Topic: 46&2's 85 4Runner Build-Up

[THK Matt]

got a few pics up of the snow here.

yeah I didnt like how skinny it was stock either, just looked goofy. I like how it turned out looks good. now she tells me a SAS is what she wants next christmas, i just laughed....

haha. nice, well get on it man... start gathering parts. haha.
you and her serious?
or just dating?
not to get in your business.

[Doof]

get that aussie yet?

its super easy to install...only takes a few hours to do it, start to finish

[THK Matt]

get that aussie yet?

its super easy to install...only takes a few hours to do it, start to finish

easy for someone like me to do?

[46&2 [OP]]

get that aussie yet?

its super easy to install...only takes a few hours to do it, start to finish

Not yet, little short on $$$ for the moment, with xmas and the spring semester fees and books im flat broke for a while.

[46&2 [OP]]

got a few pics up of the snow here.

haha. nice, well get on it man... start gathering parts. haha.
you and her serious?
or just dating?
not to get in your business.

yeah we've been together for about 2 and a half years

[Doof]

Not yet, little short on $$$ for the moment, with xmas and the spring semester fees and books im flat broke for a while.

i hear ya... i have to start saving for this semester also

yeah we've been together for about 2 and a half years

congrats... these days thats a long time to stay together with somebody

[46&2 [OP]]

i hear ya... i have to start saving for this semester also
congrats... these days thats a long time to stay together with somebody

Thanks man. I never thought i would find one worth hanging onto but i did

[Doof]

[THK Matt]

Thanks man. I never thought i would find one worth hanging onto but i did

SWEEET!
there is always someone worth hangin onto.

im waiting on that one myself haha.

[skipnrocks]

lotsof em too hang on to, just got to find one who is willin to hold on to you......   LOL

[Just2Much19]

Awsome pics Nick...Here are some I took and posted over at Pirate. Again Nick, thanks for meeting up with me, Jen and I had a great time!!!

I pulled up to Greenhorn at about 9:45am to this...


Then by mid afternoon it was like this:










Here is a lifted Toyota...yea its a Cressida I think.  He threw a rod I heard.


Here is a little flop...


The trail going up stream was packed!


My GF liked this; a black jeep with pink trim.


Wade and a couple of others messing around on the falls.






The Mini Rubicon:




Nick messin around upstream.

[skipnrocks]

Sweet!!!  Love the pics.   Good mix of trails there?

[46&2 [OP]]

Sweet!!!  Love the pics.   Good mix of trails there?

Yeah it is a large riverbed so a lot of it is sandy hill climbs, there are a good amount of rocks, but not rubicon style rocks. Stuff like what we call the "mini rubicon" in the pictures. large outcroppings of solid rock with lots of different ways to go up or down varying in difficulty. there are two good 'trails' that are about a quarter mile each which are large rocky hill climbs up the sides of small mountains. one we call the Water Bar trail which accends about 700-800 feet  up a very steep hill, another which is similar but even more difficult which we call the "eliminator" or "intimidator" (depends on who you talk to). There used to be a sluice box which was awesome, it was about a square mile of just large rocks and rock canyons, lots of flexy stuff and climbs and mud holes, used to be the high light of every trip out there but someone bought the property and gated it off, so we can no longer use it

There is enough to keep you busy for a weekend if you want to camp out. its great if you have atvs or motorcylces because there are scores of miles of trails out there. lots of historic mining stuff to to look at as you can reach both the Greenhorn (greenhorn itself is in the middle of the greenhorn diggins) and Chalk Bluff diggins from the area and check out the impact of hydraulic mining. its 5 minutes from my house so i go out there if i have nothing better to do.

[NorCalToy]

thats pretty sick. people around here are starting to buy and gate off the best places for wheeling. it uscks.

[46&2 [OP]]

thats pretty sick. people around here are starting to buy and gate off the best places for wheeling. it uscks.

Yeah its a bummer. The governor also just closed off dozens of parks in the state to help save money which really sucks because a lot of cool places are not longer going to be open to the public anymore.

[NorCalToy]

Yeah its a bummer. The governor also just closed off dozens of parks in the state to help save money which really sucks because a lot of cool places are not longer going to be open to the public anymore.

hows that supposed to save money?

[46&2 [OP]]

hows that supposed to save money?

The way they put it they can save money but eliminating the parks that see the least visitors annually. that way they dont have to "waste" money maintaining these areas and can put that towards other BS.

[46&2 [OP]]

Here is the article from the local paper:

Malakoff Diggins on governor's hit list

By Laura Brown, laurab@theunion.com
» More from Laura Brown
12:01 a.m. PT Jan 12, 2008

About 13,000 people who camp, hike and sight-see at Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park each year could soon be met with locked gates under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to close 48 state parks and recreation areas.

This week Schwarzenegger announced 10 percent cuts across the board for parks, schools, social services, health care, prisons, the environment and transportation to help close a gaping budget deficit. The budget is subject to legislative approval.

"It's extremely unfortunate," said Hank Meals, a local historian, archaeologist and author who regularly hikes the trails at Malakoff Diggins.

The site is a historical and recreational treasure, and combined with Empire Mine, gives a scope of the area's hydraulic and hardrock mining history, Meals said.

The park, tucked away on the San Juan Ridge, features the largest hydraulic mining site in California and the restored mining town of North Bloomfield.

Malakoff Diggins joins more well-known parks such as Sutter's Fort in the state capital, San Simeon near Hearst Castle and the state's most northerly affected park, Del Norte Redwoods. (Hearst Castle itself will remain open).

"We've been reduced off and on over the last 20 years," said state parks spokeswoman Sheryl Watson. In the early 1990s, 572 positions were cut from the park system, Watson said.

After decades of cuts and layoffs, a lean park system has little left to skim, officials said.

"We can't absorb any more reduction," said Ron Munson, Sierra Gold Sector superintendent in Grass Valley. "We're at a bare-bone situation."

Parks with the lowest revenue and attendance were targeted for closure, Watson said. The state looked at parks by district, "so the pain would be distributed throughout the state fairly," she said.

Closing 48 parks would eliminate 136 permanent jobs statewide in order to keep 230 parks or 83 percent of the system open. Malakoff Diggins would lose 4 permanent employees.

The closure would mean the loss of 6.5 million visitors and $3.7 million in revenue.

Closing parks will require caretaking, with its own set of costs, to protect resources, Watson said.

If the remotely located Malakoff Diggins closes, vandalism could become a problem, Meals said.

The entrance fees to parks don't cover the costs to run them, Watson said.

Some lawmakers suggested raising fees could be an alternative to closing at least some parks. But attempts to charge higher fees in the past to offset maintenance costs have failed, Watson said.

"Then we'd have to charge a lot more and (visitors) might go somewhere else," she said.

The 10 percent reduction the governor proposed would eliminate half the funding for seasonal workers as well.

"It's not an easy decision," Watkins said. "We support the governor... and we're doing our fair share during this fiscal crisis."



PARKS SLATED FOR CLOSURE



• Del Norte Redwoods State Park

• Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park

• William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park

• Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area

• Plumas-Eureka State Park

• Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

• Manchester State Beach

• Clear Lake State Park

• Anderson Marsh State Historic Park

• Austin Creek State Recreation Area

• Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve

• Governor's Mansion State Historic Park

• Sutter's Fort State Historic Park

• State Indian Museum State Historic Park

• Tomales Bay State Park

• Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park

• Benecia Capitol State Historic Park

• Benicia State Recreation Area

• Candlestick Point State Recreation Area

• Railtown 1897 State Historic Park

• McConnell State Recreation Area

• State Mining and Mineral Museum

• George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area

• Wassama Round House Historic Park   

• Portola Redwoods State Park

• Great Valley Grasslands State Park

• Henry W. Coe State Park

• Fremont Peak State Historic Park

• Fort Ord Dunes State Park

• Limekiln State Park

• Hearst Memorial State Beach

• San Simeon State Park

• Harmony Headlands State Park

• Estero Bluffs State Park

• Morro Strand State Beach

• Los Osos Oaks State Reserve

• Montana de Oro State Park

• Providence Mountains Recreation Area

• La Purisima Mission State Historic Park

• Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park

• Los Encinos State Historic Park

• Topanga State Park

• California Citrus State Historic Park

• Will Rogers State Historic Park

• Pio Pico State Historic Park

• Mount San Jacinto State Park

• Salton Sea State Park

• Picacho State Recreation Area

I have been to many of these parks and I will be very disappointed if they all get closed.

[skipnrocks]

That really sucks!!  It sucks that their closing down all the good wheelin, even in moab its hapening.

[skipnrocks]

Good crap I have so many tools I forget where I put them, but I dont ever forget what I own!

[Doof]

haha, yea my dad hasnt failed me yet when i need a tool for the job. i think there were only a few rare cases that he hasnt had what i needed... but tool boxes are amazing and cool

[tom w.]

I love this thing, man. When I think of clean toyotas this is one of the first that comes to mind.

[46&2 [OP]]

I love this thing, man. When I think of clean toyotas this is one of the first that comes to mind.

Thanks Tom!! This thing is my pride and joy and I have always tried to keep it clean and wheel it hard at the same time. There is a lot of challenge involved in keeping a straight truck pretty!!!

[THK Matt]

Thanks Tom!! This thing is my pride and joy and I have always tried to keep it clean and wheel it hard at the same time. There is a lot of challenge involved in keeping a straight truck pretty!!!

agreed... im the same way

[tom w.]

There is a lot of challenge involved in keeping a straight truck pretty!!!

I guess that's about the only upside to not having such a clean truck

[46&2 [OP]]

I guess that's about the only upside to not having such a clean truck

Sometimes though I wish I could just beat on my truck and not care. Probably going to buy a beater some day just to trash but I want to keep this thing clean for as long as possible.

[tom w.]

I'll trade ya 

[yota_krawler]

x2 I love clean yotas that can still get done. mine is hella clean but still beat on it a little bit. Obviously I dont wanna roll or nothing like that but still wheel it pretty hard. I have only got maybe 3 minor dents and scratches with 2 years of wheelin!

[46&2 [OP]]

I'll trade ya 

Haha okay!

x2 I love clean yotas that can still get done. mine is hella clean but still beat on it a little bit. Obviously I dont wanna roll or nothing like that but still wheel it pretty hard. I have only got maybe 3 minor dents and scratches with 2 years of wheelin!

I have managed to keep my truck pretty straight, I usually manage to break things that are replaceable like tail lights and blinkers though the paint job is getting worse every time I take a manzanita infested trail. I want to paint my truck anyway I really dont like red and white. its grown on me over the years and it looks sick with the top off I am just not a fan of red nor white. Actually the worse "trail" damage I have done to the body was when I was flexing on my friend's Heep and I slid off his tire too fast. I dented the rear panel behind the fender on the back of his body.

[Steve_925]

i acually went there for the first time 2 weeks ago and saw that buggy there. i had never heard of that place before. my friend that i went with called it red dog(cuz the road) so its called green horn then?

I don't make it out there so much anymore...no functional rig at the moment. But I do know these guys-


They are out there quite a bit on the weekends messin around. I tag along now and then.

They actually did this to the buggy down there a couple weekends ago.


On the big rock at the top of the little rocky slop were everyone plays, right on the main riverbed part. I guess one of them tried to jump off that rock from the uphill/river side, and wasn't goin fast enough...