TMP's 2002 Build and Wrenching thread

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Picked up this well maintained bone stock 2002 SR5 exactly 2 years ago tomorrow and have had a lot fun wrenching on these projects. Looking forward to some more mods, maintenance and exploring CO.
** lots of updates and photos to add......

October 15, 2017
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October 21, 2015
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First order of business was a thorough steam cleaning of the interior:

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Added a AVS Deflector...

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Andy Mod 2.0
Highly suggested mod for all the 01-02's. I pretty much have it turned off all the time.

Someday I'll make a fancy on/trac/off sticker for the button... or if someone makes a cool switch maybe I'll swap it in there.

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Rollins Pass Oct 23, 2016

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November 2016
Bye bye sway bar


Ended up pulling the front swaybar off completely after all this..... and liked the way it handle off road much better.

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The link that survived...prolly not for much longer!
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November 2016
Broken rear shock and severed ABS cable.

Dash is blowing up!
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Broken shock bounced around and snipped the ABS sensor cable. I soldered it and cover in heat shrink.
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Ready for solder... and then didn't take any more photos.
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November 2016
TOYTEC TIME!

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*more to come......

 

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This was a really fun project. Had Toytec assemble the front coils for me and then drove down and picked everything up.

TTHA-9602 - ToyTec/Eibach 3" lift kit - 96-02 4Runner

November 15, 2016

Difference in stock rear spring and new toytec rear 3" lift spring
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Shock on the right is the one that broke and was flopping around. The one on the left i bent back and forth until the top bolt snapped. Took all of about 10 seconds
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Rear end done. Cleaned out those horrible top mounts and they were in great shape. If you have issues getting the spring in you can jack up one side of the axle to make it easier... No extended brake line at this time but it is on the list for future when I do a full brake system flush.
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Toytec install - continued

November 16, 2016

Upper control arm removed....a little paracord came in handy
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Front assembly removed
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Toytec in place!
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SPC UCA in!
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Upper ball joint, without boot
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Free tool rentals from O'Reilly's - Ball joint kit and 4Wheel drive kit... makes this job pretty easy.
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Ready to pop that ball joint out. No need to spend time cutting it if you set it up like this.
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First you may think this is not going to clear the fender.....
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But it does, just enough to get the socket on!
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to be continued........

 

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Front Toytec install continued...

Press this in and you are ready to finish the Upper ball joint install
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Ready for an alignment! I've got too much tread to swap the wheels and tires right now so just gonna deal with it. :roll eyes: 245/75/16 : came on the truck when I bought it, Cooper Discovery ATP
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November 22, 2016

Currently clocking in at.....
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December 4, 2016
Costco car mats.... I just can't bring myself to spend $100 on a set and these give pretty good coverage and hold a decent amount of water and dirt. :cowboy:

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Made a center hump cover....
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January 4, 2016

Made a few stops up north today to pick up the next round of mods...

1st stop....
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2nd stop....
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3rd stop..... dropping off the AOR for some powder coating...
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January 21, 2017
The weather has been amazing so let's get that bumper mounted!
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Those mounting brackets need to be cut off... but don't cut off the end of the frame or you will loose strength...
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I cut around so the end of the frame was still capped to retain maximum strength. Grind it just enough for the cross member bar to fit.
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Crossmember
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Pulled off the rest of the grill and what not.... been secretly working on a Satoshi to add in when this all goes back together...
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Getting there!
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RCI
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Complete!
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Only thing about the RCI that I did not care for was the coverage of the radiator... you can see it is not 100% covered... someday will build/fab something to cover that.

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January 22, 2017

Next addition showed up today....
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And the control box was broken :suspicious: Replacement is on the way!
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February 4, 2017

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February 4, 2017

This was in the mail so why waste any time.... replacing the control bulbs with LED's.
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Found some old satellite radio stuff in there that I pull out and tossed.
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Way brighter than the Speedo so will pop LED's in there at some point.... but not now.
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February 12, 2017

Couple of things: Overland Bound #3508 (I like what they support, so I support them) and replacing the body ground with a 0 gauge (overkill, if I do the rest of the big 3 I'll use high quality 2 gauge)

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Pretty rough shape after 15 years
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New terminals
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Ready for the winch when the replacement arrives!