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The most recent 9 Blog Posts for your Reading Pleasure..
Sitting Comfortably..?
Summer ’25 It’s been a minute..! And what a Summer it was.. An absolute scorcher, so much so that a Hosepipe Ban in Kent has meant that the 4Runner hasn’t seen a Sponge since early July.. The July Wash & Wax has done a good job though, protecting the Beast from the worst of it..…
Beast Restoration: Post Paint
Wax On, Wax Off Tackled the Flatting and Polishing one Weekend since it looked as though it wouldn’t rain for a long enough period to make it a problem.. Turns out I was wrong, it did rain.. And of course, it only rained when I really didn’t need it to.. One side at a time…
MMXXIIII*
Four years ago, I wrote a Year in Review and, being of 2020, there was quite a lot to say about how the Year had been outside of the Garage. While a lot has happened outside of the Garage this year, I feel that 2024 has been much more about what has gone on inside…
Beast Restoration: Paint
Getting to this point, where the 4Runner was going to get Paint, was overwhelming relief; that I was going to do it myself was almost incredulous. However, removing the Door Handles was pretty much a commitment to painting the 4Runner without delay; I certainly couldn’t park it anywhere in public. I had a Garage ready…
Beast Restoration: Pre Paint
It has been nearly a Year since I collected the 4Runner from Somerset with those Blue Doors. A Year of staring at those Blue Doors, and a Year of not really knowing what was best when it came to Painting those Blue Doors. From the ridiculous to the sublime, quotes of £10,000 to £2000 to…
Hartech Oversized 996.2 Carrera
There are some Car Adverts that make you go and buy a Lotto Ticket. And not necessarily because you can’t afford the car, but because you want to make sure that you can cosset it in one of the Four Garages you’re going to have built next to the Manor House you buy with the…
Bumper Crop
Face Lift done, the Rear needed similar treatment. With the Bumper looking tired and the Tailgate having its lower section covered in shitty Underseal, again it was going to be a case of Doing Anything Is Better Than Nothing. Bumper removal is straight forward, then it was a case of White Spirit and Elbow Grease…
Face Lift
Turning my attention to the Front of the 4Runner, a very tired Grill, Headlamp & Bumper Combo meant that whatever I did, it was going to look better. First, disassembly. Face Off Front Bumper is held on by 4 Bolts at the Brackets and 2 at the Bumper Corner supports.. Remember to remove and disconnect…
Be Under My Bonnet
I know I have a Problem, I don’t need to be told that. I think I’m slightly obsessive when it comes to the Small Things. I think it’s when I notice a Thing, and then I focus on that Thing, and pursue a Perfection of that Thing until it is so. I’d say that is…
Roon's Road Rats 