[MandAtaco]

I never had a full on build thread on my truck and always regretted it. Hopefully I can keep up on it with the Runner so I'll have a reference for everything, and be able to help someone else down the road.

07-27-17 NOTE: So photobucket sucks the big one and changed their hosting, I'm not paying a fortune to host pictures so I'm in the process of switching everything over the FLICKER. For now you can click on the missing picture and at least open it up in photobuckets page. I'll hopefully have everything migrated over in the next 10 years.

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Suspension Mods:
-Donahoe (Icon) extended travel front coilovers
-Camburg upper control arms
-OME 861 Rear Springs
-Toytec Panhard drop bracket, Reinforced to the frame
-Custom rear sway bar links, longer built from Energy Suspension links
-OEM Toyota LC80 rear shocks, frame drilled out to fit the larger centering washer
-.5" PhatPats Body Lift

Drive Train Mods:
-Yukon 4.56 gears
-ARB Front Locker
-Toytec Diff Drop

Current Body/Bumper/Armor
-ARB front bumper
-8" HID KC Lights
-9000# Smittybuilt winch
-Custom rear bumper with Swing out
-Custom low profile rack 3/4" round tube
-CBI ditch light brackets with LED flood lights

Engine/Trans Mods:
-Hilux Snorkel
-Airaid intake tube
-Walker catalytic converter
-Magnaflow 18" muffler with custom rear dump
-Tru-Cool 4589 Trans Cooler (radiator bypassed)

Current Interior Mods:
-Scanguage II with X-guage to monitor trans temps
-LED dome lighting
-JVC Stereo
-WeatherTech Front Floor Mat's in Black
-CalTrend front seat covers
-Bunch of OTRATTW rocker switches

Wheel's/Tires/Brakes
-Braided Brake lines from Wheelers Off-road front and rear
-Tundra 231 Brake upgrade with Duralast stuff
-BFGoodrich A/T KO2's in 285/75R16 on stock Limited 5 spoke rims
-Spidertrax 1.25" wheel spacers
-Matching spare

Camping/Expo/Comfortable Living
-Xantra 1000W inverter (Built into rear storage box)
-Puma Compressor (Built into rear storage box) with 1/2 gallon tank underneath
-6.5' Smittybuilt awning
-Custom rear storage box with table
-IndelB 51 Fridge
-CVT Mt. Shasta RTT



Back story:
My wife and I bought a 01 Tacoma back in 05 and I proceed to build it up over the course of the 9+ years we owned it, eventually ending up with a truck that I felt could do a little bit of everything. We ran the Rubicon, Moab, Big Bear, and a bunch of other places in it, all while daily driving it. It was a bad little truck!


The ONLY problem with this truck, was the lack of seating for my now kids. I tried to get 2 cars seats in the taco, but it was neither going to be comfortable, or safe IMO, so the search was on for a 3rd Gen 4Runner. I started looking for something specific, a 99-00 with 3.4L and a rear locker. I knew if I could find this combination i could save myself a chunk of change by swapping a lot of the parts from my truck onto the Runner. Besides that I knew there was no way I would get my money out of those parts when I sold the truck. I found what I wanted up in Southern Utah. Took the trailer up and brought it home.


2000 Limited, 3.4L, Automatic, Rear locker, 191K miles, power everything, 5 spoke limited Rims, basically everything I wanted!


Frame was mostly rust free (just some surface stuff here and there), everything was just dirty. The previous owner had it for 5 years and by his own account, just drove the thing and had the oil changed.