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FS 1998 Supercharged 4Runner SR5 5-Sp MT Overland Build, Catskills, NY, $15,000

1998 Toyota 4Runner SR5
3.4L V6 w/ TRD supercharger and 5-speed manual trans.
203,000 original miles
Desert Dune Pearl with tan interior.

This truck is a rare find. It lived its life in Colorado until 2016, when I bought it with 155k original miles. It was totally stock and clean. Even the engine compartment looked like it came out of the showroom. I did everything that needed doing to make it run perfectly, including a spot weld on the steering shaft so there’s absolutely no play. Suspension is tight and there are no rattles or noises in this truck. Recently cleaned the throttle body and idle air valve, and performed the washer hack on the intake butterfly to keep that tight, too.

I also added a lot of upgrades to build the perfect overland vehicle. After three iterations of lifts, I found the perfect setup (see specs below): 3” lift in the front and 4” in the rear. The front is stiff, but not too stiff, and the long-travel rear has a ton of flex that can crawl over literally anything. The added flex and smoother rear suspension gives the truck a smooth Cadillac feel while daily driving, yet you can load it with a ton of cargo and it won’t sag an inch. The more weight, the smoother the ride. It sits on Wrangler Duratrac 265/75R16’s routinely rotated with good life on them even after almost 40k miles.

Spring 2017 I took it on a 10,000 mile adventure out to California and lived out of the tent for three months - through Death Valley, Black Rock desert, over the mesas of New Mexico, through mountain passes in NorCal - and it never gave me any trouble. The supercharger keeps you at speed without having to downshift so freeway distance driving is smooth. And unless you get on the throttle, the ‘charger actually improves fuel economy most of the time (I get 18 mpg on rural highways and 17mpg at freeway speeds).

It’s still the perfect truck and I don’t want to get rid of it, but I’ve bought a house that needs a complete renovation so my priorities have shifted. And now that I live out in the country, I drive a lot of miles and the ‘Runner’s my daily driver. So I’ve traded overloading for the less fun game of siding and plumbing and roofing, and I have to trade my adventure hat for homeowner hat. Looks like it’s a Subaru for me; thanks, middle-age responsibilities. RIP me … mourn me everyone when you’re out wheeling on the land.

Like I said, the truck runs perfectly. The motor sounds new, burns no oil and has no valve noise. The supercharger sounds fine … the casing is original and has some interior scoring from before the rebuild, but I put in new bushings/bearings and rotors, and I’ve kept fresh oil in the nose assembly so it should be good for a while.

The clutch vibrates going into first at certain RPM. It did it before the new clutch and it still does it after … so that’ll be a thing to figure out. Though it hasn’t been a problem since it only happens at a small range of RPM, and you can get around it pretty easily by feel. There are also two things that will need doing (and that I’d planned to do soon if I weren’t selling): some weeping from the valve cover gaskets, and torn front axle boots. I have the diff drop kit - just never installed it - so you’d probably want to go with upgraded axles and install that drop kit while you’re in there. Other than that, it’s in perfect working order and I don’t expect it’ll need anything else other than routine maintenance for a long time.



$13,000 in Upgrades:
Suspension: 3” lift front, 4” rear (Front: OME 883. Rear: Toytec superflex springs (land cruiser fronts) w/ Toytec Boss long-travel shocks and panhard drop)
ARB bull bar
Warn winch
Auxbeam 7” led off-road lights
CBI plate rear bumper with swing arm and table, rear LED flood, and hi-lift jack.
CBI weld-on rock sliders
BajaRack full rack
Carhart front seat covers
WeatherTech front and rear floor mats
Smitty Built front seat organizers
Pioneer 4200NEX stereo with touchscreen, android and apple carplay
upgraded speakers (6x)
Under-seat 8” powered subwoofer
Viper car alarm
UltraGauge OBDII reader/display
LED interior lights

For the right offer, I’m willing to include::
CVT Shasta extended tent
Trasharoo (never used)
Ironman 6x8 awning with LED lighting


Maintenance (outside of normal service schedule)
159,000 steering rack, bushings and sway bar connectors, steering wheel
159,000 front and rear brakes (rotors, pads, rear drums)
162,000 supercharger rebuild with new rotors
164,000 timing belt and water pump
164,000 265/75R16 Duratrac tires and steel wheels
166,000 drive shaft
166,000 suspension lift kit
172,000 clutch
178,000 rear axle seals ($2.5k - only needs doing once)
202,000 front brake pads, rotor resurfacing, TPS, cat-back exhaust
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98 4Runner SR5, 5sp Manual, TRD Supercharger, OME 883/861, ARB/W800, Auxbeam 7", CBI sliders, CBI rear plate with swingarm, Baja rack, CVT Shasta Extended RTT, Duratrac 265/75r16 on steelies.

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