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Truck Summary 1990 Toyota 4Runner 3VZE Weekend Expedition Vehicle (and daily driver)
360k miles (New motor swapped in at 147k)
Performance Mods
K&N Intake
Magnaflow Muffler
4.88 Gears
Rear Mechanical Locker
Aisin Manual locking Hubs
Marlin Crawler Clutch
(Somehow I get 16.7mpg average!)
Suspension/bodymods
Total Chaos LT Suspension
T-100 Axle swap
Fox Double Bypass long travel shocks 16" Travel front 18" rear
Chevy 63" leaf springs
rear shocks relocated mounting
Rock sliders across majority of the underchassis
BFGoodrich 33" Kevlar Wrangler tires
Interior
Kenwood DoubleDin DNX990HD
Upgraded speakers Arc Audio)
Lowrance GPS
Uniden Bearcar BCT15x Scanner in the glove box
UNiden Pro520xl CB Radio
4"Firestick CB
Fatmat 80mil sound deadening throughout.
1"thick foam rear
48" Hi lift
Exterior
3 Hella Lights
Fiberglass fiberwerx front fenders and hood
Tepui Ayer Roof Top Tent
Rock Lights (Chinese LED's)
This is the Goal.
Hello ya'll I've been here for about 6 months, and it's been a huge help. Now that I'm finally out of college and in a real job- I have the time and ability to post and be an active member of the community. So here's a little picturebook of my truck and then i'll keep updating as it progresses!
Also, I'm located in SF Peninsula....so if anyone ever wants to meetup. Lemme know!
:clap2:
picked the truck up for $5200, 343k miles on the chassis, 110k on the motor. Went from a Mercedes AMG to this, so its been a change but i love it. SO CHEAP!
1990 4Runner 3vze with 5 Speed and 4x4.
First set of issues came from this MAF and the whole intake really.
Looks like the PO had opened it up fixed it and then resealed it, but it started giving me troubles the first time I took it offroading. It kept dying, wouldnt hold an idle, even when flooring it. Damn sensors
Got a new one! $100+ though.
Then had an easy bracket fab'd just to hold the damn k&n intake in place (oem mounts are no longer existent thanks to the space needed for the shock hoops.
Next up, Trunk looked like crap, had some sticky tar stuff, and was louder than all hell.
Decided to Lay down some bedliner and clean it all up.
This still wasnt too nice to put anything or value on, and was still plenty loud when trying to move things.
Went to Bob's Foam Factory in Fremont,CA who was a HUGE help.
For $120 he did 1.25' thick Poly foam that is puncture resistant, waterproof, and all that good stuff.
He lined it all up with a paper template and cut it out using a giant bandsaw.
he even cut the pieces needed for the back of my seats that I later attached with industrial strength velcro
Helped with the sound issue (not a lot but noticeable). But makes it nice and comfy to be int he back, my future dogs will like it, it protects my gear, and it keeps things from bouncing around loudly in the back on a day to day basis, and i can remove it with one hand hose it off and put it back in with no problems for easy cleanup.
Relaxing in the back.
Now how about that interior....yuck!
Installed a very nice DoubleDin stereo with GPS bluetooth connectivity to phone two USB plug to ipod etc etc.
Decided to bedliner the inside too. This stuff is like tar so I had to use the spray on to get the really hard to reach places.
Before
After-Much better
360k miles (New motor swapped in at 147k)
Performance Mods
K&N Intake
Magnaflow Muffler
4.88 Gears
Rear Mechanical Locker
Aisin Manual locking Hubs
Marlin Crawler Clutch
(Somehow I get 16.7mpg average!)
Suspension/bodymods
Total Chaos LT Suspension
T-100 Axle swap
Fox Double Bypass long travel shocks 16" Travel front 18" rear
Chevy 63" leaf springs
rear shocks relocated mounting
Rock sliders across majority of the underchassis
BFGoodrich 33" Kevlar Wrangler tires
Interior
Kenwood DoubleDin DNX990HD
Upgraded speakers Arc Audio)
Lowrance GPS
Uniden Bearcar BCT15x Scanner in the glove box
UNiden Pro520xl CB Radio
4"Firestick CB
Fatmat 80mil sound deadening throughout.
1"thick foam rear
48" Hi lift
Exterior
3 Hella Lights
Fiberglass fiberwerx front fenders and hood
Tepui Ayer Roof Top Tent
Rock Lights (Chinese LED's)
This is the Goal.
Hello ya'll I've been here for about 6 months, and it's been a huge help. Now that I'm finally out of college and in a real job- I have the time and ability to post and be an active member of the community. So here's a little picturebook of my truck and then i'll keep updating as it progresses!
Also, I'm located in SF Peninsula....so if anyone ever wants to meetup. Lemme know!
:clap2:
picked the truck up for $5200, 343k miles on the chassis, 110k on the motor. Went from a Mercedes AMG to this, so its been a change but i love it. SO CHEAP!
1990 4Runner 3vze with 5 Speed and 4x4.
First set of issues came from this MAF and the whole intake really.
Looks like the PO had opened it up fixed it and then resealed it, but it started giving me troubles the first time I took it offroading. It kept dying, wouldnt hold an idle, even when flooring it. Damn sensors
Got a new one! $100+ though.
Then had an easy bracket fab'd just to hold the damn k&n intake in place (oem mounts are no longer existent thanks to the space needed for the shock hoops.
Next up, Trunk looked like crap, had some sticky tar stuff, and was louder than all hell.
Decided to Lay down some bedliner and clean it all up.
This still wasnt too nice to put anything or value on, and was still plenty loud when trying to move things.
Went to Bob's Foam Factory in Fremont,CA who was a HUGE help.
For $120 he did 1.25' thick Poly foam that is puncture resistant, waterproof, and all that good stuff.
He lined it all up with a paper template and cut it out using a giant bandsaw.
he even cut the pieces needed for the back of my seats that I later attached with industrial strength velcro
Helped with the sound issue (not a lot but noticeable). But makes it nice and comfy to be int he back, my future dogs will like it, it protects my gear, and it keeps things from bouncing around loudly in the back on a day to day basis, and i can remove it with one hand hose it off and put it back in with no problems for easy cleanup.
Relaxing in the back.
Now how about that interior....yuck!
Installed a very nice DoubleDin stereo with GPS bluetooth connectivity to phone two USB plug to ipod etc etc.
Decided to bedliner the inside too. This stuff is like tar so I had to use the spray on to get the really hard to reach places.
Before
After-Much better
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wired it to a switch, and bought 16 guage speaker wire to run the 12v around the truck.
