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  1. Mike C

    Got new tires - 35x12.5 MT/R Kevlars

    Did a lot of reading up on these tires, as well as the new KM2s. It was a hard choice, but the new MT/R seemed to be the better overall tire. My only concern is tread life, as nobody has had them very long yet. I'm done wheeling for the year, so I won't know how they handle our trails until...
  2. Mike C

    '85 SR5 4Runner

    I picked this one up about a month ago, and got rid of my '89 pickup with a blown HG at the same time. Its got some rust, but for a '85 in the rust belt its pretty clean. I believe it was a Arizona truck originally, had a AZ sticker on the side window. Here she is the night I drove it home...
  3. Mike C

    Project: FJBruiser

    I lost interest in my scale FJ40 build, after having problems with the way I had mounted the body. Last fall I decided to see how close of a fit the Tamiya Bruiser body was on the FJ40 frame. It was a perfect fit :steer: I quickly went to work on mounting the body, bobbing the bed, and...
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    MNTOYX4s 2008 Toyota Taconite Trailride pictures

    Thanks to all of those who attended our second annual wheeling event. We had great weather all weekend, with just a couple minutes of rain Friday morning. Jeff's stock cruiser on 31's navigating the rocks, this was his first time wheeling too :beer: Erik drove his 2007 super charged TRD...
  5. Mike C

    4X Innovation tube doors on my 89 pickup

    Earlier this year I picked up a set of his quick release hinges with the intention of either building some solid half doors or tube doors. The hard doors are nice as they keep mud out, and your junk from rolling out. But tube doors are lighter, easier to store, and block even less of your view...
  6. Mike C

    Making new rear quarter panels

    I've wanted a fuller set of rear quarter panels on my land cruiser for awhile. I am running smaller tires then the previous owner, and do not need the larger cutouts with the way I am wheeling right now. But with this still being a trail truck, and far from a restoration rig I decided to make...
  7. Mike C

    bobbed the bed on my '89 pickup

    Well I bobbed the bed this weekend.... Last weekend I swapped beds, found one in good shape for a good price. I also started on a new rear bumper, its almost finished. The lower half of the rear bumper is a removable drop bumper, 4 bolts and its ready to hit the trails. I'll post up some pics...
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    new pics of my 89 xtra cab

    I've done some work to my truck recently. I painted the lower rocker panels black, and installed a lock rite in the rear end. Its riding on 33x12.5's, stock suspension with AAL's in back to help with the sag it had. Trimmed the fenders to remove rust, and clear the larger tires...
  9. Mike C

    RC FJ40 buildup

    Well I have been working on this project every day this week, after letting the frame sit around since I first finished it last fall. I started out by taking the frame drawings from the FSM, and printing them to scale. Then I cut down a length of half inch square tubing for the frame rails, and...
  10. Mike C

    Its time to build some half doors

    Mounted up the doors for the first time since getting this truck. The glass was half painted on the drivers side door. And there was only one screw holding the passenger side window frame to the door... The other 5 screws were busted off :doh:So these doors were just begging to get chopped...
  11. Mike C

    testing the idle solenoid

    My '71 fj40 runs best with the choke on, leading me to think my idle solenoid was bad. The other day I turned the key on and off, and after a few attempts I did get it to click, but it only clicked a few times. So this morning I pulled it out so I could bench test it. When I sent power to it...
  12. Mike C

    Cutting out a new gauge panel

    Being that most of my stock gauge cluster was not working I decided to buy some after market gauges. I wanted to run a tach, speedo, and 3 smaller gauges. I didn't really like the look of the panels that put the two larger gauges at the bottom. So I decided to draw one up my self. I cut it out...
  13. Mike C

    Front turn signal light options?

    Well right now my 71 fj40 does not have any turn signals. I am running all the wiring needed to have turn signals again. But I am still trying to decide on what lights to use, and where to mount thhem. My front fenders are cut past the stock mounting location. I might pick up a set of the metal...
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