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 […]
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 […]
When I was reading about my Plastics Guy bump stops on T4R.org, I noticed that one day, his thread suddenly disappeared. Prior to its disappearance, there was a well known bump stop vendor (and forum sponsor) that was essentially placing their product ads via comments within Curtis’s product thread. After that company received some blow […]
As some of you may know, I have been driving with my (@plasticsguy) toyotabumpstops.com front bump stops for a little over a month now (check the install). This particular product is new for the 4th and 5th Gen 4Runners, but Plastics Guy has been making them for other Toyota models for a good bit of […]
How to extract a sheared bolt: While working on my bump stop install, I needed to use this trick to get a sheared bolt out. Proceed at your own risk, I am not responsible for any damage or injury while attempting to complete this procedure. PLEASE operate a welder with the appropriate eye protection […]
Two weekends ago, I was attempting to upgrade my factory bump stops in the front to a set built by @plasticsguy (toyotabumpstops.com). These are quality parts engineered by a small business that produces all of it’s products in the good ole USA. Unfortunately, all the engineering in the world wouldn’t predict that the removal of […]
