Suprareal's Build Thread

[Suprareal]

Suprareal's Build Thread ( Pic Heavy )

This will be my build thread, adding little by little as i can. Wait i think im done... 4wd conversion might be in future plans though.


1998 2wd Auto 3RZ 4 cylinder ( City DD ) 3.90 stock gearing.

CURRENT AS OF MARCH 2013

This is what i came from... 89 Buick Electra V6 FWD and i loved it believe it or not. Wish i still had it. Ran like a champ just looked like it did not.

Here she is when i first layed eyes on the craigslist add in October 2010
Bought it at $3500. 184,000 miles including Full suspension setup in almost new condition and brand new tires.

When i got home i could not stay away from the thing

When i bought the truck i never intended to mod it further than window tint but this site broke my bank and changed my mind.
First thing i did was install my sound system and tinted windows
35% windshield/fronts and 5% limo the rest.

I've always loved black rims so knew i would do that from the beggining.

I then discovered the oil pan gasket was leaking so i replaced all the Gaskets, seals, o-rings, filters you name it, in that area and never had a drip since.

Out of all the parking this guy decided to make me look like a Hot wheel at work, i said awh man what a $#%^, then he came in and i had to make his pizza...

Then i discovered clear corners and blinkers and bought a set on ebay
And fixed the broken antenna by replacing the plastic rod and actual antenna
Before

Clear

Then to translucent black blinkers

The first disaster i encountered happened the first time it rained... i guess i was missing a roof bar bolt and it let water in and filled up the sides of the headliner and somehow dripped and filled a pair of shoes and soaked the rear carpet. i ended up vacuming a equivilent of about 3 water bottles of water out. Still amazed to this day how bad it was.
Here i am airing it out ( smelled horrible for weeks)
You can tell how mad my dog was that this happened to me "AWHH"

 

[Singtoe]

cool color. I didn't get where Supra comes from though.


I was looking forward to some twin turbo goodness.

 

[fightman80]

Good start man! I also love that color on the 4Runner! BTW, you should post a pic you and your Rig on our thread!

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/107790-toyota-4runner-orgs-driver-thread.html

 

[Suprareal]

cool color. I didn't get where Supra comes from though.


I was looking forward to some twin turbo goodness.

I wish! haha
The names something I made of from skateboarding a while back, used it on eBay and other sites so I went ahead and used it here.

 

[Suprareal]

I then started liking the look of smoked tails so i did them and plasti-dipped my emblems adding a trd emblem. if your paying attention yes this did come before the tint, i forgot :spider:

Replaced the front sway bar bushings with Polyurethane
Changed oil and whatnot around this time also

All of a sudden my paint started oxidizing on the top of the door. Had to fix that quick before it got worse.
I ordered a touch up paint pen from the stealer reduced it with lacuer thinner and shot it through a airbrush, then applied auto clear coat from a can. matched perfect and holds up.

After

I changed the cluster lights and corners to pure white LED's

Wade In-channel window visors front only

I knew i needed more HP :lmao: so i painted my calipers red and added the high temp TRD decal which hold up extremely well.

I wanted my truck sound deeper than stock but not loud, after alot of research i finally went with the MagnaFlow 18'' welded up to stock pipes. Amazingly it was the exact sound i was looking for and i have never had any problems with it.

Surf185 came to the rescue with a front bumper 100% better than mine and a grille ready for the satoshi mod.
At the same time i added aftermarket glass 99 and up headlights from ebay ( great quality) and some hella 500 flood fogs i got for christmas.

After scanning craigslist for forever i found a set of BFG all terrain 265/75/16's for 50$ right around the corner with Very decent tread. I needed to find 16's for them so i ended up trading my dad for his off his tundra for some other rims and tires i bought for him on craigslist. (chrome sequioa 3 split ) and i painted the black of course.

I was trying to figure out the noise (errrt) that is made from shifting from reverse to drive so i replaced both U-joint's, did not solve the problem but feels smoother after replacing
I went with the best ones from orielly auto parts with zerk fittings of course

I replaced my brake pads before i started modding but i finally got around to matching my shoes, i have wagner thermo quiet on all four's

My dash was coming apart and got worse over time, i was sick of looking at it and ended up buying a whole other dash from Crossroads auto dismantelers AKA where 4runners go to die.

 

[Zachpins34]

Looks good and nice work. Have any pics of the gauges w/ the white LEDs?

 

[Hepar]

Looking good. Always loved that color.

 

[JadatheRottweiler]

great deals on CL....I like your progression

 

[Suprareal]

Looks good and nice work. Have any pics of the gauges w/ the white LEDs?

updated! check again

 

[Zachpins34]

Damn they look sick! That's what I plan on doing next. I dont see any hot spots either. where did you order the bulbs? v-leds?

 

[Suprareal]

Damn they look sick! That's what I plan on doing next. I dont see any hot spots either. where did you order the bulbs? v-leds?

on ebay i have this style eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices i tried a couple different ones and these worked the best. i did use a small piece of foil as a deflector across the front 2 leds just to dim them down a little

 

[Zachpins34]

sweet thanks dude. Your gauges look sick, I think Im gonna go with white leds for the whole interior.

 

[Suprareal]

sweet thanks dude. Your gauges look sick, I think Im gonna go with white leds for the whole interior.

ive wanted to do that but other things have been coming first, post up some pictures if you do !

 

[tony2no]

Is this a 4cyl?

 

[Suprareal]

Is this a 4cyl?

yes sir :boink:

 

[Suprareal]

Around the same time i added the tires i added the K&N CAI
sounds great and unlike some i did feel a big difference

I wanted a keyless entry with a small remote so i went with the viper 211hv

All of my sway bar end links were in need of bushings so i just replaced them all with Moog heavy duty ones (65$ each retail) but got all 4 for 45$!

T4R.ORG sticker !

Cat theft=new cat and a custom diamond plate cat "skid plate"

And my guard dog of course =] keepin a eye on it now

Finally i was able to paint my hood after the cat replacement, set up a spray booth and got it done. ( paint does match even though here it looks like it does not)
And added Hella cages and new TRD plate frames.

I ran a switch to the remote wires of my amp (bottom right) so i can easily turn off my bass when i need/want to. One defroster switch is for my hella fogs and the others are currently waiting to be used.

 

[A.Wilson013]

Looks good! Congrats!

 

[Suprareal]

Looks good! Congrats!

Thanks it means a lot!

 

[t4r4life]

did you forget to spray clear coat?

 

[Suprareal]

did you forget to spray clear coat?

no theres 3 coats. it matches in real life its just the picture.
look at the top half of the trees in the back how they are duller than the rest, it did that same thing to the hood haha