GentryGoon
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2001 Toyota 4Runner 4x4 Limited
Multi-Mode 4x4
142k miles
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willgentry/8336290631/" title="DSC_0564 by willgentry, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8072/8336290631_5d439f55ab_b.jpg" width="1024" height="685" alt="DSC_0564"></a>
Background story: Feel free to skip down to the pictures...haha
This is my 3rd Toyota. I started looking for a truck last summer because I wanted something more practical to haul my dirt bikes around to the track and trails. I had absolutely no intentions of going the off-road route with it, I simply was ignorant to the awesome off-road cult following these trucks have. My friend owned a first gen double cab 4x4 and I thought it was just plain badass. 250,000 miles and still running like a champ. Looked great, easy to maintain, reliable, easy to park, fit 2 MX bikes in the bed, I was sold.
I saw someone on Craigslist with a really clean 02 PreRunner wanting to trade for something with any type of 4x4. At the time I was driving an 05 Pilot. It was was a nice car, I just always felt like a soccer mom driving it...So I sent the guy an email and we met up. He really liked the Honda (it was going to be his wife's daily driver). We both had almost identical KBB values so we did a straight trade. It was an awesome deal and super cheap to register since no cash exchanged hands. The truck was my pride and joy for the rest of the summer, and I was stoked to drive it out to my out-of-state college.
Well 9 hours into my trip to school, 20 miles from campus, my roommate(following behind me) and I ran into a massive rain storm with strong winds. I hyrdo-planed at 55 MPH(thought I had slowed down enough form the 75 speed limit) and drove straight into the metal median fencing (which saved my life). After about a month, my insurance declared it a total loss. I was heartbroken and pissed. I looked all around CL for weeks and could not find a 4x4 tacoma in my price range, so I settled with another prerunner. I loved the new truck but deep down I wanted a 4x4 to build into a Rig,.
When I got the first truck I started lurking around on TacomaWorld and the mod fever hit me like a brick. I also saw some sweet looking 4Runners on there and started doing some research on them. I had no idea how much cheaper they were than a Tacoma with the equivalent specs. An extra 5 grand doesn't seem worth the truck bed. So I sold Prerunner number 2 and found this 4runner. I'm really loving it so far. It's extremely luxurious inside(compared to the taco...), almost as nice inside as my Mom's 2010 Jeep liberty, but 20x as capable off-road..he..he..he..
I would have liked to have bought a stock runnner and build it myself, but for 9500 bucks I couldn't pass this one up. I essentially paid 1000 above KBB for around 4000 in mods. The owner was a super nice dude, and I could tell he took great care of it. Water pump and timing belt done at 100,000 and periodically replaced important parts with OEM.
This is 4Runner the morning after I bought it. Didn't really do much to it that day other than starting the detailing the inside, installing a Tridon EP-35 blinker (to fix the super fast blinking with my LED turn signals), and getting it registered.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willgentry/8281029365/" title="DSC_0151 by willgentry, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8485/8281029365_3450a6096a_b.jpg" width="1024" height="685" alt="DSC_0151"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willgentry/8282077720/" title="DSC_0133 by willgentry, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8350/8282077720_5404490a89_b.jpg" width="1024" height="685" alt="DSC_0133"></a>
I will be putting together a second set of wheels to use while I'm not wheeling it. The Daily driver wheels will consist of the American Racing wheels, paired with some 265/70/16 BFGoodrich Radial Long Trail T/As. Getting those installed tomorrow. The set I will use for wheeling trips will consist of a set of Matte Jet Black SCS F-5 wheels which are on the way.
For now I will mount the Mud Terrains that came on the runner.
Lets get to the current Mods!! I'll note the mods done by the previous owner with a "-" and I'll note what I've done myself with a "+" to make things simple
Suspension:
Front:~2.5" lift
-Tundra TRD Coils
-Bilstein Shocks
Rear:~2.5" lift
-OME 890 Coils
-OME Nitrocharger shocks
Wheels & Tires:
**Daily Drivers**
-16x8 American Racing Wheels
+265/70/16 BFG Radial Long Trail T/A
**Off-Road**
+Matte Jet Black SCS F-5 wheels w/black lugs+gorrila locks
-285/75/16 Maxxis Bighorn Mud Terrians
Engine & Performance Upgrades:
-Deckplate Mod
-Thrush Welded Muffler
Undercarriage / Drive Train Upgrades:
**Front End**
-Tundra 231mm Brakes (13WL)
Electrical Modifications:
-LED Turn signals
+Tridon EP35 flasher relay (for the LED blinkers)
+ScanGaugeII
+ Dome Litz LED pods for dome lamp, reading lights, and cargo lamp
Interior Upgrades:
-Husky Classic Style Floor liners w/ cargo mat
Stereo:
+Alpine CDE-133BT iPhone head unit
-Boston and Infinity Door Speakers
-Auxiliary Kicker 500.4 Amp to Power Door Speakers
-Sound deadened doors
+Rockford Fosgate 12" P2 4Ohm Sub in Carpeted and Ported Box (400 watt RMS)
+500 Watt mono amp to power sub
Exterior Upgrades:
-Front windows tinted
-Removed Running boards
**Yakima System**
+Yakima Q-62 towers (6)
+Yakima 48” crossbars (3)
+Yakima 44” wind fairing
+Yakima Snow attachments
+Hi-lift tube mounts (placed on Yakima bars)
**Exterior Lighting**
-LED Front Turn signals
**Armor**
-Custom Front Bumper
-Custom Belly Skid
-Stubbs Sliders
+Armorology Lower Bumper Skid
Possible Future Purchases/ Projects:
-E-locker Retrofit
-Repaint/touch up Bumper and Sliders
-Rear Bumper
-White LED Gauge lighting
Thanks for lookin!! :cheers:
Multi-Mode 4x4
142k miles
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willgentry/8336290631/" title="DSC_0564 by willgentry, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8072/8336290631_5d439f55ab_b.jpg" width="1024" height="685" alt="DSC_0564"></a>
Background story: Feel free to skip down to the pictures...haha
This is my 3rd Toyota. I started looking for a truck last summer because I wanted something more practical to haul my dirt bikes around to the track and trails. I had absolutely no intentions of going the off-road route with it, I simply was ignorant to the awesome off-road cult following these trucks have. My friend owned a first gen double cab 4x4 and I thought it was just plain badass. 250,000 miles and still running like a champ. Looked great, easy to maintain, reliable, easy to park, fit 2 MX bikes in the bed, I was sold.
I saw someone on Craigslist with a really clean 02 PreRunner wanting to trade for something with any type of 4x4. At the time I was driving an 05 Pilot. It was was a nice car, I just always felt like a soccer mom driving it...So I sent the guy an email and we met up. He really liked the Honda (it was going to be his wife's daily driver). We both had almost identical KBB values so we did a straight trade. It was an awesome deal and super cheap to register since no cash exchanged hands. The truck was my pride and joy for the rest of the summer, and I was stoked to drive it out to my out-of-state college.
Well 9 hours into my trip to school, 20 miles from campus, my roommate(following behind me) and I ran into a massive rain storm with strong winds. I hyrdo-planed at 55 MPH(thought I had slowed down enough form the 75 speed limit) and drove straight into the metal median fencing (which saved my life). After about a month, my insurance declared it a total loss. I was heartbroken and pissed. I looked all around CL for weeks and could not find a 4x4 tacoma in my price range, so I settled with another prerunner. I loved the new truck but deep down I wanted a 4x4 to build into a Rig,.
When I got the first truck I started lurking around on TacomaWorld and the mod fever hit me like a brick. I also saw some sweet looking 4Runners on there and started doing some research on them. I had no idea how much cheaper they were than a Tacoma with the equivalent specs. An extra 5 grand doesn't seem worth the truck bed. So I sold Prerunner number 2 and found this 4runner. I'm really loving it so far. It's extremely luxurious inside(compared to the taco...), almost as nice inside as my Mom's 2010 Jeep liberty, but 20x as capable off-road..he..he..he..
I would have liked to have bought a stock runnner and build it myself, but for 9500 bucks I couldn't pass this one up. I essentially paid 1000 above KBB for around 4000 in mods. The owner was a super nice dude, and I could tell he took great care of it. Water pump and timing belt done at 100,000 and periodically replaced important parts with OEM.
This is 4Runner the morning after I bought it. Didn't really do much to it that day other than starting the detailing the inside, installing a Tridon EP-35 blinker (to fix the super fast blinking with my LED turn signals), and getting it registered.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willgentry/8281029365/" title="DSC_0151 by willgentry, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8485/8281029365_3450a6096a_b.jpg" width="1024" height="685" alt="DSC_0151"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willgentry/8282077720/" title="DSC_0133 by willgentry, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8350/8282077720_5404490a89_b.jpg" width="1024" height="685" alt="DSC_0133"></a>
I will be putting together a second set of wheels to use while I'm not wheeling it. The Daily driver wheels will consist of the American Racing wheels, paired with some 265/70/16 BFGoodrich Radial Long Trail T/As. Getting those installed tomorrow. The set I will use for wheeling trips will consist of a set of Matte Jet Black SCS F-5 wheels which are on the way.
For now I will mount the Mud Terrains that came on the runner.Lets get to the current Mods!! I'll note the mods done by the previous owner with a "-" and I'll note what I've done myself with a "+" to make things simple
Suspension:
Front:~2.5" lift
-Tundra TRD Coils
-Bilstein Shocks
Rear:~2.5" lift
-OME 890 Coils
-OME Nitrocharger shocks
Wheels & Tires:
**Daily Drivers**
-16x8 American Racing Wheels
+265/70/16 BFG Radial Long Trail T/A
**Off-Road**
+Matte Jet Black SCS F-5 wheels w/black lugs+gorrila locks
-285/75/16 Maxxis Bighorn Mud Terrians
Engine & Performance Upgrades:
-Deckplate Mod
-Thrush Welded Muffler
Undercarriage / Drive Train Upgrades:
**Front End**
-Tundra 231mm Brakes (13WL)
Electrical Modifications:
-LED Turn signals
+Tridon EP35 flasher relay (for the LED blinkers)
+ScanGaugeII
+ Dome Litz LED pods for dome lamp, reading lights, and cargo lamp
Interior Upgrades:
-Husky Classic Style Floor liners w/ cargo mat
Stereo:
+Alpine CDE-133BT iPhone head unit
-Boston and Infinity Door Speakers
-Auxiliary Kicker 500.4 Amp to Power Door Speakers
-Sound deadened doors
+Rockford Fosgate 12" P2 4Ohm Sub in Carpeted and Ported Box (400 watt RMS)
+500 Watt mono amp to power sub
Exterior Upgrades:
-Front windows tinted
-Removed Running boards
**Yakima System**
+Yakima Q-62 towers (6)
+Yakima 48” crossbars (3)
+Yakima 44” wind fairing
+Yakima Snow attachments
+Hi-lift tube mounts (placed on Yakima bars)
**Exterior Lighting**
-LED Front Turn signals
**Armor**
-Custom Front Bumper
-Custom Belly Skid
-Stubbs Sliders
+Armorology Lower Bumper Skid
Possible Future Purchases/ Projects:
-E-locker Retrofit
-Repaint/touch up Bumper and Sliders
-Rear Bumper
-White LED Gauge lighting
Thanks for lookin!! :cheers:
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