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Old 02-28-2014, 07:58 PM #1
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Adam's (bagels) Build/update Thread

Truck Summary 1990 Toyota 4Runner 3VZE Weekend Expedition Vehicle (and daily driver)
360k miles (New motor swapped in at 147k)

Performance Mods
K&N Intake
Magnaflow Muffler
4.88 Gears
Rear Mechanical Locker
Aisin Manual locking Hubs
Marlin Crawler Clutch
(Somehow I get 16.7mpg average!)

Suspension/bodymods
Total Chaos LT Suspension
T-100 Axle swap
Fox Double Bypass long travel shocks 16" Travel front 18" rear
Chevy 63" leaf springs
rear shocks relocated mounting
Rock sliders across majority of the underchassis
BFGoodrich 33" Kevlar Wrangler tires

Interior
Kenwood DoubleDin DNX990HD
Upgraded speakers Arc Audio)
Lowrance GPS
Uniden Bearcar BCT15x Scanner in the glove box
UNiden Pro520xl CB Radio
4"Firestick CB
Fatmat 80mil sound deadening throughout.
1"thick foam rear
48" Hi lift

Exterior
3 Hella Lights
Fiberglass fiberwerx front fenders and hood
Tepui Ayer Roof Top Tent
Rock Lights (Chinese LED's)


This is the Goal.





Hello ya'll I've been here for about 6 months, and it's been a huge help. Now that I'm finally out of college and in a real job- I have the time and ability to post and be an active member of the community. So here's a little picturebook of my truck and then i'll keep updating as it progresses!
Also, I'm located in SF Peninsula....so if anyone ever wants to meetup. Lemme know!


picked the truck up for $5200, 343k miles on the chassis, 110k on the motor. Went from a Mercedes AMG to this, so its been a change but i love it. SO CHEAP!

1990 4Runner 3vze with 5 Speed and 4x4.





First set of issues came from this MAF and the whole intake really.
Looks like the PO had opened it up fixed it and then resealed it, but it started giving me troubles the first time I took it offroading. It kept dying, wouldnt hold an idle, even when flooring it. Damn sensors



Got a new one! $100+ though.



Then had an easy bracket fab'd just to hold the damn k&n intake in place (oem mounts are no longer existent thanks to the space needed for the shock hoops.



Next up, Trunk looked like crap, had some sticky tar stuff, and was louder than all hell.
Decided to Lay down some bedliner and clean it all up.



This still wasnt too nice to put anything or value on, and was still plenty loud when trying to move things.
Went to Bob's Foam Factory in Fremont,CA who was a HUGE help.
For $120 he did 1.25' thick Poly foam that is puncture resistant, waterproof, and all that good stuff.
He lined it all up with a paper template and cut it out using a giant bandsaw.
he even cut the pieces needed for the back of my seats that I later attached with industrial strength velcro
Helped with the sound issue (not a lot but noticeable). But makes it nice and comfy to be int he back, my future dogs will like it, it protects my gear, and it keeps things from bouncing around loudly in the back on a day to day basis, and i can remove it with one hand hose it off and put it back in with no problems for easy cleanup.




Relaxing in the back.


Now how about that interior....yuck!


Installed a very nice DoubleDin stereo with GPS bluetooth connectivity to phone two USB plug to ipod etc etc.


Decided to bedliner the inside too. This stuff is like tar so I had to use the spray on to get the really hard to reach places.
Before


After-Much better

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Going Camping! Trying out all the stuff in the back for the first time.

A bridge in Auburn CA, and then Nevada City forest trails.




Found a Stock one!


Putting around La Grange OHV

oh look a penny!


Found some mud. need to get wiper sprayers or something rigged up.






Testing the Hella lights out, had some faulty wiring. two floods and one spot.


CB Added with a strengthen 4' Firestick door mount

My latest addition, my Roof top tent from Tepui Tents. Ill be going to big sur soon to test it out, but thus far I love it. Need to upgrade my rack though.



Went to Yosemite with the beast, but it was cold and valentines weekend so I didnt want to freeze the girlfriend. Still a great photo op!


Lastly, Always make sure you tighten and check your aftermarket suspension! i lost a nut on my Upper control arm. its a order only part from toyota! -_-
Fixed now though, but I cant imagine the trouble that would cause if I was offroading.


That is it until next time!
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What a sweet truck! Never would have guessed that the interior was trashed like that looking from the outside. Love the LT!
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Rock Lights installed. Bought leds waterproof 3 part segments from china for $3 a piece and installed 6 white and 2 red wired it to a switch, and bought 16 guage speaker wire to run the 12v around the truck.

also correct size pictures. yay!




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Here is where I got the led's from. My only problem with them is the guage on the led's is like 22, so reallly thin.
Premium LED Light Module
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Fatmat installed in the rear, I can now have conversations with people in the rear seats while on the freeway! :wings:
Lol, but really. It made a HUGE difference and I cannot wait to install it on the front of the vehicle. took about 3 hours.




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WOW man! probably one of my favorites I've ever seen! I gotta see it sometime in person! I'm up in sonoma, but head to the city frequently. Sweet rig!
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WOW man! probably one of my favorites I've ever seen! I gotta see it sometime in person! I'm up in sonoma, but head to the city frequently. Sweet rig!
I'm always down for a meetup. Thanks man!
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This thing is SO sick... LOVE it.
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Just budgeted out my entire project plans for this Desert Expedition Vehicle.

My wallet hurts just thinking about it!
the things in bold are already taken care of thankfully!



Also, Went camping in Big Sur last week, lots of rain but we were the only ones who stayed dry!


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Sweet truck man, Im pretty sure I saw you at the Habit in Walnut creek a few weeks back. I had the silver 4th gen. What part of the bay are you in?
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Sweet truck man, Im pretty sure I saw you at the Habit in Walnut creek a few weeks back. I had the silver 4th gen. What part of the bay are you in?
Haha! yes you did, I complimented your ride. I'm on the Peninsula was visiting a buddy from Lafayette.
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This thing is awesome! You take some cool photos too
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Thank you, Photography and film is my hobby
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I'm really drooling over your cluster still... Ugh I want to know how it was done or if it's some really rare factory option..
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