I wanted to get out on some trails at a place I've never been before. I checked Off-Road Consulting's guided trail ride schedule and saw that a trip to Reading Great Outdoors was on the docket for January 26. I signed up and headed to Pottsville, PA -- in the heart of eastern PA coal country.
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It is still hard for me to believe, but I put a deposit down on a 2020 4Runner TRD Pro.As you may have seen from previous posts or in my 3rd Gen Build page, I have been struggling with this decision for quite some time. I have always liked the 5th gen 4Runners as they look closer to a 3rdGen...
With my 4Runner freshly outfitted with the new bumper, winch, sliders, roof rack and lift, I thought it was about time to put it through its paces. Let’s see what this old girl can do!
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I crawled under the 4Runner to get my wiring harness hooked to my trailer this weekend. I was afraid to look at the back rim and tire on the driver’s side of the vehicle as I had a feeling I would see evidence that the axle seal was leaking....
It is wintertime southeast Pennsylvania, so that means lots of road salt. Third generation 4Runners on the east coast are notorious for frame rot and I spent a lot of time this fall repairing the damage that was done over the past 21 years and hoping this will help it survive many more PA winters. This meant spending a lot of time scraping, grinding, and sanding the rear 1/3 of the frame. Once it was cleaned up enough to my satisfaction, I followed the POR-15 ...