Dropzone's 1994 4runner Build AKA: Project Recycle:
May 7, 2016 | 02:32 PM
#181
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From: mo
I was kidding....sparkly is good. 
Awesome rack find. Love getting a great garbage sale deal.
If anybody ever wants pics/ measurements of a 3rd gen taillight I'll be happy to oblige though the set-up like drop-zone's is surely way brighter.
Awesome rack find. Love getting a great garbage sale deal. If anybody ever wants pics/ measurements of a 3rd gen taillight I'll be happy to oblige though the set-up like drop-zone's is surely way brighter.
May 8, 2016 | 01:50 PM
#182
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From: Sierra Foothills
Here is the kind like I was looking at:
http://m.ebay.com/itm/1992-1993-1994-JDM-Toyota-Hilux-Surf-SSR-G-Right-Tail-Light-Assembly-OEM-USED-/121243601116?nav=SEARCH
I do agree, the LED's are probably way better.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/1992-1993-1994-JDM-Toyota-Hilux-Surf-SSR-G-Right-Tail-Light-Assembly-OEM-USED-/121243601116?nav=SEARCH
I do agree, the LED's are probably way better.
May 15, 2016 | 04:33 PM
#184
i was checking out Dirtco's 3rd Gen Thread on T4R, and he has me wondering if I can fit this beast into my 2nd Gen:
I’ve been going back and forth about what to do for a battery. I have a brand new Yellow Top I could throw in it, but I just can’t bring myself to do it. It’s kind of like getting super sick after eating at a restaurant; all your friends might love the place and it might be an isolated case, but your still not going to go back there to find out.
I started looking at dual batteries, I know I could make them fit, but it gets really expensive once you figure in the price of two batteries and the isolator system. So that killed that idea.
So I’m stuck with one battery, and I wanted something that I could exchange locally if there was another issue. That pretty much left the Duralast AGM line through AutoZone. I looked through their selection comparing specifications on each model until I said screw it, I’m getting the biggest battery they make and stock in my local store!
So I bought a Duralast Platinum AGM H8, or group 49, and as you would imagine the numbers are better than the Yellow Top.
Duralast Platinum/Battery H8-AGM- Read6Reviews onDuralast Platinum #H8-AGM
CA - 975
CCA - 900
AH - 92
RC - 170
Here is the Yellow Top in comparison
CA - 870
CCA - 750
AH - 55
RC - 120
“Say hello to my little friend!”
I started looking at dual batteries, I know I could make them fit, but it gets really expensive once you figure in the price of two batteries and the isolator system. So that killed that idea.
So I’m stuck with one battery, and I wanted something that I could exchange locally if there was another issue. That pretty much left the Duralast AGM line through AutoZone. I looked through their selection comparing specifications on each model until I said screw it, I’m getting the biggest battery they make and stock in my local store!
So I bought a Duralast Platinum AGM H8, or group 49, and as you would imagine the numbers are better than the Yellow Top.
Duralast Platinum/Battery H8-AGM- Read6Reviews onDuralast Platinum #H8-AGM
CA - 975
CCA - 900
AH - 92
RC - 170
Here is the Yellow Top in comparison
CA - 870
CCA - 750
AH - 55
RC - 120
“Say hello to my little friend!”
May 15, 2016 | 04:51 PM
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From: Centeral Willamette Valley Oregon
when it comes to having something help the distracted person behind me stop better I will take sparkly
I haven't had a 3rd Gen truck tail light in my hands before but they do have a built in back up light. I don't see a reason why a set couldn't be adapted to a 2nd gen 4Runner
http://www.ebay.com/itm/89-95-Toyota...pXAcF8&vxp=mtr
I haven't had a 3rd Gen truck tail light in my hands before but they do have a built in back up light. I don't see a reason why a set couldn't be adapted to a 2nd gen 4Runner
http://www.ebay.com/itm/89-95-Toyota...pXAcF8&vxp=mtr
May 15, 2016 | 04:55 PM
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May 16, 2016 | 01:39 PM
#188
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From: exo-reality -wave if you see me; Front Range, CO
That battery looks amazingly like the one that fits in the bmw 530's. Although mine was 7 yrs old, it still held up to abuse (aka a .7mA steady state current draw). Got mine at sam's: Interstate iirc
May 29, 2016 | 05:28 PM
#190
just got back from a 3500 miles road trip for my daughter's wedding in colorado. Saw a lot of cool stuff.
I had wanted a jump starter box for awhile and the road trip was a good excuse to pick one up. I did not want a huge one though. I found out of the NOCO's when I picked up a trickle charger set up a while back for the 4Runner. They make a few different sizes, I went with a mid range model that will jump start up to 6.0 Liter gas engine:
really compact package that will be handy out on the trail if I actually get this thing back out there
I had wanted a jump starter box for awhile and the road trip was a good excuse to pick one up. I did not want a huge one though. I found out of the NOCO's when I picked up a trickle charger set up a while back for the 4Runner. They make a few different sizes, I went with a mid range model that will jump start up to 6.0 Liter gas engine:
really compact package that will be handy out on the trail if I actually get this thing back out there
Jun 1, 2016 | 01:26 PM
#192
So with my 84" roof basket the stock luggage rack wasn't going to cut it, so using parts from the 4Runner shell a friend gave me I extended the rack 26" , by doing so I gained a 3rd crossbar. Gotta love a 45 minute project
Used 5 nutserts on each side
Came out pretty decent
Jun 1, 2016 | 05:07 PM
#195
Thanks Hab!
Thanks Don. We'll see about the tent. My wife looked at one a few years ago and didn't like the ladder idea
Finished up mounting the rack. It is a little higher than I was hoping for. I may end up Remowing the crossbars and hard mount it to the rails.
I added a small ATV storage box that could be used for stuff like recovery gear or miscellaneous crap
Plenty of real estate for stuff
Thanks Don. We'll see about the tent. My wife looked at one a few years ago and didn't like the ladder idea
Finished up mounting the rack. It is a little higher than I was hoping for. I may end up Remowing the crossbars and hard mount it to the rails.
I added a small ATV storage box that could be used for stuff like recovery gear or miscellaneous crap
Plenty of real estate for stuff
Jun 2, 2016 | 04:19 PM
#199
Thanks! I think it was 30% off with free shipping or something
I like the strut idea, I have a bunch of strap strut I could use..
Not sure when I will lower it.
Another distraction showed up today:
Started pulling crap off the tail end this afternoon
In Preparation for this hunk of junk
