2003 V8 4Runner.
The time has come to sell the 4Runner. We just don’t use it at all anymore, plus, we have too many vehicles. We drive it about every 2 weeks just to drive it. We purchased a LX470 about 3 years ago because our kids were getting bigger and we needed more room. Now the Runner just sits. We purchased the 4Runner in 2013 with 226k on it when we moved to Austin (back in Tulsa now). We are the 3rd owners, first owner was a doctor and the second owner was a medical sales rep (who knew the doctor) and that’s where all the miles came from. Second owner sent me the service records from when he purchased the 4Runner until he sold it to me. Prior to me buying it it was always serviced at a Toyota dealership (Jim Norton Toyota in Tulsa I believe). Doctor always took it there and the medical sales guy took it there because his company paid for everything done to the car so he didn’t care about cost. I do care about cost so I have done any service stuff myself (except timing belt, Fowler Toyota in Tulsa did that). The clear coat on the hood was starting to peel so I sanded the entire car and applied Monstaliner on the whole thing about 4 years ago. I build a custom roof rack. The crossbars on it are aluminum so it is very light. I would not put a RTT on it without upgrading the crossbars. I also cut part of the front door storage pockets because, well, I'm an adult and I have adult size hands and the way the factory ones are made I could barley get my hand in there (see pictures).
324k miles currently
V8
Full-time 4-wheel drive
Everything works as it should
Driver seat has new seat foam and material (worn out from previous owner)
Dash was replaced back when Toyota had the recall on dashes
Aftermarket bluetooth radio (not touch screen)
Pelfreybilt front bumper
Smittybilt XRC 9500lb waterproof gen2 winch
Dobinson struts on the front 2” lift
Fox rear shocks
Dobinson rear coils
1.25” spidertrax spacers
Canvasback cargo liner (to cover up paint spill)
Still have the original cargo area retractable cover (priceless)
Extras not installed:
4xInnovations sliders with bump out
ICON coilovers. They need to be rebuilt. I purchased the Dobinson’s and was going to send these off to ICON to get rebuilt but then found out ICON is not rebuilding anymore. They are having independent shops do it. There are several companies around the country that rebuild them I just never sent them off.
Rear brake rotors, Toyota (purchased them when I bought the front just never changed them)
Here is what I have done myself.
302K
Valve Cover Gaskets (purchased from Toyota)
Spark Plugs (99% sure they were Denso)
Transmission fluid flush (Amsoil) ’03 with transmission cooler non-sealed unit so you can do it yourself easily
Front and rear diff fluid (Amsoil)
Transfer case fluid (Amsoil)
Power steering fluid (Amsoil)
Front brake pads and rotors (Toyota rotors but don’t remember what brand brakes)
320K
Brake fluid flush (I did not do this. I had a independent shop do it because I hate brake fluid)
The bad:
Home Depot forgot to put the lid all the way back on a gallon of paint I bought from them so there is paint on the carpet under the cargo liner and the back seat (passenger side). You will see it in the pictures.
It does have the occasional exhaust tick from cracked manifold on driver's side
Asking $10,500
The time has come to sell the 4Runner. We just don’t use it at all anymore, plus, we have too many vehicles. We drive it about every 2 weeks just to drive it. We purchased a LX470 about 3 years ago because our kids were getting bigger and we needed more room. Now the Runner just sits. We purchased the 4Runner in 2013 with 226k on it when we moved to Austin (back in Tulsa now). We are the 3rd owners, first owner was a doctor and the second owner was a medical sales rep (who knew the doctor) and that’s where all the miles came from. Second owner sent me the service records from when he purchased the 4Runner until he sold it to me. Prior to me buying it it was always serviced at a Toyota dealership (Jim Norton Toyota in Tulsa I believe). Doctor always took it there and the medical sales guy took it there because his company paid for everything done to the car so he didn’t care about cost. I do care about cost so I have done any service stuff myself (except timing belt, Fowler Toyota in Tulsa did that). The clear coat on the hood was starting to peel so I sanded the entire car and applied Monstaliner on the whole thing about 4 years ago. I build a custom roof rack. The crossbars on it are aluminum so it is very light. I would not put a RTT on it without upgrading the crossbars. I also cut part of the front door storage pockets because, well, I'm an adult and I have adult size hands and the way the factory ones are made I could barley get my hand in there (see pictures).
324k miles currently
V8
Full-time 4-wheel drive
Everything works as it should
Driver seat has new seat foam and material (worn out from previous owner)
Dash was replaced back when Toyota had the recall on dashes
Aftermarket bluetooth radio (not touch screen)
Pelfreybilt front bumper
Smittybilt XRC 9500lb waterproof gen2 winch
Dobinson struts on the front 2” lift
Fox rear shocks
Dobinson rear coils
1.25” spidertrax spacers
Canvasback cargo liner (to cover up paint spill)
Still have the original cargo area retractable cover (priceless)
Extras not installed:
4xInnovations sliders with bump out
ICON coilovers. They need to be rebuilt. I purchased the Dobinson’s and was going to send these off to ICON to get rebuilt but then found out ICON is not rebuilding anymore. They are having independent shops do it. There are several companies around the country that rebuild them I just never sent them off.
Rear brake rotors, Toyota (purchased them when I bought the front just never changed them)
Here is what I have done myself.
302K
Valve Cover Gaskets (purchased from Toyota)
Spark Plugs (99% sure they were Denso)
Transmission fluid flush (Amsoil) ’03 with transmission cooler non-sealed unit so you can do it yourself easily
Front and rear diff fluid (Amsoil)
Transfer case fluid (Amsoil)
Power steering fluid (Amsoil)
Front brake pads and rotors (Toyota rotors but don’t remember what brand brakes)
320K
Brake fluid flush (I did not do this. I had a independent shop do it because I hate brake fluid)
The bad:
Home Depot forgot to put the lid all the way back on a gallon of paint I bought from them so there is paint on the carpet under the cargo liner and the back seat (passenger side). You will see it in the pictures.
It does have the occasional exhaust tick from cracked manifold on driver's side
Asking $10,500
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