Recent content by hanjohnbono

Sorry forgot to mention that, it's a 2008 4Runner v6 SR5 4x4.

I purchased my 2008 4Runner around a year ago, and it came with an OME lift kit, at the time I wasn't too car savvy mechanically speaking, but since then I've learned a lot and I'm confident in doing it myself. I forgot the spring number on the car, but I know it's one of the stiffest springs...

Hey everyone, starting a build thread for my 94 4Runner I bought for 1K a few days ago. My 4th gen is named Boris The Tank, so in honor of him this is Boris The Tank 2.0 Status the 4Runner of purchasing date: ~300K miles, previous owner said previous owner has the odometer go out, stuck...

For the price increase, Im honestly not too sure why I listed $900, only can think of maybe my brain saw another 4Runner for $900, but the correct price of the vehicle was $1000. Im going to start a build thread for this car today, so I can track progress and get as much advice as possible.

It doesn't shake when going from on throttle to no throttle, it's sounds like a grinding noise when you tap the throttle the lightest it can be tapped, at more open throttles the noise goes away. It's easier to get the noise to be reproduced at higher gears so when in second you have to tap the...

Bought the car for 1K, runs fairly well, but when I lightly put gas on the throttle in any gear it sounds like something is grinding. Either way I am going to do the 3.4L swap and get a donor R150 from either the local junkyard (6 of the same model currently at the junkyard), or I might buy a...

Hey fellow T4R members, Recent ad came on my local craiglist for a classic 4Runner with 300K on a 3vzfe motor, paint looks immaculate, has decent offroad tires, interior is fairly dirty, but in the ad it says there is a drivetrain issue. Was wondering how difficult of a job it would be to...

Hey fellow T4R readers, got a quick question, anyone know what the one turn ignition feature is called in the 4th Gen 4Runners? It's the only car that I've driven that doesn't require you to hold the key in the ignition until the car starts, it's more like a push to start in the sense you just...

Pretty much same thing happened to me when I bought my 4th Gen, and was testing the 4LO, and I heard the beep go off, and I was like oh shit this isn't good. That's when I learned I just go into 4HI or 4LO or turn on the locking differential all in neutral. Also don't forget to run your 4HI and...

Hey fellow T4R members. I've been thinking of selling my 08 4th Gen SR5 4x4 160K with a full OME lift. I bought this car back in February, and I have a very strong love for this car, it's been through a lot with me, and I am very attached to it. Issue is that I realized that my crave for...

Thanks for the insight Steve, I called my insurance company today, and I got a PDF of when my insurance was in effect, when I called the court they also requested my driving record, so I'll go to my local MVD, and request that. They said if I emailed them those two documents, then my case should...

We have our insurance through Geico. And I have an update, I was pulled over on Tuesday for not being insured in the Arizona database that the police use. I didn't realize police officers could scan plates and pull people over, especially on the highway. Anyway I showed him that I had insurance...

Thanks for the explanation. With a lot of these other responses from different members, I began realizing that it's normal for a bumper repaint to cost this much. If anything, I viewed it as a $900 warning about not being technically insured. Our insurance company got back to use about the car...

Well I've gotten an update. Turns out my parents never had me actively insured on their policy, and they didn't tell me that my 4runner was listed as a vehicle in storage in their policy, so technically for the past 6 thousand miles I've driven the car, I have been driving a stored car, which is...

I immediately called him after the accident, and I've already talked to them. He didn't know what the deductible was exactly, and he told me that I should get some quotes from autoshops and talk to our agent if I want to go through our insurance. Not really pointless asking on a forum, it's my...