What have you done to your ride lately?

AlienXtx

Nignog
I agree.. although when I installed mine I discovered there is no room back there. A bunch of factory shit is there. lol
Plenty of room If you don't have all the factory optioned nonsense lol
 

balakay

BabyMax
I agree.. although when I installed mine I discovered there is no room back there. A bunch of factory shit is there. lol
There's nothing behind mine except the junk for the middle seat seatbelt. Jack and tools are on the passenger side.
 

AlienXtx

Nignog
There's nothing behind mine except the junk for the middle seat seatbelt. Jack and tools are on the passenger side.
You should look at getting the husky under seat storage deal, they are handy
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AlienXtx

Nignog
Used a hole saw to make a few holes in my side cover right in front of my air intake. Then I built a buck out of a 2x4 and molded some stainless mesh with it to fit the holes so that it protrudes some then attached it with 2pt epoxy. It will get a little better air flow, and I think it looks cool.
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AlienXtx

Nignog
Used a hole saw to make a few holes in my side cover right in front of my air intake. Then I built a buck out of a 2x4 and molded some stainless mesh with it to fit the holes so that it protrudes some then attached it with 2pt epoxy. It will get a little better air flow, and I think it looks cool.View attachment 43601View attachment 43602
Epoxy is dried and painted. Mounted the cover back on my bike.
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MatthewMay1

amateur professional
I think I’m digging the unpainted look. I feel like it makes it look almost like it came from the factory this way. We’ll see how it looks when I get it reinstalled. I’m going “cheap” on this headlight build. No halos, no high beam projectors, no other LED bulbs, no paint. I’m doing the D2S 5.0 projectors and that’s it.

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balakay

BabyMax
Restocked a few Chemical Guys goodies from the local Detail Garage this morning to give the 4Runner a pre-sell bath this afternoon. Also pulled the subwoofer out of the 4Runner. It fits perfectly under the passenger rear seat of the F150 so it'll be getting moved over. Left all the wiring in place (unhooked from the battery of course). Going to need to pick up an LC2i to tie the sub into the factory wiring in the truck until I have the money to upgrade the headunit.
 

balakay

BabyMax
I think I’m digging the unpainted look. I feel like it makes it look almost like it came from the factory this way. We’ll see how it looks when I get it reinstalled. I’m going “cheap” on this headlight build. No halos, no high beam projectors, no other LED bulbs, no paint. I’m doing the D2S 5.0 projectors and that’s it.

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That's the exact same setup I had on my first gen. It was awesome.
 

AlienXtx

Nignog
The real fun one is when you heat up a ring gear to get it back on the carrier. No matter how well you clean it before hand, the entire house is going to smell like gear oil. My mom was mad about that one for a while.
Hot plates and toster over are like $20 lol
 

balakay

BabyMax
Hot plates and toster over are like $20 lol
That would require going into town. We thought freezing the carrier would be enough to get it on. But it wasn't so we had to work with what we had. And at the time we didn't have a torch at the shop, only a plasma cutter so the options were building a fire or using the oven. One was much easier than the other.
 

AlienXtx

Nignog
Went to run some errands this morning and batteries are dead on both vehicles. What a fun way to start the day.
Fucking unluckiest person in the world
 

balakay

BabyMax
Fucking unluckiest person in the world
The battery on the Ford has been having trouble starting. I've known it was bad but NAPA pissed me off when I tried to get a replacement under warranty the other day and I haven't had a chance to go to another store to get it replaced. Trying to wait until I go see my family this weekend and go to the store there. Been just throwing it on the trickle charger at night and that keeps it going. 4Runner sat for two or three weeks and has been fucked ever since. I'm heading to Sam's to get a battery for it now.
 

balakay

BabyMax
Okay, both vehicles have new batteries now. 4Runner got a Duracell from Sam's because it was the cheapest battery I could find and I wasn't dumping big money on a battery for it just to sell it. Picked up a DieHard Platinum AGM today for the Ford.
 

Silverback

Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Took the Taco in to get inspected. Same place I had it inspected last year. I asked the guy how many miles I had on it last year when they did the inspection. 121376. This year it’s 121681. lol

Just got back from getting the Tacoma inspected this year. I put a whopping 120 miles on it this past year.
 
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