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Now that it's caught up, back to the smaller more boring posts. So here's one.....wiring. As noted before, I set up a junction box on the rack to simplify wiring so ran all the wires today up on the rack. I picked up some Toyota-fit button/switches off Amazon and they seem to fit well...

Side note, since I'm mostly in the Mitsubishi section here...if you're wondering why I'm not going "all in" on offroad capability for this thing (at least for now), it's because I have two other ORVs..... One for going slow: One for going fast:

So, back to present-day...a little project today. For roof wiring, I decided to go with a 7-wire trailer cable, routed to a junction box on the rack. That way I can expand things as-needed if I get other things outside the truck that I might want power for.. Probably not 7 things, but it can't...

Home after a solo drive of just over 11 hours from Maine to Virginia. 640 miles today and over 1,500 in the last 4 days round trip to New England Forest Rally (see my rally car build thread for more on that). Average 68 mph not including stops on the way home, and 17 miles per gallon (not...

Finished up a few details of the rack this morning and then painted it up. After that was dry I did a couple coats of truck bedliner, since it holds up a lot better than just spray paint. Then installed the lighting and ran some wiring pigtails (which I'll hook up later once I figure out...

Today for some stupid reason I took the BLACK rack off the BLACK truck on a 95 degree day in the sun. And really, didn't need to do it yet. But I'm impulsive like that... Mostly just wanted to see what the bolt spread through the roof is, and where exactly they were so I could plan out the feet...

So, some impressions and thoughts: 1. The old Sequoia was a pretty solid tow rig, but every weakness it had (there were a few) Toyota corrected on this one, in terms of performance. The ride is better, the handling is far better (even with an extra 1000 lbs.), and in general it's just more...

Finally got to DMV today, and was able to transfer the plates from the old rig (which was in my wife's name) to the new one With that, got to take it for a drive, finally, with all the new stuff on it. Initial impressions: - This thing is big. Dimensionally it's just barely larger than the...

Had a few minutes today to kill, so I got under the truck and drilled out and re-tapped three out of the five mount bolt holes for the skidplate (three broken drill bits, but eventually got it done. So now I have some protection for a few things up front, including the transmission cooler lines...

So I kind of wondered why a Limited didn't already have a skid plate....but found out today that this one definitely DID. But three of the five mounting bolts were sheared off, which is why someone in the past didn't put it back on. Grr. So since it was 95 degrees today I decided I'll drill...

Today was wheel swap day, but my buddy got held up and wasn't going to arrive until mid-afternoon, so decided to more or less complete my de-chroming. First off took care of the rear badges, which I painted with plasti-dip. I've never used it for this purpose (usually I just mask and paint), but...

First up: Airbags. These are the same Air Lift bags I used on the old Sequoia, and they worked great, for less than $100. They come with everything needed (including exhaust heat shields for this model) and are pretty easy to install While I had the wheels off, I POR-15'd that section of...

Figured I'd play catch-up here, since I started documenting stuff over on my "home" forum (Grassroots Motorsports) but it's probably better suited for ExPo. So just gonna do a post-dump real quick to get up to present day! --- [early June 2021] I've had Toyota trucks for some time, going...

Been following along quietly for a while (great build). Anyhow, about to upgrade from my 05 Sequoia to a 2nd gen, likely with fairly high miles. Just wondering if you've had any particular issues with yours over the years mechanically? Also, you said it's a New England truck - any rust issues...

More damage inspection today, pulled off the gas tank skidplate since I knew I dented it pretty good. To call this thing a skidplate is pretty generous, as it's not very thick or rigid, frankly. I mean, I guess it saved the tank from any direct rock edges, but it took a beating And did not...

This post is pretty boring, as I simply found some 6mm spacers sitting around and stuck them on the trailer in order to get the wheel centerline centered over the bearings (to improve loading and make them less likely to wear out prematurely). Also gets the wheels a bit more flush with the bed...

Sounds like they're still willing to do this. They just got new machines and first have to make up a backstock on better-selling stuff (Toyotas, etc), said would be 2-3 months and they can do this if we get the 15.

DId a quick post-wheeling inspection today and apart from a couple dents in the skidplate, the only real damage I can find was exactly where I expected it, which was from a large rock submerged in on of the water crossings that I got hung up on with the front of the rear trailing arm mounts...

Drove 500 miles round trip over the past two days and got it wet, but only a little bit made it through my door seals... video screen captures, so a bit blurry...

We had a rallyspint scheduled at Rausch Creek (in the rally car, not the Raider), but it got postponed and I had a non-refundable hotel room...... So, I put the rally car and trailer away and loaded up the Raider and headed to Rausch in it instead. Trucked about 200 miles Friday night to the...