sami
Explorer
Well, i sold the big blue beast for something more worthy of cross country travel.
I'd been looking for a 3rd gen 4runner, or a decent Tacoma for about two months, and trying to sell the '85 for twice as long. Out of the blue I got a bite on the '85 and before I knew it, I was borrowing cars to get to work.
Two days after selling the '85 i was keeping a close eye on the local classifieds online, and up popped a 1999 SR5 Sport with good miles, looked clean, and was priced very competitively. I called and asked some Q's about it, to find out it's sportin' the factory e-locker. I would've driven right out the meet the guy, but i had no wheels. Once i secured a ride of course we were on our way out there Sunday night. It ran and drove awesome, even had more power despite the auto, than any auto equipped 3.4 i'd ever driven.
So, picked it up the next day to have the Toyota/Lexus specialists in town poke and prod it to give me the good, the bad, and the ugly. I missed the tech's call later that afternoon, and upon returning the call he says simply, "Why haven't you bought this 4Runner yet?".
So, I did. $2k under kbb, 148k miles, very clean inside, minor scratches on exterior(not that I really care).
On with some pictures...
I've got the lift coming from www.cruiseroutfitters.com(i pester him enough.. spilling oil all over his shop, and asking too many questions i'm sure.. I figured it was about time to order something of worth)
Sliders and wheel spacers coming from Trail Gear, and then i'll save up for an RTT. I'll do the grey wire mod this week, as well as install some IPF's and Cobra CB. Next for communications will be HAM.
I couldn't be more happy about all of this.
-Jason
I'd been looking for a 3rd gen 4runner, or a decent Tacoma for about two months, and trying to sell the '85 for twice as long. Out of the blue I got a bite on the '85 and before I knew it, I was borrowing cars to get to work.
Two days after selling the '85 i was keeping a close eye on the local classifieds online, and up popped a 1999 SR5 Sport with good miles, looked clean, and was priced very competitively. I called and asked some Q's about it, to find out it's sportin' the factory e-locker. I would've driven right out the meet the guy, but i had no wheels. Once i secured a ride of course we were on our way out there Sunday night. It ran and drove awesome, even had more power despite the auto, than any auto equipped 3.4 i'd ever driven.
So, picked it up the next day to have the Toyota/Lexus specialists in town poke and prod it to give me the good, the bad, and the ugly. I missed the tech's call later that afternoon, and upon returning the call he says simply, "Why haven't you bought this 4Runner yet?".
So, I did. $2k under kbb, 148k miles, very clean inside, minor scratches on exterior(not that I really care).
On with some pictures...
I've got the lift coming from www.cruiseroutfitters.com(i pester him enough.. spilling oil all over his shop, and asking too many questions i'm sure.. I figured it was about time to order something of worth)
Sliders and wheel spacers coming from Trail Gear, and then i'll save up for an RTT. I'll do the grey wire mod this week, as well as install some IPF's and Cobra CB. Next for communications will be HAM. I couldn't be more happy about all of this.
-Jason
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