Hey guys I figured Id post up a couple pics of my rig and update is as I go, although Im saving for a house so itll be slow haha.

its a 1993 3.0 automatic, factory 4.88 truck. I bought it last winter bone stock and in really great shape except for a couple small rust spots (cant avoid it down here) I plan on fixing the rust, and installing my lift that I have waiting for it. typical 1.5 bj spacer, lc coils. anyway on to the pics

Bone stock.






Clean interior











some pics of the rust





rear tail gate.

Added 33x10.50R15 BFG KM2's for a trip from Northern VA to South Carolina right by Georgia. Did great but it was getting about 15.3 mpg.... ugh! Also added a CB for the trip and when I go on trails.





Found a little grass trail and decided to try the tires out haha, lame I know. Itll go back to Raush Creek when I get the lift on and some rock sliders





yup thats 5. I picked up a factory SR5 wheel to match as a spare.

Sick flex!!

Did you account for you odo being off from the larger tires?

amsome build bro!

check out mine, i have a 95 and mines also a super slow build!

but anyways, i don't agree with the 1.5 spacers

alot of my friends have bad problems with those, either breaking or not working how they are suppose to!

but its your truck, just thought ill throw out my opinion why im looking at yours!

kept up the good work man!

This is new to me, I've never heard of anyone having trouble because of a ball joint spacer (other than Blazeland Nate ranting about all the trouble they could cause). What specific troubles did your friends have? Where did they buy the balljoint spacers? Was it the spacers that broke or the a-arm, and how did they install them?

Welcome SR587. Good to see another local with a love of the 2nd Gen. We should all get a meet and wheel trip to the George Washington National Forest, or The Cove at Gore VA soon.

yeah I installed a gps app on my phone, its about 5 mph off and I was following a car the whole way which he confirmed. I guess it didnt help we were doing 80 hahaha

thanks! I had the bj spacers on my 87 and they were fine. I wasnt nice to that truck either haha. Im not worried about these. Theyre billet from 4crawler not the cast ones that like to break.

I would love to! let me know next time, most of the guys I used to wheel with sold their rigs so that would be great.

Wait a second here. You have a 3.slo auto w/ 33's and you're getting 15 mpg????? Maybe I need bigger tires...

hahah yeah. its gotten a full tune up and sea foamed a few times lol

update

Lift time!



4 Crawler bj spacers, fj80 rear coils and necessary brackets.

Gettin to work



Unexpected cost



turns out the boots were torn so I just replaced the one side for now.

All in there. still dont have everything bolted up thats why the angles are so bad on the axles.



Time for the rear.



un bolted upper control arms, sway bar, shocks and the brackets for the brake lines.

Heres a shot of the difference between the stock saggy springs and the 80 springs



Before:


After:


So far so good. The front is done except for the steering stabilizer that just came in today and the rear shocks should be here in a couple of days.

Heres a shot of it next to my folks stock '13 4Runner

Looking good!

Report how she does at Chaos this weekend.

Nice work! Looks good a little taller!

That looks real nice and is super clean on the inside...

Nice man! I love my 33x10.50 KM2s! I also have the 3.0/Auto and I get around 14.5 mpg, but she needs a tune up in a BAD way, so that might help me!

thanks all! I just threw on manual hubs and took a couple pics of that so ill post them when i post the pics at Chaos Offroad park this weekend