I made my first semi-permenant mod today. I mounted my Powertank in the rear of the 4Runner.
Before :
Test Fitting the mount
Test fitting the mount & tank together
Holes marked
Holes drilled
I bought four of these to hold the mount in place
All bolted in and mounted, ready to rock.
On my little journey I am going on, I have decided to do some camping also. I am currently planning on camping at Cave Lake, and in the Great Basin National Park.
I plan on making a side trip to see the town of Bodie, Ca and also get my Highway 50 book stamped so I can get my certificate saying I drove the “Loneliest Road in America”.
It is getting closer to my week long trip I am taking to just as a personal getaway for me to just decompress and let go of things that have happened in my personal life and at work that just seem to be bringing me down.
The First Leg of my journey will be:
I am going to stay the night in Bishop then start the second leg:
After spending a couple of days in the Reno area I am going to make way towards Ely.
Start the final leg on the way to home.
Now that my 4Runner was lifted, I had to get some decent off-road tires on it. After much research and websurfing. I decided to go with a 255/75/17 tire for my 4Runner. The reasons I did this was simple.
Today my friend Hector cam over and helped me install my Icon Stage 1 Suspension on my 05 4Runner. I need to really need to get some new tires now. 
Just finished the bling mod to my new radio, with the SCION Head Units, you can customize the what displays when the radio turns on. Well here is my radio now.
Today I successfully compeleted my 1st Mod to my 05 4Runner (Project:Seven2). I replaced the Factory radio with a SCION (Pioneer) T1809 with iPod Connectivity. Since I hardly ever listen to the actual radio stations, and I have around 9000 songs on my iPod this made logically sense to me, especially since I got a deal on the radio (Thanks VenomHP).
Here is the original Unit still in the truck
I followed the directions from http://www.castulucci.com/projects/carpc/oemnaviaccess/ to remove the dash pieces so that I could get to the actual head unit.
After I got the dash pieces removed and the old head unit out. I then hooked up the new unit. I decided to use a METRA Ltd 40-UV43 Motorola Antenna Y-adapter and a Gm Micro/Delco Antenna Adapter to connect the dual antennas that Runner is equipped with into the back of the SCION radio, since it only has one.
I then set the head unit in place and bolted in place.
I then turned on the key and powered it on to make sure it worked and everything was hooked up. Wooohooo we have music and from the iPod even..
I then put the dash and everything back together. I was almost done, but I had to modfiy the tray that is underneathe AC Controls, as that is where I wanted the iPod to be. I had seen some people modify the AC Control panel, but I do not have that much faith in my dremal skills. I made the choice to cut an access place in the tray door. I figured if I messed it up, that would not be that much to replace.
Before
After
I very impressed with my dremel work, even though it was a Harbor Freight Special.
Here is the door in place with the cable.
iPod in its new home waiting to be used.
Everything buttoned back up and rocking!!
The last few months a lot of things have happened in my personal life and at work that just seem to be bringing me down. I am planning this trip as just a personal getaway for me to just decompress and let it all go.
So far my plan is this.
More to come as I figure it all out.
Well the UPS man made my day today. He dropped off my Icon Stage 1 kit for my 4Runner I gotz bling now.
Today my girlfriend and I took my “new” 2005 Toyota 4Runner out on a little road trip to see the Amargosa Opera House at Death Valley Junction. After there we then went to the Ash Meadows Wildlife Refuge. It was the first time both of us to see it.
It was a a great look at how things live out in the middle of the desert. We then continued on to Pahrump and had lunch. After we ate, we then went to Sandy Valley via the dirt cutoff. Next headed into Goodsprings and visited the Pioneer Saloon.
We then head back towards Vegas, and then decided to head to Nipton then Searchlight and then back to home.
