned out that multi-terrain button actually makes a difference! Without it, I wound up with one wheel spinning, but with it, we were able to make it up and over. Sorry - no video of that bit of excitement.
But here are some pictures from other parts of the adventure:
But the reason for that was because _yesterday_ I went on a great shake-down drive.
We went on a loop from Prescott, AZ, and back. But the interesting part was the ~80 miles of mostly forest service road from Cherry AZ through Mingus Mountain up to Jerome AZ, then on to Perkinsville and over to Chino Valley. A mix of different and interesting dirt driving. A combination of sandy, slow rocky, fast, up and down, etc. It was complete with beautiful scenery, clouds from the monsoon rains rolling in, smoke from a fire in the distance, and a great stop for a picnic in the middle.
One of the really interesting parts was driving on what both Google maps, and the cars navigation system indicated was one piece of Forest Service Road 132. It turned out to be the very sandy wash that paralleled the actual FS road. So not only was driving in the sand a lot of fun, but then there was the challenge of getting out of the wash, going up an 8 foot loose dirt embankment.
This was a time when I completely understood why a front-locker would be helpful. But it turned out that multi-terrain button actually makes a difference! Without it, I wound up with one wheel spinning, but with it, we were able to make it up and over. Sorry - no video of that bit of excitement.
But here are some pictures from other parts of the adventure:
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Wolfman’s Brother
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Truck looks great. Red/Black is hard to top.
Blue 4ever Runner
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Ready for NC trip!
Got the U-Haul trailer and loaded up the Willys. tomorrow into Sunday we'll be going 640 miles to my Son in North Carolina, the Willys is his now. Towing just the trailer (about 2,300 lbs) was fine. almost no rear sag and the Runner pulled it with no problem at all. It was all flat and only for about 6 miles. I took it for a short drive with the Willys on it and yeah, there's a noticeable difference in acceleration but it doesn't struggle by any means. We'll see how it does on the highway. Pretty good sag in the rear but it looks worse in the pic. The slope of the drive way adds to that too.
Got the U-Haul trailer and loaded up the Willys. tomorrow into Sunday we'll be going 640 miles to my Son in North Carolina, the Willys is his now. Towing just the trailer (about 2,300 lbs) was fine. almost no rear sag and the Runner pulled it with no problem at all. It was all flat and only for about 6 miles. I took it for a short drive with the Willys on it and yeah, there's a noticeable difference in acceleration but it doesn't struggle by any means. We'll see how it does on the highway. Pretty good sag in the rear but it looks worse in the pic. The slope of the drive way adds to that too.
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Mutant138
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Victory bumper looks good.
TexasTJ
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I don't think I'll ever get tired of Colorado. Ran part of the BDR, Ophir, BBP, Mineral Creek, Engineer, Cinnamon, Lead King Basin, and part of Devil's Punchbowl this week. Spent a few days in Moab as well. Onto Idaho for the BDR in a couple of days.
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BobsTrail
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Looks like a great trip with incredible scenery and trails. I got out to sand dunes last week and thought it was a big deal.
TheWraith
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Took Rocky out to a BLM to zero my Taran Tactical UltraLight aka John Wick AR-15 Rifle.
Zero my new Trijicon Credo HX 1-8x28mm w/ some PRVI 69grain HPBT
Zero @ 100yrds and again at 200yrds. Was hitting sub moa at a 100yrds and less than 0.75" at 200yrds
The view at 200yrds
Zero my new Trijicon Credo HX 1-8x28mm w/ some PRVI 69grain HPBT
Zero @ 100yrds and again at 200yrds. Was hitting sub moa at a 100yrds and less than 0.75" at 200yrds
The view at 200yrds
ronnyballgame
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Guess at some point I need to black out those TRD ORP logos to get the full effect...
Thanks! Scenery along the drive was even better.
But, yeah, I'm happy with the Victory Bumper & Swing out. I don't "plan" on having to change a spare tire while out in the wild... But when I finally do, I'm going to be happy I don't have to dig under the truck to get to that spare
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