Hello all,

I'm excited to join the 4Runner club! I just picked up my clean 2002 4Runner SR5 on Friday from a great, local, original owner. It's got a low 164k miles on it, and is in really nice shape overall. A few bumps and bruises and some light wear, but is very sound fundamentally and looks fantastic from 10 feet. The original/previous owner took very good care of it and had it serviced extensively at local Toyota dealerships, including a timing belt/water pump change just a few hundred miles ago.



I'm new to 4Runner ownership but previously had a 2011 Tacoma TRD Sport Long Bed that I enjoyed, before we were forced to sell it to handle a larger travel trailer we bought. Ever since then I've missed driving a Toyota truck.

Add to that that I have two good buddies who have 3rd Gens (CBlock and RyanC) who let me drive and explore their 4Runners a bit to push me into wanting one for a while now.

The 4Runner joins a vehicle stable that also includes my garage queen 1998 E36 BMW M3 manual sedan, and my primary daily driver 2018 VW Golf R DSG. The 4Runner was purchased to be a part time daily driver, to be a general utility vehicle around town, and to be a light duty offroad exploration rig. I don't plan to do any hardcore rock crawling in it, but I'll probably slowly modify and improve it over time.

My M3


My Golf R


My old Tacoma


Here are a few pics after picking her up:




After picking up the 4Runner and getting emissions testing and registration changed over on Friday, I removed the Thule box and Yakima bars, and reinstalled the stock crossbars. I like their more low profile look, but the box might be useful in the future for camping and such.



Saturday I decided to remove the stock running boards on Saturday to avoid beating them up offroad. They came off super easily and are now safely tucked away in the garage.



That's some clean 17 year old hardware! I love the PNW...


Does this rust look bad?
Did I already say I love the PNW?


Much better!




Ryan wasted no time getting me out off the pavement. We went up towards Mt Rainier to do some forest roads, but found too much snow...they are all still set up for Snowmobiling only Still, we had a bit of fun and got 2 cars unstuck who got in over their heads a bit.





Hope the snow melts soon and we can explore a bit more!

Great first post man!

Looking forward to seeing what you do with it. It is a super clean example.

Nice truck and welcome !
I loved that show....

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One of the funniest I've ever seen.

you might want to put the running board hardware back on the body - it'll protect threads from rust in case you ever wanna put the boards back on.

beautiful truck you got there.

Great purchase! That red really starts to stand out when you build it up...

A friend of mine has a Golf R. Not sure I've ever driven a pound for pound more entertaining car.

Harumph! (posted from the rust belt)

Looks super clean, can't wait to see it in person! FYI most of the pictures are down, maybe it's just my computer.

Added a few new things to the truck today.

First, a nice suction cup Ram Mount for the cell phone for navigation usage primarily. Seems well made and the standard arm length puts the phone just perfectly right in front of the hazard button. From my seating position, it doesn't block nearly any visibility...95% of it's profile just blocks a view of the hood.



Next, I installed the Scangauge that I bought way back for my Tacoma about 8 years ago. Still works great and was able to easily set it up to display trans temp. I removed the ash tray and it's mounting bracket, and used the two factory screws to hold small 3" strips of metal that I cut, bent, and drilled a hole in for the screw. I attached the Scangauge using 3M command strips, trimmed down to fit. I really like the angle and position. I am currently displaying water temp, trans temp, intake air temp, and voltage.

Pics not working for me either.

Pics are not working for be either.

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Sorry guys I'm trying to get them working. Not sure what's going on.

M3 sedan, in manual, and not ravaged to crap like most. WANT. Sell to me!

Thanks, she's my baby

I think I have the pics fixed now. Lemme know if you guys still arent seeing them!

Pics are all good now. Got to check this out last weekend and it is very clean. I thought mine was clean but this is a definite step above. Well bought my friend!