djwantke 2016 White Trail build and travels

Sunday night











cleaned the days dirt ^






cooking ^








social media trucks of the day^

 

That Sequoia looks nice. I would like to find a low mileage 2nd gen.

 

Right!? Ya I could tell this dude is legit from the roof rack accessories

 

Both Starlink and Weboost up there.

 

Niceee

 

lifted up the rake
so much better, almost equal distance above wheel.

before


after:

 

trucks I like this week.

 

4Runner today: picked up my beautiful children from childcare
Loaded up on meat together at the Butcher Shop.
Raced a train on the way home. It was a tie.

 

Got the paper work from the 4wd shop, they documented the pre/post ride height measurements for me.

Pre-Measurement of Vehicle Ride Height Before Raising on the Hoist:
Left Front: 37.25in
Right Front:37.25in
Left Rear:38.75in
Right Rear:38.75in

>Coilover Ride Height Adjustment

Post-Measurement of Vehicle Ride Height After Repairs:
Left Front: 38in
Right Front:38in
Left Rear:38.75in
Right Rear:38.75in

 

took a few rocks off the front end, and the windshield took a hit, passing a side by side on the fsr.
he was flying’ by

 

took a picture when the hail started

 

djwantke 2016 White Trail travels

https://www.4runners.com/media/albums/rocky-point-pool-waterfall-sayres-lake.4862/
https://www.4runners.com/media/albums/stave-lake-march-2025.4861/

 

filled up gas @ Chevron, price dipped a bit.
drove family in 4r to the new zip line park, on the Alouette River.

 

ahead of dry sunny weather in the forecast, contractor just finished re-crowning, grading, and rolling my go-to forest service road to the Stave mud flats. this is lovely.

 

took my older toddler with me to Canada owned, Lordco Auto Parts. grabbed deutsch connectors and crimp splices I needed

 

Are you replacing BOTH with the new ONE
Or just 1 of the 2
The snitches make ditches

…you know what I mean right? Haha

 

I think I understand, well I need to make one side of the connection male, because I have two female leads that need to get connected in parallel

 

Awh now I think I got you….
I’m absurd

I meant, you have 2 ditch lights per side
Didn’t know if new ones we’re replacing them both…leaving you with one ditch per side

Side note: AKA is one of us cutting back on lights? Status…unlikely lol

 

@scottiezilla ahh now I gotchu,! ya I downsized from double ditches to single, one on each side! And deleted Rago Fabrication Bracket Extensions

 

My truck maaaaaay go on a diet soon as well

looks good

excited for it to get dark I bet

 

everytime I upgrade the runner I fall in love with it all over again, and wonder how I could stand the truck the way it was before - since is so much better now
(minus the viper cut )

 

What is wrong with the viper cut? Lol

 

It’s existence haha
It’s better without

 

Worked on the truck in the dark till 1130 last night.
Got halfway finished installing high intensity rock lights intended for seeing in reverse.
Uninstalled spare tire and secured the chain mechanism. Removed rear bumper crossmember “skid”plates, and reverse light pods.
Moved truck from driveway to street parking because Strata complains about driveway repairs.
Unpackaged and tested rock lights.

 

cleaned and painted the rear end frame and rear body mounts, couple moderate coats of semi-gloss tremclad rust paint.
before spraying, the rear end frame paint was a hodge-podge of factory paint, por15, and flat black rattle can.

 

April 19/2025
dear journal,
let it be known on this day, I completed Bully rock crawler leds for illuminating behind the 4r. I shall reward myself with a beer(s).

 

Looks like your hotboxing your garage in college

looks great