Here is my new cus­tom bumper.

Just got a new Camp­ing Lab roof top tent. Got it mounted to the top of the Toyota.

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My par­ents just bought an RV

We had a snow storm here in North Car­olina this past week­end, so I got to do some snow wheel­ing. I mostly trav­elled the back roads, look­ing for peo­ple that are stuck or need help.

Jan­u­ary 30, 2010 Snow Storm

I took a few pic­tures of down­town lenoir, and some of my truck.

I have been try­ing to repli­cate the inte­rior light func­tions of some of the newer cars for some time now. I like how they stay on after the door is closed and then fade away. This is also called the­ater lighting.

This cir­cuit is based around the ever use­full 555 timer, and an N chan­nel MOSFET.

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I changed the spark plugs in my truck today. I decided to try some E3 plugs I have heard so much about. I had to make two trips to the parts store because they shorted me two plugs, that will teach me to always check the bag.

After I got them installed, I took a lit­tle test drive. The truck did per­form a lit­tle bet­ter, had bet­ter throt­tle response. Of course the other plugs were worn out, I will never put Bosch plugs in a Toy­ota again, they didn’t last even 30k miles.

Only time will tell if they actu­ally make a dif­fer­ence in fuel economy.

I recently put some LED strobe lights on my truck. I made the strobes myself. Each strobe has 27 high inten­sity LEDs. Also each strobe costs about $16 dol­lars to make. The front strobes are hid­den behind the grill and are sealed in a project box. I tied the strobes to the turn sig­nal lights, which I replaced with LEDs.

I also replaced the gauge clus­ter with one that has a Tachome­ter. The new one has white faced gauges, and red LED light­ing behind it.

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Just bought a new to me Toy­ota Truck.  It is a green 1998 Toy­ota Tacoma SR5 Extra Cab.  Specs as fol­lows: 3.4 V6 engine, 5 speed man­ual trans, 4 wheel drive, man­ual lock­ing hubs, and 31 inch tires.

I will upload pic­tures later.

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Put some “new” seats in my truck, again. They are out of a Toy­ota Cel­ica.