Merlin's new to upgrading and having fun doing it thread

[merlin12]

here is my rig as of now.

i am a jump in with two feet kind of person so when i bought this 1997 toyota 4runner SR5 i thought i would do a little mod here and there nothing serious. sense then my ideas i am having to do with the 4runner are starting to get out of hand, but this is what i have done so far in order.
we will start from the first time i took a photo of it, on a road trip with my dad (who is in the car) going to my grandpa's to help him move some stuff.

most of the time i use my truck to drive around town and on dirt roads only a few times a year and lots of snow in the winter

i also put some sups in, i started with two 10" sups and then added one more

i replaced the sups with some better ones

and put a bigger and better amp 1000 watt rms mono JL audio and i made the sub covers with some aluminum rods and some di noc 3m

at this time i did the big 3 wire upgrade and man did it need it, i even felt some power increase

i have so many wires going to my battery it is getting a little scary

i did not like the sun faded fake wood trim so i sanded it a bit and...

and with lots of time and about $80 worth of dinoc 3m you get..

then one day trying to find parts at the auto junk yard i found this brush bar on a land rover lol

i made a wood spacer becouse the 4Runner has a wider frame then the land rover it was on did, it is mounted better then you can see in the pic now

i then got the idea of taking the running boards off, this is it with them on

and with them off

 

[merlin12]

plasti dip

plasti dip time

i got the brush guard cuz of this:

i hit a bird on the freeway and it killed my light as i bet i killed the bird so i thought i could use something to protect the light in the future

 

[Quatre Coureur]

Wow...:wow2: :twitch::jaw drop:

 

[Speedy Gomez]

:welcome: to T4R.ORG!

 

[merlin12]

welder

and soon i am going to bust out the welder and well you will just need to see.

 

[merlin12]

update on the plasti dip

 

[Quatre Coureur]

and soon i am going to bust out the welder and well you will just need to see.

I think I speak for all of us when I say, "we can't hardly wait"...:wow:

 

[merlin12]

thanks

:thanks: hearing things like that make me feel all worm and fuzzy, thanks.

 

[Quatre Coureur]

*warm. :scared:

 

[merlin12]

oops, :lol: but be warned it is not going to be the last time i miss spell something in this thread, it is just going to happen. :suspicious:

 

[Quatre Coureur]

No doubt. Like your hometown? Or misspell? Oh the irony!

 

[merlin12]

No doubt. Like your hometown? Or misspell? Oh the irony!

true that :lol:

 

[gecko0]

It looks like you're enjoying your Runner! What's next on your list?

 

[Salman]

Nice Rig Bro!

With this bull guard your trucks looks...

 

[merlin12]

some ideas

It looks like you're enjoying your Runner! What's next on your list?

my friend is going to help me with some welding, im thinking remounting the brush bar so it fits better.
i also what to put on some more lights and something with a rack or mounts on the roof.
im playing with an idea, i will let you guys know what it is if i end up doing it or not.

 

[merlin12]

With this bull guard your trucks looks...

hilarious! :iagree:

 

[Quatre Coureur]

Merlin, I love ur enthusiasm, but I feel u are going down a dark path :jk: I think we need to put out a call to [MENTION=49649]KidVermicious[/MENTION] to help u find your way to 4rnr nirvana!

 

[momo.75]

Welcome to T4R.ORG!......:hello:

 

[KidVermicious]

I think we need to put out a call to [MENTION=49649]KidVermicious[/MENTION]

:flipoff:

 

[Quatre Coureur]

:flipoff:

:lmao::lmao: Too late?