Time to start a build thread for mine.
Mainly for my own documentation purposes but also as an inspiration for others starting out as first time Toyota owners.
Now that I have owned it for a year, time to go through the run down.
I bought the most basic and common 3rd gen on the road.
Millennium silver SR5 with chrome trim.
2001 3.4/4x4/AT 1-owner, 136,000 trade in at the Toyota dealer.
After looking for several months and driving over 300 miles in opposite directions, I found in my hometown that got traded in Saturday night, I looked at it Sunday night when they were closed, and came on Monday and bought it.
Original Cali truck that is about to see its first real winter.
Maintenance items I've done
Oem radiator
Oem timing belt
Oem water pump
Oem upper & lower rad hoses
Oem thermostat
Oem drive belts
Oem LBJs
AFE air filter
Extended rear diff breather mod.
Redline Syn in front and rear diffs
Transmission pan drop and refill with Toyota T-IV
Painted the undercarriage with Dupli-Color Bed Armor
Suspension :
First i installed 99 tall coils and all 4 corners. The rears sagged worse than the 01s so I installed 1.5" daystar spacers as well.
That setup only lasted so long.
Now I am running Bilstein 6112 fronts set at the (6/7) position and OME nitrocharger rear shocks with 890 coils.
265/75/16 Falken AT3/Ws. Terrible tires
I will not run a set of Falkens again.
They will not balance out after 4 tries including using road force balancing with the Toyota adaptor.
I built a rear set of drawers that I'm pretty happy with.
Full recovery gear set in ARB bag
Future mods- waiting to install- mainly laziness, I know
Ordered Baja utility rack (eta: 4 weeks out)
4 PIAA LP550s leds light on the Baja rack
B&M transcooler with Derale e fan
Spidertrax 1.25" wheels spacers: I won't install until I can get the wheel balance issue situated.
PTM satoshi grille mod.
Fluid Film undercarriage
Rear window accessory mount
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