What did you do with your 4runner today?

Had to take out my Morimoto X.POD led's for warranty work, so I had some empty space in the headlights. Decided to swap in my Vision X LED rounds because they look a little more OEM. Once I get the X.POD's back I'll throw those in the bumper holes.
 

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Off roading on the snow covered trails with all season tires... Like bringing a knife to a gun fight.

While backing down the hill I slid off to the right into the trees. Locked the centre diff, did a little digging and was able to crawl out without going further into the trees. Photos never do justice to the real angle of hills... It was steep.

FYI - if you put your parking break on lightly while backing down slippery hills it helps keep the truck strait... The front breaks won't over power the rear as bad. Remembered this after I slid off but it worked great for the rest of the descent.
 

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Thanks [MENTION=107473]philskeeter[/MENTION] I was able to pop them right off with just a flat head screwdriver.




I installed new axles from CVJ. After install I noticed my boots were in a terrible position
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If I would of left them as is the boots would of been toast fast! Basically you take off the inner clamp, slide the boot out some so the ribs do not touch, and install a new clamp. Easy as pie, took all of 20 minutes because I used a jack to get the tire off the ground to spin the axle so the clamp was in an accessible position to remove.

New much better angles
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Also big thanks to [MENTION=105800]Brutalguyracing[/MENTION] for helping me when I bugged him for advice and parts questions!

I hate it when pictures don't show up for me... I'm curious did you get the red boots? (again I can't see the pictures) and are you sliding the boot out on the inner or outer boot? feel free to pm me in response
 
My .02? White letter out is not for modern vehicles. It's like putting saran wrap underneath your floor mats :boink:


Hahahahahaha

Middle one looks really good!

I am thinking i might PD them to see how i like them in person. If i like them enough i might have them powder coated. If i have them PC'd i can flip the tires when they are remounted. The black will go better with some upcoming changes.....:bluejump:
 
Pinned the needle in the 4R last night. Are they not electronically limited? I was surprised when I hit 110 and it just kept climbing and with surprisingly little drama too
 
Pinned the needle in the 4R last night. Are they not electronically limited? I was surprised when I hit 110 and it just kept climbing and with surprisingly little drama too

Fastest I hit according to my GPS was 122. I'd had enough at that point. Lol. It was still climbing surprisingly fast. I think there is a governer, not sure where though. Can't imagine driving these around at 130mph+ !!!
 
Fastest I hit according to my GPS was 122. I'd had enough at that point. Lol. It was still climbing surprisingly fast. I think there is a governer, not sure where though. Can't imagine driving these around at 130mph+ !!!

Haha 122? That's a solid number. I didn't have my GPS up but I might have to next time. I have a huge stretch of flat open road about 15 mins from me. Around midnight its empty so I might have to see what I can get it up to sometime. When I hit the brakes last night I still had at least a mile or two of open road so there's plenty of room to stretch her legs
 
not sure where i have it stored but i have a video of me doing a few laps on Talladega Superspeedway before i lifted. I can't remember what speed i hit but know it was in the 120-something range.....at least in my truck. Much higher in some other cars....hahah.
 
This is actually from a week or two ago, but I figure some of you might appreciate this #college?

Homecoming tailgate: 12 x 36 racks of Bud Light = 432 cans of glory consumed in 3 hours. After we loaded all the food and supplies, the rear was sagging an inch or two
 

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Finally got everything for the suspension upgrade.
-2007 FJ front springs for $60 local from a guy on the FJ Forum
-2010 Tacoma front Bilstein struts, $35 on ebay
-Daystar 1" front spacer kit $37 on ebay
-New in box Toytec superflex rear 2" coils from the same guy for $120
-Rear Bilstein 5100's from https://autoplicity.com/ for $149 including tax and shipping.

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Hopefully have some free time after Thanksgiving to put everything in
 

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