The Josh's Build

[the_josh]

Brand New:





As My Truck Sits 11.13.10








Mods

Mechanical -

4.88 Sierra Gears Front And Rear
ARB Air Lockers Front And Rear
Marlin Crawler Front Seals
Hayden 678 Transmission Cooler



Interior -

Customs Classic Soft Trim Leather Seats With Orange Stitching W/ Seat Heaters
Icon Shift Knob


Electrical -

National Luna Dual Battery Kit And Controller
Optima Yellow Top Main Battery
Optima Blue Top Auxiliary Battery
Light Force 240 Blitz (2) Lamps on Bumper
Light Force 170 Strikers (4) on Roof Rack
Piaa 510 Ion Crystal Fog Lights In SW Bumper
Optronics Blue and Amber 6" Oval Dust Lights on Rear of Roof Rack
Hella Micro FF Rear Flood Lights On Rear of Roof Rack
2 Hardwired Outlets in Rear
Blue Seas Fuse Box (2) one for main, one for aux
DDM tuning HID 4500k kit


Outfitting -

ARB Fridge/Freezer W/ Canvas Insulated Bag And ARB Fridge Slide
Viair Heavy Duty On Board Air Compressor With 2.5gal Air Tank Mounted in Front Bumper
Autogage Air Tank Pressure Gauge Mounted in Glove Box
Warfield Offroad Custom Drawer System
BajaRack 4Runner Roof Rack With Light Cage, Axe and Shovel Mount
Front Runner Gas Can Carrier
HiLift Extreme 60"



Armor -

BudBuilt Full Skids Plates And Diff Guard (powdercoated safety orange)
CBI Rear Bumper W/ Tire Carrier and Gas Can Carrier
Shrockworks Front Winch Bumper
Stubb Ultimate Single Kick Out Sliders

Suspension -

Overland Warehouse Radlo 2.5 Coilovers In Front, Radflo Shocks in Rear
Overland Warehouse Coils
Light Racing Upper Control Arms (powder coated safety orange)
Custom Rear Upper Control Arms, Lower Control Arms and Panhard Bar With HEIM joints

Exterior -

Glassworks Fiberglass Fenders
Modified Shrockworks Bumper To Accommodate Fenders
2009 4runner Face Lift (2009 grill, 2009 projector headlights, 2009 lower headlight garnish)




Performance -

AFE Stage 2 Cold Air Intake
Magnaflow Muffler With Dump Spout

Engine -

New Engine Installed At 125,000 miles

Stereo -

Kenwood DNX 9960 Navigation
Sirius Satellite Radio
JL Audio 1000 Watt Amp
JL Audio StealthBox W/ 10' W3
JL Audio Reference Component Separates In Front And Rear Doors
Kenwood CMOS-300 Back Up Camera

Communication -

Cobra 75 CB
Wilson Lil Will Magnetic Mount Antennae


Tires -

BF Goodrich 35x12.50.17 Mud Terrain KM2


Wheels -

Powdercoated Black Sport Edition Wheels
Spidertrax 1.25' Hub Centric Spacers

[BlairB]

Im excited to see your budbuilts...

[the_josh]

no runner is complete without your dog in the back!



okay the first mod:

piaa 520's and a color coded westin bullbar




in the redwoods




The first little offroad trip... muddin!

[BajaRnnr]

Originally Posted by the_josh

okay after so many years im finally doing a build page, starting off with my very first pics:



no runner is complete without your dog in the back!



okay the first mod:

piaa 520's and a color coded westin bullbar

That's not a dog, that's a small horse! J/K beautiful great daine

[the_josh]

next up the cornfed spacers









next was back to the black safari bar and i added the surco safari rack with another set of piaa 520's on the rack

[the_josh]

a little poster i made

[the_josh]

by this time i was done with the cornfed and ready for a real suspension, so picked up the OME medium duty setup





after

[the_josh]

two piaa lights up top were not enough so i added a full set along with the hilift extreme and a mount to hold it



then i switched out my stock headlamps and tails for the black ones





also added the rear bumper guard, this will work til i can find a full rear bumper that i actually like



better shot of the hilift mount



rear corner



sirius


Afe Cold Air Intake and Optima battery



laptop mount, (which i recently upgraded to a better mount)



ipod control

[the_josh]

next the schrockworks install

before




couldnt do it without the hilift






with the triple


lightforce 240 blitz





surco axe and shovel mount

[4mudder]

Great mudding shots!!! That's how you get a truck dirty!

Love the plate, makes ya easy to spot.

[Josh220]

Looks good

The build is coming along well.

[the_josh]

roadtrip time!

i also added some procomp back up lights

[the_josh]

powder coated sport wheels in a black gloss







the removal




taking a break




then the new engine install













the engine alone


the install complete

[the_josh]

next up for tomorrow, the pics of the:

compressor install
cobra cb
4 lightforce 170 strikers on the roof rack
bright orange budbuilt skids

[UnionJack]

Originally Posted by the_josh

next up for tomorrow, the pics of the:

compressor install
cobra cb
4 lightforce 170 strikers on the roof rack
bright orange budbuilt skids

Nice build thread very cool so far , looking forward to the rest of it.

[the_josh]

the cobra cb and compressor tank install
if you noticed i put the psi gauge in the glove box right next to the cb to keep both outta sight when i dont need them

and there is also my new kenwood excelon deck, along with a jl w3 stealth box and c5's all around (not pictured)







gotta clean up these switches a bit though


my toyota 120 sticker


Viair Compressor


the tank in the bumper

[the_josh]

lightforce 170 strikers

[the_josh]

the budbuilt skids!

[Josh220]

You need more space between the bumper and the fender.

Also, why did you opt to not get a winch?

[the_josh]

Originally Posted by Josh220

You need more space between the bumper and the fender.

Also, why did you opt to not get a winch?

yeah i know, its on my to do list for the next few weeks, how do i do that again, create that extra space???

about the winch, just not something i want or feel the need to spend money on, i know tons of people that have them and never ever use them, yes i know the advantages of them but i never roll solo when i offroad so if im ever in a position that i need recovery i always have someone, to pull me out but i cant remember the last time i needed recovery, its just a choice i made, i know alot of people have them or want them in the near future and i have put tons of thought into it and researching them and i finally came to the concluion to forgo getting one