The SkylineGTRracer's 2006 build

[SkylineGTRracer]

Hey guys I never started one of these so I'd thought I'd give it a try. If you notice a difference in quality I had a Canon camera for photo class, the rest are from my G-phone. I'll start from the time I got the SUV to it's current status and future mods. When I got the car, late 2007, it had to be detailed as I got it used so for 2 days I had a gay baby blue 2007 Camry. That car sucked hard and was glad to have my 4Runner. Nothing drives like a rental. LOL These are some of the first pictures of my truck when I drove it to my high school. the 3rd gen is my friends 2002 Limited 2wd

 

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The truck was stock for a while but I kept on taking pics. Here are some photoshop pics 4 ya'll.

 

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Some time goes by and its the summer of my senior year in high school. 2008-2009 that was a good football season 7-3 and boy did I bust my ass! I earned some more money and put in a CB radio and a K&N air filter. And of course mudding with friends. I have more photos but I'm trying not to be boring and I don't know how many pics to post.

 

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It was now the last semester of my senior year. boy do I have stories! (but I'm sure everyone does as well) I had to go to the downtown campus of UTSA and test for placement even though I did good on the SAT/ACT. (they suck!) if you look at the bottom right you can see the car park where the Runner is.

 

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I then GRADUATED from highschool! yeah and as a reward I got me new tires. I'll show where the old Dunlops went. The new tires are Bridgestones and have a higher speed rating and a lower weight rating. I got the tires from Discount tire and I love both the tires and the shop. I'm glad they let you drive your car in the working bay or I would have a problem, fit, blood rage. use your imagination it's more fun lol.

 

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Summer of 2009 was fun. I knew where I was going. COE (college of Engineering) at the 1604 UTSA campus. and earned money to spend on mods. the first was changing the plugs from the normal 36,000 miles to the Iridium Denzo plugs. after that me and my best friends went mudding in my truck and my friend Justin's 92 Yukon. Later I went to a sport edition braking system. this happened by mistake. Stillen goes by rim size and from the factory I had the 17 inch rims. but I own an SR5 and they come with 12.5 inch rotors while the other two versions, sport and limited, came with 13.3 inch rotors. so I went to advance auto parts and go the bigger calipers and also scored some Goodridge brake lines.

 

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Here are some mudding pics 4 you to enjoy! you know whats funny my friends was in 4wd and I was in a 2wd truck. 4Runners rock!

 

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Some more.

 

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Now its January and I'm still thinking of what to do to my truck. I did CJ3flyer's mod the the VSC and I love it! it's turned off all the time. I also have a new system for working on my truck. put my truck outside and have my laptop playing music or Topgear. of course I have my guard dog, Snap. the car on the left was my first car. A 1997 Rav4 which was my moms old car. I got it when I was a Sophomore. I drove it like I stole it everywhere, I do in the Runner as well but the Rav is a go-Kart compared to the 4Runner. Future mods are the APR X-1. cost $1500 and comes with an ECU piggyback, Cam gears and a lower degree thermostat. Maybe before that I might get Addco front and rear sway bars or Bilstien 5100 shocks if I can keep the factory ride height. don't worry I was at the San Antonio raceway for the last pic. I was just testing how the truck drove. Please tell me what you think of the truck so far. I'll keep updating as well.

 

[MikesToy]

Looks like helluva fun! :bravo:

 

[SkylineGTRracer]

Looks like helluva fun! :bravo:

Thanks man! I thought I give this a try hope you enjoyed the pics, like they say A picture is worth 1000 words.:cheers:

 

[MikesToy]

Is that you with the pink hat? imp:

 

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Is that you with the pink hat? imp:

Naw thats my buddie Sam. he drives a Jeep Grand Cherike. Among our group he is the P.I.M.P but he got stuck. lol! Me having a Reese saved his butt

 

[bak3rme]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...................nice truck and all but....was that a bentley in a highschool student parking lot?....................

 

[SkylineGTRracer]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...................nice truck and all but....was that a bentley in a highschool student parking lot?....................

Yep. it had 22's and a banging sound system. I went to a private school and most of the students are more fortunate than others.

 

[bak3rme]

Yep. it had 22's and a banging sound system. I went to a private school and most of the students are more fortunate than others.

wow, that is 'effing insane. driving a bently to highschool...wow. the most expensive car we had was probally like a brand new fully loaded honda civic... other than that everyone at my highschool drove old ass cars, however...we had a kid that was sponsored because he BMX'ed or somethign and he had a newer generation corvette. did u know him as a friend? wonder what his parents did...and wonder what his parents drove...probally had like an apache or something

i digg the pics too

 

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wow, that is 'effing insane. driving a bently to highschool...wow. the most expensive car we had was probally like a brand new fully loaded honda civic... other than that everyone at my highschool drove old ass cars, however...we had a kid that was sponsored because he BMX'ed or somethign and he had a newer generation corvette. did u know him as a friend? wonder what his parents did...and wonder what his parents drove...probally had like an apache or something

i digg the pics too

I can show my other friends car and they were decent for highschoolers. The guy who drives the brown suburban has a dad that owns or run or both a company called Vintage air. My friend, Denno, who drives the white 2002 4runner has a dad thats a doctor and a mom who works at my University. Its a 100-200 student highschool so we pretty much who everyone was.

 

[bak3rme]

I can show my other friends car and they were decent for highschoolers. The guy who drives the brown suburban has a dad that owns or run or both a company called Vintage air. My friend, Denno, who drives the white 2002 4runner has a dad thats a doctor and a mom who works at my University. Its a 100-200 student highschool so we pretty much who everyone was.

thats cool, and pretty small for a highschool, but yea i remember we had everything from like 1987 buick to like an h3 and everything in between. but thats a pretty small school highscool u went to. my question was what did the parents of the kid with the bently do for a living and what did they drive.

 

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thats cool, and pretty small for a highschool, but yea i remember we had everything from like 1987 buick to like an h3 and everything in between. but thats a pretty small school highscool u went to. my question was what did the parents of the kid with the bently do for a living and what did they drive.

If I remember right his parents were criminal lawyers. I know the wife drove a H1 wagon grayish blue. (she needs a mini or a scooter I can't tell you how many 200 point turns she made.) I don't know anything of the dad.

 

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As of right now I am debating myself and some of my friends on what to do next. either I get sport edition headlights and hood or the Bilstien 5100 shocks. The debate is that I don't want to lift the truck but they say that the shocks the chrome Bilsteins are height adjustable. At the same time I want the truck to look good and the sport edition looks good with the black headlights and the hood scoop. what do you think I should do?