Originally Posted by space-junk

*Crickets Chirping*

Originally Posted by 2DoorJoRunner

Those lights really freshened up the front end of your rig man. looks very sharp. Ive never been to that jamboree but it looks like a good time so long as you camp with the right group!

Originally Posted by MaK92-4RnR

Got a few more things done on the truck.

Steering stabilizer has been relocated. All I did was move it back around to the front of the axle. Sure its lower, but shouldn't be a problem getting hit.

Before:


After:


Also got a few things to add a subwoofer into my truck for a little thump while on the trail. Friend of mine traded his car in and had this subwoofer sitting around in the garage. picked it up for 20 bucks. bought a kenwood 400w amp for 65 bucks, and a 4 gauge wiring kit for 25.; should be golden!

amp:


Sub:

Originally Posted by MaK92-4RnR

Pismo jamboree was this weekend, and it was not only an adventure while I was there, but it was definitely an adventure GETTING there...

The truck was running great, I was on my way home from school late on Wednesday night. get off the freeway, roll through the next intersection and the truck decided it didn't need its False water pump / cooling fan bracket anymore. So after some serious cussing, and getting home at 2:40 in the morning on Thursday. I got about 4 hours of sleep, took the day off work, made an abundance of coffee and got crackin' on repairing the truck HOURS before I leave for Pismo.

Pictures of the night:


Here's the fan bracket in the morning:


Here's the fan bracket after it was removed ( autozone/oreilly China POS )


Toyota AISIN fan bracket installed ( $233 dollars ):


I'd also like to take the time to mention the difference between the autozone and factory Toyota ones. Seriously, get the Toyota one. I know its 150 dollars more expensive, but honestly? its a weak point in the 3vz. it holds all of your pullies on. ( power steering, alternator ) and mounts your fan.

This is the autozone one. It had this C clip in it to hold the shaft on. this was on both sides of the fan bracket. The autozone one also had casting markings in it, and was very cheaply built ( even though it highly resembles the AISIN one )


Here's the Toyota one. No clips holding the shaft


Anywho, got the truck back together kinda later than expected. It took a bit for Toyota to get it delivered from another store. So I worked on the stereo while waiting for the bracket to come in.

Here's the stereo all wired up:


I'm not really happy with how its wired in the engine bay. I planned on running it on my driver side, but the firewall hole is full from gauge wiring, and the e locker. so I looped it back around.

Mounted the amp under the seat. plumbed it all nicely and hidden:


Ground:


Put everything back together:


Don't have any pictures of running the stereo wiring. but it all works. it doesn't "hit" very hard, which is what I wanted. just something to even out the amount of highs/mids. with a bit of lows.

Originally Posted by MaK92-4RnR

Here's the Pismo recap:

We had a total of 5 trucks caravanning from Sacramento on Thursday night. My cousin drove down in his T100 on Friday night. We also camp with a few guys from Modesto. We had a total of 8 trucks as the original group.

I didn't get much pictures when I left Sacramento. But he's the group from Sac at Kettleman. ( about 4 hours south of sacramento ):




Didn't get a whole lot of pictures after Kettleman. We were all exhausted from driving. A few of us pulled an all nighter Thursday night/Friday morning. But I basically set up my tent, got settled, walked the beach and passed out so I could be refreshed in the morning.

Here's some of the group next morning after breakfast. Getting some groceries ( alcohol ) so we can cook down there:


Here's a portion of our campsite. This is early Friday morning, so people for the event aren't really there yet:






Bryan works at a printing company and had some official green camp stickers made for our rigs. I'd say it fits there nicely:


Here's a few shots of the truck on the dunes:




Pismo Beach:


Stopped at Splash Café for some famous clam chowder:


Another shot of the truck posted at the camp site:


Pismo Sunset:


Here's Friday night:




Lance giving us the talk on Saturday Morning:


The famous event group picture ( Missing a few trucks because of Friday night alcohol consumption ):


Green camp:


My sister and her friend in the Runner:


Driver view:


5 years:


Bryan decided to get stuck in a bowl ( after almost flopping it ) so we had to winch him out. At this point we recruited two cool dudes who moved their camp to hang out with green camp:








Here's a whole picture of Green camp ( don't mind the hat, its an inside joke ):


Went for a night run, but it was short lived because the group got separated. But here's Andrew w/ his bronco pulling a Tacoma out:


Later that Saturday night:


Sunday Morning breakfast:


Here's all the green camp group pictures we took:










Went out for one last cruise on the dune before heading back:


For those who have never been to Pismo. Here's the more "scenic" pictures. Its a beautiful place, for sure:






Leaving:




And that about wraps it up. For those who are wondering how much of a trip this is. Its about ~830 miles from sacramento round trip and driving around the dunes. I averaged about 20.8 MPG between kettleman and sacramento ( which basically drains the tank right as you're pulling up to kettleman from sacramento ) My opinions from this trip to last trip? The 35s are MUCH better than the 37s. with the 37s on there, I only got about 15-16 mpg, the truck was a lot more tippy and to be honest? the 35s look better. overall very pleased with how the truck performed, even though its really out of its element being a SFA, SWB, leafed rig. It definitely got some use out there. I don't think there was ever a moment I wasn't in the truck unless it was late at night

Anywho, Thanks Lance and Chris for another amazing event!

Originally Posted by dark_fairytales

Long time no see. It is good to see your still using the runner. Say hi to Matt for me.

Originally Posted by PismoJoe

Yeah buddy! Super good to see you and the crew out there!