What did you do with your 4runner today?

Simone , do you sell the coffee or what ?

We're a coffee grower and then we sell and export our coffee in bulk and the profit goes to support missions in HN. We are planting our first crop this year on our 16 acres in HN so it will be at least 3 years before we make any money. :( Basically we are a business in missions co. that currently runs on support. :)

I do like to only drink HN coffee though! Mmmmmm... GOOD!

-Daniel Kent
 
Had an awesome time running greens and blues! All my photos are on my camera and my laptop is at home :/

Parking lot of the hotel with a couple of trucks
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Swapped out my interior lights for Pfran LEDs. Technically, they've been in a while but just including in the update. Nothing anyone hasn't already seen so no pictures.

Swapped out my Plate lights with LEDs from Mark (Whitebeauty - Excellent service and fast shipping BTW). These lights are great and are much brighter than I expected. You can see in the picture below how bright they are and the shadow they cast on the ground.
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Next, I replaced the parking lights...Mark's again. These come off slightly blue in the pictures for some reason but look much more white in person. There is a tiny hint of blue but nothing major. They are really bright too.
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You can see how bright they are on their own
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Next, on the advice of Mark, I tried out the 11w reverse lights. These things are amazingly bright. My crappy camera phone can't really do these things justice. Also, they have some decent width/throw as well. It is worth mentioning that they are a really tight fit, as in rubs on the way in, but still easy/worth it to install.
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Finally, I swapped out my fogs for Nokya Hyper Yellow 2500k. I really like these so far, nice color and seem to have great output. I can't wait to try these out in inclement weather.
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Swapped out my interior lights for Pfran LEDs. Technically, they've been in a while but just including in the update. Nothing anyone hasn't already seen so no pictures.

Swapped out my Plate lights with LEDs from Mark (Whitebeauty - Excellent service and fast shipping BTW). These lights are great and are much brighter than I expected. You can see in the picture below how bright they are and the shadow they cast on the ground.
C2A0124E-5565-465D-9846-F31BEECC9766-218-000000070D437597.jpg~original


Next, I replaced the parking lights...Mark's again. These come off slightly blue in the pictures for some reason but look much more white in person. There is a tiny hint of blue but nothing major. They are really bright too.
050C6A9D-45D4-42C8-8096-2FBE3A1C43C3-218-000000074A7718F1.jpg~original

You can see how bright they are on their own
6E2D2788-6E09-49E1-973D-095378C520CF-218-000000073A929A13.jpg~original


Next, on the advice of Mark, I tried out the 11w reverse lights. These things are amazingly bright. My crappy camera phone can't really do these things justice. It is worth mentioning that they are a really tight fit, as in rubs on the way in, but still easy/worth it to install.
E9F6C51B-B8AD-4302-A106-998AC59087AF-218-00000007826CB77C.jpg~original

78EB55B9-252A-4CD9-BADC-9AAA2D06B618-218-0000000798BFDAAF.jpg~original

B91A53E4-CE3D-488E-B5EE-FDEEA5B1D3B3-218-00000007A6603CEB.jpg
CFD184C3-08E4-4732-A45A-375FB67DE705-218-00000007B45571CF.jpg~original


Finally, I swapped out my fogs for Nokya Hyper Yellow 2500k. I really like these so far, nice color and seem to have great output. I can't wait to try these out in inclement weather.
2DE5956A-6A85-418E-83BD-F226740FC90C-218-0000000756511417.jpg~original

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We have Pfans stuff too, great quality. Are the marker lights LED? If so where do I get them? Thx!

-Daniel Kent
 
We have Pfans stuff too, great quality. Are the marker lights LED? If so where do I get them? Thx!

-Daniel Kent

Yes they are. I chose to go with the forward firing only type as my new headlights will be blacked out. You could technically get them anywhere but i've heard great things about Mark's lights and got mine from him. Contact Mark @Whitebeauty.
 
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Changed the type of LED's in my reverse lights and the new ones are brighter and project more. Also put an LED bulb in 3rd brake light. Going to convert turn signals and front marker lights soon. Brighter lights FTW!
 
Excellent choice Ark but didn't you learn your lesson from Gaterose? or are you trying to 1UP him with number of suspension set ups? lol

What happened with the OW set up? are you adding some armor soon? is that why you upgraded?

whats the advantage of the metal tech rears over just a full Icon set up? do you not require adjustable upper control arms now?

keeping an eye on your build thread.

Hey, someone's gotta do it, Matt can't have all the fun!

My front coil overs were clunking pretty bad, I had to send them in to Radflo to be checked out/repaired if needed. Metal Tech was running a sale on the kit I got, and I had been wanting more travel anyway (was actually going to have Radflo extend my front shocks while they had them), so decided it would be a good time to make the switch. The front Icons have the same spring rate as the OW setup, but are longer and a bigger shock body so they will perform better so that was the main reason, not planning on adding armor at this point. The rear kit is made for stock weight, it's not made for added weight.

The MT kit I got has much more travel than a standard Icon kit. The regular Icon kit would be very similar to my OW kit. I installed the rear shocks/coils last night and gained over 5" of down travel over the OW setup. The Icon's will probably ride slightly better, but off road the added flex from the MT kit can't be beat.

With the flex the MT kit provides, the stock lower links will bind and prevent you from taking full advantage of the kit. It's no so much the adjustable part of it, but more so the offset so they aren't in a bind at full flex. Also, off road it is pretty easy to damage the stock lower links, the MT links carry a lifetime warranty so if you bend it you get it replaced for free.
 

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