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What is your most unique mod?
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Is there a thread for this mod?
CutthroatSlam
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You win the Forum pimp mobile award.:first:
57buick
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Or the best looking interior. Did similar on my dodge ram and had people climbing over each other to buy it.
Sure looks better than the factory TAN everybody's 4runner has
97BlackAckCL
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Pathfinder!
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Definitely going to need pics of that once it is done.
i love this mod. Ive been wanting to do it out of abs plastic but been so busy.
83Mule
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Here's the lowdown......I used a piece of aluminum, and an alarm panel door lock. First use a chunk of poster board or cardboard and trace the outline of the cubby. Transfer that to the Plastic or aluminum sheet but add two ''tabs'' that project out on the bottom, one in the top ''step'' and one in the bottom. You can then cut out the sheet to shape and the tabs will go into notches you grind into the cubby with a Dremel. Cut the alarm lock or any other lock with a sweeping arm that pivots up into a notch in the top of the cubby. I pushed inward while bumping the lock arm into the plastic and then cut along the mark left on the plastic so when it is locked it stays tight with no rattles! Then hit it with some Plast-Dip for texture. Two short piano style hinges will work on the bottom as well. I am sure it can be refined from my first crude attempt!
Uglyducky
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Well done!
YellowSnow
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Easily my Front Grille Emblem. “TOYOTA” from the tailgate of my old Tacoma - plasti-dipped gray.
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emupoacher
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Easily my Front Grille Emblem. “TOYOTA” from the tailgate of my old Tacoma - plasti-dipped gray.
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I like it!! What an awesome way to honor your previous 'Yota!
86 Runner
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I'd love more details on how you did this (where you got the light, path you ran the wires, etc.). I was thinking on the last camping trip that the cargo area could use more light.
STX4Runner
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Last summer I got the idea to carry a table somehow under my crossbars like the Front Runner table that slides into tracks that mount on their crossbars. But paying $400 for their table and $80 for the slides is stupid. So I figured I could come up with something. I had already created new crossbars out of black low profile unistrut similar to the 8020 crossbars [MENTION=118321]Jetboy[/MENTION] made.
Low Cost 80/20(t-slot) crossbar DIY
I would have used 8020, but I didn't know about it before Jetboy's thread and I already had made mine. If mine ever rust, I'll replace them with 8020. I figured out I could make a slide to fit this table
Lifetime 4-Foot Tailgate Table (Light Commercial)
out of aluminum L channel riveted together. I made two of them, tied them together with an L channel at the front and a couple of flat aluminum pieces, all riveted together and I had my table slide. Attaching it to the bottom of the unistrut was easy with strut channel nuts, but the shark fin antenna is too low to allow the table to slide out the back.
I eventually hit on the idea of making the bracket that attaches the front crossbar to the side rail hinged perpendicular to the side rail so I could detach the two rear crossbars, pivot the whole thing up just an inch or two to clear the shark fin and slide the table out. I ended up having to space the crossbars up about 3/4 of an inch from the side rails to allow enough room for the front of the table slide to pivot down and not hit the roof as the rear pivots up. I simply detach the two rear crossbars with a ratcheting box end wrench, pivot the rack up and slide a couple of small wood blocks underneath the feet temporarily while I slide the table out. I can do it in just a couple of minutes while setting up camp. Now I have a 4 foot long table with a stove platform as well.
Hopefully the photos show all this.
Low Cost 80/20(t-slot) crossbar DIY
I would have used 8020, but I didn't know about it before Jetboy's thread and I already had made mine. If mine ever rust, I'll replace them with 8020. I figured out I could make a slide to fit this table
Lifetime 4-Foot Tailgate Table (Light Commercial)
out of aluminum L channel riveted together. I made two of them, tied them together with an L channel at the front and a couple of flat aluminum pieces, all riveted together and I had my table slide. Attaching it to the bottom of the unistrut was easy with strut channel nuts, but the shark fin antenna is too low to allow the table to slide out the back.
I eventually hit on the idea of making the bracket that attaches the front crossbar to the side rail hinged perpendicular to the side rail so I could detach the two rear crossbars, pivot the whole thing up just an inch or two to clear the shark fin and slide the table out. I ended up having to space the crossbars up about 3/4 of an inch from the side rails to allow enough room for the front of the table slide to pivot down and not hit the roof as the rear pivots up. I simply detach the two rear crossbars with a ratcheting box end wrench, pivot the rack up and slide a couple of small wood blocks underneath the feet temporarily while I slide the table out. I can do it in just a couple of minutes while setting up camp. Now I have a 4 foot long table with a stove platform as well.
Hopefully the photos show all this.
