84 yota dude

Looking really good! Where did you get the visors from?

MaK92-4RnR

Great job on the visors. I've been considering swapping mine out, since they're tired.

Also, I hope that is a denso starter. Otherwise, its just going to fail you again. I bought my truck and the first wheeling trip I took it on, I climbed over an obstacle, and dropped off pretty hard and stalled the truck. well go to start it again and wouldn't start. Look through the passenger side wheel well to find a Bosch starter. After beating the hell out of it trying to get it to work, I had to have a friend of mine go AROUND me on a extremely tight trail, pull me out, and also pop start it. Rockauto.com carries reman'd denso starters for a reasonable price, and they're rebuildable for 15-20 bucks.

Gizler00

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Im not sure if I missed it or not but did you ever get that leak sealed up? I still have a leak on the same side and trying to get it squared away.

Terrys87

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I like your visor upgrade. See you have a 74 Bronco in your signature. I wanted one of those but they don't come cheap. Because of that it how I actually got into runners. The early broncos are a favorite of mine. You have any pics?

stanz

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My latest upgrade... I was having a lot of trouble with the well documented intermittent starter relay click -- the result of intermittent voltage drop in feeding 12V+ constant power to the factory starter relay. An issue caused by Toyota's decision to run the 12V lead all the up to the ignition switch in the column and then back down to the relay.

Many have chosen to resolve this with Painless Wiring's HotShot relay. Instead, I decided to go my own route... I picked up a 40A waterproof relay from Jegs. I wanted it to be plug and play with the factory wiring (no cutting) so I picked up a spare used OE starter relay and made it a donor for its wire harness connector. I took the connector apart, ran the new relay's wiring into it and soldered the new wires to the existing terminal plugs, with the exception of the 12V+ constant -- I ran that directly to a circuit breaker I already had installed on the fender from my Big 3 wire conversion.

I also upped the wire guages: 10 gauge for the 12V+ lead, 12 gauge for the rest. The relay mounts using the same bolt at the factory relay.

I've had trouble free starting ever since!

The Jegs relay ($19):



Here it is being assembled:




Close up of the factory harness connector with the 12V+ terminal siliconed closed so that it can feed directly from the battery:


Here it is installed:

stanz

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Yes. I did get the leak sealed up. It was a failed body seem inside the wiper cowl. See page 5 of my build.

stanz

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Visors are from a 2005 4Runner.

stanz

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Yes. I love my Bronco, but it's been sitting in storage with a blown motor for 10 years. Divorce and loss of a garage set me back from restoring it. I'm getting closer to having my own place with a garage to get it back in my possession. I'll have to dig up some pics.

junk4u

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Great idea, clean and direct.

stanz

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Finally got my custom sliders installed, custom made by District Fabrication here in Portland. Square tube stock with round outer tubes. Welded to the frame:

Ready for install:


Installed:

stanz

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I also swapped out my tired rear wiper arm for one off a 1998 4Runner. I only had to shorten it and drill and tap new holes. The 90 degree bend the in the arm lifts it completely off the glass when not in use.

Side by side:


Marked for cutting and drilling:


Installed:

maco35

Cool mod. I i'm gonna steal it. ^ ^

775Toy

Sliders turned out great. Pretty slick wiper mod.

junk4u

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I like them sliders as well, they came out really nice

Gizler00

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I like this!! I need to pick one up as I have the wrong one on my rear. I have been trying to find a factory 1st gen one but they are all bent up.

yota81

so many good ideas...thanks for sharing

what size tires are those? appears you have some type of lift too?

stanz

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Thanks yota81! I'm running 31 x 10.50's. 2 inch OME rear springs with custom stock height shackles and 2 in. ball joint spacers up front.

ChefYota4x4

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I want to thank you as well! Always sharing excellent tips and such clean work! A lot of what you've done has been an inspiration in getting on doing my own custom cargo area stuff. It makes the trips so much more comfortable and enjoyable. I recently added a 12V auxiliary plug right at the rear when you open the tailgate. I did it with decent size wires, enough to handle at least a 2000 watt inverter, but it is a simple plug that I put quick release connectors on the back of. Like I said, a lot of the stuff that you and RBX and others did has helped me so much, & I want to thank you! ANDDDDD,.....Beautiful rig!

I really enjoyed my old man OME-CS009R (?) leafs! They really handled the load and the road well, and at Tierra del Sol, with pretty much what you are running and the mega travel ball joints, my buddies with SAS rigs and so forth were shocked at how well I kept up on 32 mud kings and only one locker. People so often say those springs don't flex, but even with a little bit of weight back there, they flexed like crazy for me

dropzone

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Hey Stanz-
are you are on the east side or west side of the River?
i swear i have seen your 4runner down around PSU or downtown?

You have done some great stuff with your truck..

stanz

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I live on the East side but it's my daily driver and I'm all over both sides of town and the burbs regularly. Good chance it was me.