New Mexico 4Runner Owners Thread

[toyoman25]

I'm not quite sure. I have the 25th-30th off, and the 4th-8th off. I own a duplex on Roosevelt park which I rent out. One of my renters is moving, and hopefully someone else will want to move in. So I'll have to deal with that. And also I have to wrangle some help with the installation.
I plan on putting Kings on the rear also but they have to be custom fabricated for the hight of the rear lift. Since I don't know what that will be until I install it and it has time to settle, I had to buy some Pro Comps to run in the mean time.

Pro's are good

I've Also picked a fight with Toyota as the Exhaust battle continues. Called Toyota USA today stated the TSB as they were dumbfounded like I knew They would play off like I had No idea what I was talking about. Stated that they could help me out but not pay for everything like I didn't see that coming. So I guess I will go get it looked at it and see if I can get some answers from them in Response to this. .....TBC

 

[PeteC]

Had a little fun out on the Puerco Monday with tuxedo runner.

Still pretty wet out there from the rain last week. Had a blast on those muddy arroyos!

 

[runenr]

anyone have a set of cross bars for the roof rack for a 3rd gen?????

 

[Dbart82]

Had a little fun out on the Puerco Monday with tuxedo runner.

Very nice guys! I need to get out there sometime.

 

[Moremankev]

Does anyone have crossbars on a Gen5 they wanna part with? I'm in Las Cruces.

 

[Tuxedo Runner]

I finally got the lift installed. As it sits right now the front is lifted 3" from stock and the rear is 4" from stock. I expect the rear to settle about an inch. I'm not sure if the front will settle. King clams they lift 2" as they come from the factory and I didn't adjust them. And I also have the added weight of a bumper and winch. Maybe the old front struts were just that worn out.
Over all I'm extremely pleased with how it turned out. The King's are nothing short of magical. The ride is plush without being remotely whimpy. Last night I was hitting speed humps at 50+ and it was a complete non issue. I'll try and post some pics later.

 

[Charlene]

I finally got the lift installed. As it sits right now the front is lifted 3" from stock and the rear is 4" from stock. I expect the rear to settle about an inch. I'm not sure if the front will settle. King clams they lift 2" as they come from the factory and I didn't adjust them. And I also have the added weight of a bumper and winch. Maybe the old front struts were just that worn out.
Over all I'm extremely pleased with how it turned out. The King's are nothing short of magical. The ride is plush without being remotely whimpy. Last night I was hitting speed humps at 50+ and it was a complete non issue. I'll try and post some pics later.

:worthless

 

[Tuxedo Runner]

:worthless

I know! I know! I suck. My phone died and I had to get a new one. I had to leave town for work the next morning and had no pictures on the new phone. Pictures soon I promise.

 

[Tuxedo Runner]

Still no good pictures yet. I haven't had much time to take any good ones.

 

[Tuxedo Runner]

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[Dbart82]

Looks clean.

 

[NM T4R]

I finally got the lift installed. As it sits right now the front is lifted 3" from stock and the rear is 4" from stock. I expect the rear to settle about an inch. I'm not sure if the front will settle. King clams they lift 2" as they come from the factory and I didn't adjust them. And I also have the added weight of a bumper and winch. Maybe the old front struts were just that worn out.
Over all I'm extremely pleased with how it turned out. The King's are nothing short of magical. The ride is plush without being remotely whimpy. Last night I was hitting speed humps at 50+ and it was a complete non issue. I'll try and post some pics later.

Did you get an alignment after the lift install? Where did you go? How was the experience/cost/results if you don't mind me asking. Got this in today and trying to figure out where to go for the alignment afterwards. Thanks!

 

[Moremankev]

Firestone has lifetime alignments for $159. In LC

 

[Charlene]

Did you get an alignment after the lift install? Where did you go? How was the experience/cost/results if you don't mind me asking. Got this in today and trying to figure out where to go for the alignment afterwards. Thanks!

I took mine after my lift install to Albuquerque Tire on Menaul and they did a fantastic job and were really easy to work with.

 

[Tuxedo Runner]

I went to wheel align it. It's down on rosemont & second. They do good work and they are family friends. The lady's name is Heidi who runs it. She's honest and won't stear you wrong (haha).

 

[buffalojay]

Newer member to T4R. First time 4Runner owner. Just wanted to say hi. Great to see a big NM community on here! Just ordered my Icon Stage 2 Suspension and was wondering if anyone knew of a trusted place to have it installed or if someone is willing to show me how to do it. Hope to head out on the trail with you all sometime.

 

[Dbart82]

Welcome man. I can't really help you out with the lift question too much but I'm sure some of these guys on here can.

 

[Tuxedo Runner]

Welcome! I would love to help, but unfortunately I don't have a lot of time these days. There are a couple of off-road shops in town, desert rat and 4wheel parts. I've never had them install anything though. Let me know if you decide to do it your self. I may have some time to help between the 3rd and the 6th.

 

[NM T4R]

Newer member to T4R. First time 4Runner owner. Just wanted to say hi. Great to see a big NM community on here! Just ordered my Icon Stage 2 Suspension and was wondering if anyone knew of a trusted place to have it installed or if someone is willing to show me how to do it. Hope to head out on the trail with you all sometime.

Welcome to the club! I just got done installing my toytec lift on my 4th gen. Even with access to a fully equipped shop and another person to help it was still pretty challenging and took about 4 hours. Patience and access to full set of tools and air tools is key. Before doing mine I went by desert rat on San Mateo and was quoted about $350 for them to do the install. After doing the install myself I would almost say that paying someone else to do it would have been worth it lol. But it's obviously something that you can do and perhaps being a newer vehicle might even be easier because I ran into issues like seized bolts that slowed me down. If you do decide to tackle it yourself let me know and I can at least come supervise :jk:

 

[buffalojay]

Welcome to the club! I just got done installing my toytec lift on my 4th gen. Even with access to a fully equipped shop and another person to help it was still pretty challenging and took about 4 hours. Patience and access to full set of tools and air tools is key. Before doing mine I went by desert rat on San Mateo and was quoted about $350 for them to do the install. After doing the install myself I would almost say that paying someone else to do it would have been worth it lol. But it's obviously something that you can do and perhaps being a newer vehicle might even be easier because I ran into issues like seized bolts that slowed me down. If you do decide to tackle it yourself let me know and I can at least come supervise :jk:

Thanks for the advice! I think I might give them a call and see what they quote me on a install. Idk...I really want to to try and get it done myself to learn how to do it, but we'll see. haha sounds good I'll keep ya posted. I will keep you guys posted on what I decide to do. Ordered from Total Automotive Performance and they said it might not be here till around Christmas time.