Microlander Overland 4runner Build

Hey everybody! Long time reader, first time poster.

Figure I should start my build thread before it gets too far out of hand and I forget everything I've done to my runner!

So!
Bought my Anthracite 1998 Limited 4wd V6 4runner in the beginning of 2015 with just under 230k from one of my good friends that had owned it for just over a year.

He didn't do much to it in the year he owned it with exception of the curt basket and light bar. He also re-did the blinkers with the amber eagle-eye LED lights in the blank plate under the headlight housing.



How it sat the day I bought it!

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Front- Procomp Shocks OME881 springs

Rear- Procomp Shocks OME890x springs

Front Addicted Offroad Tube Bumper

Addicted Offroad rock sliders

Curt Roof Basket

40" straight Amazon light bar



Now. 6/2017

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Modifications and Repairs

Suspension

Front:
Bilstein 5100 5 perch w/Toytec Eibach 620 lb. springs on bottom perch (7/2015)
Later sold to upgrade to -> 2.0 Sway A Way Racerunner coilovers w/ 650 lb springs (3/2016)
Later sold to upgrade to -> 2.5 Sway A Way IFP Racerunner Coilovers (9/2016)

Ebay Uniball UCA (3/2016)
Camburg Uniball hardware (6/2016)
New Toyota OEM LBJs (3/2016)
Total Chaos spindle gussets (3/2016)

CV axles

once (5/2015)
twice (7/2015)
thrice (6/2016)
fource (3/2017)

Steering rack (7/2015)
Rack bushings (7/2015)
ITR (7/2015)
OTR (7/2015)

ITR twice (3/2016)
ITR thrice (9/2016)


Rear:
Bilstein 5100 rear shocks (7/2015)
Later sold to upgrade to -> Fox 2.0 remote reservoir 8" travel (3/2016)
ARB/OME 861 coils (7/2015) *Trying to sell 6/2017*
2.0 Sway A Way Hydropneumatic "Air Bumps" 80 psi (11/2016)
Box welded upper links/trailing arms (10/2015)
New custom D.O.M. 7/8" heim joint upper links (11/2015)
New custom D.O.M. 7/8" heium joint lower links (3/2016)
New whiteline bushings panhard bar bushings (3/2016)
ARB/OME 850 coils

Armor

Addicted Offroad front tube bumper (purchased with vehicle)
Addicted Offroad weld on rock sliders (purchased with vehicle)
Rockware rear plate bumper with swing-out tire carrier (6/2016)
Bent/Dented gas tank and skid (12/2016) repaired (1/2017)


Exterior

Warn 9000 lb winch w/ steel cable (8/2016)
New passenger side front fender (7/2016)
New (to me) and color matched 1A1 limited style fender flares (7/2016)
2x 9500 lb. powder coated D-rings for rear bumper (6/2016)
Satoshi style custom grille with TRD emblem (because supercharger) (8/2016)


Engine

TRD black gen. 2 supercharger (10/2016)
ISR mod. (9/2015)
Deckplate mod. (purchased on vehicle)
K&N drop in filter (9/2015)
Walbro 190 LPH fuel pump (1/2017)
Power steering reservoir O-ring seal replacement (2/2017)


Exhaust

Magnaflow Magnapack 24" muffler (6/2016)


Interior

Custom fabricated storage/table system (2/2017)
Voltmeter, dual 2.1a USB port, 12v plug with constant power switch (10/2016)
Neoprene seat covers (purchased with vehicle)
Amber dash lights (6/2016)
Husky all-weather floor liners (purchased with vehicle)
Baofeng HAM Radio (5/2016)
LED interior swap (4/2015)


Lighting

Lo/Hi beam Morimoto mini H1 projector retrofit with RGB Halo Rings (2/2015)
35w 5500k HID bulbs (2/2015)
2x 7" 55w Flood HID offroad lights (3/2015)
40" curved windshield lightbar (3/2016)
48w LED fog lights (6/2015)
20w Vision X Duralux4 90* pattern fog lights (5/2017)


Rear Axle (OEM E Locker)

New driver side axle seal (11/2015)
New driver side axle bearing (11/2015)
New brake shoes (11/2015)
New brake drums (11/2015)
New driver side brake cylinder (you can probably guess it ;) )
Custom fabricated stand alone E-Locker wiring harness (4/2016)
Changed diff oil synthetic blend (9/2016)

Front Axle

Spidertrax 1.25" wheel spacers (purchased with vehicle)
231mm 2005 Toyota Tundra brake rotors (5/2015)
231mm 2005 Toyota Tundra brake calipers (5/2015)
231mm 2005 Toyota Tundra brake pads (5/2015)
New (junkyard) 4.30 A.D.D. differential (9/2016)
 

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I'll take you through a picture journey of my 4runner now.
 

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Here are a few more, lots of southern Utah trips!
 

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Some more adventures, new amber light bar!
 

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Wrapped the hood and roof in "3M M211 Matte Carbon Metallic" It is a pretty dang close match to the oem toyota Anthracite Metallic 1A1 color code

also made some DOM and 7/8" heim joint links for the rear end since my old ones were shot
 

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I had a 2nd gen 4runner I bought in June of 2013 with a blown engine.


My buddies and I pulled the engine, sent it off to a machine shop, got it back, threw the engine back in with a bunch of new components fuel pump, clutch slave cylinder yada yada.

Got it back road worthy and took it to Moab in march of 2014!

With extremely limited funds (and knowledge), a Hanes manual and a 87 pcs. set of Stanley Sockets from Wal-Mart, It really wasnt too long now thinking back on it.
 

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Looks good. Always great to see another local on the forum. Where are you located in the beehive state?

Justin
 
Some parts and a trip to the grand canyon
 

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some more trips

5 mile pass (offroad area about 45 min from SLC) I craked my wheel.

some winter camping through Canyonlands
 

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Pictures of a trip to Dinosaur national monument 3/2016 with [MENTION=92884]snivilous[/MENTION] on the UT/CO border
 

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Got some new tires (285/75/16 nitto trail grappler load range E) just before a dirt biking trip with my girlfriend to the Uinta mountians where it was muddy and we picked up some firewood

I got them for the up coming Moab trip for Rock Therapy 2016 that_ joined me for

We did poison spider and fins n' things while we were down there
 

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Hammocking up American Fork Canyon in the mountains above my house

Just a few days later up at Flaming gorge I had a preventable LBJ failure, I had brand new OEM toyota LBJs but I didn't replace the bolts or use loctite. I would advise doing both of those.
 

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It must be fun to be supercharged.

What caused the wheel to crack?

Sorry to hear about the LBJ scenario. Hopefully you get it sorted.
 

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