Wow as always J. Reminds me of wearing amber goggles. Do you think down the road you will want a override switch to turn them off if you wanted?

 

There is still the factory on/off switch, these are way to bright to drive around with all the time. Before, with the switch in the on position, the lights would only work when the low beam headlights were on. Now they work when the running lights, low beam, or brights are on.

 

Well ive read your trailer build and now im reading your truck build

 

Smooth set-up.

 

Wow it has been a inspiring last 2 days reading this thread. You are a dedicated wheeler/faber who takes great pride in his work! I hope my build comes out this great!

 

How about some pictures that move

Since YouTube won't let you upload videos with copywrited music, I just uploaded it to my server and you can download it.

http://www.volcom.rockfrogs.org/Chin...ns-1-14-12.mpg
527mb - Right click and save as please

 

WOW!

I'm going to be referring to this thread a bunch as I build up my 99. Thanks for all the great pictures!

 

Had to install another video player on phone but that was a awsome video wish i lived closer id ask if i could tag along looked like fun i really like the 4runner truck conversion

 

Time for some snow wheeling videos! I finally got the video edited; it was my first project so it took a while but the GoPro worked awesome!

Since YouTube won't let you upload videos with copywrited music, Volcom uploaded it to his server and you can download it. Thanks Volcom!

Part 1
http://volcom.rockfrogs.org/DIRTCO/1...w-Wheeling.mov
1.0 GB, Right Click and save as Please!

Part 2
http://volcom.rockfrogs.org/DIRTCO/1...he-Descent.mov
527 MB, Right Click and Save as Please!

If you recognize the area please keep it to yourself, or PM me. The Nature Nazi’s are working hard to get every trail in the area shut down, including this one.

 

Hope there is enough room on my ohone!!! Ive always wanted to snow wheel bit in south Mississippi deep snow is non existant!

 

Looks like a kick ass time! I really wanna get out and do some bashin. That first vid kinda looks like its by Como

 

Not a problem, thank you.

Yeah, it was a great time! You'll have to come along sometime.

 

Dude, I love your 4runner!! That's a sweet color, never seen it before.

 

Thanks man! Your right, you don't see Autumn Blaze 4Runners very much. I've never seen another one in person, and I've only seen a few online.

 

Well, the stock rock anchor of a muffler had to go. I have only taken it on one real rock crawling trip and I managed to drag the muffler several times. It really needed to be replaced with something smaller. While I liked how quiet the stock muffler was, it could be a little more aggressive sounding. I’ve had vehicles with loud exhaust systems and that’s not what I wanted; I wanted the smallest muffler that I could find, that was somewhat quiet, while adding an aggressive note.

I looked at several mufflers (Magnaflow, Borla, Flowmaster, etc.), but I chose the Flowmaster for several reasons. First, the size was just right and second; I’ve had a Flowmaster in the past and I was very happy with the fully welded steel construction. I picked the Delta Flow 50 series (Part number 942452), hoping it would not be too loud.

During the install, notice the size difference





On the 4Runner

 

After I first cut the stock tail pipe off, the exhaust aimed right at the P/S rear brake drum. I didn’t like this, and I felt that it was making extra condensation inside the brake drum on cold days. I was going to reroute the entire tailpipe but instead I added a turn down to redirect the flow, it was less work and does pretty much the same thing. I used a small section of a junk crossover pipe that was on an E-350 van I worked on.

 

nice. how much louder is it. im looking for a quite stock replacement as well.

 

It sounds good! It was a little loud at first, but once I got used to it I'm happy. It has a nice aggressive tone at idle that gets louder as I accelerate, but once I get on the highway and hold a steady RPM the note decreases and it's only a little louder than stock.

I still need to take some pictures/video of the LED lights in action, so I'll try to get a sound clip or two of the muffler at the same time.

 

nice, that is what im looking for. loud pipes on long trips get annoying imo lol

 

Stock reverse lights just don’t cut it when you need to back down a trail in the dark. I’ve always had an extra reverse light on my rigs, pointed straight back and on an extra switch. This time I wanted to do things a little different; I really wanted the lights aimed at where the edge of the trail would be and I wanted them to come on with the reverse lights so I don’t have to think about turning them on.

It took a while to find a place to mount the lights where they would shine the way I want, but I found a spot and I’m happy with the light pattern. I still need to wire the lights; I’m going to wire them to a relay and have the stock reverse lights trigger it but I want to wire my rock lights and a couple goodies for the trailer at the same time.

(Excuse the cell phone pictures, I forgot my camera)

Lights installed. They are just some cheap Walmart lights, but they should do the trick (they will only be on when I’m in reverse).





Testing the light pattern. I might pull them in towards the tires more, we’ll see once I get it on the trail.





View from the side mirror