What did you do with your 4runner today?
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NorthShore4Runner
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Installed a flowmaster super 40 yesterday which sounds great. Also replaced both front wheel bearings. Cleaned up the headlight lenses today. The one on the right is restored.
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montana_jeepn
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Installed my Icon front and rear suspension today. In addition to the 2hrs last night, it took me another 8hrs today to install it by myself. The rear check valves on the shocks were frozen so I just disconnected the line and caught the fluid. Still need to remove the rest of the lines.
My tires still rub a little bit, but it is a lot better. If the alignment doesn't solve it, I think a little work with a dremel will. I took her around the block and the ride is night and day better! I wish I could have afforded to skip the DS lift and gone straight to this.
My tires still rub a little bit, but it is a lot better. If the alignment doesn't solve it, I think a little work with a dremel will. I took her around the block and the ride is night and day better! I wish I could have afforded to skip the DS lift and gone straight to this.
Billynath1988
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Explored Cedar Point Outer Beach in East Hampton LI NY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Point_County_Park
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Point_County_Park
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montana_jeepn
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Changed the oil at about 3500 miles. (5W30 MB1 Synthetic). I was logging my lift install and realized it had been last changed in January. Used a Toyota factory filter I found on the shelf.
Also stared lovingly at the new lift. Can't wait to get it aligned on Tuesday. Bring back the Castor!!!
Also stared lovingly at the new lift. Can't wait to get it aligned on Tuesday. Bring back the Castor!!!
riceandpho
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yesterday, went to ikea and bought a brimnes queen size storage bed along with the matching headboard, filled up my truck pretty nice since i took out my subs, now the subs are back in. today did some swaping, new thermostat, new cluster lens and new limited grill.
so shiny and clean, did miss some stuff from my order with toyotapartsexpress, hopefully i get an email back.
so shiny and clean, did miss some stuff from my order with toyotapartsexpress, hopefully i get an email back.
Davy180
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I went off-roading yesterday with a couple of guys up to Santiago Peak in SoCal. It was really fun long drive, pretty easy. Except on the way down the lead driver saw a turn off and we just thought the road split so I followed the leader and it ended up being a dead end on a narrow trail, so we all had to back up. Well while backing up I didn't realize how close my tires were to the edge and the ground gave off and I slide off. Keep in mind we are about half way down the mountain, still pretty high up. Luckily there were some shrubs there to catch my trucks fall and scratch the hell out of it. Our first attempted to pull me out made me go down forward. Because of the narrow trail it was hard to get a good side pull. After some thoughts we decided to lower my right side tire pressure down to 10psi and had 4 people stand on my running boards so those wheels could get traction. Then we shortened the tow strap a lot and hooked up to both my front hooks. I put it in 4 low and a friend pulled with his truck and we were able to get it out.
Davy180
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It was pretty sketchy, but the rest of the trail was easy and had a nice view. Yea,we entered from the Ortega side and then went down the Indian truck trail into corona. I'll let you know when we go up there again.
Here is a picture of after we got it out.
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FI460
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It was pretty sketchy, but the rest of the trail was easy and had a nice view. Yea,we entered from the Ortega side and then went down the Indian truck trail into corona. I'll let you know when we go up there again.
Here is a picture of after we got it out.
Whoa. Serious pucker factor there. Glad to see you were able to keep that awesome rig right side down!
robaroni
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Good Save!
philskeeter
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tood it to the dealer yesterday to have all of the fluids flushed and replaced and had the transmission fluid drained and filled. It felt like a new car driving it home it was amazing. Luckily the dealer was pretty good and didn't get me much trouble.
97BlackAckCL
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So, after the body shop decided to give me a brand new stock amp for the JBL system my truck doesn't have, a stock sub, and stock sub enclosure in place of my amp and JL amp and sub that still worked, I decided to pull the stock non-working stuff out and reinstall my JL equipment.
The stock stuff, not hooked up or plugged in to anything :whyme:
All brand new at least
Here's what they did with my wires, thanks dbags!
So, since they gave me a brand new sub enclosure, I decided to use it. Look how nice and shiny it was before I started destroying it :thumbsup:
Bring on the dremel!
And another upgrade
Also did the inside of the exterior panel that they repaired
And hit the back of the trim panel as well
And, moved the sub to the new enclosure
Bolted up the new enclosure
Now the problems begin, so on the old enclosure it had no top left bracket, so I was able to cut the body and mount the amp like this...
Well, with the new box, all the mounts are there, so mounting here is impossible for this amp... So the only solution if I didn't want to start hacking up my brand new sub box was to move the amp. This meant, pulling the box out and running new wires...
Needless to say, I was less than pleased, but wanted to do things right
Since I still plan to run my 4-channel highs amp and wires, I plan to mount it (being smaller profile on the box) So the sub amp went under the passenger seat (still trying to be as stealth with the install as I can.
Finding a ground under the seat was not easy, I ended up running the ground up the center pillar behind the seat belt.
The other custom task that I had to do, was trying to fit a speaker cover panel in place of the storage compartment door that goes there stock. These covers are impossible to find, so I had 1 shot to do it right.
It's not made to go on this panel, and did not sit flush, so I began modifying it and trimming down all the fastening points for the other type of panel
I did all this before I knew that I was moving the amp, so I also had to smooth out all the ridges to not push against the amp that I thought was going back there.
Sucker fits almost perfectly after all that trimming
Finished product for now. I intend to plastic weld the cover onto the panel whenever I do the highs amp, 1 of the clips came loose from flexing and I couldn't get it back without taking the panel back off, so it will do for now.
Still looks better than it did before and I'm all setup to install the highs amp for my next weekend project. But overall I'm happy with the way it turned out, even if it took twice as long as it should have. Had I used the old enclosure I could have just bolted everything back in and been done. But like I always say, "If it aint custom, it aint BlackAck"
The stock stuff, not hooked up or plugged in to anything :whyme:
All brand new at least
Here's what they did with my wires, thanks dbags!
So, since they gave me a brand new sub enclosure, I decided to use it. Look how nice and shiny it was before I started destroying it :thumbsup:
Bring on the dremel!
And another upgrade
Also did the inside of the exterior panel that they repaired
And hit the back of the trim panel as well
And, moved the sub to the new enclosure
Bolted up the new enclosure
Now the problems begin, so on the old enclosure it had no top left bracket, so I was able to cut the body and mount the amp like this...
Well, with the new box, all the mounts are there, so mounting here is impossible for this amp... So the only solution if I didn't want to start hacking up my brand new sub box was to move the amp. This meant, pulling the box out and running new wires...
Needless to say, I was less than pleased, but wanted to do things right
Since I still plan to run my 4-channel highs amp and wires, I plan to mount it (being smaller profile on the box) So the sub amp went under the passenger seat (still trying to be as stealth with the install as I can.
Finding a ground under the seat was not easy, I ended up running the ground up the center pillar behind the seat belt.
The other custom task that I had to do, was trying to fit a speaker cover panel in place of the storage compartment door that goes there stock. These covers are impossible to find, so I had 1 shot to do it right.
It's not made to go on this panel, and did not sit flush, so I began modifying it and trimming down all the fastening points for the other type of panel
I did all this before I knew that I was moving the amp, so I also had to smooth out all the ridges to not push against the amp that I thought was going back there.
Sucker fits almost perfectly after all that trimming
Finished product for now. I intend to plastic weld the cover onto the panel whenever I do the highs amp, 1 of the clips came loose from flexing and I couldn't get it back without taking the panel back off, so it will do for now.
Still looks better than it did before and I'm all setup to install the highs amp for my next weekend project. But overall I'm happy with the way it turned out, even if it took twice as long as it should have. Had I used the old enclosure I could have just bolted everything back in and been done. But like I always say, "If it aint custom, it aint BlackAck"
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