What have you done to your 5th Gen 4Runner today?

Went a little far with the deleting.
Again, congratulations on the building!
On to my point, I have a few year old Miller 220MVP. It can be used on a 110 if needed or 220 if needed the plugs change out. I may be wrong here as I am not a welder and bought it for general repairs on my equipment, however I do know that it is a multi use welder. I generally repair steel but it is capable of doing aluminum if I use a different gas & gun.
I had never welded before buying this machine. There is an auto set function you can use! You simply tell it the thickness of your item & it sets everything up.
I started welding my mower blades together and got the hang of it. I am nowhere close to perfect but I can lay dimes & every weld I have done is still holding years later.
Don't get a cheap welder! If some small part breaks you may be out for a long time. The guns have inner sleeves as you may know. With a off brand welder parts will be harder to source (if you can even find them).
Rant & my $0.02 over.
Hope it helps,
Ryan

 

you noticed a difference? after installing spacers?

 

Very little. Maybe not as noticeable nose dive but that could be in my head. The stance is much better IMO.

 

My Mig that crapped out is a Millermatic 130. It is an older and "less expensive" unit. I am planning on fixing it, I just really needed it to help get a rusted broken bolt out of the fender on the '55. I am also wanting a multi-processor unit like the Miller 215 but that is $$$$. I would be interested in what your instructor suggests. I have always been in the school of thinking that purpose built units were better than multi but with modern processors etc. I dont know if that is still the case. (I am really interested in the Millermatic 215 if it is as good as youtube etc says) My brother has a small Lincoln ( I think it is a 3500 or something like that) I think he paid 300 for and it has been awesome. Low duty cycle but still a good unit.

My shop is 12' at the wall, 16' at the peak. 6" pour at 4000psi for the same reasons as you. I knew I was getting a lift so I set it up for a Rotary 10K etc.

I just finished plumbing in my foot pedal for the urinal haha

 

After it sat without being started for almost 2 weeks, I had to push it out of my driveway and jump start it. No fun.

 

Holy shit is that urnial idea great!!! I'll copy that job this summer!!! Nice job!

 

After rereading this I misspoke. The welder I have is the Miller 211 MVP. I am heading to my shop in a bit. I will take a pic of what it can do.

 

Yeah... BUT, at the same time, I have stuff in case we need it while doing lifts etc like ECGS Bushings, suspension bolts, OME springs and pretty much 10 of ANY small block chevy part. I just need an outbuilding to store the "extras" haha! No joke, I think I have 30 different sbc chevy pulleys because you never know which one you will need and that has saved me so many times it is scary. Not pictured are 6 sbc's, 3 BBC's and one Datsun 1.6L. I have a problem. (also, I think I just may have traded some stuff for a pop-up paint booth

 

Thanks!
https://trailstandardoffroad.com/

There’s 3 choices for lettering. Toyota, 4runner, or Trail. It adheres to the grille via 3m double sided tape. Presuming you could obtain your own lettering of choice to apply so long as center it yourself.

 

I think it would look great if it didn't say anything on the grille really...

The word 4runner looks pretty good on it, but I think it would be sweet without it.

 

There’s an option on that website to have the grille with no letters.

 

Toyoda

 

Scored a CVT Mt. Shasta extended Summit series RTT for $1500 cash, only used ten times or so. Near perfect shape...I had planned on getting a Tepui but could not pass up this deal. They retail for $2800 new before taxes. But man is that thing heavier and more awkward to put on and take off then I expected. My 4runner won’t fit in the garage with it on and I refuse to leave it outside for more than a night , particularly because my neighborhood isnt the greatest. So I had this system rigged up to hoist it to the roof of my garage (as my friend has been renting a room from me and is taking up a lot of space in my garage- plus I have a tiny garage).. long story short.. finally got it hoisted up to the ceiling and I’m trying to work out (in my head) a better system to load/unload it... including making protective “caps” by cutting slots along a PVC pipe and putting them over the rails of my gobi so I can slide the RTT down the length of my rack without scratching it to high hell, then after I could lift each side one at a time and remove the caps...and also fabbing up a 2x6 detachable frame that will allow me and a buddy to lift the RTT straight up and walking it directly over the 4Runner instead of having to extend our arms awkwardly to the side and overextend our shoulders lugging around that beast .. anybody built any kind of frame to lift one of these things in place? I have a good idea in my head and will definitely post what I come up with but was wondering if anyone’s already created something similar?

 

I actually hoist ours up and down from the ceiling using short tow/ratchet straps around the tent so only something soft could hit the car, unfortunately I have already done some damage to ours with the bolts that hang from the bottom of the mounting points.

 

Yeah I wish I had the ceiling space to be able to lower down directly onto the 4runner .. sucks you damaged your ride though. I scratched up the top of my racks a little but nothing a little touch up paint shouldn’t be able to fix ... now if only I could order the Gobi touch up paint without having for a Gobi rep to call me back to confirm my touch up paint order (for whatever reason) smh

 

Do you know which running boards you have? Im thinking I want my 4RUnner to look like yours by the time Im done with it.

 

Like this?

 

Yea that's great!

 

Thanks

 

Got oil change done.. apparently they had to remove the RCI skid plates to access the oil filter ... ot didn't clear the filter..

Washing it. Gonna get wheels rotated (with the spare). Then heading to get a quote for paint correction and full wrap xpel ultimate

 

I have the RCI skid, and have never had a problem accessing the oil filter.

 

Are you saying the filter would not clear the opening?

 

So I've had morimoto fogs and liked oem led better. My orp has halagens so I offered 165 for these and seller took it. Probably no better than the 120 dollar ones but figured I would try..I am a light bulb junkie
Review this weekend when they show up

 

Clever!

 

Very curious what the Xpel wrap will quote @, what year & color T4R do you have? Are you wrapping the roof & tailgate (only things we didn't wrap)? Ceramic coating?
Just curious as ours was not cheap!
Thanks,
Ryan

 

over 3k prolly

 

I bet over double that...
Depending upon mileage and ceramic coating. It is not cheap!

 

Yea, according to the folks working on it.. they said it had about 2 threads left to clear

 

$6500, not including 5% discount. Wrap everything and headlights. 2018 Black Trd off road prem with moonroof.

$1200 (discounted) from an auto Detail shop to prep that 4runner for wrap (full detail + paint correction). After detail, get it wrapped, then back to the detail shop for ceramic coating on the wrap.

 

You will absolutely love it. A word of caution: make sure around the handles are done really well. Ours tend to collect dust somehow. It washes out but still a pain.
Also, be warned. The wrap needs to cure in the heat of the sun. When you pick it up there maybe imperfections.
Congratulations, good luck & looking forward to pictures and your thoughts!