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And I'm with OBAK...

It's a good deal if in good shape. Things to look out for are a rusted inner frame, especially near the muffler, bad steering rack and ball joints-basically the front end, and that radiator issue. I wouldn't hesitate to take it over a Trailblazer.

I'll be interested in your gear change. Check out the door jam for your axle code. 4.10 is the most common ratio, and I believe this is indicated by G294, or G29 with some other digit following. 254 is 4.56 and 144 is 4.88, which is what you'll want to swap over to.

Gee, you'd think his business insurance would cover it. That's a bummer. About the gearing, if your truck came from the factory with 235 tires rather than 31's it's no wonder that it doesn't like 33's. My 1990 4Runner had 31's on it when I bought it about 13 yrs ago. After about 7 yrs I...

Man, you wear them out fast. I thought they were built to last? :smiley_drive:

Look forward to seeing photos of the rebuilt 3.0. If you wanted even more power and have the coin, LC engineering makes headers and a nice exhaust for this engine. Contrary to a budget build, but looks like that's out the window now anyway. :smiley_drive:

Seeing the word project I expected to find an older Runner, not one brand spankin' new! Nice color alright. Toyota comes up with some good ones.

Good Gawd that's a lot of miles. How on earth do people drive so much, especially a petro pig like this? Heck yeah, check it out.

Very nice. Love it!

Neither one for your intentions, but given only those two choices then clearly the LX for build quality, dependability and ruggedness.

straight 6 Ford pickup, as someone mentioned. Nissan Hardbody 4 cylinder pickup is called the poor man's Toyota, but I've always preferred mine to the '92 Toyota pickup I had for several years.

It IS horrible looking! Another vote here for OP keeping the truck until the wheels fall off. BTW, I've got a '95 Hardbody, with plans to keep it forever.

Condition of undercarriage is important consideration. The hatch suggests that it could be quite rusty under there.

Having owned both, it's true that the 3.4 has a lot more guts than the 3.0. Additionally, the 3.4 delivers better MPG. My 3.4 2001 4Runner with auto and stock 31's would get a bit over 20 MPG on the highway, while the 3.0 auto can only manage 18 with stock 29's. Got rid of 2001 for other...

Good question. Seems like at least half of first generation pickups I've seen images of are missing a rear bumper. There are aftermarket rear bumpers for 2nd gen pickups and newer, but I haven't seen any for the earlier trucks. There must be some options other than home made though, right?

Remove stock rails, install sliders-your build is done. Enjoy that nice 4Runner!

Although not my favorite 4Runner rims of all time, they look so much better than any aftermarket option. Toyota wheels-yes, an improvement. Excellent photos accompanying the descriptions of your work.:)

It's not clear to me what you mean by ease of use. Like, lack of issues cropping up, gas mileage, maneuvering in traffic? Both are way more vehicle than you need for described use, IMO. I always say, test drive them to get some impressions to help inform your decision.

For those possibly interested in this, I've heard it's necessary to do a body lift in order to make this swap.

Demonized is the word I think you're looking for. And yes, it is pretty much worldwide. Particulate matter-this fuel puts out a lot of it and it's bad for our health. https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/air-pollution-cars-affects-everyone-why-we-should-care