Thor or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Vibrations (build thread)

Thor is still being a badass small tire trail rig/DD. I sold my Sierra to pay for the Tacoma, so I don't beat on the 4Runner as hard as I used to, but still get it dirty every now and then. I did some dumb shit and picked a bad line last month with some buddies in town and mangled one of my rear lower link mounts, but you'll have that on them big jobs.

Only big mod this thing will get in the foreseeable future is a car seat. :banana:

I got the back half of the Taco pretty much buttoned up, and just finished going through the front end. New bearings/seals/U-joints/heims and an axle side panhard mount, new 2.0x14" Fox coilovers, and I've got a set of 37x12.50R17 Kanati Mud Hogs ready to go on. I realized I never added the specs on it - 2000 supercharged 3RZ/W59/taco box with 4.7 gears, wagoneer D44 on an all-pro 3 link kit (junk) and a full float 8.4 out back. 4.88s and ARBs in the diffs. It runs like crap right now, think it's got a failing fuel pump so I'm waiting on parts to fix that and check fuel pressure, but I'm hoping to at least drive it to work by the end of the month. It still needs a rear bumper, sliders, and the air compressor/lockers to be rewired since the previous owner did some jaaaaaaaanky shit.
 

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I'm still here and so is the 4Runner ...but the Tacoma isn't (to no one's surprise).

I got it driveable but 25mph and above was terrifying. With the kid I just had no time so I tried to fix it with my wallet and took it to a fab shop and told them I had no timeline and to work on it when they were slow. They had it for a year ...and then the owner's girlfriend made me a pretty fair offer on it so I let it go. They've put a ton of work into it over the last year and it's pretty cool, even though seeing build updates on social media are a little bittersweet.

That made room in the driveway, which is unacceptable:

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Car payments suck.

Anyway, the 4Runner got new wheels and tires this summer, and I was able to go beat on it a little bit this fall.

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These Yokohamas are awesome in the dirt. They rub EVERYWHERE but I've been too busy doing other things to deal with making room for the tires.

TEQ Customs projectors:
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New seat bottom foam in the driver and passenger seats, as well as seat heater pads. Wiring this was such a pain in the dick.

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Anyway see yall in another two years I guess.
 

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