Building, Driving and Adventuring the MTN4RNR

[MTN4RNR]

Great thread. I've read it before but always like to go back and reference great builds when upgrading my own truck; I see you on T4R a lot too.

Question, for the LED fogs, do you have to have done the HID upgrade to run the fogs? I noticed a different harness on the LED fogs. Wondering if this will work without doing an HID upgrade.

Thanks.

Hey, sorry for the lengthy wait for a response... To answer the question, no you don't need the HID upgrade to have the LED fogs. They'll run just fine with the stock halogen low beams!

 

[MTN4RNR]

Big Sur 2.0, with more Toyotas! (1 of 2)

This last weekend I ventured down the coast with LawnDart to the Big Sur area where we met up with weeeee and some other Toyota guys from the Bay Area. weeeee got down there late Friday night and dealt with some serious headwinds all night, but thankfully it had all passed over by the time we got down there. Here's a quick photo re-cap [Note: all mentions are from t4r.org]:

LawnDart and I hit Old Coast Road on the way down south because dirt is way more fun than pavement!

Little Sur River Bridge

Damn Central Coast commuter traffic

We were quickly forced to stop to drool for a bit. The radio conversation was "WE'RE PULLING OVER" --- "YUP!"

When we rolled up to camp!

A quick camp set up with the addition of LawnDart's Tembo Tusk Skottle

PC: weeeee

An awesome shot by weeeee of his rig with RTT and ours without

A few sunset photos

What that photo looked like to everyone else... > PC: LawnDart

LawnDart caught the rig in full camping mode, and the hatch light mod in use!

Lighting up LawnDart's rig with the hatch light

Then getting shown up by everyone else's light bars... > PC: LawnDart

Hotel de 4Runner

See 2 of 2 below
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[MTN4RNR]

Big Sur 2.0, with more Toyotas! (2 of 2)

Morning light from the hotel room

Coffee stand

Time for a second cup of coffee... who put that there?

Packed up camp and headed south down South Coast Ridge Road to connect with Los Burros Road and back to Highway 1 > PC: weeeee

Damned tailgaters...

"I think we can drift this corner..." > PC: weeeee

Things were a bit dusty... LawnDart came prepared with plenty of rear lighting > PC: weeeee

Back down to Highway 1 > PC: weeeee

When we stopped to air up, I noticed that the Yeti was trying to complete an advanced 90º barrel roll

Back on the Highway and headed home!

Stopped for a late lunch and then sat in traffic for 3 hours to get home, but well worth it for the adventure! Thanks to all that were there, and all of the skilled photographers on site to make my photos look like polaroids in comparison. I can't wait for the next adventure.

PC: weeeee

More to come...​

 

[Lawn-Dart]

Obviously I'm a big fan of this truck. Great spending time with you a few weeks back.

 

[Outwardbound]

Hey, sorry for the lengthy wait for a response... To answer the question, no you don't need the HID upgrade to have the LED fogs. They'll run just fine with the stock halogen low beams!

No worries. Thanks for the info!

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[MTN4RNR]

No worries. Thanks for the info!

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Any time!

 

[MTN4RNR]

Obviously I'm a big fan of this truck. Great spending time with you a few weeks back.

Same to you man, I meant to ask, how were your spring rates on the road we came in on? Stiff, splooshy?

 

[Lawn-Dart]

Frankly pretty good, I'd say sorta middle of the road, pardon the pun. Front is stiffer than the rear due to the coilovers and where we've set them.

 

[MTN4RNR]

Frankly pretty good, I'd say sorta middle of the road, pardon the pun. Front is stiffer than the rear due to the coilovers and where we've set them.

It looked like you were riding pretty comfortably back there in the battleship! Think you'll lower your spring rate in the front?

 

[MTN4RNR]

Fun at the end of the month!

I think I know what is next for the MTN4RNR...

Photos courtesy of bimrunner [T4R]

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[Lawn-Dart]

It looked like you were riding pretty comfortably back there in the battleship! Think you'll lower your spring rate in the front?

Probably not, at most I MAY lower the front end just a hair, like 1/4", but it rides pretty great.

 

[MTN4RNR]

Probably not, at most I MAY lower the front end just a hair, like 1/4", but it rides pretty great.

That CV angle though! HA!

Also heard you passed your HAM test! Any news on your call sign? What equipment did you decide to go with?

 

[onemanarmy]

any reason why you couldn't tie into the rear door wiring for the hatch light? Not 12V hot all the time?

 

[MTN4RNR]

any reason why you couldn't tie into the rear door wiring for the hatch light? Not 12V hot all the time?

Correct, not hot all the time, which is something that I needed for this install.

 

[Lawn-Dart]

That CV angle though! HA!

Also heard you passed your HAM test! Any news on your call sign? What equipment did you decide to go with?

Yeah yeah yeah, you leave my CVs alone!