Supermoney
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Now that we had to get a new 4Runner, I figured we will document the build here, unfortunately I missed some photos in the beginning but will have plenty as time goes on.
Lets begin.
2010 - 2016: Our original 2001 IJM Sport:
Drunk driver hit it in his suburban while it was parked, we were sleeping at the time and nobody was hurt although it sucked to lose it. Was a great truck.
After a month of searching for the right 4Runner to replace ours, we finally found the one. We were extremely picky as we wanted a pretty much identical truck. We don't like leather, needed the gray dash, sport edition, rust-free, automatic, etc.
July 24th: We had it shipped from across the country, presenting our new 3rd gen.
2002 Thundercloud Sport, Supercharged and rust free! When we received it, it definitely needed some love:
August 12th: Less than 3 weeks later, the parts have been swapped.
August 15th: Now that we got the parts swapped over and finished dealing with insurance we can try to enjoy the rest of the summer and get some camping / wheeling in!
Maintenance still to be completed:
Lets begin.
2010 - 2016: Our original 2001 IJM Sport:
Drunk driver hit it in his suburban while it was parked, we were sleeping at the time and nobody was hurt although it sucked to lose it. Was a great truck.
After a month of searching for the right 4Runner to replace ours, we finally found the one. We were extremely picky as we wanted a pretty much identical truck. We don't like leather, needed the gray dash, sport edition, rust-free, automatic, etc.
July 24th: We had it shipped from across the country, presenting our new 3rd gen.
2002 Thundercloud Sport, Supercharged and rust free! When we received it, it definitely needed some love:
August 12th: Less than 3 weeks later, the parts have been swapped.
- Bilstein 5100 / Tundra Springs / OME 890 3" Lift
- 16x8 Procomp 7069's
- 285/75/16 BFG KO2s
- 231mm Tundra Brakes
- New radiator w/ Toyota red coolant
- Stainless steel brake lines
- Running boards removed
- Clear corner lights
- 01 Sport seats swapped (removed 02 sport seats)
- New head unit and XM antenna installed (Alpine CDE-HD149BT)
August 15th: Now that we got the parts swapped over and finished dealing with insurance we can try to enjoy the rest of the summer and get some camping / wheeling in!
Maintenance still to be completed:
- Supercharger rebuild (preventative as we don't have much history)
- Synthetic fluids in whole drivetrain
- Replace K&N CAI with stock airbox (safer with mud/water and everything else lol)
