jrob
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Hello
I have finally done enough things to my 4Runner to warrant a build thread I suppose. I've pulled a ton of info from this forum and others, so this will be my effort to share a little of my own experiences and ideas. It's mostly finished now so it's going to be more of a history of things I added.
This should start though, with a farewell to the '87 that the 5th gen replaced. The 22re had given up and I didn't have time to fix it. It was about time for an upgrade anyhow. This is the most recent picture of it though, the day I dropped it off at my buddies shop, after selling it to him. You'll be happy to know that it is currently in the shop receiving a new engine and should be back on the road shortly.
I found a 2010 Trail edition in Colorado Springs, with 30k on the clock in Mag Grey with Nav and backup camera. The dealer had just installed a 3" toytec ultimate and said they would pick me up from the Denver Airport...on my way home from Offshore. So I picked it up in Oct. '13
This was just fine for the winter, other than the tires, so I rolled with it until the following spring. Where I added a Shrockworks bumper and sliders on group buy
At that point I also splurged on some Vision X light cannons to put on the bumper.
Oh and somewhere in there came the Duratracs in 285/70 17, not really sure when though.
That summer I pretty much just went for it, and completed what I will call phase 1 because it wasn't until recently that I really did much else to the truck
I picked up a used Gobi stealth off the forums with an ARB awning attached and prewired for lights. Also, splurged and got an ARB simpson III Roof Tent that had only been slept in a couple times. Final addition to this round was a Zero Dark Lighting 40" curved bar which is still kickin it strong as ever almost 2 years later.
I have finally done enough things to my 4Runner to warrant a build thread I suppose. I've pulled a ton of info from this forum and others, so this will be my effort to share a little of my own experiences and ideas. It's mostly finished now so it's going to be more of a history of things I added.
This should start though, with a farewell to the '87 that the 5th gen replaced. The 22re had given up and I didn't have time to fix it. It was about time for an upgrade anyhow. This is the most recent picture of it though, the day I dropped it off at my buddies shop, after selling it to him. You'll be happy to know that it is currently in the shop receiving a new engine and should be back on the road shortly.
I found a 2010 Trail edition in Colorado Springs, with 30k on the clock in Mag Grey with Nav and backup camera. The dealer had just installed a 3" toytec ultimate and said they would pick me up from the Denver Airport...on my way home from Offshore. So I picked it up in Oct. '13
This was just fine for the winter, other than the tires, so I rolled with it until the following spring. Where I added a Shrockworks bumper and sliders on group buy
At that point I also splurged on some Vision X light cannons to put on the bumper.
Oh and somewhere in there came the Duratracs in 285/70 17, not really sure when though.
That summer I pretty much just went for it, and completed what I will call phase 1 because it wasn't until recently that I really did much else to the truck
I picked up a used Gobi stealth off the forums with an ARB awning attached and prewired for lights. Also, splurged and got an ARB simpson III Roof Tent that had only been slept in a couple times. Final addition to this round was a Zero Dark Lighting 40" curved bar which is still kickin it strong as ever almost 2 years later.
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