Any upgrades you've done or plan to do??

This thread has been neglected lately. Come on, slackers!

Okay soooo since I'm starting from scratch on the Yotas, I guess we can just forget everything I've said about Brown Truck, except it's now worth $150,000. :) Onto bigger and better things...

That being said, plans for the 4Runner:
I'll be doing two different builds on her. I know this sounds silly and uneconomical, but it actually makes a lot of sense to me. As some of you know, I was involved in a hit-and-run in my Corolla that basically left it uberfucked. It's now parked in my back yard under a foot of snow until spring, when I hope to rebuild it. Anyway, I'd like to keep my 4Runner pretty functional as a daily driver (for now).

Build one, I like to call the "Mini Build":
4.56 gear swap
Rear E-locker
Front Fox shocks
Chopped wheel wells / Bushwacker fender flares
33"x12.5"x15" Super Swamper TSLs
Black steel rims and some other cosmetic stuff (bright green + flat black rattle can paint job)
Custom stinger / front bumper built by yours truly and the roommate
New speakers all around + stereo... The right speakers are blown, and the radio is driving me insane.

Build two, to be done next summer/fall/winter/forever shall include the usual stuffs:
5.29 gears
Solid front axle swap (might use differentials from an FJ80)
Roll cage + custom tube bumpers/sliders all around
39.5"x18"x15" Boggers
King shocks all around
Front ARB air locker
Super tubbed wheel wells
Dual T-cases
Warn 9.5Ti winch
3.4 swap
Custom snorkel, etc.

So the reason I'm doing two builds is because I can do this first one for next to nothing (around $1500), and I'll end up getting most of my money back when I resell shit that I'm getting either for free or disgustingly cheap (the biggest expense being the tires, and the labor is free, minus the cost of High Life for fuel, haha). Once I repair my car next year and have that as my daily driver again, I'll do the bigger build, but I want something for right now that I can still play in but use as a daily driver, too. The Mini Build should all be done in a month or so. :)

Okay, so who else is doing fun shit?

OH YEAH, and Dirty Harry is going to find me an inclinometer out of a Hilux Surf to sell me while he's still in Australia because he's AWESOME like that. Right Harry? :)

I'll be the one to say it.

$150,000 brown truck?

cheap build for $1500??

Do they just straight up pay you in gold up there in the great white north or what???

I had to downgrade my tires this year cause I didn't have enough room in the budget for mudders. You're up there dumping 10 to 15 into a 90's 4runner haha. Do I need to get a job for the state or something??

I'm hoping to get that shoddy brushguard on the T100 sometime this winter and put mudders back on the black rims once I get some free cash. Also a cap would be badass right about now.

$150,000 Brown Truck because that's how much the lien is that I put on it for everything that Ax owes me (my half of the mortgage on the house, Toyotas, guns, ammo, etc.). The truck itself isn't worth that.

Cheap build for $1500... Yeah, considering that same build would probably cost most people around $7000 up here, including labor.

I work two jobs now and don't have much of a life other than work.

Why do you want a canopy?

I want a cap cause they beat the shit out of my current crappy tonneou cover. Also cause then I can put ladder racks on it and carry my boats up there and still load the back of the truck. And I could sleep back there if I had a cap.

Eh. Canopies are for old men. :)

Haha well I did turn 30 this year.

I'm just sick of jamming my kayaks in the bed then having no where to put the rest of my shit.

Plus once it goes below 30 degrees I dare not remove the tonneou for fear that it may never go back on.

Hahaha I know. I was totally raggin' on you for being old. Sorry. :)

I guess that makes sense. I'm just used to chopped up beds that have shocks sticking through them and only enough room for a spare Bogger and a tote, hahaha.

yeah well some people use their trucks for other things besides driving through creeks and two feet of snow.

weekend warrior out/

Cannot compute.

Going to the wreckers and ARB store today...

Also, if you use 80 series difs, don't they come with factory lockers and therefore you don't need the ARB one in the front?

I'd only use the 80 series difs for the casing; not the internals. They're strong as hell. Nobody's done it up here yet, but a bunch of us are experimenting with it.

Meh fuck it...just use the whole axle hah

FJ60 inclinometer and clock installed...thank you Australia for that

Hell yeah, baby! Love it. :)

Awesome

Also, is that a chainsaw chain just hangin out there?? Nice road soda holder.

Ha yes. It's an 18" chain that needs sharpening and I haven't gotten around to it yet.

I decided that the boat cupholder on my wall needed a new home, so I gave it one. Now the beer won't spill as easily when wheeling!

Good boy!