With the Coronavirus quarantine in full effect, I have found myself not needing a car so much anymore. So, I figured I would take this opportunity to get down and dirty with my 4th Gen 4Runner e-locker swap…FINALLY! Those of you that may have somewhat followed along, I bought this axle about a year and […]
I dropped off the grid since the Red Clay Rally because I spent so much time getting prepared for that and left myself with a lot of catching up to do around the house! I pretty much haven’t touched my truck since the Rally with the exception of an oil change, rear brake replacement and […]
I finally pulled the trigger and ordered a bigger set of Cooper STT Pro tires. I’ve been regretting getting a 275/65/18 (32in) from pretty much the beginning, although the Falken Wildpeak AT3W has been a fantastic tire, and I would highly recommend it to almost anyone out there. Since I will be running in the […]
I’ve been really enjoying the extra capacity of our Northstar 27F AGM batteries that we run in both my 4th Gen 4Runner, and my wife’s 5th Gen 4Runner. I definitely haven’t taken full advantage of it’s capacity, but my wife runs our Costway 54 Qt portable refrigerator three times a week from 8AM to about […]
Before I go any further, everyone was okay! Fortunately, my wife was driving a lifted 4Runner, and when she hit that deer going 55mph, it bounced off like a brick wall, instead of flopping up on the hood. While doing that, however, it also caused over $18,000 in damages between the airbags and body work…ugh. […]
I finally got around to installing my Plastics Guy DuroBump rear bump stops from toyotabumpstops.com on my 4th Gen 4Runner. For those following me, you know that I have been driving on the front DuroBumps for a good bit of time now with great success. I absolutely love the way they feel over dips in […]
Hi all — Happy New Year! It’s been a while since I last posted, I know… Between holidays and sick kiddos, I haven’t had too much time to do any extracurricular activities. One thing I did have a chance to do was change the oil in both my 4th Gen 4Runner and my wife’s 5th […]
I haven’t mentioned this yet, but I’ve been confirmed for a good bit of time now. Me and two other folks from Outbound Overland will be teammates while competing in the 2019 Red Clay Rally (RCR). Give them a follow on Instagram — @carlos.elmotor and @gfxcruncher. The RCR is a long weekend of “racing” to test […]
This past weekend was my father in law’s birthday, and as part of his celebration we did go karts at Autobahn Speedway in Jessup, MD. I’ve never been “real” go karting before so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Well, it was a lot of fun! We ran just two races of 14 laps each, […]
A couple weekends ago I got together with some friends and did a little camping and off-roading through the George Washington National Forest. Our group had two 4th Gen 4Runners, one 5th Gen 4Runner and one Land Cruiser 100. Most of them headed down Friday night but I didn’t head down until Saturday morning. That […]
