Duhockey's Build Thread, Lots of Pics
 

Owner: Duhockey
Location: Colorado
Year: 1996
Make: Toyota
Model: 4Runner SR5

Engine: 3.4L V6
Trans: Manual
T-Case: Stock
Front axle: 5.29 Nitro with Eaton Tru Trac LSD
Rear axle: 5.29 Nitro

Suspension/Steering:
Front- Toytec adjustable coilovers
Rear- 9 Wrap LC coils
1" Diff Drop
Taco OTRE, ITRE and balljoints

Wheels:
Tires- 285/75/16 Toyo Open Country MT
Wheels- 16x8 Procomp Extreme Alloy 7089s

Armor:
Addicted Offroad Front Bumper
Lil Skips Winshield reservoir skid
Budbuilt Front IFS skid
Lil Skips Belly Pan
Lil Skips Gas Skid
Custom rear bumper by Shon with Lil Skips Offroad
Toytec Control Arm skids
Lotus Development LCAM skids

Performance:
K&N Cold Air Intake
Bosch Platinum 4 Prong spark Plugs

Electrical:
Die Hard Platinum Gel Cell Battery
2-55w Hella lights on front bumper
Cobra CB,
Blue and Red LED conversion
2001 4runner headlights
DDM tuning HID 35w Hi lo kit

Accessories:
Yakima Loadwarrior roof rack
Axe/Shovel
Custom cargo drawer and sub enclosure by "Brad"
Custom pinstriping by Colorado, California, and Utah trails


Future Mods:
231 mm Tundra Brake upgrade
TRD supercharger
Rear ARB locker



It all started with this girl right here,

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no, not the girl ...the 2nd gen 4runner, that was the first 4runner I ever drove and I drove it on my 20th birthday, that was when the "love affair" started!


(edit:actually remembered the first time I drove a 4runner it was my best friends older brothers, and we took it out at like 2am and I raced my friend while he drove his dads Nissan 240SX" this woulda been a 96 runner, forest green, back in 1996 or 97, and the 4runner was neck and neck with the 240SX)

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Some stupid truck rear ended me on my way back from Vacation in California, Totalled my Grand Am,
I went after a 4runner, and got the 4runner I wanted for the 2 years since my 20th b-day!!

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I waited hours for this, jeeze.

thats my friend Scott on a moving day! He thought he would try and make me a custom roofrack! didnt work out so well.

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We have made tons of trips snowboarding, this was a day we snowboarded the backcountry at loveland, taking turns driving her up and down to pick up everyone

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I had always said I wanted a 4runner with a sunroof, my wife finally got me one back at christmas of 2006, one of the best suprises and christmas presents ever!! Thanks sweetie! (this pic is from much later, after I lifted the 4runner but one of the first pics of the sunroof)

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Finally June of 2009 came the new tires and 2.5 inch skyjacker lift

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more to come in a bit!!

Cool it got much better, like the last pic.

I started taking her 4wheeling after the lift,

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This ones at Dakan Road/Hidden Valley Road

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One of my favs,

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Took Jayden, Lysa and the Mother in law(jeep) up to Loch Lomond

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Decided that since I liked 4wheeling so much, and if I wanted to hang with the guys from RM4x4.org that I would at least need a CB to start... heres my build on that one. I decided since I would have everything apart, I would move my amp for my sub from the back to underneath my seat.

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Here is the amp, the CB and my "stock" automatic unlock system under my seat

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and the Final result of the CB I put in that day

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As everyone who has toyed with a few inches of lift has done, I got antsy

of course, it only took me about 3 weeks of having my 2.5 inch Skyjacker lift to realize I wanted more lift and also wanted to make sure it would support the bumpers and all the other mods I wanted to do in the future

so I found out about the LC coil mod. I went with the 7 wrap LC coils which should give about 3.5 inches of lift to a 4runner.

I ordered mine from a good friend at ROCKI TOP AUTO if you want some, give Katy a shout.

there are also 8 wrap- 4.5 inch lift and 9 wrap- 5.5 inch lift LC coils.

Got those in.
Before driver side rear with 100k mile coils and 2.5 inch skyjacker spacers
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after with 7 wrap LC coils
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on a downhill slope after putting in the LC coils

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The night that I put the LC coils in, took her for a drive and in a parking lot, tried out some "night" camera shots that didnt turn out so hot!

this one looks pretty cool to me though

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The rake is killer right after you do anything with the suspension. DONT WORRY, it will settle.

Here, in the parking Garage at work

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The latest mod was the "Yakima" roof rack and Spare tire Carrier

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Got a great deal on the rack and just last week got the Spare Tire carrier!
Haven't put the spare tire up yet, good thing, Im gonna have to pull the Roof rack to install my Toytec adjustable coilovers on Saturday

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plenty to come!

good story
 

Now I know what to look for on Saturday.

I'll have plenty of questions regarding the L/C coils once I see those in person.

So, Saturday got my Toytec coilovers put in,

Sunday did the alignment and Diff drop.

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I kinda like this pic here

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did you get the extension on your snowboard rack because you couldnt fit a snowboard on top of each other?

"Finally June of 2009 came the new tires and 2.5 inch skyjacker lift"

WOW i love those rims! where did you get them? i have a stock 2000 limited 4wd, will those fit on that? I also want to do a lift like you have. How much was it? i need help with alll this. thanks.

Shon, Looks Great, It looks so Sick.

Man you really have those adjustable coilovers maxxed out, looks great. Those front CV's look a little steep from that angle though

LOL, the funny thing is, I have them at 2.5 inches of thread, which is according to toytec, 3 inches, its supposed to go to 3.5 without trouble, but Im pretty sure my cvs are still leaking after the 1" diff drop... gonna try and take care of that tomorrow am before work...

ill prob also drop it about 1/2 inch to get it to an even 40" on each side, Im a little taller in the front than in the back

It came with the snowboard rack back when I got it in 2002, it really helped alot. most guys bindings were too big to go on the short side facing down, I generally put my wifes board there, but it helped the other side...