buievonbozo
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I got my 97 SR5 4WD as a gift. My father in law wanted to get rid of it to make room for his BMW. So I took it. It had the basic run of the mill issues that most have... HUGE amounts of rust everywhere, exhaust rotted, sensors needed to be changed, rack and pinion leaking, cd player doesn't work, suspension was shot, blah blah blah. So after putting about 3g's into it over about a year, she passed emissions and is road worthy again. New bumpers, fenders, lights, Oh, and just so everyone knows, if your 4runner was manufactured in Aichi, Japan in Nov. of 1996, You have Matsushiita knock sensors!
Initially, this was just going to be a dog park car and something for my wife to use when the snow was too deep for her car. But after floating around in here for the passed few weeks, I am getting an itch to upgrade some things. I would love to lift it a bit, gonna definitely do some wheel painting, would love a rack on top and the damn sound system has got to be upgraded.
But I will say one thing, this is one hell of a truck. My first truck was an 81' toyota pick up lifted with 31's, custom made wood bed and was my favorite until now. This thing goes anywhere and everywhere.
So if anyone has some insight on how to do all of these things on a budget, please feel free. Since I am an iron worker who works in a fabrication shop, I may take a crack at building my own roof rack. We'll see.
Initially, this was just going to be a dog park car and something for my wife to use when the snow was too deep for her car. But after floating around in here for the passed few weeks, I am getting an itch to upgrade some things. I would love to lift it a bit, gonna definitely do some wheel painting, would love a rack on top and the damn sound system has got to be upgraded.
But I will say one thing, this is one hell of a truck. My first truck was an 81' toyota pick up lifted with 31's, custom made wood bed and was my favorite until now. This thing goes anywhere and everywhere.
So if anyone has some insight on how to do all of these things on a budget, please feel free. Since I am an iron worker who works in a fabrication shop, I may take a crack at building my own roof rack. We'll see.
