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AKA the "I'm not spending any money on this that I haven't earned from selling stuff on CL"-build...
AKA the "I need another vehicle like a hole in my head"-build
AKA the "No, dear, I promise you that I'm not building this one"-build.
One of my favorite vehicles of all time was my 96 4runner Limited... Sold it to a buddy after I bought my 1st Gen Doublecab Tundra to pull my, then, 89 4Runner off-road truck. Been begging my buddy to sell it back since the day after - that was over 10 years ago now. I'm never getting it back. Pic from when I bought it. TRD headers/exhaust, airbags, Hellweg sway bars, TRD Wheels and clean as a whistle.
So one day, deep in reminiscing on the 4Runner, I find a 2002 SR5 for sale a few hours away. Appears very clean and has some nice upgrades. Talk to the owner for a bit and decide to pass in hopes that I forget about it. A week later, make arrangements with the owner to drive the 3 hours to take a look. Just in case (ha!), I drag the trailer with me...
This thing was CLEAN. Owned by a clear enthusiast who is only replacing it to build his 2016. Toytec ultimate, LR upper control arms, ARB Tacoma front bumper, 4.88's with TrueTrac, 275/75-16's on 16x10's, nicely upgraded stereo, LED's everywhere, fully sound-deadened... very, very clean. I paid more than I probably should have, so I vowed that I'd only put money into it that I could obtain through purging other things I don't need. This will be my DD.. the Tacoma will go back to Farm Duty and the SuperDuty will go back to Tow Duty/occasional Client-limo...
So I threw a double-din stereo at it to have a backup camera and CarPlay. That was $300 over my budget. Ooops.
Put on some wheel spacers and the FJ wheels/General AT2 285/75-16's off of my Tacoma and sold the BFG/ProComp wheels from the 4Runner for $800. And that's where it sits today.
But I dislike the black on Silver... So I've been looking for some 5-spokes with no luck. Plus... I have a strange vibration that I think is spacer related, so removing them would be ideal.
So here's where we are at... I am either going to buy Ivan Stewart TRD wheels from TRDParts4U... or some FN Konig Countersteer Type X in Matte Silver w/ Diamond Cut Lip. Price is about the same. My FJ wheels (5) should get about $500-600 on CL. Currently leaning towards the Ivan's because... Talk me out of that...
AKA the "I need another vehicle like a hole in my head"-build
AKA the "No, dear, I promise you that I'm not building this one"-build.
One of my favorite vehicles of all time was my 96 4runner Limited... Sold it to a buddy after I bought my 1st Gen Doublecab Tundra to pull my, then, 89 4Runner off-road truck. Been begging my buddy to sell it back since the day after - that was over 10 years ago now. I'm never getting it back. Pic from when I bought it. TRD headers/exhaust, airbags, Hellweg sway bars, TRD Wheels and clean as a whistle.
So one day, deep in reminiscing on the 4Runner, I find a 2002 SR5 for sale a few hours away. Appears very clean and has some nice upgrades. Talk to the owner for a bit and decide to pass in hopes that I forget about it. A week later, make arrangements with the owner to drive the 3 hours to take a look. Just in case (ha!), I drag the trailer with me...
This thing was CLEAN. Owned by a clear enthusiast who is only replacing it to build his 2016. Toytec ultimate, LR upper control arms, ARB Tacoma front bumper, 4.88's with TrueTrac, 275/75-16's on 16x10's, nicely upgraded stereo, LED's everywhere, fully sound-deadened... very, very clean. I paid more than I probably should have, so I vowed that I'd only put money into it that I could obtain through purging other things I don't need. This will be my DD.. the Tacoma will go back to Farm Duty and the SuperDuty will go back to Tow Duty/occasional Client-limo...
So I threw a double-din stereo at it to have a backup camera and CarPlay. That was $300 over my budget. Ooops.
Put on some wheel spacers and the FJ wheels/General AT2 285/75-16's off of my Tacoma and sold the BFG/ProComp wheels from the 4Runner for $800. And that's where it sits today.
But I dislike the black on Silver... So I've been looking for some 5-spokes with no luck. Plus... I have a strange vibration that I think is spacer related, so removing them would be ideal.
So here's where we are at... I am either going to buy Ivan Stewart TRD wheels from TRDParts4U... or some FN Konig Countersteer Type X in Matte Silver w/ Diamond Cut Lip. Price is about the same. My FJ wheels (5) should get about $500-600 on CL. Currently leaning towards the Ivan's because... Talk me out of that...
