Hi there, I'm Matt! Like everyone else here, I've recently been bitten by the overlanding bug. I'm no stranger to camping, and have been on a few trips with my dad in his Defender 90, but never had my own proper off-road capable rig. With anticipation of many adventures this spring, summer, and beyond, I finally picked up a 2008 4Runner last month:
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Right now it's still sitting at 100% stock soccer mom mall crawler mode, but the plan is to start addressing that over the next few months. In the mean time, here's a much better photo of some much cooler trucks from my trip to the Alvord Desert and Steens Mountain last fall:
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Looking forward to meeting you all soon out in the wild!
Thanks for recommending the group Chris!
Glad to see you here! :)
Welcome! Nice rig! Hell half the fun is all the planning on the build right?