SOAZtim
Hobo
Here's our new to us 2008 200 series. 153,000 miles. One owner in Los Angeles its whole life. Sonoran Gold.
We've been in the process of going through it. We've cleaned the seats with a steam cleaner, did it a second time and rented a carpet cleaner from Home Depot. The interior is definitely the roughest part of it.
Mechanically we've started going through fluids. Flushed brake system out for new fluid, flushed power steering fluid, oil change with TRD Filter, engine air filter, in cabin air filter. Next up is diffs/tcase.
It's already had the radiator replaced.
We just replaced the rear hatch switch as it was no longer working to open the hatch/tailgate. The actual electric motor seems to be fine, just a dead switch.
We installed some Dobinsons suspension. Despite formerly working for Icon we were pleasantly surprised at how good the Dobinsons worked on the Maltec so we went that way. Rockwarrior wheels and tires are on order, but first we're headed to Sonora, MX to make sure the color really matches up! Okay, also for a desert race and to see if we can catch site of SV Delos on the hard.
The build is going to be somewhat similar to our 80 Series Goose Pre-poptop or my older 4runner before that. Sleeping platform inside, keep the center of gravity low and the truck fun to drive quick. This truck is just for our time in the states and baja so it will see a lot of the mapping work we do running trails all day and some fun easy Baja trips to our favorite spots.
Tim and Kelsey
We've been in the process of going through it. We've cleaned the seats with a steam cleaner, did it a second time and rented a carpet cleaner from Home Depot. The interior is definitely the roughest part of it.
Mechanically we've started going through fluids. Flushed brake system out for new fluid, flushed power steering fluid, oil change with TRD Filter, engine air filter, in cabin air filter. Next up is diffs/tcase.
It's already had the radiator replaced.
We just replaced the rear hatch switch as it was no longer working to open the hatch/tailgate. The actual electric motor seems to be fine, just a dead switch.
We installed some Dobinsons suspension. Despite formerly working for Icon we were pleasantly surprised at how good the Dobinsons worked on the Maltec so we went that way. Rockwarrior wheels and tires are on order, but first we're headed to Sonora, MX to make sure the color really matches up! Okay, also for a desert race and to see if we can catch site of SV Delos on the hard.
The build is going to be somewhat similar to our 80 Series Goose Pre-poptop or my older 4runner before that. Sleeping platform inside, keep the center of gravity low and the truck fun to drive quick. This truck is just for our time in the states and baja so it will see a lot of the mapping work we do running trails all day and some fun easy Baja trips to our favorite spots.
Tim and Kelsey
