Romer ROTW II

thebizbucket · 10-28-06, 08:43 AM

By the way. Romer I'd like to applaud your effort organizing the 80 area here. Best organized forum I have ever seen.

Keep up the good work

Romer · 10-28-06, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ddorsch

How did you like the truck with the OME meds and all the armour?

Also when you had the body damage how was that repaired?Thanks.

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With medium lift and all the armor, it rode fine, but the weight lowered the lift. Nice thing about OME, just a little bit of time to swap springs and then you can resell the springs for 2/3's of what you paid for, so not to expensive to upgrade.

The dents were straightned by Oleg, he pounded, filled, slightly, sanded and painted.

semlin · 10-28-06, 11:19 AM

slight hijack to let ddorsh know that adding a warn 10k winch to my arb slightly overwhelmed my medium lift at the front

Junk · 10-28-06, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Beowulf

Junk get the bighead? No way.

-B-

Funny thing is I'm in the 99.99 percentile for head size lol.

I'm like a fungus - never go completely away.

DanKunz · 10-30-06, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Beowulf

Junk get the bighead? No way.

-B-

Isn't that his momma's nickname?

sorry, couldn't resist a momma joke with Junk around.

Sweet rig Romer!

bh4rnnr · 10-30-06, 07:40 PM

Rigs looking good there Romer. See ya at the meeting

Buckru · 11-01-06, 12:43 PM

Great write up Ken. After going to the supercharger, do you have any concerns about your transmission flairing between gears?

Buck Buchanan

Romer · 11-01-06, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Buckru

Great write up Ken. After going to the supercharger, do you have any concerns about your transmission flairing between gears?

Buck Buchanan

nice to hear from you Buck, No concerns. Can't wait to re-gear. these big and heavy Toyo MT's drag it dwon a bit.

See you at Moab Buck

Buckru · 11-02-06, 02:09 PM

When I see you and Tim at Moab, you won't believe the transformation of my truck.

Buck

RavenTai · 11-03-06, 01:17 AM

That thing has just about every goody you could want on an 80, great write up, thank you for all the pics, it is neat to watch the progression

bowyer2002 · 03-30-07, 01:18 PM

I own the same type, LX450, vehicle but with 170K!

My wife rear-ended another truck & tore up her front bumper. The repair shop wants $450 to fix it but i am trying to lean her towards an ARB and I think your testimony and pictures will help me with her.

However, if she still wants it back to stock, would you still have your original bumper for sale to me?

Thanks for a great thread and glad to hear no one was hurt.

corsair23 · 03-30-07, 01:39 PM

Bowyer,

If Romer doesn't still have his available you might want to check the for sale section here. Or, I will have one available soon coming off my black LX450 so you'd have to have it painted. Not sure where you are located so you may want to search locally to save $$ on shipping.

Romer · 03-30-07, 02:42 PM

I have two front bumpers of the same color. I'll PM you

IronYuppy · 03-30-07, 03:01 PM

Great write-up, Ken! Nice LX, too.

lathamb · 03-31-07, 03:28 PM

Very nice rig! Are you still happy/satisfied with the mounting of the pda? How is that mounting system holding up? I have the garmin blutooth with an ipaq and I want to mount it in the same place as yours. Right now i just have it wedged inbetween the ash tray and the stereo.
Thanks,
Ben

Romer · 03-31-07, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by lathamb

Very nice rig! Are you still happy/satisfied with the mounting of the pda? How is that mounting system holding up? I have the garmin blutooth with an ipaq and I want to mount it in the same place as yours. Right now i just have it wedged inbetween the ash tray and the stereo.
Thanks,
Ben

That mount is holding up well and was worth the extra money. I have wheeled with it and poped the Dell in and out many times with no issues.

Rivera5 · 04-05-07, 08:43 PM

Romer,
Kudos on your rig and the upgrades. I have a 97' 40th anniversary Limited Edition TLC No. 0914. I bought it with 85k miles and have 134k on it now and it drives like a champ. I took off the running boards due to light rust. I plan on sanding and repainting, but I liked the way your rig looked. My rig is basically the same color and you pretty much sold me on the lift pkg you have. I am also interested in learning more about the TRD supercharger and how much $ it was.
I live in WI so not much hardcore wheeling, but once it is set to go, I would be willing to make the trek to some rallies! Any within 12 hrs or so? I am about 7-8 hours from St. Louis. I will see when the next rally in MO is.

I will try put some pics on here soon.

Rivera5

97 TLC 40th Anniv. Ltd Edition

Romer · 04-05-07, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rivera5

Romer,
Kudos on your rig and the upgrades. I have a 97' 40th anniversary Limited Edition TLC No. 0914. I bought it with 85k miles and have 134k on it now and it drives like a champ. I took off the running boards due to light rust. I plan on sanding and repainting, but I liked the way your rig looked. My rig is basically the same color and you pretty much sold me on the lift pkg you have. I am also interested in learning more about the TRD supercharger and how much $ it was.
I live in WI so not much hardcore wheeling, but once it is set to go, I would be willing to make the trek to some rallies! Any within 12 hrs or so? I am about 7-8 hours from St. Louis. I will see when the next rally in MO is.

I will try put some pics on here soon.

Rivera5

97 TLC 40th Anniv. Ltd Edition

Thanks

The Supercharger was $2900, but they have just discountinued it. Might see if you can still find one.

We will be having a ralley in Denver in August. This will be followed by trail runs in the rockies. We will post detail in the trails section after Cruise Moab in May

trevdawg · 04-05-07, 10:34 PM

Your rig is amazing looking.

How many years have you been working on it?

dace voit · 04-07-07, 11:54 AM

Really nice rig! Looks like you have finally gotten it to where it should have been off of the assembly line. -but working on it is half the fun, right?

Nice job!

Romer · 04-07-07, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by trevdawg

Your rig is amazing looking.

How many years have you been working on it?

Three years and counting

Off to install a Duall band radio and next up is the Sub Fuel tank.

Every time you think your done, there is just some other mod that you have to do

e_parise · 04-07-07, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Romer

Every time you think your done, there is just some other mod that you have to do

Amen to that, my friend

Romer · 04-07-07, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Romer

Every time you think your done, there is just some other mod that you have to do

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Originally Posted by e_parise

Amen to that, my friend

And here is one I finished just today after passing my FCC Technicians Test

I installed my setup after passing my test today. I still need to clean up the cable routing a bit and put clips for the mic in.

I installed the radio on top of the Safari Drawers and am tthinking I don't need to run an external speaker, but I ran the cable to the front just in case. I can always plug headphones into it as well

I velcroed the Head Unit to the bottom of the CB with the bottom resting on the CB external speaker.

I have anough antenna cable that I don't need an extension.

Here is the stuff I bought. And thanks to firsttoy on the heads up not to buy the seperation kit when you can buy the cables for $15 on ebay.

FT-7800R -- Yaesu FT-7800R 2M/70CM Dual Band FM Transceiver. Wide Receive of 108-520MHz and 700-999MHz (Cell Blocked). NOAA Weather Alert. Illuminated keypad & microphone.
K400CNMO -- NMO Deluxe mount. w/6.5' RG-316 Teflon coax & PL259.
SBB-5NMO -- Comet 2M/70cm Mobile Antenna (Black), 3.0/5.5 Gain, 38" Length, NMO Connector

Beowulf · 04-07-07, 03:53 PM

Nice job on the radio install Ken and congratulations on getting the Tech license. I have the license but no radio. I will have one before CM.

-B-

Romer · 06-14-07, 10:14 PM

Just thought I would update.

I installed the OEM Subtank from Australia and created this FAQ thread about it

I Installed the Safari Snorkel

I installed the JDM Aux Fan and wrote about it in this thread

I also Installed the new MAF Sensor from Landtank

Between the MAF and the snorkel I can really feel the difference with my supercharged truck.

TLCAddict · 05-07-08, 01:39 AM

BRAVO!!.....

what a damn nice write-up! I'm new to the forum. I almost bought your yr n model, but couldn't pass up a perfect, no-rust, bone-stock FJ62. and the work you've done not just with yours, but with your girls...very nice. as they get older, I hope my kids are as willing to join in the fun.

thx for all you pics n updates.
cheers mate

jonathan

matt49 · 05-07-08, 06:35 PM

romer, where is this? it looks beautiful, desolate, retty cool, would love to make a trip there

matt49 · 05-07-08, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by matt49

romer, where is this? it looks beautiful,
desolate, retty cool, would love to make a trip there

KyTrkyHntr · 05-07-08, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Romer

Next up was a lot of Colorado wheeling.

And a break between the wheeling

Then more wheeling (isn't that what we do?)

Very nice! I hope you shop at Camping World and are a President's Club member!! (inserting shamless plug for my company) It's good to know I have someone that can test "samples" now!

TC

BOUNDER · 08-30-08, 06:06 PM

Two Lexi's and a BMW? Hmmmmm, labels anyone?