Cynicalriders "J0hnny5 is ALIVE!" 01 build thread.

Yeah I contemplated leaving them clear as it did look pretty clean. I am okay with where it's at now though, the needles different bevels definitely made it tough to get a uniform look.

I was getting very close to getting a lift soon but we are going hard on the house viewing/buying right now so everything is on hold till we buy. Gonna push for a two car garage but I'll settle for at least one.

 

this sound very familiar.

When I pulled my OEM rack, I had the same problem. Used a hammer, a bigger hammer, a bernzomatic, pb blaster, attempted to pry the shaft apart, but what finally ended up working was an air chisel. One little pop of that against the steering shaft and it came off. I was cursing the guy that did the write-up saying "it just falls out on its own weight" or something like that.

Oh, and I guess I wasn't subbed, so now I am.

 

Yeah same here, air hammer broke it loose. I still haven't gotten it fixed perfectly. Rack travel is pretty much even but my wheel is 1/4 turn off. Whatever I'll fix it when I can get to it.

Also finally found a solid solution to anyone who wants to run blue or green AC panel lights but do not want to use a new face plate (personally stock faceplate is clean and adding a white one mucks up the whole section)

Turns out since 99-02 ( I believe) 4 runners used green lights they had clear white faceplates and knobs.

Plates side by side:



Old (Hardcore hot spots and not uniform color):



New (Uniform color, no hot spots)



Can even see the blue in the day now:



Very happy with figuring out a solution to this.

 

Nice man! That is something on my to do list. Any idea why some were green and others blue? Specific model or something?

 

As far as I know all 99-03 taco's were actually orange, 95.5-97 were green. Mine are blue because I did the blue LED swap.

 

Interesting. +1

I switched out to blue LEDs a while ago to match my headunit, and was never very happy with how they looked. Now I need to keep my eye out for 3rd gen 4runner to steal that out of.

 

Definitely. I just went on the t4r and hit up a dude who totaled his and got the panel and knobs for $30.

Also wheeled this weekend a bit. Some pics:









I put together this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWkC86I1NT0

And w00dy put together this edit which came out awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BNxjCd-Ijs

 

It was a good time!

 

How do you like those TW tires? Any complaints or problems with them? Would you recommend them?

 

No complaints so far *knocks on wood* they are a loud tire, I will admit that but it doesn't bother me. Also the edge were the tread and casing meet is getting to be more apparent as I use them but no other complaints.

I would definitely recommend them if you need a good off road tire in a pinch. Can't decide if I would get another set after or go with mt/r's but that's just because I love mt/r's tread pattern.

 

sweet, I am definitely going to try them then.

 

+1

 

It's been a while since I updated. Nothing new to the build really. Wheeled in December:









The main reason it's been slow is my wife and I bought our first home!



Garage build will happen soon. Been loving it so far.

 

congrats man the house looks awesome! Double car garage FTMFW!

 

Awesome man! Congrats on the house!

 

Congrats on the house man!! What town r u in now? If you need any renovations I'm your man, that's what I do for a living (shameless plug lol)

Hope you can make it to RC next meet

 

Thanks guys! I'll keep that in mind Tyler! I actually know a decent amount of home improvement/construction from my father. He was a contractor for years before he stopped doing it mostly due to stress. He worked in NYC on sky scrapers before opening his own business.

Most of what I remember from him I learned middle school - high school so I am rusty and have already made a mistake or two but am re-learning. Electrical work is my favorite, I could do that all day.

Looking forward to the weekend after easter RC trip!

Made no progress on the truck but used to it help get the garage build going:





Also some random pics I never posted:

 

Mike and Chux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPGg2Jp4jeA

 

Thanks man!

Wheeled Rausch Creek this weekend and also stopped at Centralia on Friday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNr9b9BlyAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU0Dm-kvFN4

 

Centralia: