Aeroneer1's Black 2001 Build Thread

[aeroneer1]

SOLD 02/2020!

2001 SR5 4x4 Automatic
Bought with 132,000 miles in 2012 with Viper remote start/keyless entry, B&M transmission cooler, Pioneer head unit, and tinted windows.

Currently 179,000 miles (late 2019)

I was looking for a skiing/camping rig, and always wanted a 3rd gen 4Runner. After I bought it, I made the huge mistake of checking some of the forums, and after looking at some of the build threads I pretty quickly caught the mod bug. Here is she in early 2017:

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Here is a photo from the dealer website when I bought it in 01/2012:

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[ Suspension and Lift]
Front: Toytec Eibach Spring - Bilstein Strut Adjustable Coilovers
Rear: Land Cruiser 9-wraps and OEM Land Cruiser Rear Shocks
Toytec Adjustable DOM Panhard Bar
1" Toytec Front Diff. Drop
1" Toytec Body Lift w/ 1" Steering shaft extension
Prourethane Front and Rear Sway Bar and Steering Rack Bushings
Extended front and rear sway bar end links w/ boots


[ Wheels / Tires / Brakes ]
Toytec Extended Rear Brake Lines (including ABS line in middle)
Spidertrax 1.25" Wheel Spacers
Level 8 MK 6 16" Gunmetal wheels.
295/75/16 Nitto Terra Grapplers - D Load Range (33.3" diameter, 11.3" tread width)
Front Brakes: 231mm Tunda Brake Calipers - NAPA
Powerstop slotted and drilled rotors and ceramic pads
Wagner / Raybestos rear brake drums, components, painted black


[ Exterior Lighting ]
Mini D2S 3.0 HID projector retrofit, 5500K xB bulbs, 35W Morimoto ballasts, Apollo 3.0 shrouds painted black and silver w/ 2 white LED halos per headlight that turn on with parking lights, and turn off with high beams
Amber LED corner lights that turn on with low beams
Satin black headlight and corner light housings
Clear turn signal lenses (JDM)
Offroad flood lights mounted to bumper, wired to stock fog light switch on turn-signal stock
Front and rear LED-amber turn signals (with resistors to prevent speed-blink)
LED Tail lights w/ LED White Reverse Lights
LED White License Plate Lights
LED under-hood lighting


[ Interior and Electronics ]
Sound dampening material throughout doors and entire floor
White LED Dome and map lighting
Blue LED Gauge cluster and Keyring lighting
White LED HVAC/console lighting
Carbon Fiber Vinyl Wrapped Interior Trim Pieces
Pioneer Bluetooth DEH Double-Din Head Unit w/ custom auxillary switch for power antenna control
Backup camera wired to head-unit triggered by reverse lights, mounted to bumper
12" Infinity Sub w/ Slim Box
1200 Watt Rockford Fosgate Amp mounted to rear of seat
6.5" Rockford Fosgate co-axials (door tweaters disabled)
5.25" Rockford Fosgate co-axials in rear doors
AndyMod 2.0 w/ OEM Foglight Switch to toggle VSC/TRAC per This Thead
Small custom Cargo Box - Bedlined and mounted in rear
All-weather floor mats
Viper Keyless Entry and Remote Start
Maglite Mounts on floor hump behind center console
Upgraded engine ground and accessory electrical connectors w/ large gauge wiring


[ Exterior ]
CBI Offroad Front Winch Bumper w/ hoop (powdered coated black)
Black Rear Bumper
Satoshi grill with black raptor mesh and FJ Cruiser emblem (white)
Wade Sunroof, IN-channel Side-window visors, and hood bug deflector
OEM Bolt-together trailer hitch flipped upside down (eliminates gap due to body lift)


Engine / Transmission
6" Deckplate Mod w/ aFE MagnumFlow Dry Micro-Air filter
TRD Intake gasket mod
ISR Mod w/ 2.5" Stainless Exhaust pipe flanged
18" Magnaflow muffler, and exhaust terminates after rear-end
Mobil1 Synthetic Oil 5w-30 and Mobil1 Synthetic gear oil for front and rear diffs and transfer case
Transmission twice-drain-fill with Royal Purple Synthetic (including pan drop and clean with brake clean)
B&M Transmission cooler


[ General / Maintenance ]
Interstate Battery
Bosch Fuel Filter
Denose Double Electrode Spark Plugs
NGK Spark Plug Wires
New OEM PCV valve and grommet
New OEM Retractable antenna
OEM Radiator w/ Toyota pre-mixed coolant
OEM blower fan
StrongArm Heavy Duty Rear Lift Gate Struts
OEM CV Axles rebuilt and rebooted by CVJ Axles
OEM Lower Ball Joints w/ new bolts
Brake Fluid Flush w/ new DOT4
OEM Drive Belts
Denso AFR sensor
Denso O2 sensor
OEM E-brake bell cranks
OEM Inner and Outer Tie rods and boots
OEM timing belt and water pump with new pulleys


[ Supplemental Equipment ]
Vlair Air Compressor (good up to 35" tires) secured in engine bay for mobile airing down or back up
Fire extinguisher custom mounted inside rear driver side window




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[aeroneer1]

HungryEddy helped me put my ultimate lift on, and had a ton of negative rake for awhile.

Thing looked like a sports car before!

Plastidipped and clear coated the grill ..

Tunda brake upgrade replaced badly warped rotors that were only made worse with 31" tires.

Plastidipped the emblems.

Still with 31" and 5-stars.

ISR mod w/ exhaust pipe.

Peeled all the wood grain off and wrapped it in carbon fiber vinyl ...

Got MSTudt's heavy duty extended sway bar end links.

Doing some exploring up near Gold Hill on a beautiful day.

 

[airmax233]

Nice build man! I like how the truck is all black. The only thing you are missing is a hood scoop

 

[amalik]

great build!

 

[aeroneer1]

Nice build man! I like how the truck is all black. The only thing you are missing is a hood scoop

Thanks! Ya I wanted a black 4Runner, and the natural next step was get rid of all that chrome. My next wheels I get I don't think will be black though. Some contrast is nice.

great build!

Thanks! I figured I had enough done to it to finally post a build thread ..

 

[TCMach]

Looks real good man. Hope to see you around CO sometime!

 

[aeroneer1]

Looks real good man. Hope to see you around CO sometime!

Thanks dude! You're truck is awesome too. Sounds good, let you know if I'm up in the Fort Collins area.

 

[snivilous]

Recognize most of those pictures! When I'm not at school I work in Boulder and my parents live north west of Sugarloaf. We'll have to go wheeling when I get back! Sweet looking truck too man!

 

[MStudt]

That looks like the parking lot off 116 heading up towards Rainbow Lakes.

 

[1985taylor1925]

Yet another unsuspecting person fallen to the mod bug! I had no idea what I was getting into when I bought my truck. Nice to see another black on black. Truck looks great.

What kind of bike is that? Looks like maybe an older GT or Diamondback? I work for Trek and am big into mountain biking. Grew up just a little over an hour from you in Cheyenne, WY. I used to ride the Rockies throughout CO and WY every summer. Man do I miss REAL mountain biking

Edit: I see the GF on the side of the frame. A Gary Fisher no doubt, subsidiary of trek

 

[aeroneer1]

Recognize most of those pictures! When I'm not at school I work in Boulder and my parents live north west of Sugarloaf. We'll have to go wheeling when I get back! Sweet looking truck too man!

Thanks man. You go to school in Utah? Were your parents affected by the first last year? Sounds good let me know!

That looks like the parking lot off 116 heading up towards Rainbow Lakes.

Exactly, good eye. Love that area.

Yet another unsuspecting person fallen to the mod bug! I had no idea what I was getting into when I bought my truck. Nice to see another black on black. Truck looks great.

What kind of bike is that? Looks like maybe an older GT or Diamondback? I work for Trek and am big into mountain biking. Grew up just a little over an hour from you in Cheyenne, WY. I used to ride the Rockies throughout CO and WY every summer. Man do I miss REAL mountain biking

Edit: I see the GF on the side of the frame. A Gary Fisher no doubt, subsidiary of trek

Yup, 2006 Gary Fisher Cake 2 Deluxe. I've only put different wheels, bar, crank/bottom bracket. Nothing too fancy, but it rides nice. So many amazing trails within 30 minute drive, have to love CO.

 

[MStudt]

Exactly, good eye. Love that area.

I get out that way once a year for the free camping. Usually just once night before heading over to Grand Lake. I can't wait to get out there permanently.

 

[snivilous]

Thanks man. You go to school in Utah? Were your parents affected by the first last year? Sounds good let me know

Yea in northern Utah in a city similar to Boulder. My folks didn't have any issues besides having to drive to Blackhawk to go down the mountain since all the canyons were wiped out. I'm actually flying in tonight to visit my girlfriend in Boulder and give a presentation at work, though for Thanksgiving break I'll be driving the runner back.

 

[aeroneer1]

Last week I made a small cargo box for the rear. I didn't want to take too much space up from the dog, but when I bought the truck it had a big cracked section in the plastic panel, and I figured why not replaced it with some storage room.

Before with crack, tape to frame out where to cut.

I also put in 4-way LED amber corner lights

And LED white back-up lights

And a quick snapshot of my console lighting at night

 

[aeroneer1]

Decided to take the clear corners and LED tail lights plunge.

Then I saw a sweet blacked out 5th Gen in Westminster, and decided to snap a couple pics.

 

[spongerx]

Awesome truck. I also ride Never Summer snowboards. :bigok:

 

[aeroneer1]

Awesome truck. I also ride Never Summer snowboards. :bigok:

Thanks! Ya I their boards are great. I actually ride a Rome now, but used to ride a NS.

 

[aeroneer1]

Playing around before the snow came

 

[aeroneer1]

More Fog Light Madness !!

Well I bought these Hella MicroDE fog lights like a year ago, but I didn't get any mounting brackets with them. After buying fog light brackets for 'factory fog lights 2001', I realized the factory ones were for the Stanley lights, and the Hellas were a dealer installed option. Checked some junk yards, checked some lighting dealers online, can't find anywhere. Drew up some brackets and got the dimensions on another thread on here, and got a quote to get them custom fabricated, and it was too expensive and outweighed the cost of a brand new full kit.

So I got to thinking and realized I could just cut and bend a piece of the OEM bracket to mount the lights:
Before:

After cutting with dremel:

Then if you mount the Hella light onto the bracket and put them in the bumper, it looks like this:

So the Hella metal plates have to be cut, and a new hole re-drilled:

Then mounting it lines up nicely with the hole:

Only a single bolt holding them on, but I put a lock washer and some lock tight to make sure it doesn't come lose. Though I put a zip tie around it just in case it comes lose.

Then I got them mounted up, and got a OEM turn signal stock and relay, and plugged them in:

and ......... neither turned on.

So I took the boots off and both were severely corroded (white), and the wires were showing some exposed copper.

So I took them all apart and used vinegar and wire brushes to get all the corossion off:

I put new connectors on the wires, and ordered some brand new PIAA Xtreme White H3 bulbs.

I also picked up some 1/4" tubing and pressed into the breather tube. Then I wrapped plastic bag with some the GF's hair ties around to further keep water and junk out of them:

My god they work! I had to bend the bracket a tad to them to look good, and the adjustment screw to fine tune. Gives a nice low, flat cutoff, ideal for fog obviously.

 

[BrianSD_42]

Subscribed!

Nice black truck