Topic: Scott Wilson's 1988 4Runner Build, Version 2.0

[OVRAROK]

Did they paint door jambs and under hood....looks nice 

[redneckcustoms13]

Wtf? One blurry picture is all we get? Dang it man you know we want to see the quality of it so we can drool a little.

[:)bestgen4runner]

Wtf? One blurry picture is all we get? Dang it man you know we want to see the quality of it so we can drool a little.

x2

[swilson [OP]]

Wtf? One blurry picture is all we get? Dang it man you know we want to see the quality of it so we can drool a little.

SERIOUSLY!!!  Hey BIG MIKE!  How about letting us attach some realistic file sizes to our posts??  I have to scale down the image quality so far to get under the 140k limit they look like crap.

Did they paint door jambs and under hood....looks nice 

Thanks!

After wheeling it'll go back for door jambs.  We ran out of time before Rubithon

[emsvitil]

You're going to scratch up the new paint...………...


 

[OVRAROK]

For pics I use tapatalk...let's you pick them right out of your gallery.

[swilson [OP]]

For pics I use tapatalk...let's you pick them right out of your gallery.

Thanks... Let's see if this works

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[swilson [OP]]

I let the body shop put my decals on, but the guy botched it up really bad.  I spent all weekend peeling them, removing the adhesive, and polishing the paint.

I'll order another set

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[blackdiamond]

Looks great, but better without the decals IMO.

[swilson [OP]]

Looks great, but better without the decals IMO.

I really like it with & without stripes.  Having a hard time deciding

Haven't reordered the stripes yet

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[gnob]

I let the body shop put my decals on, but the guy botched it up really bad.  I spent all weekend peeling them, removing the adhesive, and polishing the paint.

I'll order another set

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Fvcking amateur hour. 
The stripes are heavy contrast. I likey.

[Gnarly4X]

Looks great, but better without the decals IMO.

Times 2.

Gnarls.

[toyodaaddict]

Looks great, but better without the decals IMO.

x3

[swilson [OP]]

My seats were extra sucky since the p.o. swapped out the SR5 seats for some base model ones before I bought it.

They were so far gone, I sat on one of those foam kneeling pads on the last Rubicon trip, so that I wouldn't bruise my tailbone on the seat frame!

Spent today putting in used seats.  They came out of a toy 4x4, but I have no idea which model.  I'm sitting 2-3" higher now.  Plus I now have lumbar support and bolsters, which I really need with my horrible back.

I wasn't about to start drilling holes through the floor to mount them, so I drilled out the spot welds and rivets on both sets of seats. Then I took my original feet from my old seat frame and welded them onto the bottom of the new seat frame.  I welded the tabs together temporarily to make sure the spacing would be spot on and it worked well.

Of course I lost the ability to slide the passenger seat forward, but my kids weren't using that anyway. They always climb over the side or in through the tailgate.

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[swilson [OP]]

I even got my wife to shampoo the seats when I was done.... My lucky day!

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[swilson [OP]]

For pics I use tapatalk...let's you pick them right out of your gallery.

Thanks for the suggestion, it works so much better than what I was doing

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[redneckcustoms13]

I personally like the stripes. The seats appear to be 3rd gen sr5 pickup seats. It looks great. You do amazing work and this just goes to show it yet again.

[camhays556]

I vote for stripes, it gives it a unique classic look!

[arlindsay1992]

I also like the stripes, so long as they are put on by someone who knows what they are doing.

[emsvitil]

The 86 style stripes are better


 

[swilson [OP]]

The bad stripe job left a bad taste in my mouth, but I might try again.

My goal was a very 80ies look, but with updated colors... And the stripes definitely have the 80ies look

I'll be at Loon Lake in the morning!

[:)bestgen4runner]

I vote for stripes, it gives it a unique classic look!

X2

[swilson [OP]]

Great trip to the Rubicon.  Attendance was way down this year.

My auxillary Odyssey battery tried to explode on me. I popped the hood to locate a small power steering fluid leak and thought I was hearing an air leak.  Turned out my 2nd battery was swollen and hissing gases.

I got it disconnected before it blew up and verified my alternator was not overcharging.  I guess it had a bad cell. I'll see if they'll warrantee it.

[un4seen4]

supper clean.

Odd on the battery, i have hardly ever heard of anyone with problems on Odysseys, Optimas on the other hand...

[swilson [OP]]

https://youtu.be/q0vQzb3X4iY

[camhays556]

boy you made that look easy, I came down the other way and three wheeled it 

[OOPS]

boy you made that look easy, I came down the other way and three wheeled it 

There is many years of wheeling behind the wheel of that rig!! I have wheeled with Scott since 98, he is on his 3rd or 4th rig and they are all this clean, I am still wheeling the same old pile!! Very nice rig Scott!!
 

[zippo]

The bad stripe job left a bad taste in my mouth, but I might try again.

My goal was a very 80ies look, but with updated colors... And the stripes definitely have the 80ies look

I'll be at Loon Lake in the morning!

Do I see an FJ40 in the background? You should sell it to me on the cheap!

[swilson [OP]]

Do I see an FJ40 in the background? You should sell it to me on the cheap!

No way! That's my therapy, to help me get over selling my '66

[swilson [OP]]

There is many years of wheeling behind the wheel of that rig!! I have wheeled with Scott since 98, he is on his 3rd or 4th rig and they are all this clean, I am still wheeling the same old pile!! Very nice rig Scott!!
 

Thanks Dave, hope to see you at the Roundup!