1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

I'll be first to admit, it's very hard to be rational and reasonable when it comes to 'needs' on tires for a 4x4....that's how I ended up on 39s or 40s or whatever those Michelin XMLs are. Now I want it on regular tires, easier to sell. Grass is NOT greener blah blah... My mistake

 

And when I see your text 5 hours later I'm like..fuck man I feel bad

 

Good Morning. Thank you for the thought. I left early to go take a look. Oh what a pitiful mess.

It has a severe case of the three Ts. It is Twenty, Trashy, and Troubled. LOL

The only thing good about that 470 is the CV axles and lower ball joints. Those look to be new.

It has plenty of oil leaks from around engine and transfer case.

Although they did shampoo and clean the interior, it was worn heavier in areas beyond the driver seat. The center armrest was broken.

For a local car without rust, I just can't imagine what happened to the paint.

Somebody must have screwed up big time on this deal for them to still have this on the lot from early December.

All of their other used cars were very nice. This thing takes away from their "nice car lot" image.

It was a fun learning experience though. I need to find two or three good appearance attributes for me to be interested in a used vehicle.

Pictures below.. LOL

 

Don't even start giving me a dose of my own medicine

 

@GQ7227 I came upon a dense fog while driving I-64W Dec.23 7:25am. I turned on my hazard warning lights as I eased to the far right shoulder. For the next 8-10 min. I listened to smashing steel as traffic sped by into the fog. I later learned that drivers involved suffered injuries after getting OUT of their cars. S.I.P.D.E. WORKS.

 

Lmao it's all good bro. It's not like I got anything important to say

 

Is that the original paint? Can't be? I don't think I've ever seen paint that bad on a hundred series

 

Lol think I do?

Here's one for @eon_blue



(That meme reminds me of that Coal Chamber song "Rowboat" when he says "YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE")

 

I couldn't tell.. I haven't seen paint that bad in a very long time.

 

Got the rear shocks last night. From a 2017, guy said they had around 15-17k miles on them so not too bad. $35 for the rear pair. So that puts me at $373.95 into the suspension which will be better than stock ever was in 2003 and also get some lift out it it. Not bad IMO.

 

Badass.

I still want a 4runner and you're making it worse. Keep us all updated

 

Lol

 

Hell yeah I will!

I was surprised as fuck by how well the headlights cleaned up. I used Meguire's Clear Plastic Polish and a small sponge buffing pad I had from the headlight kit I got for the Taco that didn't do much. Took 5 minutes on each headlight and I did the fog light. Huge improvement, enough so that I won't worry about replacing them anytime soon.

This was after cleaning just the driver's headlight.



Here is all of them cleaned.



Might need to hit the passenger side again but it's way better than before.

 

Imagining bigger tires, long travel, bumpers, sliders etc

 

Yup, my imagination is expensive too. Gunna try real hard to keep the 4R a budget build tho. It'll definitely take longer than the Taco did since I built that while I was on an extended, forced vacation and had severance funds to pay for shit.

 

wot'n tarnation

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/i-think-i-have-a-fake-tacoma.645669/

 

Just like rust, it takes a bit of time....you're a day late with that thread