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WOW! It’s been over a year since I last posted on this thread. Truth be told, not a ton as happened since then on the build side of things. I’ve done a lot of trips with the Montero and just been enjoying the rig. That being said, there are some notable additions to the build worth sharing on...

Lots of good parts here! https://monterogen1man.com/ If you can’t find what you need on the site send him an email, he gets new parts all the time

I finally did it! I built a front bumper! I’ve wanted to do this since i moved to Montana to give me a fighting chance against the massive population of deer out here. My goal was complicated. I wanted to build something that matched the lines of the Montero, was as light as possible, was...

Some shots of the painted wells

Remember how those wide wheels were running into my fenders? Yeah that’s still a thing. My bump stops helped a lot in the rear, but the front was still smashing into my guards, linders and bending stuff. This was very apparent when i went to the sand dunes and treated my montero like a dune...

I want to take just a minute to comment on the weight thing I mentioned earlier. Yes, according to my local scale, my montero fully loaded is about 6,000lbs. This is with all the armor, camping gear for 4-5 days, probably 27 gallons of gas (including the jerry can) and 10 gallons of water total...

It’s time for a regear! Let me first off say that when I first got into this build I NEVER thought that I would be in as deep as doing a regear. Then I found out how simple, cheap and beneficial it is and it became a very attainable modification. There is lots of info about 4.9 diff swaps out...

So far i haven't figured out the perfect alignment.. my toe is good by my camber is still off. I'm looking into camber bushings.. i'll report back here if i do anything with that!

Yes i used new glue. I have had a little bit of condensation since then, but very minor. I used the 3M kit

110% agree with that. Gen 3 chassis are so stiff and their front and suspension is so sensitive that it is nearly impossible to get your wheels to not shake without them. Even with mine I still get a little bit of vibration but that’s the price of having a stiff lift and bigger tires. When I ran...

Pics would really help with answering this question. The biggest problem with the gen 3s is fitting over the front break calipers. I’m running -11 with 285/75/16 tires and I had to trim. But nothing crazy

GREAT comment! Thanks for your thoughts! I'll try to respond to a few of your points in the quote below

With the awning mounted it was time to optimize my roof rack storage space. Nothing fancy here. I moved the shovel inside of the basket and kept the highlift where it was. Next i made space for some X bull recovery boards which will live there permanently as a primary form of snow recovery and...

My generous wife and family got me an ARB 2000 Awning for Christmas this year! I love our current camping set up with the sleeping platform in the back of the Montero. If offers great protection from the elements at night, but it present a problem for normal “outdoor living”. We do not carry a...

While the struts were removed in the front I took time to disconnect the sway bar and confirm that front bump stops were tall enough to protect the fenders at full compression. Turns out I just needed a ½ inch of additional spacing in the front. So I ordered some extended bump stops from Procomp...

The next few mods are big ones! Lift kit, awning and 4.9 gears!! As mentioned before, I basically outgrew my spacer lift. It worked really well for the time and activities i used it for up until now, but with the capability and capacity of the rig both going up it was time for something more...

How many tanks have you run though it since getting the service done? You should be able to check the timing on the 3.5 without having to do too much work, so that could put an ease to the question of being mistimed.

Excited to see this build develop! Thanks for posting

Great question. Sorry for the late response. There weren't any hang ups when I did mine. Basically you don't need to replace any of the wires, you just run a second set in addition to what is already there from the factory. So i left my alternator wire and factory ground and just added an...

It did not. I had a lot of people tell me it would fit without any mods.. that was not my experience. When I ran a 285/75/16 Ko2 (new) on the stock wheel it was too big to clear the bumper and it interferes with the rear wiper arm With the new wheels 8” wide -11 offset it still didn’t clear...