LCPL Humiston's Build Thread

[LCPLHumiston]

Alright so i figured its time to make one of these, since within the next month i should be on active duty and all my money is going to be pouring towards my truck.

Currently:
1999 4Runner SR5 4WD V6 3.4L
174,996 Miles

Im getting my truck back tommorow (May 27th)
The Timing Belt, idler pullys (if needed), water pump, O2 Sensor, Bleed brakes (Since i wasnt succesful) and look at my ABS.

What im working on right now (May 26th):

-Re-paint the Center Caps. (Done)
-Cleaning of the Under Carriage and Ruberrizing the Undercarriage. (3M Rubberized Undercoating)
-PlastiDip the Emblems (Black)
-Draining and filling all fluids

Once I make money:

-New Shocks (Rancho or OME)
-Tires (General Grabber AT or Yokohoma Geolander A/T S) Suggestions?
-Potentially a lift.
-Rola Roof Rack

Open to suggestions!

Heres my truck Next to another 4Runner i parked next too. Mines on the Right...
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[LCPLHumiston]

before
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After
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I Plan on hand painting my black emblems later on

 

[ChildrenOfBodom]

Nice color Sweet dude, keep us updated!

 

[LCPLHumiston]

Thanks man! Will do

Update: Alright looks like ill be PlastiDipping like CRAZY now.

Ill be doing my rims, chrome bumpers and my badges. If i dont like it....ill peel it off haha. Im going to do it with my friend hes going to do his rims also. hes got a 08 Rubicon so ill get some pictures up!

 

[LCPLHumiston]

Alright got some pictures of my truck with the new center caps also, i plan on plasti dipping the Emblems and wheels tommorow!

Ill probably have to take some pictures during the day tommorow and just delete this. but for tonight heres my truck!

So i got my truck back. Im driving down the driveway of the guys house. My dad is right behind me i was like it sounds funny. so he drove it and immediatly pulled over. It was a rubbing noise it was pretty loud and only got louder as you went faster. So i walked around and the re**** forgot to tighten my front right wheel on. They werent even finger tight....screwed on enough so they didnt fall off. It may be my fault that i didnt check... (i dont see why it is) So we tightend them with my wrench and took it back to the guy he tourqed them down. and we had to go look for a lug nut that fell off. So we drove off again...rubbing noise was still going to so we went back looked around finally found the rear brake the metal overhang over the actual drum was bent and rubbing on the metal so he bent it out and it works fine now! But the truck runs 100% better all he did was change the timing belt and all the pulleys in there including the water pump. My rear brake was completely apart but didnt lose any of the parts. the guy rebuilt it my brakes are like 100% better im guessing that rear brake was like that at LEAST the past year. because the brakes havent felt like this in a LONG time. He also changed out an 02 Sensor. So Besides them not even hand tighting my lugs it was fine!
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[Hepar]

Wow. Good thing you didn't lose your tire!

You need bigger pics so we can really get a good look at it!

 

[LCPLHumiston]

Click on the pictures they get bigger! And yea i know dude the timing belt is messed up

Heres is a thread i made on the 31st of may. The up to date part is the Underlined part of what i left out on here.
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/90718-auto-tech-timing-belt-troubleshoot-help.html

Some of the pictures were too "big" for imageshack. Any other ideas??

 

[HI_LIFE808]

Is that plasti-dip on the undercarriage?

 

[LCPLHumiston]

NOOOO haha its 3M Undercarriage and Rust-Oleum Undercarriage

 

[4-Ripcord]

I need to do that to my undercarriage. It has a few spots of surface rust and is visible from walking by. About how much was the coating stuff?

 

[LCPLHumiston]

Rust Oleum had 2 kinds a Professional grade and normal. I think the proffesional was like 10 bucks and the regular was like 3 or 4 bucks haha. Its cool stufff! Just make sure you do it on a surface you dont care about because it will drip!

But i literally sprayed it on and left my house 5 minutes after and was completely fine. if you have some like ramps or something you can drive up to that way you have more space underneath it would work out to your advantage!

 

[SleekRunner]

NOOOO haha its 3M Undercarriage and Rust-Oleum Undercarriage

Thank you. Ive been staring at my undercarriage and keep hearing it from my girl about how bad it looks haha. Now i can add some "class" to it! :lookout:
Definitely adding this to the list...

 

[LCPLHumiston]

Very Easy! Make sure you wipe it off nicely with grease lighting and then let it dry! Or something along those lines!

 

[bak3rme]

what kind of rims were those? looked like off of a jeep

 

[YotaZach85]

what kind of rims were those? looked like off of a jeep

I was wondering too, 5 lug...they damn sure aren't off a 4Runner.

 

[LCPLHumiston]

what kind of rims were those? looked like off of a jeep

O well i did a special modification so i could fit those 5 lugged rims on my 4runner because i really liked the rims the Jeeps had!


jk
O yea some of the other pictures didnt upload i did it with my friends Rubicon and his pictures of his rims ended up being uploaded but my picture ended up uploading while they were on my truck haha...

 

[SleekRunner]

what kind of rims were those? looked like off of a jeep

I was wondering too, 5 lug...they damn sure aren't off a 4Runner.

I think he said he was plasti-dipping his stuff while his friend plasti-dipped his rims off an 08 Rubicon. I think... :trophy:

Of course as soon as i say this he would post...

 

[LCPLHumiston]

I think he said he was plasti-dipping his stuff while his friend plasti-dipped his rims off an 08 Rubicon. I think... :trophy:
Of course as soon as i say this he would post...

Bingo

Edit: and yes it does always happen to work that way haha

 

[LCPLHumiston]

New Updates: Plastidipd the read license plate holder, the front grille. Then i used this stuff rust oleum has for bumper and trim OEM look. on my Rear plastic and front bumper plastic looks REAL NICE! Kinda the same material plasti dip was. Ill get pictures up asap

 

[LCPLHumiston]

Sorry Everyone been MIA for the past 3 months. I FINALLY got new tires on my truck i got the General Grabber AT2's I went to a dirt road i like to think of as a rally track and beat the **** out of these tires and they gripped the dirt/gravel excellently never slide i couldnt even slide my rear end that well in the dirt. BUT yes pictures.