PBColt '99 T4R Build

[pbcolt]

Finally get to start one of these things. Its not much, but hopefully there will be more to come...

Bought her in December of 09 with 125k.
Went for a drive up the 1, got a shot of it stock, looked like this:

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Got a hold of Paul from Defiant Truck Products and I helped him design his light bars for 99-02 4runners. Decided to go with 4 KC slimlites on the bar. Turned out great.

 

[pbcolt]

Went on a camping trip into Big Sur and pulled the running boards...

 

[pbcolt]

Started looking into lifts, and after much, much deliberation, decided to go with Tundra front coils and OME 891 rears. Got it installed yesterday, 11/24. 891's sit a little high now, not sure whether they will settle, or if I will end up throwing a spacer in the front, but I'm happy either way. Also blacked out the KC logo on the lights.

 

[downpour11]

looks great man, I personally like the rake! congrats

 

[driffter33]

Sweet. I'm glad you finally got your lift worked out. Looks. good with a bit of rake

 

[fightman80]

Coming along man! The lift looks good!

 

[bak3rme]

looks good , that rake is alright. personally i'd take that rake

 

[blcktpgsr]

I'd go for the bigger tires as my next immediate upgrade basing on your lists of mods to come...:thumb3::thumb3::thumb3:

 

[Gerdo]

I'm glad that you finally got the lift on. The fronts aren't going to settle but the rears will a little. Give it a few weeks.

 

[pbcolt]

hey downpour, fightman, driffter, bak3rme and gerdo thanks a lot, I appreciate the compliments.

as for the new tires, blcktpgsr, believe you me, I can't wait for these things to wear out so I can get some new tires.

 

[racerunner]

Lookin good pbcolt...The 4 lights look cool too.

 

[bak3rme]

hey downpour, fightman, driffter, bak3rme and gerdo thanks a lot, I appreciate the compliments.

as for the new tires, blcktpgsr, believe you me, I can't wait for these things to wear out so I can get some new tires.

you can probally sell those tires right now on craigslist or something for like 300 bucks..use that money and get new tires!

 

[pbcolt]

thanks racerunner...

you can probally sell those tires right now on craigslist or something for like 300 bucks..use that money and get new tires!

If I had the money for the remainder, I would definitely do that. I've thought about trying to sell my 265/70s and buy some bigger tires off CL with maybe half tread left, just don't know if it would be worth it.

 

[animal]

Lift looks good. The rake in the back will settle a little.

I like a little rake in the back. But like leveled looked as well.

 

[pbcolt]

Lift looks good. The rake in the back will settle a little.

I like a little rake in the back. But like leveled looked as well.

thanks animal. I will wait a few weeks and wait to see where the rear settles. Then I might throw some 1/4" spacers in the front and level it out a little more.

 

[pbcolt]

Not much of an update, but it's a little one. Added an imp jade mica grill and ditched the chrome one. added ngk plugs and wires, but no pics of that. These are from a camping trip last weekend up on Pruitt Ridge. I have some EPIC sunset pictures that I will put somewhere on this forum...not sure where.

Also decided I want a 3/8" spacer from Toytec to raise the front a little more...

 

[96743runner]

Good call on ditching the chrome grille. I like the all IJM look now!

 

[Hepar]

Looking good! The color matched grille looks great. Love the mica green. That was the color of my Tacoma and I loved it.

 

[BigFishAllDay]

It's crazy what a big difference the little things can make. The grill looks great, it finishes the look of the front end off nicely.

Just curious/guessing here, because I saw that you and drifter33 had linked up earlier in your thread... did that grill come off his truck? I wish there were some more 4runner owners in my area who could link up... :nono:

 

[pbcolt]

Thanks 96743runner and Hepar!

It's crazy what a big difference the little things can make. The grill looks great, it finishes the look of the front end off nicely.

Just curious/guessing here, because I saw that you and drifter33 had linked up earlier in your thread... did that grill come off his truck? I wish there were some more 4runner owners in my area who could link up... :nono:

The grill actually came from SIKHILUXSURF, he replaced his 99 grille with an 01-02 almost right away and had this one sitting around forever. Just got lucky!