Got the ladder installed this weekend, was a pretty easy install, but the fitment and the directions were not that great.
The issues with the fitment is caused by the shape of the roof along with the hump from the third brake light with the ladder bracket being completely flat. The directions...
Installed the roof rack last night. Install was pretty straight forward with no issues. Only complaint I have with the rack is that it sits about 2" higher than I feel it needs to and I am not sure my kayak racks will mount to the removable cross bars since they sit so close to the floor.
Rack will be delivered tomorrow morning. The hidden winch I haven't started to design yet, but it most likely is going to be something I just fab up instead of trying to modify a 4runner or tacoma. Will be something I work on this winter
Got started on the mirror install. Second gen dodge mirrors have the same bolt pattern as the sequoia lower two bolts so only need to drill one new hole for the upper bolt to bolt the mirror up.
brackets that came with mirror to help keep it from vibrating. Had to cut it down to be able to sit...
I need some better mirrors for towing as I just can't see around my camper and I dislike the idea and look of just bolting on the extenda mirror options.
I really dislike the functionality of dodge tow mirrors so I ordered tundra tow mirrors hoping they would be close enough to fit. The sequoia...
I'm sticking with the stock bumper this go around because I do not plan on doing any rock crawling to where the added weight of a steel bumpers would be justified. Sequoias only have a towing capacity of 6,200 lbs and I don't want to add a bunch of weight to the rig that is not really needed...
So far I have been driving it for last two months to make sure it doesn't have any issues before I start adding mods to it. This go around I am wanting to keep it more of a mild build as I dumped a lot of money into the 4runner to find out it wasn't going to work and honestly it was over built...
We took it for its first trip to the mountains to snowshoe and kayak. Love this rig so much more than my 3rd gen 4runner. Transmission temps never got above 138 and my 4runner on same drive would be around 185. It is also nice to be able to accelerate up the passes and have the power to pass...
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Rat that chewed up the wiring
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Poop and wood shavings from nest
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Knock sensor wire chewed through
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Engine tore down to fix knock sensor wire and do valve covers and timing belt
I had a 1999 4runner that I built for overlanding with bumpers icon stage 5 lift, but after a few trips my wife and I decided we needed something a little larger and with more power to tow.
Old rig: 29522374660_c96a86c6dd_z
I ended up picking up a 2005 sequoia with 165,000 miles on it for very...
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