KANO's Progress Thread

[KANO]

This thread will be used to document and track all maintenance and upgrades done to my Runner.

My rig will probably never get to the caliber of some of the leaders on here, so I warn you this thread will probably be pretty boring. :bravo:

2002 Toyota 4Runner SR5 Sport Edition -123,898 miles
Exterior: Thunder Grey Metallic
Interior: Grey (cloth)
Mileage: 128,397 (current 1/9/15)
Purchase date: 10/14/2014

Maintenance completed:
-Timing Belt/Water Pump (100,000 miles)
-Front Brake Rotor/Pads (124,055 miles)
-New wipers (124,347 miles)
-Replaced Front marker light bulbs (124,347 miles)
-Sunroof track cleaned & greased (125,225 miles)
-POR15 Treatment : Loose Rust removed, Clean/Degrease, Metal Prep, Encapsulator (126,345 miles)
-Repaired rear window glass track and re-greased


Mods completed:
-AVS bug deflector (124,025 miles)
-Running board removal (124,250 miles)
-Spare tire removal (124,250 miles)
-PlastiDipped rear emblems (124,347 miles)
-DRL disable mod (125,225 miles)
-Wheels PlastiDipped (125,225 miles)


Future maint/mods:
-POR15 treatment of undercarriage with TopCoat : (Completed)
-Roof basket
-TRD Sport Decal (Completed)

When purchased:


Current:

 

[Mc1337sauce]

Very nice and clean runner! :thumb3: One of my favorite colors as well. You should add a TRD supercharger to that mod list...forced induction is too much fun.

 

[KANO]

Thanks man. She's got a few more "housekeeping" items needed before I can get into the real fun stuff

 

[KANO]

Completed a POR15 treatment on my truck this last weekend. All in all, it took about 4 hours (not including wait time for drying). I had a friend help me out in exchange for some beers.

I went through the whole process:

-Wire brushing and sanding loose rust
-Cleaner/Degreaser
-Metal Prep
-POR15 rust encapsulator

I bought a quart of the cleaner/degreaser, a quart of the Metal Prep, and a pint of the encapsulator. I originally thought it would be not be enough to only have a pint of the encapsulator, but I have a ton left over of all three. I treated the rear section the most as I did not have too much rust around the front axle's and near the gas tank. The majority of the issues were at or behind the rear axle.

USE GLOVES! USE A TARP! Do not accidentally itch your face. Lol! I have a black glob on the back of my ear that will probably not come off for a week!

Here's some pics.











If you have any questions let me know!

 

[G-mny]

Looks great..With this winter fast approaching gonna have to try and get this done on mine. Thanks for the pics.

 

[KANO]

Looks great..With this winter fast approaching gonna have to try and get this done on mine. Thanks for the pics.

Yeah we both know how much overkill we have of road salt and chemicals here in the Chicagoland area :nono: