5vzT4R Build Thread!!!

[5vzT4R]

I bought my 4runner at the end of July 2013 with 205k miles on it. Its a 2000 5vz automatic SR5 4WD with RR-Diff Lock and factory leather seats.

Performance: Deckplate mod/ISR mod, B&M 70264 transmission cooler, Flowmaster muffler.

Body: Painted grille, Plasti dipped badges, painted bumpers/flares, painted license plate bezel, painted skid plates white, shaved mud flap mod, painted 3rd bl, Toyota emblem under headlight, Welding sticker, painted orange reflector/turn signal mod.

Interior: Little tree air freshener.

Suspension: Tacoma 5100's set at 2.5, OME 890 rear, homemade panhard bar drop bracket.

Brakes: Tundra 199mm brake upgrade.

Wheels/Tires: Plasti dipped stockers, Spidertrax 1.25 wheel spacers and some 265/75/16 Hankook Dynapro ATM.

Armor: $100 Homemade tube/hybrid bumper.

Audio: JVC headunit.

Electrical: Scanguage 2, radar detector, DRL disable.

Lighting: Ice blue parking light bulbs, blue led light strip under bumper.


First mod was to remove the ugly running boards and take her to the beach!

Next I painted the grille black, the Toyota emblem white and plasti dipped the wheels and badges and re-painted the hitch and spoiler.

I had some extra fog lights laying around from when I sold my Tundra, so I threw those on there. Much better!

Next it was time for those ugly scratched to heck silver fender flares to go along with the chrome rear bumper. So I picked up some painters tape, rubbing alcohol, Duplicolor adhesion promoter, Krylon glossy black, 220 grit sandpaper, a can of primer and a Jegs magazine that came with my B&M 70264 and went to town sanding and painting. Turned out great I think for the price!

A lot more mods and pics to come!

 

[BrianSD_42]

Hello & subscribed!

 

[5vzT4R]

ISR mod with a intake piece from Autozone big PITA to install:

Painted license plate bezel black since it was a ugly faded charcoal color:

 

[deverlow]

Awesome lookin' Runner! I'm going to guess you're either in Galveston or Corpus. My runner has the same white/black scheme going on so I'm interested in seeing what you've got in the works!

 

[5vzT4R]

Awesome lookin' Runner! I'm going to guess you're either in Galveston or Corpus. My runner has the same white/black scheme going on so I'm interested in seeing what you've got in the works!

Thanks! I'm actually south of Houston lol.

 

[5vzT4R]

I pulled the valve cover just because I was curious to see how it looked. Looks like the previous owners kept up with the oil changes! Not bad for 207k miles!

 

[K2Runner]

Holy moly that's clean!

 

[Kanger328]

I pulled the valve cover just because I was curious to see how it looked. Looks like the previous owners kept up with the oil changes! Not bad for 207k miles!

So beautiful

 

[5vzT4R]

Painted the front bumper black, and skid plate white. Also painted the t-case skid white. Sorry the T4R is filthy.

 

[Dirtyfingers]

Whoooo! Texas! Miss my home state, looking good. You got that hard charger attitude with your rig. Can't wait to see what it turns into.

 

[5vzT4R]

Got a new sticker and painted my 3rd brake light.

 

[War Sprout]

That looks a lot like Surfside beach! What size piece did you use for the ISR and what made it so difficult?

 

[5vzT4R]

That looks a lot like Surfside beach! What size piece did you use for the ISR and what made it so difficult?

Lol yep it was Brian beach. And its a piece for the diy intake kits from auto zone. It was difficult because it was a little to big. I had to heat up the rubber in boiling water just to slip it over.

 

[JayBluShu]

love the gloss on the fenders and rear license plate holder.. looks good!

 

[5vzT4R]

Put a Toyota emblem under the headlight that I had laying around:

And installed some 7" led lights on the bumper, no longer wanted them on the bumper so I moved them under the rear bumper for backup lights and put the original lights back on:

Also installed some ice blue parking light bulbs and a blue led strip under the front bumper, but I haven't taken pics yet.

 

[5vzT4R]

Well I'm a little late to post these, but... My lift and started my bumper build will put more pics up.

 

[5vzT4R]

Got some free metal from work for the center piece/skid or whatever you would like to call it, free handed two holes with a torch and cleaned it up with a grinder and welded it on. Still have more trimming to do, weld on some side wings or whatever you want to call it, expanded metal (mesh) and a light hoop.

 

[5vzT4R]

Got my light hoop on.

 

[5vzT4R]

Went fishing and took a couple "poser" pics. Still a lot more work to do on the bumper, kind of "plan as I go" type thing. But I am liking it so far.

 

[5vzT4R]

Got the side wings on