the " i never thought i'd do this with it" build thread

[NJCatalana]

As the title states, ha I bought this my senior year of high school as a all stock 1999 SR5 with no intention of wheeling it at all (I never even knew of this wheeling community). My dad had always had Yota trucks and neighbor had a 4runner, so I knew once I saw one I had to jump on it. Tomorrow I've had it for 3 years and its come a long way and still has a lot to go. Thanks to everyone on here who I'm sure I've bugged with questions along the way!
I bought my 4runner with 126,000 miles on it, I currently have 181,000. Right after buying it, I replaced the exhaust, put refurbished OEM rims on it, and found a OEM sport hood for it. I have only been modifying it for the past year or so, but here's my list of current and future mods. If anyone has any suggestions, please leave them below.

Suspension/Tires/Technical
- OME n91s comfort ride shocks
- OME 891 coils up from
- LC 9 wraps paired with LC shocks in bacl
- Toytec diff drop
- Cooper Discoverer STTs 285/75/16
- American Racing steelies
- K&N filter
- Flowmaster super44 muffler
- 1.25 in spidertrax spacers in the front
- 1.5 all pro spacers in the rear
Exterior
- ARB Tacoma bumper
- Sport hood
- Satoshi grill with Hilux badge
-custom made tire swing out back bumper
- ARB safari 4ft awning
- bed lined all of the plastics
- custom made, full length roof rack
- 4 foot Firestick CB antenna
- Outdoor Logic CB mount
- Ryno All Terrain Products full skids
- custom built sliders (60")
- Hella 500 Back Magics with 35w 6000k HIDs
- projector retrofits
- LED rock lights
- LED under hood lights
- Hilux 167 series snorkel
- 4 6" Blitzpro LED lights on the back of the roof rack
- 1 6" Blitzpor LED light mounted for a reverse light
- 2 10" Lifetime LED bars on front of roof back
Interior
- Weathertech floor liners
- Husky cargo liner
- LED dome/map lights
- Eagle eye lights in the cargo area
- FM modulator for AUX input
- Cobra CB radio mounted in the ashtray space
- LED gauge cluster




first weekend with it

sport hood added/bye bye running boards

first time wheeling with MO4WD (Mo4wd - Index) at Sayersbrooke Bison Ranch in Potosi, MO

mud mud mud

lift kit installed of June this year

new tires and wheels


How the rig currently sits

 

[marccus]

awesome! more pics!

 

[jeff88]

Can't wait to see that bumper, tire swing and ladder! TRD looks really good too!

 

[War Sprout]

opcorn:

 

[audiness]

Lookin good!

 

[Socco]

Thats impressive for only having it 3 years! I was into my 7th year of ownership before I even started working on it!

 

[NJCatalana]

Thats impressive for only having it 3 years! I was into my 7th year of ownership before I even started working on it!

thanks! Wasn't planning on doing anything with it, but when ya get into a group of guys who have modded their rigs, you wanna get yours done asap. worked the overtime and it began to come along. now that I've started...I don't wanna stop!

 

[krenaud33]

Looking good.

 

[drabbits]

Looking good man. . . custom ladder eh? can't wait to see your armor.

 

[NJCatalana]

added LEDs to the gauges, dash, and shifter
also went wheelin' last weekend with MO4WD at Sayersbrooke Bison Ranch in Potosi, MO.

 

[NJCatalana]

a few weeks ago I also Rustoleum rattlecan bedlined the rear frame and axle
Before:

After:

not 100% perfect, but it'll do for now, I'll have to touch it up as time goes on

 

[CenCalifoothill15]

Cool build man... love the wheelin shots!

Keep up the good work-

 

[Que]

nice looking rig. really like the stuff ya done to it so far. really like to find the sport hood and factory front skid like your's now has.

 

[SR5Runner97]

Your hood. I've got a 97 4runner and I love the sport hood (I don't have one), even though in most cases it doesn't do anything beneficial. Where did you get it? How much? Did you fabricate it yourself?:roll:

 

[JWaldz]

Good looking rig man.. Stay on top of that rust!!

 

[NJCatalana]

Your hood. I've got a 97 4runner and I love the sport hood (I don't have one), even though in most cases it doesn't do anything beneficial. Where did you get it? How much? Did you fabricate it yourself?:roll:

whoops, sorry for the late reply, just now saw this. I got lucky and found a guy on craiglist selling one locally, its an OEM one as well. I paid around $250 for the hood, but that doesn't come with the scoop insert, which was another $125 from Toyota.

 

[NJCatalana]

over the past few weekends I've redone my Satoshi grill, adding a Hilux badge, my buddy fabricated my set of sliders (60"), and I installed my full skids from Ryno All Terrain, everything turned out good!

 

[Scotty_h]

Man, excellent work. great looking truck and I understand catching the bug and ending up with a build that you never thought that you would work on. Very satisfying feeling. Keep 'em coming

 

[NJCatalana]

Man, excellent work. great looking truck and I understand catching the bug and ending up with a build that you never thought that you would work on. Very satisfying feeling. Keep 'em coming

thanks man, I appreciate it!

 

[NJCatalana]

installed a set of Eagle Eye LED lights for the rear, bright as hell!