Teague Expeditionary
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Hey All! this is my first time making a thread so bear with me.
I wanted to document my 2003 4Runner SR5 4WD build as I had it setup for touring.
I bought the 4Runner in August of 2021 and started to build it out for camping trips in the winter of '21 into spring of '22
The idea was to build an Aussie style touring wagon to take myself and three friends on a trip across the western united states.
First thing I did was swap the steelies and Falken Wildpeaks (265/70r16) from my first gen Tacoma prerunner onto the 4Runner (perfect offset super ************ imo) and the smittybilt 6.5 awning as well
I added an Old Man Emu 2.5in lift with 200lb extra front coils to accommodate an ARB Deluxe winch Bull-bar.
And 400lb extra weight rear coils to sustain the weight of four people, four peoples gear, recovery gear, camping gear, camera gear etc.
I did get the ARB Deluxe bull-bar (so awesome)
I built a dual drawer system and mounted my Iceco VL45 fridge atop that, powered by a Jackery 500 charged by the rear ciggy port.
Threw a Trasharoo around the hatch.
Took it on a three week road trip with my best friends and went from the Bay to Death Valley, to the Rockies, and up to Yellowstone before heading across to the Oregon coast and down 101 and 1 from there.
Post trip I got a Smittybilt X20 10,000lb synthetic line winch
Then I decided in November of '22 to go solo up to British Columbia and explore Vancouver Island. So I took out the rear seats built a full length extension, removed the drawers and spent two weeks travelling the PNW sleeping in the back of it during the onset of winter. EPIC.
However that trip revealed a major flaw I'd been wrestling with, in order to have that vehicle setup for living out of long term I would have a very hard time managing to make it passenger-worthy at the same time so I concluded I'd need to go back to a truck.
I've since reverted the 4Runner to a mostly stock state (still has bull-bar and lift) and have posted it for sale $7500.
I wanted to document my 2003 4Runner SR5 4WD build as I had it setup for touring.
I bought the 4Runner in August of 2021 and started to build it out for camping trips in the winter of '21 into spring of '22
The idea was to build an Aussie style touring wagon to take myself and three friends on a trip across the western united states.
First thing I did was swap the steelies and Falken Wildpeaks (265/70r16) from my first gen Tacoma prerunner onto the 4Runner (perfect offset super ************ imo) and the smittybilt 6.5 awning as well
I added an Old Man Emu 2.5in lift with 200lb extra front coils to accommodate an ARB Deluxe winch Bull-bar.
And 400lb extra weight rear coils to sustain the weight of four people, four peoples gear, recovery gear, camping gear, camera gear etc.
I did get the ARB Deluxe bull-bar (so awesome)
I built a dual drawer system and mounted my Iceco VL45 fridge atop that, powered by a Jackery 500 charged by the rear ciggy port.
Threw a Trasharoo around the hatch.
Took it on a three week road trip with my best friends and went from the Bay to Death Valley, to the Rockies, and up to Yellowstone before heading across to the Oregon coast and down 101 and 1 from there.
Post trip I got a Smittybilt X20 10,000lb synthetic line winch
Then I decided in November of '22 to go solo up to British Columbia and explore Vancouver Island. So I took out the rear seats built a full length extension, removed the drawers and spent two weeks travelling the PNW sleeping in the back of it during the onset of winter. EPIC.
However that trip revealed a major flaw I'd been wrestling with, in order to have that vehicle setup for living out of long term I would have a very hard time managing to make it passenger-worthy at the same time so I concluded I'd need to go back to a truck.
I've since reverted the 4Runner to a mostly stock state (still has bull-bar and lift) and have posted it for sale $7500.
