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Old 06-18-2010, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by gametom
cheapo ebay headlights, welded up a front push bar less than 60 total
those cheapo fleabay headlights aren't too bad. i got a pair of silverstar H4s to put in them on clearance for $4 and they work much better than a 6054 sealed beam!

fyi: i found i had to break off some tabs to get them to fit in the stock buckets.
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subscribing.. I am enjoying these random cheap upgrades!
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just subscribing and sayin my next mod im thinkin is wirin some fluorescent or some kind of lights undo the hood with a switch that you run from in the hood. that was at night, workin on the engine would be THAT much easier! just a thought for now though lol
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i had a single small fog light mounted to the hood, that was on 2 switches, one hood switch so that as soon as the hood opened it turned on, and then further up a rocker switch that way i can turn it off during the day and the hood is up... it worked GREAT. the pressure switch was the most expensive at 12 bucks. everything else i had laying around
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the pressure switch is an excellent idea thanks Tofer
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Tach...$35

i have the same tach. I bought mine from Autozone for the same price,but mine is chrome, they didnt have black
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some silly things ive done to my 86 4runner recently:

new black carpet for the ladies $30 - note, cheap carpet so i dont feel so bad when i destroy it
smittybilt rear bumper, front still needs paint and tabs for the marker lamps $100ea
header (does this count?) $100
sr5 cluster $20 - craigslist gold
window tint of questionable legality $30
LED dome light in camper shell $free, found it
flat black rims $25
painted almost every interior part either flat or semi-gloss black ($20 lots of rattlecans)
leopard print headliner, doors $bling$
wood false floor with drawer and cabinets $120 (would have been cheaper but i paid a friend to make it nice.. one could make a very nice false floor for $30-40 and have the same functionality and about 1/4th the weight of mine)
kill switch (coil) <$10
fabric camper window privacy covers ~$20 not including tons of velcro
ever-important fire extinguisher mod - $free (found this also)
guitar pedal into amp mod - $20

to be continued

still trying to figure out how to get my shifter back about half a foot :| neck and shoulder injuries make shifting between 1st, 3rd, and 5th less fun than it should be and the moving-the-seat-forward mod is not an option

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still trying to figure out how to get my shifter back about half a foot :| neck and shoulder injuries make shifting between 1st, 3rd, and 5th less fun than it should be and the moving-the-seat-forward mod is not an option
I have seen people use a race mod shifter to kick the shifter back about 3" might run in to the tcase handle in R but might be a little helpful. I will look to see if I can found something to adapt it to our trucks
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My WARN grille gaurd, I only paid $40 for it! Its not on yet b/c my transmission locked up and my unlce in the currently installing a new one for me, I only paid $350 for that transmission with t-case.

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Originally Posted by fork
some silly things ive done to my 86

still trying to figure out how to get my shifter back about half a foot :| neck and shoulder injuries make shifting between 1st, 3rd, and 5th less fun than it should be and the moving-the-seat-forward mod is not an option
Torch, vice, and a cheater pipe (after pulling the shifter) is all I did to my Pathfinder.
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Best $40 i ever spent. WARN grille guard
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^ Nice man! gotta show us what it looks like on the truck when you get it mounted.
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^ Nice man! gotta show us what it looks like on the truck when you get it mounted.
For sure man, as soon as I get my truck from my uncle installing a new transmission. Should be middle of next week, hopefully. I also have some other fog lights and a tach for my truck.
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got some new stuff hooked up

horn didnt work so i rewired it and now it works and i have a cool new horn button
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new tach put in yesterday
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make a headach rack out of randome steel layin around cost FREE
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found an older pair of 4" speakers in boxes at goodwill $3.00 there loud and sound pretty decent gunna get some plumbers tape and mount them too the roll bar of my runner.
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Bump!! these are great and quite funny some scary but mostly funny.
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Replaced the steering wheel on my 87 , with a 3 spoke from an 92 4runner

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f126...pdated-209977/
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Originally Posted by dirtoyboy
I made this console out of a 50 cal ammo box with some black vinyl and padding that I got for free (scraps) from an auto upholstery shop




hey whered you get those seat covers??


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