New Member #654 Chris Hallgren

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Please welcome our second newest member #654 Chris (@ChrisInAZ ) to CopperStateCruisers.

Chris resides in Mesa and has a 2003 4Runner Limited and a 2011 4Runner SR5. Please tell us more about yourself and your two 4Runners.
 
Hi all,

I'm a retired computer professional. I'm married to Beth, and we have 2 kids - Connor is 16 and Riley is 19. I enjoy photography, woodworking and welding. I really look forward to doing more off-roading.

We bought the 2011 4Runner about a year and a half ago. It's pretty much stock except for the wheels. My son mostly drives the 2011 now.
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We bought the 2003 4Runner this past September in New Hampshire. Connor plays hockey. He played for a school in New Hampshire this past school year. We bought the 2003 for him to drive while he was there. He and Beth just drove it home from New Hampshire a couple of weeks ago. It is also mostly stock except for wheels and Bilstein 5100 shocks. The 2003 became my main car once it got back to AZ.
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Thanks,
Chris
 
Welcome to the club Chris.
 
I know this is an off-roading club, but maybe I should mention that I also own a 1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo that I have owned since 1994. It is all stock except for the wheels and the stereo. It was recently included in the Future Collector Car Show as part of the Barrett-Jackson auction this past January at West World in Scottsdale.
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ChrisInAZ said:
Hi all,

I'm a retired computer professional. I'm married to Beth, and we have 2 kids - Connor is 16 and Riley is 19. I enjoy photography, woodworking and welding. I really look forward to doing more off-roading.

We bought the 2011 4Runner about a year and a half ago. It's pretty much stock except for the wheels. My son mostly drives the 2011 now.
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We bought the 2003 4Runner this past September in New Hampshire. Connor plays hockey. He played for a school in New Hampshire this past school year. We bought the 2003 for him to drive while he was there. He and Beth just drove it home from New Hampshire a couple of weeks ago. It is also mostly stock except for wheels and Bilstein 5100 shocks. The 2003 became my main car once it got back to AZ.
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Thanks,
Chris
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very clean trucks! welcome, and I hope you can resolve the clean issue soon.
 
Where abouts in Mesa? Mr.2 nice! I have a gs300 nat along with my own fifth gen runner and my 80.
 
LongDuck said:
So I'm getting that "...all stock except for the wheels" is a thing with you? Love the MR2,
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Yeah, I sort of noticed that too as I was writing my posts :) With the MR2, that was on purpose. I was trying to keep it stock. After my experience at the FCCS, I'm rethinking that. With the 4Runners, I just haven't had them for very long that's just how they came. I have lots of changes I would like to make to them, but I will have to save my pennies for a while.
 
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