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Project 4Runner: Rigid Industries D2 LED Lights Review
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Somewhat thankfully, the long winter months are behind us now. The days are longer and wearing hats and gloves is no longer required. The ski season is also over and with it are our frequent trips to northern New England. In January, our fifth generation Toyota 4Runner project rig received a set of LED auxiliary driving…
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Night School: Episode 1 – Welcome to Team Valvoline
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We’re bringing you to Night School. Well, not real school plus we know nights are reserved for drinking (so are days too, I guess). Regardless, it’s time to go to Night School… but this one involves wrenches, an old truck, and two idiots who attempt to cram way too much of a work list into…
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Stormtrooper 4Runner: Odds and ends, fixes and updates
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What’s the purpose of a project vehicle? Each enthusiast may have their own interpretation of the actual reason for said secondary (or even further-down-the-ladder) means of transportation in one’s fleet, but to me that purpose is to put a smile on my face. If absolutely nothing else, a project vehicle needs to make me smile. Simple…
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Stormtrooper 4Runner: Modifications Explanations
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Off-road, the difference between a properly-outfitted rig and one lacking the equivalent modifications can be the difference between arriving at your destination in one piece and not getting there at all. And while every trail and every wheeling trip is different, it goes without saying that some adventures require a higher level of build than…
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Straight Outta Canada: Stormtrooper 4Runner Introduction
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The tale of the Stormtrooper 4Runner starts back when I was a young kid, back with memories of riding in a booster seat in my dad’s lifted YJ Wrangler on weekend off-roading trips. My impressionable mind would suck these memories up like a sponge, imprinting upon me a never-fading love for all things four-wheel-drive, off-road,…
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Justy Little Project Car: Firing it Up, and Justy Few Videos
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I tried so many times to get a video of the first time I started my Justy after the engine rebuild. “Alright, here we go!” Not quite. Turns out the wiper blades are on. Remember how you put the oil pressure gauge on the windshield?
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Back on track: the 60 Euro Polo slides again
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Out of all the varied cars in my fleet, it is with the 1986 Volkswagen Polo Classic I feel the strongest kinship. I’ve often said I like a good underdog car, and what better demonstration of that than a literally rescued car I bought for less than a tank of fuel? Obviously it came with a…
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Project 4Runner: LED interior light upgrade
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It was the Matchbox car that my son dropped that really did it for me. It sounds silly, but I could not see it, at least not easily. Then it was the time when my daughter, who loves to read, left the dome light on overnight, which drained the battery. That happened like three more…
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Our Cars: 2017 Subaru WRX – Time flies, and so do the miles
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Time flies and so do the miles when you commute roughly fifty miles to and from work, five days a week. Combine daily driver duty with innumerable weekend trips and it’s no surprise that my WRX crossed 15,000 miles ten days shy of six months of ownership. With the odometer now displaying over sixteen thousand, I’m here…
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Project #MokotoNB Update: Daily Driving and Delivery.
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When I first bought Mokoto last year I didn’t actually know what kind of Miata I was buying for $2300. Was it going to explode? Was it going to be the cheapest NB in the world? Or had I just found another one of the many anonymous Miata’s that trundle along the roads of this…
