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[MarioT'sCJResto]

Howdy Ho Junior Campers!

New member here, pumped to be apart of a community of adventurous people! Right now I'm building on a 2020 Ford Ranger STX, seems a little ridiculous I know, but I have the "built, not bought" mentality with this rig. Big project for the spring will be adding an Old Man Emu suspension package and bigger tires. I've already found a few of the listed Class 4 roads in my area and explored them with little to no problems already. I'm looking forward to meeting new people, finding new trails, and adding to the community!

Welcome, can't wait to see what you ROLL OUT this spring.
Happy Holidays

 

[MarioT'sCJResto]

Hello everyone!

New member here, very excited to be apart of this community. My wife and I have had a hard time finding people who are also interested in overlanding in our area. We figured this would be a great place to start. We have one 4 year old girl who loves being outdoors. We are in the Pacific Northwest, Washington specifically. We are currently building up our 2007 4Runner Limited V6 to be our overlanding rig. Bilstein 5100 and OME coils are about to be installed. We are getting it all outfitted for hopefully a new year of exciting adventures. My current profession is a firefighter/EMT. Prior to being a firefighter I was a wildland firefighter. Doing this for number years granted me experience off-roading brush trucks into some precarious areas, along with recovering operations to get out of some of those areas. I was also on a building spec committee on outfitting our new brush trucks to get places heavy diesel trucks normally wouldn't/shouldn't go. Very fun part of my career. Now, I am looking forward to showing my family the great outdoors. Thanks!

Welcome to the Team, you couldn't have picked a better platform to build off.
Can't wait to see more
In the meantime - Happy Holidays, and most of all Stay Safe

 

[KerrFamilyAdventures]

Hello everyone!

New member here, very excited to be apart of this community. My wife and I have had a hard time finding people who are also interested in overlanding in our area. We figured this would be a great place to start. We have one 4 year old girl who loves being outdoors. We are in the Pacific Northwest, Washington specifically. We are currently building up our 2007 4Runner Limited V6 to be our overlanding rig. Bilstein 5100 and OME coils are about to be installed. We are getting it all outfitted for hopefully a new year of exciting adventures. My current profession is a firefighter/EMT. Prior to being a firefighter I was a wildland firefighter. Doing this for number years granted me experience off-roading brush trucks into some precarious areas, along with recovering operations to get out of some of those areas. I was also on a building spec committee on outfitting our new brush trucks to get places heavy diesel trucks normally wouldn't/shouldn't go. Very fun part of my career. Now, I am looking forward to showing my family the great outdoors. Thanks!

Welcome to the Team, you couldn't have picked a better platform to build off.
Can't wait to see more
In the meantime - Happy Holidays, and most of all Stay Safe

We are very excited about our 4th Gen 4Runner. Bought it 4 years ago, one owner with 72,000 miles. We just rolled 120,000 and it’s still not missing a beat. Excited to put the OME lift on it and start building it up. Been a phenomenal truck.

 

[Kent R]

Howdy Ho Junior Campers!

New member here, pumped to be apart of a community of adventurous people! Right now I'm building on a 2020 Ford Ranger STX, seems a little ridiculous I know, but I have the "built, not bought" mentality with this rig. Big project for the spring will be adding an Old Man Emu suspension package and bigger tires. I've already found a few of the listed Class 4 roads in my area and explored them with little to no problems already. I'm looking forward to meeting new people, finding new trails, and adding to the community!

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[Kent R]

Hello from northern North Dakota. New to overlanding, but a long time fan of exploring, camping, cooking, and great scenery. Have a basic Chevy Trailblazer with some camping gear in the back end, and excited to do some planning for the summer. Adventure is necessary.

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[MarioT'sCJResto]

We are very excited about our 4th Gen 4Runner. Bought it 4 years ago, one owner with 72,000 miles. We just rolled 120,000 and it’s still not missing a beat. Excited to put the OME lift on it and start building it up. Been a phenomenal truck.

I use to have a 97 Camry that I racked over 260k miles on, and my X.. crashed it, my 93 another 200 plus, so you are right about not skipping a beat. When you do replace the suspension I would replace the ball joints, you might find a very inexpensive control arm replacement options as well with Mevotech or Moog. If you haven't replaced the brakes check out PowerStop Z36 kits. You have a world of options available.

 

[obdbged]

new member here,

Always wanted a Landcruiser and somehow managed to end up with a 97 LX450 and 04 LX470. Looking to build up my 80 for overlanding. Right now its just got a 2.5” lift but I have a few things planned, hope to get out on the trails soon!

 

[KerrFamilyAdventures]

We are very excited about our 4th Gen 4Runner. Bought it 4 years ago, one owner with 72,000 miles. We just rolled 120,000 and it’s still not missing a beat. Excited to put the OME lift on it and start building it up. Been a phenomenal truck.

I use to have a 97 Camry that I racked over 260k miles on, and my X.. crashed it, my 93 another 200 plus, so you are right about not skipping a beat. When you do replace the suspension I would replace the ball joints, you might find a very inexpensive control arm replacement options as well with Mevotech or Moog. If you haven't replaced the brakes check out PowerStop Z36 kits. You have a world of options available.

My first truck was a Toyota 2wd “Hilux” with a manual. I think I had just over 300k on it when I sold it. Great little truck. Your absolutely right about the ball joints, we were thinking of putting on JBA UCA’s. It’s one of our daily drivers so I want to make sure I can get a proper alignment. Thanks for the intel on brakes, I’m also due for front pads. Thank you!

 

[Naidu]

Joined after I stumbled into this forum while looking for offroad trails in New Jersey. Already found some useful info. Thanks!

 

[Dirt-Merchant]

Just joined after finding this community on YT. I live in Orange County, CA. Have been "Overlanding" since before the term existed. Started off with a FJ-40, then to Toyota pickups and am now in a Tundra. Will be getting a new Tundra soon and outfitting that for Overlanding.

Experience includes many multiple week long off-road trips to Baja, The Socal Deserts, Angeles Forrest off-roading, Sierras, AZ, Utah, New Mexico etc...

 

[Corrie]

Just joined after finding this community on YT. I live in Orange County, CA. Have been "Overlanding" since before the term existed. Started off with a FJ-40, then to Toyota pickups and am now in a Tundra. Will be getting a new Tundra soon and outfitting that for Overlanding.

Experience includes many multiple week long off-road trips to Baja, The Socal Deserts, Angeles Forrest off-roading, Sierras, AZ, Utah, New Mexico etc...

Glad to have you here. Welcome to all the new folks!

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

new member here,

Always wanted a Landcruiser and somehow managed to end up with a 97 LX450 and 04 LX470. Looking to build up my 80 for overlanding. Right now its just got a 2.5” lift but I have a few things planned, hope to get out on the trails soon!

Can you post a picture of what your wanting to work on for overlanding. Is it an 80's model Landcruiser ? Does the Landcruiser belong to the Land Rover family ? I should know but I dont remember.

P.S. We are glad to have you aboard, it's a nice place to be.

 

[obdbged]

lx450 is the lexus branded version of the toyota landcruiser, they are pretty much identical with minor differences. I plan to make mine a bit more trail capable and overland by adding sliders, rear diff locker, roof rack and other items as needed

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

lx450 is the lexus branded version of the toyota landcruiser, they are pretty much identical with minor differences. I plan to make mine a bit more trail capable and overland by adding sliders, rear diff locker, roof rack and other items as needed

If you need any help or advise you can find it here most of the time. Check out all the forums for similar projects. Forums are shown at bottom left on this page, just click on it.

 

[M Rose]

Can you post a picture of what your wanting to work on for overlanding. Is it an 80's model Landcruiser ? Does the Landcruiser belong to the Land Rover family ? I should know but I dont remember.

P.S. We are glad to have you aboard, it's a nice place to be.

Land Cruiser is not part of the Land Rover Family... LCs are Toyota.

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

new member here,

Always wanted a Landcruiser and somehow managed to end up with a 97 LX450 and 04 LX470. Looking to build up my 80 for overlanding. Right now its just got a 2.5” lift but I have a few things planned, hope to get out on the trails soon!

How did you manage that, just 2 ? Is the 97 lx450 the model 80 you mentioned ? Do they still make Landcruisers ?

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

Land Cruiser is not part of the Land Rover Family... LCs are Toyota.

I just forgot. I'm a ford man anyway.
My son in Colorado just bought his son a Rust free 1996 Ford Explorer that is a cream puff with 108k miles. Its a Denver car and is sweeeeeeet. He picked this up for $3000 from a one owner guy. I looked for one of these for a year before I bought my LRD2. No comparison in quality but still I love my Fords.

 

[BlueTinCan]

Hello from north Texas. Land Rover enthusiast here just starting to branch out into overlanding. Have spent most of my time patching together Series trucks but now have a new Discovery and looking to build it up. In fact, I have my first trip in it to the Big Bend area between Christmas and New Year's. Looking forward to diving in here.
Cheers.

 

[gvb40]

Thanks, added some pictures. We love the sprinter!

Mike. 2017 Sprinter with Agile rip and winch looking for other Sprinter owners who want to do some over landing. I’m heading down to do the Bradshaw trail in the next couple of weeks and would sure like some company. Wife and dog are with me.
I live in the North Bay.

 

[Ursa Major]

Welcome to Overland Bound
Check the forum calendar and Meet-Up page for events, and the Trip Planning page for trips being planned by members. These pages can be filtered by region.
Overland Bound Meetups
Overland Trip Planning
You are in the East Region, local information can also be found in the “Overland Bound by Region”
OVERLAND BOUND COMMUNITY
The closest Member Representative to you is @Beans
Your Regional Director is @Nomadik Nova
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Thank you so much Kent R for the info! I appreciate all the help I can get! :)