'85 SR5 4Runner

[Mike C]

Found a thread on Pirate with all the part numbers, I liked the idea of being able to buy them locally and having a walk in life time warranty on them.

I am happy with them so far. They seemed to handle the bumps on the core roads pretty well. I still need to install them in the rear, thats next on the list.

 

[Mike C]

Painted the front fenders, and a new tail gate last weekend. The new paint is a little darker, I'll be repainting the entire truck once I am done patching up rust spots.

Cell phone shot of the new tail gate

And last night I installed a LED light strip for a license plate light. Figured I have been pushing my luck, driving this thing around for over a year now without one.

 

[austintaco]

Looks good. Did you have them mix up 3D8 or did you just find something close in color?

 

[Mike C]

I had Napa mix up some 3D8, was hoping for a closer match. But I kinda like the darker shade

 

[Mike C]

Time for another update... falling behind on things

I picked up a used 12v compressor this summer and installed OBA.

Then I picked up some LED rock lights from Off Road Only.

My drivers side floor pan was rusted out, I had a sheet of 22 gauge steel welded over it for most of the summer as a temp fix. This weekend I finally cut the rust out and fixed it the right way with some 16 gauge steel.

And today I redid some wiring. I was not happy with the stack of ring terminals on my positive battery terminal. It looked like a rats nest under the hood.

I picked up this battery terminal from Autozone. It takes 2 4gauge wires and 2 8gauge wires. The first large wire is the positive battery cable. The second one runs to my new fuse box on the passenger kick panel. I have one 8 gauge wire running to my 12v air compressor, and the other is for the under hood fuse box.

I ordered a bluesea fuse box, after reading up on fuse box options online. I decided to go with the 6 circuit panel with a common ground. I still need to run some of the ground wires, I have a big stack of them under the radio trim.