mjotrainbrain

That's a FANTASTIC looking truck, great work on it so far! I'm a huge fan of the red, but the color you went with looks equally sharp.

I can't contribute huge info here since I don't have my rig in front of me anymore, but here's what I do remember 100%: CV Brand/PN: Cardone Markings: Can't check Strut Brand/PN: KYB Spacers: 1" Binding: 1 - you could turn the tire all the way around by hand and I never had a CV totally fail, but you could feel resistance every ~120° when the vehicle was jacked up. I know with Toyota's the OEM CV's are equally expensive, but are equally the way to go unless you go with a quality aftermarket, unfortunately not an option for R50's at this time. I have a CVJ CV on one side of my 4Runner and some random cheapo one on the other side, and the difference in smoothness of rotation at full droop with no spacers is astounding. CVJ rebuilds OEM Toyota CV's to very high specifications for a much cheaper price than OEM, maybe something similar can be arranged for R50's? The size of the market would make it hard though.

My 02 QX4 did, however it never worked when I owned it, and it was only 13 years old when it got to me. I've seen a couple with them since, but the standard antennas seem far more common.

That looks super clean!

Beauty color, nice find!

That's one heck of a comeback, 8 years later!! Don't forget to update here as it comes along!

Wow, that turned out really good for a DIY repair like that!

Sounds like it's gonna finish up nicely, should be a great touring rig! The R51, or really anything with independent suspension, is largely overlooked in the States and it's a shame, with a good driver and a few mods even an IFS/IRS rig can get awesome places.

Also full of rubbish, but that's just my Also if one takes the time to host photos securely, a forum acts as a fantastic archive, which Facebook doesn't do nearly as well, hence the same 3 questions posted there every single day.

"The image you are requesting does not exist or is no longer available." Looks like you used imgur, try this how-to for the proper way to share photos hosted on imgur. Looks like you're very close to doing it properly.

XJ snorkels are another popular option, that may help your research. https://www.google.com/search?q=xj+snorkel+site%3Anissanpathfinders.net&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&oq=xj+snorkel+site%3Anissanpathfinders.net&aqs=chrome..69i57.5845j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Moved from R50 FAQ section to regular R50 section, as this is a personal issue and not an FAQ, and also it will get better visibility in the regular R50 section.

Unfortunately due to some scheduling issues as well as this little pandemic issue going on this isn't going to happen. I'm going to unpin it, hopefully something can come together later in the year!

With how I treated the vehicle the sensor broke pretty quick so I had to get used to no cruise lol, although now my 4Runner has working cruise (only the regular kind sadly) and I love using it on the highway. It's really insane how far car tech has come, especially about cruise control related stuff. For a 2002 that thing was really well equipped, it had touch screen sat nav, 4 heated seats, memory driver's seat, intelligent cruise control, auto 4wd, and other features that I don't even remember, quite a lot of luxury features for a "truck"! If I get another R50 I'm very tempted for it to just be an immaculate and well-optioned QX4 for a nice daily driver.

A spoiler is supposed to attach there with 4 Philips screws.

My 2002 had that, it was pretty awesome. They called it ICC (Intelligent Cruise Control). It even had several options for following distance. It allows you to set your cruise control to some speed, and if you come up behind slower traffic it'll automatically slow you down to match their pace.

That's it, I'm moving!

Oh, and welcome to NPORA!

That should work. Not sure how much behind the bumper and so forth you'd have to grab to make sure everything bolts up properly (I don't think you'll need anything other than the superficial stuff, but I'm no expert), but the vehicles are the same width and so forth so not massive issues like you're worried about; it's all the same unibody structure. Depending on the year, the QX4 may have HID headlights, so there may be some wiring to do to get them going, but if you can they look great in my opinion (shape and light output), so worth it. The plastic flares on the QX4's fenders on post-facelift models does flow into the trim on the doors, so if you're planning to swap all the bits front to back you can make the look smooth and complete, but otherwise you may have some compromises.

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I've been eyeing those tires as well, price wise they seem in line with other high quality offroad tires so can't complain.

Moved to general R50 discussion area for better visibility, and because it isn't an established FAQ.

Moved to general R50 discussion area for better visibility, and because it isn't an established FAQ.

Sounds like an unusual issue indeed, 5100's are extremely common in the Toyota communities I'm involved in and failures are few and far between, with the only ones I've seen being the end snapping off due to extreme abuse. I wouldn't take unusual premature bushing wear as a reason to jump up in cost on shocks, although if you want longer ones anyways it's a good excuse haha. That's also extremely like Bilstein to deny warranty, from what I've seen it seems that they will only warranty things when they're done precisely as they specify, although that does make sense I suppose. Personally I think the amount of rake you have is very reasonable and looks good, is the trunk empty in the pic? A couple toolboxes and/or camping gear when on trips should get it level I'd imagine, so if it sits a bit uneven day to day but sits right in the woods, sounds like a good setup to me.

But only very very small ones, from what I've experienced a pic will only fit if you reduce its resolution hugely.