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Guest Message by DevFuse
Got rid of my Pickup.... ...replaced with a 4Runner
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TheSubaruJunkie
, Feb 12 2009 06:22 PM
33 replies to this topic
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Posted 24 March 2009 - 01:44 PM
That is one sweet rig so far. You are gonna have a lot of fun in this 4runner. I have had mine for 3 years and it never let me down and out brawled many vehicles. Just lock the rear end and it will make it through anything. LOL!! It sucks i have to sell mine. Times are hard and im gonna miss it. but heres a pic of mine
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Posted 24 March 2009 - 03:21 PM
Thats a sweet lookin rig man. Too bad you have to sell it.
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Posted 25 March 2009 - 06:24 PM
with those tyres, do you get much spring rubbing on the front? My brother had to limit his lock with his 35x12.5 MTZ's, not by much but they still rub the springs.
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Posted 25 March 2009 - 11:53 PM
My tires do not rub on the springs, but I have also not tried turning with them full locked either. Right now, the steering stops are bent and I could easily destroy my birfs if I tried to turn too far. This is something I have been meaning to fix, but for now I just limit the amount of turning radius I do.
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Posted 26 March 2009 - 07:10 AM
Ahh, thats cool. Looks tough, I like it.
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Posted 11 April 2009 - 07:03 PM
So ive slowly been repairing some damaged body panels. Already replaced the fender, nothing fancy there. Next was the hood.
So I picked up a replacement hood last week, and it needed paint. I could have just painted it red to match, but i thought I would do something alittle fancier.
At first I was going to sketch a skull or something crazy and paint it, but skulls are overdone. So I did something alittle different..
First was to blow up the insignia to make a masking. Check out the Rastorbator if you ever want to blow up an image across multiple sheets of paper. Here we have the insignia covering 15 sheets... i think it will fit perfectly:
Next we have to put a base coat. Im going to do a red insignia, so I laid a few coats of red down, then masked:
Then i taped the insignia in place, and carefully traced it with a razorblade.. cutting through the sheet, and the masking tape underneath.
After removing the left over stencil & masking, this is what we got
You can probably see some of the red paint was lifted with the tape. Kind of pissed me off, i guess my prep-work wasnt as great as it should have been. Oh well, it will all be covered with black.
A few coats of gloss black
And after a few more coats, I removed the left over masking, and viola!!
I'll let it sit in the garage overnight and continue to dry, then install it on the truck.
Extra Credit for anybody who can tell me what this insignia is from
So I picked up a replacement hood last week, and it needed paint. I could have just painted it red to match, but i thought I would do something alittle fancier.
At first I was going to sketch a skull or something crazy and paint it, but skulls are overdone. So I did something alittle different..
First was to blow up the insignia to make a masking. Check out the Rastorbator if you ever want to blow up an image across multiple sheets of paper. Here we have the insignia covering 15 sheets... i think it will fit perfectly:
Next we have to put a base coat. Im going to do a red insignia, so I laid a few coats of red down, then masked:
Then i taped the insignia in place, and carefully traced it with a razorblade.. cutting through the sheet, and the masking tape underneath.
After removing the left over stencil & masking, this is what we got
You can probably see some of the red paint was lifted with the tape. Kind of pissed me off, i guess my prep-work wasnt as great as it should have been. Oh well, it will all be covered with black.
A few coats of gloss black
And after a few more coats, I removed the left over masking, and viola!!
I'll let it sit in the garage overnight and continue to dry, then install it on the truck.
Extra Credit for anybody who can tell me what this insignia is from
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Posted 14 April 2009 - 04:22 PM
Horde symbol... realllly?
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Posted 14 April 2009 - 04:25 PM
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Posted 17 June 2009 - 02:59 AM
Here are a couple decent shots recently of the truck with the hood on.
You may notice there is a strap that runs behind my grill. That is holding my hood shut. I think I am going to have to invest in a set of hoodpins soon.
Soon I will be forced to do something for front & rear bumpers.
You may notice there is a strap that runs behind my grill. That is holding my hood shut. I think I am going to have to invest in a set of hoodpins soon.
Soon I will be forced to do something for front & rear bumpers.
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