A history of Toyota's from the past I have owned.
1992 2nd Gen 30K miles sold to buy pickup. I will always regret selling this truck. good bye sweet prince.\
1996 T100 - 17 years and put 220K before MN salt ate the frame into multiple chunks.
2002 3rd gen black SR5 after 10 years sold this tuck last year with 150K miles because it was falling apart, again due to salt.

2017 purchased 2000 limited desert dune metallic, of EBAY in Dallas Forth Worth area, flew from MN to Dallas and drove it back to MN. 100% rust free and this truck will never ever be driven in the salt. EVER!

Maintenance
did Timing Belt Kit, and all that extra stuff... so much fun.
Timing belt, Koyo and NSK Idlers, Cam seals,Crank seal,Tensioner,Thermostat/Gasket,Serpentine Belts,Water pump/Gasket
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

also replaced the Radiator, hoses.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

did valve covers, plugs, pcv, 1/2 moons
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Tires and Rims



Body
Bumpers
Replaced all the body mounts

Sport Hood fake Bulge club membership
Washer nozzle cool kid mod

Mechanical/Drive Train
Everything starts with tires
Suspension
Transfer Case gaskets and shift bushing

Drive Train Front
1 st gen taco free wheel hub build
Front UCA and LCA bushing and painting

SOLO motor sports LCA and SPC UCA

Duro Bumps

stock size napa rotors, calipers and pads



Drive Train Rear
Rear Axles, bearing seals/ARB locker
Rear links

The Great Rear disc brake conversion
rear brake caliper mounting bracket design
rear brake lines

Engine Aux
Power Steering gaskets and lines
steering rack bushy bushy replacement
throttle cable replacement
Leaking oil dip stick fix
AC cluth was toast
LCE performance HIGH OUTPUT ALTERNATOR 160 AMP


Engine Cooling
in series trans cooler - hayden Old has been updated new link below
hayden+derale thermostatic valve+custom lines
champion all aluminum CC1998

Engine SuperCharger n exhaust
Prep and install
TRD CatBack Exhaust System

Engine
Knock, Manifold, heater pipes, temp sensors...
2018 new engine - rebuild from yotashop

Electrical
drivers side block assembly
Battery Terminal replacement


Interior Bling
Front seats refurbish
Head Liner refurbish
Carpet
Back Door garnish
Back Door lift gate structs



Interior Bling Stealing from Tacoma

ram mount A pillar
door sill (scuff plate) fix

Trip reports
MN
Spider Lake Trails

CO

UT
2019 spring break trip




Camping setup
roof top tent loading and unloading

Update 4/2019

Tires

started off Standard looking with some new BFG Ko2, also did the grille mod because my god why did this truck not come with that grille in the first place. also tried running the russian headlights... they were really cheap and I ended up taking them off. still have them in a box if somebody is looking 4 them. will sell them for cheap.



I also attempted to do the LED dash light deal... was way to bright for me. I ended up just getting OEM bulbs and pulling off the green cover.

Stage 1 Icon with target of 2.5" of lift and OME springs 906




I put a couple of thousand miles on this setup but after I put my bumpers on the backend compressed a ton. this show the original rear coils, the OME and the new Toytec 3" I finally ended up with, giving a bit of rake but I like me some rake.




Other Suspension work.
I replaced all the rear control arms and replaced all the old old nuts/bolts with new OEM toyota. I used blue lock and also marked the bolts so I can tell if they are working lose while out on adventure.

I went with both front and rear 4x innovations bumpers

I sandblasted them and had them hot dip galvanized, this has worked out great and the galvanized surface is really tough and so far they have held up without a problem. even a small fender bender was nothing to the galvanized surface. I also wanted to add... I replaced all my body mounts because I was having clearance issues on the pinch welds where the bumper wraps around. my old body mounts were very compressed and the new mounts helped solve that issue. I also added 1 large washer between the bumper mounting points on the frame, this gave me an added 1/16" of clearance.

misc imgur album with some other pics of bumpers
https://imgur.com/a/rRE2P




I also later modified the rear with a fold down table

After munching up a couple sets of front CV axles I decided I liked the idea of being able to unlock the front ADD system.
attempted build vid

This looks great @sleepydad ! When you dipped the rear bumper/gate how did you handle the pivots and all that? I'm looking right now at 4xI bumpers and sliders and would also like to dip them.

Clean looking 4Runner! Congrats on the purchase.

started by pulling all the bushing out



next sand blast and powder coat


comming....

Any tips on bushing removal?

Have you guys seen this? People using a drill to pop em out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfiaWDOphgE

I have seen it and couldn't believe it... is it real?? Looks too easy

Well, I have yet to try it, but there are many videos of people pulling this trick off on youtube. No fire, or giant presses used. It seems to be one of the easier, and safer ways to remove stubborn bushings. I would say it's worth a shot.

I have a 20T press so anything I say is cheating. I just forced them out because they are just rubber. the lowers I did have to use press sleeves because there is a metal outside retainer.

I have never tried the drill thing... but long ago I did burn some out with a camp fire. it worked, blasting and painting is needed after the fire part.

the bearing in my AC cluth assembly was making some jet engine types of noises. bearing was toast toast toast.


got a small pile of parts.


comparison of old and new parts... the old clutch was so worn away I can't even believe it still was working, but it was and making a ton of noise.


ok finally got the stator off what a freaking nightmare that thing is, if the compressor was out lemon squeezy but my god, I think my neck is broken.


and the last item that needs to come off is the little screw holding the wire harness onto the compressor



defeated by 93319-15008 screw, w/washer

given the fact that I'm a complete idiot and can pretty much screw up any thing, I have a large supply of screw extractors and self help books that keep telling me mistakes are OK.



Now I just have to put it back together and hope it all works out, I know it will not but I know some people succeed so maybe it will randomly happen to me?