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Some tips here, I built one similar (not exact) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m04CXhoQ2jU&t=307s

Backordered? B6 4600 24-017947 (front) https://www.amazon.com/Bilstein-24-017947-4600-Shock-Absorber/dp/B009FU4EDU B6 4600 24-017954 (rear) https://www.amazon.com/Bilstein-24-017954-4600-Shock-Absorber/dp/B009FU5QKU They would get to me by Jan 9, not sure where you live... That being said...

Do Suby engines even last past 100K miles? I'm joking, I owned one years back. Not remotely comparable to a Montero.

Oh I certainly wouldn't give advise on finances. You must be set dropping $10K (min) on a shop retrofitted 1Uzfe swap into a vehicle when complete will net you $6K max. Passion! There is no headroom (yet) in Monteros. Its not like dropping a $10K swap into an early 80 series or 60 series...

Any non stock swap will require deep pockets when taken to a mechanic. Do you have deep pockets?

If you plan to put it back on the road, some insurance companies won't insure it with a salvage title, and of course some will. Just be aware of that.

4 HI on my '93 just seams a little bit heavier, not really much difference. 4 HI on my '05 is un-noticeable.

do it

ditto - even with the buggy extension fixer, I've got nothing

I had seats in 2 different Monteros professionally recovered in leather and would do it again in a heartbeat. Key for the foam was to find a good used passenger side bottom to swap as they hardly get used comparative to the driver side (Montero manual seat bottom foams are the same side to side...

3" would pretty well max out the CVs

$200

I had a TuffStuff RTT with Annex for a while, that annex would be really difficult to keep attached.

www.car-part.com - find one local or from one of the big JYs like LKQ - they typically have shipping costs negotiated with freight carriers and are much cheaper than an individual trying to ship something.

What year in college? My daughter is a junior and still avoiding a car there. PIA to park at her apartment, extra cost for parking space, impossible to drive or park on campus. She bikes, walks or buses about everywhere. I'd do everything possible to avoid sending a vehicle.

$2k sounds about right

'03 or new, Limited, 3.8l, traction control. Find one under 70K miles, I'll take another.

Yea, I do this for a living, not the "Chinese copy" thing, but make stuff for cars, OEM, globally. I spend at least 3 months a year in and out of various countries in Asia over the past 20 years and even lived there working in this capacity for a portion of it a few years back. What I meant...

$4k seams expensive @ 222K miles.

Chinese copy is different than reverse engineering.