Hit 200k on the way home from dinner. Only 8k of those miles are mine, but it's a start.............
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I added a Garage Alpha grill today. Very happy with the more modern look it gives. 
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Ok, another quick accessory. A molle panel for my console tunnel (Victory 4x4). We know how our console is lacking in usefulness.
Just an attempt for additional knick knacks, even though I try to keep the knick knacks down lol. Water or coffee container usage mostly.
I got molle panels on the brain...
Just an attempt for additional knick knacks, even though I try to keep the knick knacks down lol. Water or coffee container usage mostly.
I got molle panels on the brain...
Painted my wheels. Pics are from half-way through. What a miserable job. Not sure I will ever do this again. You tube makes it look a little easier.
The wheels were scaling/chipping and in bad shape to start. Prep took forever and still not perfect. Wire wheel, bondo, sanding, etc..... Duplicolor wheel coating Graphite HWP102.
Pic 2 is one in primer and one in the original color before painted.
The wheels were scaling/chipping and in bad shape to start. Prep took forever and still not perfect. Wire wheel, bondo, sanding, etc..... Duplicolor wheel coating Graphite HWP102.
Pic 2 is one in primer and one in the original color before painted.
I snagged one up. 06 non nav dark gray interior. I will be doing a full build on my YT channel along with my Tacoma. Doing all maintenance first. First fix was leaking in the passenger side floor boards. Turns out the AC drain line was clogged up. Took the fan motor out drained all the water, and vacuumed the rest with the a small hose. AC is blowing much colder now and the water rushing around sound while driving is gone. First repair in the books, with many more to come. Pics below because we all love pics.
GX is the day I picked her up and the repair Tacoma pic is right after the rear extended travel was installed.
YT channel -- https://www.youtube.com/c/ClassyTacos
GX is the day I picked her up and the repair Tacoma pic is right after the rear extended travel was installed.
YT channel -- https://www.youtube.com/c/ClassyTacos
Didn’t exactly do anything to the GX yet but this came in today and I’m definitely pumped. Open Road 10k lb Panther 2
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Mounted up my $100 "vintage" Yakima cargo box find from Craigslist and Napa awning for this weekend's camping trip. The roof box provides tons of extra secure and rainproof storage (~90" long x 25" wide x 16" high).
^^^^^ Nice!.... how do you like the the Dobs IMS in the rear with the 6112's up front. My 5160's are to soft on rebound now that I've added weight and mid stiff OME springs.
I think it rides better now with the long travel IMS setup in the rear vs the 5160s I had before. I was a little worried mixing digressively valved front shocks + the progressive rear, but it feels balanced. I don't run a front sway bar, so I think the 6112s help keep things planted on road. The rear is relatively soft now, but I almost never bottom out. Plenty of down travel means the shocks won't quickly turn into metal limit straps.
That being said, I think I'll eventually move to extended travel IMS coilovers up front because I have been pleased with the rears. I'm not in any rush though since the 6112s are still meeting my current needs.
Remember to order new top hats when you replace your front shocks:
Changed oil in the front and rear differentials and transfer case. Extended the rear diff breather. New fill plugs, drain plugs, and crush washers all around.
2 items off the checklist ahead of running the Utah BDR end of June.
Attached the breather line to the fuel line right up behind the fill neck.
Ran it down along the fuel line then to the frame rail. Left some slack for full droop.
2 items off the checklist ahead of running the Utah BDR end of June.
Attached the breather line to the fuel line right up behind the fill neck.
Ran it down along the fuel line then to the frame rail. Left some slack for full droop.
Today was eventful for my newly purchased ‘03 470.
I removed the running boards and cut the bottom of the front bumper.
I bought some Bronco take-off 255/75 tires and 4Runner wheels and painted them with Rustoleum auto matte black yesterday and sat them in the sun/outside for 24 hours only to find the paint extremely soft and not cured.
I’m heading for a group off-road day trip tomorrow and was really hoping for the new wheel & tire combo but that’ll have to wait I guess. Thankfully the other group members are better prepared than I.
I removed the running boards and cut the bottom of the front bumper.
I bought some Bronco take-off 255/75 tires and 4Runner wheels and painted them with Rustoleum auto matte black yesterday and sat them in the sun/outside for 24 hours only to find the paint extremely soft and not cured.
I’m heading for a group off-road day trip tomorrow and was really hoping for the new wheel & tire combo but that’ll have to wait I guess. Thankfully the other group members are better prepared than I.
Ran Chinaman's Glutch in near Buena Vista, CO yesterday with my local 4x4 shop for their customer appreciation event. Definitely at the limits of what a mildly built GX can do without lockers. My Sliders, skids, wheels and stock rear bumper took a beating but we were able to negotiate every obstacle without assistance. Impressed some Jeep owner's with it's abilities/Atrac. Big shout out to the Yokohama's sidewalls too, they held up to all kinds of abuse at 15psi!!
Test-fit and launched a new mounting bracket and roof rail. 3" and 2" versions with cutouts for adding t-nuts and integrated tie-down points:
Been a while since I've updated. Seat covers finally arrived from Italy....extremely happy with the quality. Still need to add the cover to the center console arm rest. Very impressed with the materials and finish. The middle grey portion is a suede type of material. Communication was not so great and it took a couple of month for them to finish and ship them. In the end, worth the hassles.
Started working on a travel trailer I picked up last weekend. Crazy crazy headwinds on the way home from picking it up (Louisiana to South Texas) netted me 8.5 miles to the gallon. Winds were just insane. It didn't matter if I went 55 or 75. Only thing that dropped the RPMs was to draft off of semis........but they were swaying around way too much to stay behind. Lots more work to do to it. Removed all the decals. Removed the old school looking plastic fenders and bumpers. Added some ATR tires and metal fenders. Adding a 2.5" lift and starlink internet this week. Moving the 270 awning over to the trailer as well. And eventually a wrap to match the GX.
Almost done with my quad retrofit as well. Bigger light is a Bi- LED projector smaller one is a Bixenon HID projector. Slowly taking shape.
Had a buddy help make a shifter plate with an 8 switch setup. Hard to tell in the pic.
Started working on a travel trailer I picked up last weekend. Crazy crazy headwinds on the way home from picking it up (Louisiana to South Texas) netted me 8.5 miles to the gallon. Winds were just insane. It didn't matter if I went 55 or 75. Only thing that dropped the RPMs was to draft off of semis........but they were swaying around way too much to stay behind. Lots more work to do to it. Removed all the decals. Removed the old school looking plastic fenders and bumpers. Added some ATR tires and metal fenders. Adding a 2.5" lift and starlink internet this week. Moving the 270 awning over to the trailer as well. And eventually a wrap to match the GX.
Almost done with my quad retrofit as well. Bigger light is a Bi- LED projector smaller one is a Bixenon HID projector. Slowly taking shape.
Had a buddy help make a shifter plate with an 8 switch setup. Hard to tell in the pic.
It’s like Christmas in May!
Huge, huge shout out to RCI. I ordered a full set of skids - everything from the filler plate on back - and it got here today! With current lead times due to materials shortages, I cannot believe the turnaround from them.
plan to install them this weekend. One question for the group: any harm in running the bare aluminum skids?
I opted not to powder coat because it seems to chip while in shipping. When researching how to paint bare aluminum, I learned that it’s not quite as easy as painting bare steel, but a lot of folks opt to run the aluminum without any coating.
That’s safe, right?
Huge, huge shout out to RCI. I ordered a full set of skids - everything from the filler plate on back - and it got here today! With current lead times due to materials shortages, I cannot believe the turnaround from them.
plan to install them this weekend. One question for the group: any harm in running the bare aluminum skids?
I opted not to powder coat because it seems to chip while in shipping. When researching how to paint bare aluminum, I learned that it’s not quite as easy as painting bare steel, but a lot of folks opt to run the aluminum without any coating.
That’s safe, right?
Got the brackets from TEQ I think. Had to modify them to get my projectors to fit correctly. Nothing major.....but holy hell there's a lot of wiring to get the Morimoto Profyle halos and demon eyes in there along with a small dog light and sequential turn indicator. I've been moving super slow on them. Top many irons in the fire right now. Wish I could post a video to show all the different patterns and colors it throws. It also has a switchback mode for amber turn indicators.
I have ASFIR aluminum skids that are bare metal and they are just fine. they do look a bit oxidized but I don't know if that's just salt or what but bare aluminum metal forms an oxide layer in atmospheric air almost instantly and won't rust or corrode like iron/steel will.
Dope! Thank you for the info. Figure I’ll run em bare for the UT trip I got next month, and, if I really want to, can send them off for powder coating or something later.
