blizz86
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I never really posted in the new section or any pictures of my 2000 4runner so here goes.
Im a University of california: irvine student from the west valley of the San Fernando Valley, CA. I started driving in a 95 and 99 toyota camry (we still have both as my parents commuter cars!) when i was 15.5 and got my license when i was 16. I didn't drive in high school at all because it really wasn't needed since i lived a mile from school, but I was insured in case I wanted to go somewhere, etc.
I started using the 1999 camry as my own and just did a few cosmetic mods to make it mine. lol
I don't really have any pictures but it, just as the 95, was owned since brand new by my parents and my dad taught me to wrench on it covering all basic maintenance: oil changes, transmission pan drops, ignition timing inspection/adjustments, brakes, mostly everything excluding timing belt/water pump replacements. I drove it all my 2nd year in college and put over 9,000 miles on it even though my apartment was 5 miles from campus :heh:
Anywho, we also had a 2008 camry (camry family, i know right?) but in Apr. 2012 it was totaled when my sister made a left turn when an oncoming car sped through the red light. We got the check and soon put it towards a 2012 4runner SR5 4x4 that my dad sometimes takes to work and is mostly a weekend car.
We loved it so much, and i was always nagging him about the third gens. I always thought the 3rd gens were complete sex, and i had to have one eventually. He kept saying to just drive his but it didn't make sense for me, a college kid to drive around a 40,000 dollar brand spanking new truck. So one weekend I was home from school and was with my dad at the local garage mechanic (daytime job hes a lexus mechanic) getting a quote for our 2004 sienna timing belt job. Lo and behold, he had a 2000 limited he bought from his brother that he needed to get rid of since he just bought a prius.
I sat in it, and even though i REALLY wanted a 4x4, i liked it. The mileage was at 155k, and the mechanical condition was the best i had ever been in (test drove a bunch of third gens, never really found "the one"). No leaks anywhere, shiny engine block where you could tell it wasn't just a quick spray of engine degreaser and the garden hose. It was mechanically cleaner than a baby's powdered arse. Also it had less than a year old Michelin X Radial LT2 (club version of the ltx ms2), the 5 stars, and being a Socal car absolutely no underbody rust.
However, the roof towards the front windshield had a few ripple like dents that he said were caused by the garage door? I don't know but i think it gives some character lol. You can't really notice it anyway unless you actually look for the damage. The paint was absolutely uncared for and yellowed. and the interior looking like a mess.
Enough introduction heres the babe.
When i first brought her home.
Buddy approved.
This is the ripple dents i was mentioning plus some surface rust that i later took care of.
Moving onto the interior
Driver seat was ripped as usual
Im a University of california: irvine student from the west valley of the San Fernando Valley, CA. I started driving in a 95 and 99 toyota camry (we still have both as my parents commuter cars!) when i was 15.5 and got my license when i was 16. I didn't drive in high school at all because it really wasn't needed since i lived a mile from school, but I was insured in case I wanted to go somewhere, etc.
I started using the 1999 camry as my own and just did a few cosmetic mods to make it mine. lol
I don't really have any pictures but it, just as the 95, was owned since brand new by my parents and my dad taught me to wrench on it covering all basic maintenance: oil changes, transmission pan drops, ignition timing inspection/adjustments, brakes, mostly everything excluding timing belt/water pump replacements. I drove it all my 2nd year in college and put over 9,000 miles on it even though my apartment was 5 miles from campus :heh:
Anywho, we also had a 2008 camry (camry family, i know right?) but in Apr. 2012 it was totaled when my sister made a left turn when an oncoming car sped through the red light. We got the check and soon put it towards a 2012 4runner SR5 4x4 that my dad sometimes takes to work and is mostly a weekend car.
We loved it so much, and i was always nagging him about the third gens. I always thought the 3rd gens were complete sex, and i had to have one eventually. He kept saying to just drive his but it didn't make sense for me, a college kid to drive around a 40,000 dollar brand spanking new truck. So one weekend I was home from school and was with my dad at the local garage mechanic (daytime job hes a lexus mechanic) getting a quote for our 2004 sienna timing belt job. Lo and behold, he had a 2000 limited he bought from his brother that he needed to get rid of since he just bought a prius.
I sat in it, and even though i REALLY wanted a 4x4, i liked it. The mileage was at 155k, and the mechanical condition was the best i had ever been in (test drove a bunch of third gens, never really found "the one"). No leaks anywhere, shiny engine block where you could tell it wasn't just a quick spray of engine degreaser and the garden hose. It was mechanically cleaner than a baby's powdered arse. Also it had less than a year old Michelin X Radial LT2 (club version of the ltx ms2), the 5 stars, and being a Socal car absolutely no underbody rust.
However, the roof towards the front windshield had a few ripple like dents that he said were caused by the garage door? I don't know but i think it gives some character lol. You can't really notice it anyway unless you actually look for the damage. The paint was absolutely uncared for and yellowed. and the interior looking like a mess.
Enough introduction heres the babe.
When i first brought her home.
Buddy approved.
This is the ripple dents i was mentioning plus some surface rust that i later took care of.
Moving onto the interior
Driver seat was ripped as usual
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arty: Looks really good man. Lets hit the trail again sometime soon.
