Burzp4WD's Build Thread

For sure! Yea those total tails would have been on my list had I planned to keep my stock tails-- they're a great upgrade and I really like the fact that you get amber turn signals instead of just blinking red lights.

 

Agreed, I think it’s a big safety improvement and makes the turn signals much more visible.

 

Few more shots of the tails!

 

Fog lights finally came back with new internals from Baja Designs! These newer SAE versions are significantly brighter than the old ones with a very nice cutoff. Shout out to @Baja Designs for the upgrade!

 

Bed rack and tent back on, excited to take my wife and baby camping next weekend just going to Skypark— will be a good first experience to see how our baby does camping.

 

Got these shields from a fellow TW member! Version 1’s so they say the drivers side touches the cat— you can see on the logo where it seems to be touching. I’m thinking nothing a little grinding/cutting can’t fix! Or even something to sandwhich in between to dampen the vibration— only paid for shipping so it was worth it to try!

 

Couple pics from the recent camping trip the fam did with a few friends! Was a success, baby did so well and slept both nights through in the tent. Didn’t do any off roading but were getting there! Definitely when she’s old enough!

 

Got a 5 day camping trip coming up so I ended up getting my cousin’s old powered cooler and picked up some portable power!

 

Camped out at Bridgeport last week! Beat the SoCal heat wave;

Tried out Laurel Lake OHV but didn’t go too far up because of trans fluid temp— gunna try it out again one day with 4lo.

@Shmellmopwho I had dad-brain and forgot to take the step off… stayed on but it’s totally bent haha.

Look at all those yotas! Old 4Runner, Tacomas and RAV4 huddled up

Drove through Yosemite
AND Sequoia in one day

 

I never thought I would say/think this…but that RAV4 is sick!! That’s a very cool pic because of the matching colors too.

 

Haha right?! Lots of mods on the Rav that I give a big thumbs up for

 

Few shots I was able to take with my actual camera

 

Took advantage of the Black Friday deal and upgraded from my jackery 300 plus to the 1000 v2– came with a free 100 plus! Sold my 300 plus so it was a $100 upgrade for more than 3 times the capacity. Should be more than capable to power the fridge without having to recharge for a day or two and the wife intends to use it for her party event side hustle as well

 

Nice! I ordered a Goal Zero Yeti 1500 today on their Black Friday sale. Got one of the solar panel sets as well. We’ll see how the set up works.

 

tax write off

 

Nice! The 300 was enough to power the fridge overnight to which I would need solar or plug in— given the bump from 288wh to 1072wh I should be able to last a day and a half without charging so that’ll be great for weekend trips haha. I do have a 100w solar panel that I plan to use with it, may need to get another 100w if I need it to charge up faster but it should top off with what I plan to use it for.

I just googled this haha, I didn’t know that until now, thanks!

 

That’s great. I got the Goal Zero with the intention of mostly using it for a home back up since we’re headed into winter. I’m sure it’ll come in handy on trips too.

 

Same! It’ll be good to keep our fridge and deep freezer going for a good couple hours during a blackout— with the 100w solar panel or it can charge full in an hour so I can charge at my parent’s house and get back without losing too much cold temps.
My wife does balloons for parties so she can power her compressor for over an hour if she’s at a spot without outlets.

 

Oh yea that’ll be perfect for that!

I’ve had a gas generator for a while but its such a PITA to use because of how loud and dirty it is, and obviously it has to stay outside so you have to have extension cords on hand. I love the idea of the solar panels basically giving us an unlimited clean power supply. My wife works from home so being able to power the WiFi and computer for days on end will be huge.

 

Great pics what do you use to monitor your trans temp?