4Running Daily's Build Thread

[4Running Daily]

Now as of 03/26/15

Connor aka 4Running Daily’s Build Thread
DSC_0111 by Connor Rhoades, on Flickr
Personal info: I’m 19. I'm originally from Escondido, CA, but I'm currently studying Mechanical Engineering at ASU in Tempe,AZ. 4Running Daily is my username because it is my Daily Driver currently.

My Runner:
History: Dad leased it new, and then bought it with the intentions on me driving it to high school (successful). He took it up Black Bear Pass in Colorado, all stock. It was stolen out of my garage and was found about 16 hours later full of Candy and a printer that wasn’t mine.

Black Bear Pass in 1996

Washing it when I was 3

When I got it
Typical Stuff:
1996 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4x4
Evergreen Pearl with Blue/Grey Interior
5 Speed
155k miles
Terrible Clear Coat





After a Few $$ and some blood, sweat, and tears

Mileage:
202,500 miles

Mods:
Re-Painted Evergreen Pearl
Toytec Front Coilovers (Replaced)
Superflex Rear Springs (Replaced)
Deckplate Mod
Alpine ILX-007 Headunit
Ferrari Leather Shift Knob
LC80 Wheels in Bronze
Borla Muffler
ARB Compressor
Yukon Grizzly Zip Air Locker
315/75/16 Goodyear MTR's
Savage Off-Road Sliders
Savage Off-Road Front Bumper
Savage Off-Road Full Skid Plates
Camburg Uni-ball Upper Control Arms
Any7 Off-Road Gas Tank Skid
Toytec Rear Adjustable UCA's
Custom Rear Adjustable LCA's
Wheeler's Front Superbumps
Big 3 Upgrade
Icon 2.5 rear shocks with piggyback Resi
Savage Off-Road Rear Bumper with Swing-out
ADS 2.5 Coilovers with Reservoirs
LC 8 Wraps in the Rear


Maintenance
-02/02/12 New Rear Drum Brakes
-03/31/12 Repainted Evergreen Pearl
-05/12/12 157,299 miles New front rotors
-07/26/12 158,623 New Clutch Master Cylinder and Slave Cylinder
-159,500 New Toyota Fuel Filter
-159,500 Oil Change with Toyota Oil filter
-159,500 New Toyota PCV Valve
-159,500 All new fluids in both differentials, the transmission, and transfer case
-159,500 New air filter
-159,500 New Borla XR-1 Muffler
-159,500 Spark plugs and wires replaced with new NGK ones
-159,500 Throttle Body and MAF cleaned
-162,500 Oil Change with Toyota Oil Filter
-163,684 New Front Brake pads
-164,444 Newly rebuilt passenger head installed and new head gaskets
-165,400 New Air Filter
-167,362 New Starter Contacts and Sunroof Motor
-05/29/13 New Power Steering Pump Bearing/Seal and fluid flush
-07/23/13 New Suspension
-07/27/13 New Tires
-07/29/13 New Clutch Master Cylinder
-168,500 Oil Change
-168,600 Alignment at The Truck Shop in Miramar
-169,000 Tire Rotation
-169,000 New Rear Main Seal
-169,000 New Flywheel
-169,000 New shifter bushings
-169,000 New clutch disc
-169,000 New pressure plate
-169,000 New pilot bearing
-169,000 New release bearing
-172,000 New Hella Horns
-172,000 New Front Sway Bar Bushings
-172,220 Oil Change
-172,562 New Outer Tie Rods
-172,562 Reman'd Power Steering Rack
-172,562 Power Steering Fluid Flush
-172,562 Alignment
-173,148 Coolant Flush
-173,148 Thermostat and T-Stat Gasket Installed
-175,000 Rear Hatch Lift Struts Replaced
-175,500 New Toyota Lower Ball Joints installed
-175,500 Used Camburg Uni-Ball Upper Control Arms Installed (8,000 miles old)
-175,900 Oil Change
-175,900 Tire Rotation
-177,154 Engine #2 Installed
Mileage of Engine #2 on time of install 92,000 miles
New Toyota Genuine Parts installed at install of Engine #2
-6 Rebuilt Injectors
-Water Pump
-Thermostat and Gasket
-Timing Belt
-2 Timing Belt Idler Bearings
-6 Spark Plugs
-2 Camshaft Seals
-2 Crankshaft Seals
-Oil Filter
-Release Bearing
-Valve Cover Seal Washer
-6 Spark Plug Seals
-2 Valve Cover Gaskets
-PCV Valve and Grommet
-3 Belts
-Oil Pan
-178,250 Safari Steering Rack Installed
-178,250 Power Steering Fluid Flush
-178,250 Alignment
-180,000 Air Filter
-180,500 Diehard platinum Battery installed
-181,800 Alignment
-182,288 Oil Change
-182,288 Coolant Bypass Pipe
-185,555 Brakes bled
-185,555 Oil Change
-186,700 Tires Balanced
-188,400 New Front diff oil
-188,400 New Driver CV Axle
-188,400 4 New Toytec Coilover bushings
-190,000 ADS Coilovers Installed
-191,600 Alignment
-192,000 New Air Filter
-192,000 Oil Change
-192,000 Re-sealed Rear Diff
-193,000 New Brakes
-195,000 New Rear Axle Seals
-195,000 New Rear Wheel Bearings
-195,000 New Rear Brakes
-195,600 Tires Balanced and Rotated
-196,900 New Front Brakes
-196,900 Total Chaos Spindle Gussets Installed
-196,900 New Lower Control Arm Bushings
-196,900 New Front Wheel Bearings and seals
-196,900 Alignment
-200,000 Air Filter
-200,800 Tires Rotated and Balanced
-201,300 Oil Change
-201,300 OEM CV's rebuilt and installed
-201,300 New Front Diff Oil
-201,300 New Front Diff Output Seals installed
-201,800 New Flywheel
-201,800 New Clutch
-201,800 New Throwout Bearing
-204,000 Rebuilt OEM Starter
-205,738 Tire rotation and balance
-205,738 New OEM spark plugs
-205,738 Cleaned TB
-205,738 Installed Oil Catch Can
-205,738 New NGK Spark Plug Wires
-206,380 Oil Change
-213,100 Oil Change
-215,000 New Steering Rack
-215,000 New Power steering pump
-215,000 Alignment
-216,500 New Radiator
-216,500 Alignment
-222,500 Oil Change
-222,500 Diff Oil
-222,500 Air Filter

The Best Off-Road Companies in the Game:
-Roy @ Savage Off-Road
-Micah @ DownSouth Motorsports
-Brian @ ADS Racing Shocks

Recent video:


Recent photos:
DSC_0201 by Connor Rhoades, on Flickr
DSC_0207 by Connor Rhoades, on Flickr
DSC_0204 by Connor Rhoades, on Flickr

 

[James Perez]

Connor aka 4Running Daily’s Build Thread

Personal info: I’m 15 first of all. I get my license on July 17th, 2012. I’m a pretty serious mountain biker, that’s how I normally get from point a to point b. I live in Escondido, Ca. 4Running Daily is my username because it will be my Daily Driver once I get my license.

Family Cars: 2011 BMW X5 Diesel, 2006 BMW 330i, 1990 Porsche Carrera 2 Cab

My Runner:
History: Dad leased it new, and then bought it. He took it up Black Bear Pass in Colorado, all stock. It was stolen out of my garage and was found about 16 hours later full of Candy and a printer that wasn’t mine. I have woken up in the morning to it being covered in Toilet Paper 6 times now.

Typical Stuff:
1996 Toyota 4Runner SR5
Evergreen Pearl with Blue/Grey Interior
5 Speed (No E-Locker, yet?)
155k miles
The Clear Coat is bad, just makes me sad every time I look at it.

What Has Been Done
OME lift kit
Painted Stock 16” Spilt Spoke Wheels (Painting the Rims)
Painted Spoiler
Removed front bumper dent, kinda. (Replacing a big dent with a bunch of small ones)
I was sick of my power antenna so I took the motor out, took the mast holder out of that, put the mast holder back in the car, take the antenna flip it upside down fully extended, put some glue in there, put the mast back in, and boom, free non power antenna. Best part, I can just take it out and put a large nail in there when off-roading.
I have Firestone Destinations 265/70/16 sadly. (I hate you Firestone)
Kenwood DXP308u I love it.
Skull Shifter

Here are some Pictures

Nice man!

 

[SJC]

Oh god, that clear coat

Nice runner though, free candy? Awesome

 

[Stick Figure]

That clear coat makes me glad I occasionally pull the roof rack and do a full wax job on mine. Still about a million % better than what I was driving at your age though.

 

[tv4184]

Nice canvas to start off with.

 

[4Running Daily]

I just realized that non of my links work, I'll fix that.

 

[4Running Daily]

Got lazy and haven't fixed my links yet, maybe eventually.

I got my Permit today! Woo. 6 months from today I can get my license.

 

[JWaldz]

I got my Permit today! Woo. 6 months from today I can get my license.

Man, I really don't miss those days lol. Although being 25 there's way more responsibilities. Before it was just "who's got the reefer" and "who's buying the booze this weekend?"

Oh, and almost forgot. Nice whip! x2 on it being a way better vehicle than my first one.

 

[A.Wilson013]

Man, I really don't miss those days lol. Although being 25 there's way more responsibilities. Before it was just "who's got the reefer" and "who's buying the booze this weekend?"

Oh, and almost forgot. Nice whip! x2 on it being a way better vehicle than my first one.

Bahaha, the good ol' days.

I was just thinking about the other day. I wish I would have realized how good I had it.

 

[PitbullRescuer]

Man, I really don't miss those days lol. Although being 25 there's way more responsibilities. Before it was just "who's got the reefer" and "who's buying the booze this weekend?"

Oh, and almost forgot. Nice whip! x2 on it being a way better vehicle than my first one.

25? Lucky you. It's all down hill from there my friend.

 

[4Running Daily]

Here's the top door jam.

 

[4Running Daily]

Finished my grill

 

[masphx]

Paint a wide flat black 'racing stripe' down your hood and roof. Will cover thoske paint issues a might look kind of cool. Just an unconvential thought that might look kind of cool.

 

[4Running Daily]

My drum breaks are seized up so I'm 80% sure I will begin a disk brake conversion next weekend. This should be exciting.

 

[4Running Daily]

Well until I decide to do a disk brake conversion, I got the drums fixed. replaced some hardware, new pads obviously, and a few others = 250 out the door.

The 4runner drives 1000 times better then before, these brakes have been stuck for probably two months. It's so much better I can't even express it. Hopefully my gas mileage gets better now. It was at 13 earlier this week.

 

[BlakeFogt]

cool to see a one owner truck!

my buddy is driving an 88 that his dad bought new.

but he doesn't really let it touch dirt..

 

[4Running Daily]

For good measure, here is a photo from the Pancake Rock trip last weekend.

I was the only one with open-diffs. And yes, if you are a highly experienced driver and bring and extra pair of underwear, you can make it up Pancake Rock with Open Diffs.

 

[DirtDawg]

Well done Connor.
-The other Connor on this site.

 

[4Running Daily]

Looking back at this thread now, it kinda sucks balls. I need a major upgrade or something to get the ball rolling on this thread.

So here it is,

It will be getting painted soon. No dates yet, but only a month away tops.

Haven't decided on paint yet, probably make another thread for people to help decide on colors.

Ordered a Taco Whip Antenna, thank god.

 

[4Running Daily]

Installed my Taco Whip Antenna!
Took about an hour and a half. Pictures tomorrow.