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that car probably is in a table, somewhere as a lamp, or in a doctors office as a trash can. Carfax it, you should not have sold the car to a kid, you should have screened him better.

Get a car accident history
check his insurance rates
perform a visual test,
and had him submit to a driver educational program for inmmature teens..

You got rid of the celica, like a fly. tsk, tsk, tsk. At least you did not make the same mistake twice, and kept the firebird away from another kid

I dunno, I saw it before I moved over a year ago just as I sold it and that had been like almost 3 years since I sold it to him so I doubt it he'd all of a sudden total or trash it. He wasn't much younger than myself at the time I sold it, I was 22 and I think he was 18-19. He REALLY wanted it even after it wasn't for sell and he paid for it with money he earned himself, that and he agreed to my silly asking price is the only reason I sold it since I'd have felt like a real tool if I'd been like "that was just a silly price to scare you off sorry".

The Firebird on the other hand I don't think I'd have sold it for twice what I was asking to them. It was for a young kid that wrecked a Miata of all things because he was being stupid, and it was daddy's money buying it. He'd have killed himself and probably someone else had I sold them the Firebird being he couldn't even handle a Miata which is way more docile and easier to drive. The only reason I agreed to even show them the car is I didn't find out about the Miata accident being his fault until then, big mistake on their part but for the best.

I gots the big horn and upgraded compressor installed on her Escape, need to put the car back together now. It's actually louder than it was before, really sounds more like a large truck horn. I can't wait to go out somewhere empty and try it out more than just a tiny toot in the garage, I'll try to get a video of it from a distance lol.

Erin has some of her wheel chair lacrosse tournament photos up and we're looking at them on my TV at 40 something inches and they still look amazing.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jessnowak/

Also I fixed her horn.
https://youtu.be/5Ir4NMBbXUc

Over the weekend, we had to drive the 4Runner up a pretty gnarly trail. Since the wife is short, she bought some aftermarket running boards for a Limited 4Runner that hang lower than SR5/Trail/TRD running boards. Only picture I have that shows them:




They still have decent ground clearance but I still normally take them off before hitting any trails. We were planning on making the 8 mile hike up this trail rather than driving but that didn’t quite work out... ended up destroying the driver running board on that trip. Gitta replace that this weekend. Found some cheap OEM 2010-13 SR5 running boards that should look even goofier than what we have now. Got plenty of trail scars in the paint too, but they buffed out pretty well. But at least the pictures turned out decent?






I really need a full frame camera. Thanks for making me want to spend money, Chee La...


BONUS PICTURE OF DA PUPPER!!!

You're definitely in 4runner country over there and putting it to good use. A shiny 4runner is a sad one.

haha... I think I'll call it even seeing as I'm nearly 3 grand deep into a BEAMS swap.
But once you see what a full frame camera can do, it's REALLLLLY hard to go back isn't it?

I didn't think the limited rockers were that much lower than the SR5....

Dang Chee La, you’re gonna spend as much money as I did on your swap!

Limiteds have a bigger rocker panel under the doors that the other models don’t do the running boards have to drop a few inches lower to clear that, and ours sit a little lower than factory. But at least they’re the tube style so they aren’t noticeably out of place at first glance, but the ones we are getting are identical to yours with the exception of they’ll have a silver strip on the side instead of chrome. The silver on the side of the running boards along with the gap between the body will look goofy and out of place on ours compared to yours. I still want your Nautical Blue, JBL sound system and XREAS though... and I need a set of BFG KO2’s or Goodyear Duratracs for sure around here.

yeah, but a lot of the costs was things I didn't account for or things that I didn't necessarily need like the TRD shifter and SS-III grill. Also, this is a BEAMS and auto to manual swap so it is a bit more expensive but no looking back now just gonna keep on charging my credit card at this point. lol

thats the thing.$ ...no ending

I have a feeling the Duratracs are a better option. Kinda more of an AT tire, I dislike a mud terrain UNLESS you ABSOLUTELY need them.

Get the Amazon card, buy it all on Amazon, use the points from the Amazon card to buy more stuff on Amazon. ENDLESS CYCLE!

I would agree. The Duratracs ate better in snow as well. Everyone I’ve talked to with KO2’s seems to absolutely love them though, which keeps me from completely ruling them out. I haven’t even looked into the other options like Nitto Trail/Ridge/Terra Grapplers, or Falken Wildpeaks but after my last couple of experiences with Falken tires I’m not sure I want to give them a chance again. All I know for sure is that my tires are getting towards the end of their life and the next tires won’t be cheap no season highway tires. We find ourselves off road just enough here that I don’t want to deal with a popped tire on a trail. We just replaced one of the tires a few months ago thanks to some road debris so these can’t even handle the pavement.

I've had the Terra Grapples on my truck for a few years, no complaints. It's a good all terrain. I've not heard to much on the other Nittos. I think the Exo is supposed more for snow than Ridge.

As far as I know the Duratracs might be better for off-road. At least they seem to be more tested than others.

Performance on the highway is slightly more important to me than performance off road. I haven’t had any grip issues with the ultra crappy Uniroyals I have right now, but I stay out of mud and off of the big rocks. I just need a tire that I don’t have to worry about getting punctured when we do wind up off road. I don’t want tires that roar going down the highway. The people I’ve talked to with KO2’s say they’re great on and off road, which is why I’m hesitant to rule them out. However, I’ve heard several complaints online from people saying they can shake pretty bad even with a good road force balance. I’ve nevef heard any complaints about Duratracs but I also don’t know anyone personally that has had a set. I imagine they’re exactly what I’m looking for in a tire but it’s hard to say. I definitely need to research the Nittos and Cooper Discovers and I’m sure a few others. I’ve still got 10-15k miles before I absolutely need another set, but I also found these Uniroyaks to be sketchy under 40 degrees last year.

In other news, the new running boards are on. They aren’t nearly as bad as I expected them to be. Still not crazy about the silver but that can be fixed. At least they don’t hang down 15 feet from the body like the old ones did. The wifey may not like how high they are though...

Let me tell you how to solve the height problem AND get kicked out to the guest bedroom all at once.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019WX139M

Fail... I totally was thinking KM2s which is a mud terrain. The KO2s are the all terrain.

The one thing I've heard is that the compound on the KO2s is a little softer than other AT tires so it seems that they don't last as long. This coming from peoples w/ HD trucks.

No worries, I know next to nothing about truck tires. I’ve heard good things about the Duratracs but haven’t talked to anyone with firsthand experience. I’ve talked to a few people about KO2’s and they all seemed happy with them but I’ve also seen a handful of complaints about vibration issues on some of the Facebook pages, nobody seemed to be able to resolve them short of buying different tires. Between those two I only know that some people agree that the Duratracs is better in the snow but again, not coming directly from any sources that I’d trust without question. The only thing I know with certainty is that I’m sneaking up on 100k miles and I’ll need new tires right around then. They won’t be highway tires so we won’t need to worry about the few times a year that we end up off road and also because I want stiffer sidewalls to help reduce nosedive. I’ll also be getting a set of Bilstein 5100’s around the same time to stiffen the suspension up a little bit and level the nose out, also to help reduce nosedive.

True story, I had a K02 on the 4Runner for a couple of hours last Spring. Had to have Discount Tire take it back off and give me a matching tire.