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Featured Member June 09

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Bio:
Chris was born and raised on the Central Coast of CA, where he grew up camping and enjoying the outdoors.  He went on many family road trips where his Dad could not pass up any dirt road - they came to be known as "Stover shortcuts".  Two trips in particular got Chris hooked on four wheeling.  One was in Sedona where they followed a pink jeep tour in their stock Isuzu Trooper, the other was driving the trails between Silverton and Ouray, CO in their stock GMC Suburban.  After high school, he joined the Marines, and spent four years offroading in Amphibious Assault Vehicles which are the ultimate all-terrain vehicle.  After the Marines, he worked a ski season at June Mtn, Ca driving a SnowCat grooming the runs in the middle of the night.  Needless to say, he has a desire to drive terrain that wasn't meant to be driven.  He is now happily married to his wife April with a wonderful son (Jackson) and daughter (Adelaide). He is currently a self-employed Tile Contractor.

He had always wanted a 1st gen 4runner since high school, but chose a '93 4runner as his first family car.  He was hooked on Toyotas from day 1.  He now has (3) 4wd toyotas, the 4runner is his toy, the wife has an '07 Tacoma Dcab TRD as the family car, and the newest member, an '89  4wd Van is his daily driver work vehicle and weekend play toy.  Be on the lookout for all of them at this year’s Pismo Jamboree.  www.pismojamboree.com

1993 4Runner

Engine:
K and N drop in filter
Airbox mod
Tranny cooler (mounted in front of radiator with trimmed grill)

Suspension and Drivetrain:

Front:

BJ Spacers
OME N98 shocks
OME steering stabilizer
Sonoran Steel IFS rear truss
Aisin Hubs
Idler Arm brace
Low Profile Compression Bumpstops
5.29 Gears and ADD removed
Aussie Locker
SDORI Idler Arm Bushings

Rear:

'97 Cruiser coils
Rancho 9009 adjustable shocks
4Crawler panhard drop bracket
Fabbed bracket for lspv
Added another stock brake line to the original brake line to make it longer
Added lower bumpstops to keep shock from bottoming out
Elocker retrofit with 5.29 gears
SeansOrz elocker wire harness

Tires:
33x12.5x15 General Grabber MT's

Exterior:
4' Firestick antenna mounted at the tailgate
Trimmed valance to clear tires
Removed running boards
Thule racks (snowboard carriers, surfboard carriers, and MOAB basket)
Lightforce 170 Strikers Converted to HID
Fabtech lightbar
Lightforce 240
Vision X "Tantrum" LED rock light/strobe kit

Interior:
Cobra 19 Ultra II
XM Radio
TRD seat belt covers
Wool seat covers
Dog divider
Tranny temp gauge
Reverse Glow Indiglo Gauges
JDM Inclinometer/Altimeter

Other Mods:
Homemade 20# co2 system
750 Watt power inverter
Stubbs Welding's Ultimate SKO Sliders

Soon to come:
SDORI Front Shackle Hangers
Alarm and Keyless Entry
Military Push Button Switch