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Fignewton's 2wd to 4wd to twin locked build
1999 Toyota 4runner sr5
Imperial Jade Mica
3.4 5vz-fe
Recent Pix August 29,2021
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I bought this 2wd imperial jade for $3,000 in Prescott, Az with 275k. Stock with very clean chasis and decent interior.
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MODS AND UPGRADES
Suspension:
1" Toytec body lift
Front:
-Icon 2.5 extended coils
-SPC adjustable uppper arms
-Energy suspension steering rack bushings
-Durobump bumpstops
-removed front sway bar
Rear:
-Icon 2.0 shocks
-OME 890
-Second gen t4r sway bar endlinks
-Durobump 5.25 bumpstops
-t4r 4wd upper arms
Wheels & Tires:
-FN Wheels 16x8.5 5 star black
-315/75r16 KM3
Clearing 35's
-Custom washer bottle relocation (similar to sonaron steel kit)
-Caster set all the way forward, massaged pinch welds, trimmed bumper
Drivetrain & Brakes
-B&M trans cooler
Front:
-Tundra 231mm
-Toytec SS lines
-ARB air locker
-5.29 gear ratio
Rear:
-Toytec extended SS lines
-E-locker
-5.29 gear ratio
Engine:
-Airaid intake tube
-Port matched TB,UIM, and LIM
-Complete engine refresh (check clearances, and all new gaskets ect.)
Electrical:
-Blue sea fuse block 12 circuit w/ 100a relay
-Custom fuse platform
-ARB single compressor
Exterior:
-Spiker engineering hood strut kit
-Some generic roof rack
-01 Taillights
Interior:
-Sport alum. interior
-ARB toggle switches
-Custom Hi-lift mount
-MORE TO COME
Stereo/CB/HAM:
-COMING SOON
Future Mods:
-Coastal offroad armor
-Full length roof rack
-Supercharger
-Air tank
-Headlight retrofit
-37's
-Debating on rhino lining desert tan
-Larger fender flares (KM3's pickup everything )
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Previous vehicles: 1999 Honda Civic, 1993 Honda del sol, 1993 Nissan 240sx, 1999 Subaru Impreza (sti swapped), 2000 Audi s4, 2002 Jetta GLI, 2001 Jetta gls 1.8t, 2000 F350 TD, 1993 Mazda Rx7 (gt35 single), 2000 BMW 330ci, 2002 BMW M3, 1996 t4r, 1995 t4r, 1996 FJ80 triple locked, 2014 Jetta TDI
Current Vehicles: 2014 Golf TDI (stage 2), 1990 t4r (3.4 swap in progress), 1999 t4r (2wd to 4wd conv w/ j-shift case, 5.29 gears, lockers F/R, FN 16x8 w/ 35' KO3's, Tundra 13WL)
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10-14-2021, 12:19 PM
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So first things first I'll start off with the first modification I did when I got the 4runner. The 2wd to 4wd conversion. I was very lucky to find a 4runner of the same year and color to swap everything over, and my parents also had a totaled 4runner sitting in their backyard they were pulling parts off of and didnt need anything that I would be using .
This swap was pretty straight forward requiring a little bit of wiring, swaping of parts (duh), and a couple welds. I used phattyducks's awesome write-up " Phattyduck's '99 4WD swap" as a reference for my swap. I dont know if he ran into this issue when he swapped, but on mine I had to swap the abs controller in the passenger side kickpanel.
PART 1
First order of bussiness... Pull out this oily mess of an engine.
Too make it easy just disconnect everything that is attached to the chassis and pull engine with the entire harness still attached.
Pulled engine w/ trans. It wasn't too bad w/ the 2wd transmission.
Next up is disassembly, inspection, and cleanup.
Found a nice little jumper the po installed
Time to reassemble
Engine bay coated and ready for axles and front diff.
Front diff. installed with solenoids for 4wd activation! Sooo easy without engine
4wd Knuckle's, SPC upper arms, 13WL's, SS brake lines, axles installed.
END PART 1
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Previous vehicles: 1999 Honda Civic, 1993 Honda del sol, 1993 Nissan 240sx, 1999 Subaru Impreza (sti swapped), 2000 Audi s4, 2002 Jetta GLI, 2001 Jetta gls 1.8t, 2000 F350 TD, 1993 Mazda Rx7 (gt35 single), 2000 BMW 330ci, 2002 BMW M3, 1996 t4r, 1995 t4r, 1996 FJ80 triple locked, 2014 Jetta TDI
Current Vehicles: 2014 Golf TDI (stage 2), 1990 t4r (3.4 swap in progress), 1999 t4r (2wd to 4wd conv w/ j-shift case, 5.29 gears, lockers F/R, FN 16x8 w/ 35' KO3's, Tundra 13WL)
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10-14-2021, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by IsacFignewton
I dont know if he ran into this issue when he swapped, but on mine I had to swap the abs controller in the passenger side kickpanel.
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I didn't swap any electronics, other than adding the ADD relay, basically (and the 4WD wires to the engine bay harnesses)
The Engine and ABS ECUs are different between 2WD and 4WD, but it hasn't caused any problems (yet!) for me.
Looking forward to some pictures!
-Charlie
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10-14-2021, 03:27 PM
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Part 2
Since my donor and recipeint 4runner are both 1999 SR5's the wiring was very easy. I used the full engine harness from the 4wd and plugged it all into the respective connectors. The only wiring that needed to be done was connecting two wires under the d/s dash for the vacuum solenoids to actuate the collar.
Engine Installed!
Later that same week (after I installed engine) I found a deal for front and rear lockers w/ 5.29 gears...
Measuring, cutting, welding time!
Installing the 4wd transmission requires trimming some of the transmission tunnel sheet metal. I just cut out a large portion of the donor vehicle's tunnel and used it as a template to trim the correct holes for the 4wd shifter. Then drill holes to mount the shifter assembly.
All primed and ready to go
Next up was the transmission mount. I chose to make it super simple and just weld a plate on the 2wd crossmember.
Wiring, relay, and abs control modules
These are the two wires that need to be connected to the harness. On my 4runner it was already pre-wired so I just needed to pull those two wires from the harness in the donor vehicle and connect them to my harness.
Module for abs
So the abs ecu in my hand is for a 2wd and when I had this installed the abs light came on and the speedo would not work. Easy fix was put in the abs ecu from the 4wd 4runner and bingo no lights and speedo was fixed. Also the add relay which you can kind of see needs to be connected to pre-wired connector.
And thats it. In my opinion buying a 2wd and converting to a 4wd is well worth it. 2wd models are usually in better condition and haven't been beat up offroad like most 4wd's. The 4wd 4runner tax is insane atm in az (for a decent one).
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Previous vehicles: 1999 Honda Civic, 1993 Honda del sol, 1993 Nissan 240sx, 1999 Subaru Impreza (sti swapped), 2000 Audi s4, 2002 Jetta GLI, 2001 Jetta gls 1.8t, 2000 F350 TD, 1993 Mazda Rx7 (gt35 single), 2000 BMW 330ci, 2002 BMW M3, 1996 t4r, 1995 t4r, 1996 FJ80 triple locked, 2014 Jetta TDI
Current Vehicles: 2014 Golf TDI (stage 2), 1990 t4r (3.4 swap in progress), 1999 t4r (2wd to 4wd conv w/ j-shift case, 5.29 gears, lockers F/R, FN 16x8 w/ 35' KO3's, Tundra 13WL)
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10-14-2021, 11:36 PM
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Sounds awesome but all the pics are broken.
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10-15-2021, 12:25 AM
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Sounds awesome but all the pics are broken.
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Thx for the heads up. They were showing up on mine then just crashed... Should be fixed now.
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Previous vehicles: 1999 Honda Civic, 1993 Honda del sol, 1993 Nissan 240sx, 1999 Subaru Impreza (sti swapped), 2000 Audi s4, 2002 Jetta GLI, 2001 Jetta gls 1.8t, 2000 F350 TD, 1993 Mazda Rx7 (gt35 single), 2000 BMW 330ci, 2002 BMW M3, 1996 t4r, 1995 t4r, 1996 FJ80 triple locked, 2014 Jetta TDI
Current Vehicles: 2014 Golf TDI (stage 2), 1990 t4r (3.4 swap in progress), 1999 t4r (2wd to 4wd conv w/ j-shift case, 5.29 gears, lockers F/R, FN 16x8 w/ 35' KO3's, Tundra 13WL)
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Originally Posted by IsacFignewton
Next up was the transmission mount. I chose to make it super simple and just weld a plate on the 2wd crossmember.
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This may come back to bite you if you are want to use any off-the-shelf skid plates, but will be good if you ever go dual case (the crossmember will better support the second TC).
I still have a bit of the original 2WD frame horns left for the original crossmember...
-Charlie
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10-15-2021, 09:46 PM
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your way cost less than mine and is simple enough. I ended up using the TG crossmember that acts as a skid for the transfer case as well. It does not allow you to use off the shelf trans skids like
@ phattyduck
mentions either. So I'll be making a custom skid at some point to protect the trans pan. Good work so far on your rig.
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10-16-2021, 01:04 PM
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your way cost less than mine and is simple enough. I ended up using the TG crossmember that acts as a skid for the transfer case as well. It does not allow you to use off the shelf trans skids like
@ phattyduck
mentions either. So I'll be making a custom skid at some point to protect the trans pan. Good work so far on your rig.
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Thx . I have a decent welder and all the tools to fab a custom skid so shouldn't be too much of an issue.
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Previous vehicles: 1999 Honda Civic, 1993 Honda del sol, 1993 Nissan 240sx, 1999 Subaru Impreza (sti swapped), 2000 Audi s4, 2002 Jetta GLI, 2001 Jetta gls 1.8t, 2000 F350 TD, 1993 Mazda Rx7 (gt35 single), 2000 BMW 330ci, 2002 BMW M3, 1996 t4r, 1995 t4r, 1996 FJ80 triple locked, 2014 Jetta TDI
Current Vehicles: 2014 Golf TDI (stage 2), 1990 t4r (3.4 swap in progress), 1999 t4r (2wd to 4wd conv w/ j-shift case, 5.29 gears, lockers F/R, FN 16x8 w/ 35' KO3's, Tundra 13WL)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by phattyduck
This may come back to bite you if you are want to use any off-the-shelf skid plates, but will be good if you ever go dual case (the crossmember will better support the second TC).
I still have a bit of the original 2WD frame horns left for the original crossmember...
-Charlie
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My original plan was to move the crossmember forward, but I was impatient and wanted to get it on the road.
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Previous vehicles: 1999 Honda Civic, 1993 Honda del sol, 1993 Nissan 240sx, 1999 Subaru Impreza (sti swapped), 2000 Audi s4, 2002 Jetta GLI, 2001 Jetta gls 1.8t, 2000 F350 TD, 1993 Mazda Rx7 (gt35 single), 2000 BMW 330ci, 2002 BMW M3, 1996 t4r, 1995 t4r, 1996 FJ80 triple locked, 2014 Jetta TDI
Current Vehicles: 2014 Golf TDI (stage 2), 1990 t4r (3.4 swap in progress), 1999 t4r (2wd to 4wd conv w/ j-shift case, 5.29 gears, lockers F/R, FN 16x8 w/ 35' KO3's, Tundra 13WL)
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Previous vehicles: 1999 Honda Civic, 1993 Honda del sol, 1993 Nissan 240sx, 1999 Subaru Impreza (sti swapped), 2000 Audi s4, 2002 Jetta GLI, 2001 Jetta gls 1.8t, 2000 F350 TD, 1993 Mazda Rx7 (gt35 single), 2000 BMW 330ci, 2002 BMW M3, 1996 t4r, 1995 t4r, 1996 FJ80 triple locked, 2014 Jetta TDI
Current Vehicles: 2014 Golf TDI (stage 2), 1990 t4r (3.4 swap in progress), 1999 t4r (2wd to 4wd conv w/ j-shift case, 5.29 gears, lockers F/R, FN 16x8 w/ 35' KO3's, Tundra 13WL)
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