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[TopRunner]

Hi I'm dave and I just bought this 96 4runner for my wife. She has always wanted one. We live in FL and would love to meet up with some locals to go on a trail ride/ camping trip.

I took a few pics of it yesterday. I'll get some good ones when I cleen it up.

This is th eworst damage on the truck. I want to see if I cant find one in a junk yard or else get it reapolstered.

 

[RunnerUp]

where abouts in florida do you live? about every 2-3 months a group of us florida guys gets together and wheels at different locations through out central florida.

 

[ron70062]

Welcome ! I just bought my first 4R in Dec. and I love it. I live in south La. Mine is a 2001 Sport

 

[TopRunner]

We live in NW FL, up by Panama City. I have Family in the Orlando area and some times I head down there to visit.

Right now I am trying to find a replacment seat for the drivers seat.

I have a check engine light on, I had it read and the Mech. said the cat might be going bad. That didn't make sence to me and I asked if maybe it was an o2 sensor going bad. Then he continued to bable some "back woods" english and then I left.

I'm gonna replace the down stream o2 sensor and see if that works. The engine has 205k miles on it so I'm sure new sensors couldn't hurt.

The stock shocks are worn pretty bad and I want to replace them with Bilstien HD's. I don't plan on getting new tyres any time soon cause the one on it have a good 60k miles on them.

 

[ron70062]

This is a better photo of "Tink". I named her Tink because Im always tinkering on her.http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff35/ron70062/4Runner/Besttink1.jpg

 

[TopRunner]

That's a cleen looking runner. Has it ever been painted? I like that lift too, its not too extreme.

 

[ron70062]

Thank You. No, it hasnt been repainted. The first owner took good care of her. I bought it off of EBAY for $9000.00. She only had 86000 mile one her and had a clean carfax. I flew to Houston one Sat. morning in Dec. and turned around and drove her home at about 23.5 MPG. The lift I put on her is a OLE 2.5.

 

[TopRunner]

Nice. Mine has a few more miles @ 205k. Yikes! But it runs fine, 4wd works like a champ and aside from the drivers seat there ain't a thing wrong with it. I even used it to cram my boat next to my house when the Tundra got stuck in the mud.