So I've owned this 2008 4Runner since 2008. I also became a member of this great forum around the same time but I never made a build thread for it. I'm not sure why I never made one but tonight I decided to make one. For starters, I'm terrible at taking pictures. Not necessarily the taking part but the remembering to take them part. The other thing is I didn't have a smart phone (or even a phone with a camera) until 2011. Unfortunately, my digital camera at the time was clunky and finicky to use. I do take more pictures now though.

A little history first. My wife and I are the second owners. We initially had our hearts set on a white sport edition but the dealers around us wanted full MSRP for one not to mention, practically stealing my trade from me. There also wasn't much of SE 4Runners in the used market either. Finally, this one appeared in an online ad at the Honda dealer. 6 months old, not even 10k miles yet, locally owned. After an all afternoon negotiations, we said goodbye to our G6 (actually my wife didn't, she gave it the bird) and drove home in our new-to-us 4Runner. Not exactly what we wanted but we did save a ton of money. So it's black instead of white, tan interior instead of grey, SR5 instead of SE but we did get the 4x4 and the V6, yes, we did in fact specifically want the V6.

I'll slowly be adding pictures to this thread as I come across them and hopefully adding some new stuff.

This pic is not too long after we bought it. IIRC, the windows were tinted a few days before this pic. This is also it's first trip to Bluewater lake.



This is the most current pics;







There were mods completed before I ever had a build thread (I will try to find the "in progress" pictures) they include: 15% tint all around, Huskyliner weather beaters, Escort 8500 blue hardwired, countryjoycrafts.com radar detector mount, Avital remote start/alarm, axle vent mod, OEM block heater, exhaust resonator delete with re-route to side, Pioneer AVH-3300BT with XM, Kenwood backup camera, FJ Cruiser springs, Bilstein 5100's set at 1.75", Daystar 1.5" rear spacer, map light mod, anytime fog light mod, OEM steps deleted, 2014 Trail Edition wheels, BFG KO2 tires, led license plate lights, Sound ordinance sub.