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[RedStickRunner]

My first interests in Toyota was when i was a senior in highschool in 2010 my parents bought me a 91 Toyota pickup for $1500 from a friend. We put a little money into it for some maintenance that it needed and she ran like a champ.



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A few months after owning that truck some guy didnt yield in an intersection and ran into me totaling my truck. One thing leads to another and I needed a new vehicle, and that is how I stumbled upon my 4runner. My girlfriends dad just so happen to be selling this truck. He has had it for sale for a couple of weeks with no luck. Thankfully he hadnt sold it yet. Once we talked to their insurance company and got the check I was the proud new owner of a 99' Toyota 4Runner. Talk about an upgrade not only was the truck 8 years newer but the A/C worked! Thats a must have down here in Louisiana in the summer time.

Enough talk, now to the truck.
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1999 Millennium Silver SR5 2WD
190k Miles

When i first got her:


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Back when I was still in highschool I didn't have alot to spend so I did a few small mods like clear corners and HIDs and LEDs all throughout.



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Now Ive been in college for a while and have been able to spend more on my truck.
Picked up a set of LC80 rims off Craigslist for $100 and a set of practically brand new BFG All-terrains for $600.
Went and found a little bit of mud




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Then I decided I wanted a little lift so went and bought a cheap Daystar 2.5 lift with plans to upgrade in the future. I had a wheeling trip planned with a local group and wanted the extra height.


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Mounted a CB Antennae:


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Put the CB in the Ash tray:


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Washed my truck and my girls car the other day and took some pictures. Its so much fun driving that car its like a little go cart.


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Just placed an order for this:


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[RedStickRunner]

A few wheeling pics...
I am a part of a local offroad Toyota group and we will occasionally make a few trips and meets so here a few pictures from our adventures.

Took a few levee roads along the Mississippi:





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Also made a trip to an Offroad park called Catahoula Recreation Offroad Park in Sicily Island, LA.




























I made a video of some footage i caught on my dash mounted Contour Roam2 Camera. Its not much since it had rained pretty hard the day before we went there. I wasnt able to do alot of the heavy stuff being 2WD but still had a blast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm8OY6In0tg

This was my first real "wheeling" trip I had gone on at all and I believe I did farely well. If you watch the video you will see a large hill shortly after entering the park. The first night I got there it had just finished raining all day and made the hill extremely slippery. I was 1 of the 2 only 2wds to make up it up hill without being towed up(yes we have an odd number of 2wd vehicles in our group) and I didnt just haul ass and use momentum to get up the hill. I had actually gotten about halfway up and had to stop because a guy in front of my got stuck. I put her into low and slowly but surely she crept up the hill. In the video, the hill was already dried up so there wasnt any challenge there. All in all the trip was alot of fun, especially with the benefit if meeting a bunch of other Toyota Offroad enthusiasts. Thanks for reading, I have plenty of future plans even being 2wd I dont have the funds to upgrade to anything else while still in college. Thanks for stopping by.