vandert
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Due to the hurricanes I put the 35's back on beginning of last month, and have been enjoying it. But it's time, As she sits with everything done including the passenger side front wheel bearing which I did a few weeks ago, on the 35's $10,500 no BS. For 10,500 I will include the 18" steelies as well in all honesty and I have my rear TJM springs for sale but if the buyer wants them will throw them in. Not 100% on the car I'm getting yet but don't except the 4Runner to sell overnight. No issues!!!!!!! I drive over 100 miles a day and never worry, the wheel bearings were bothering me so replaced the front right one, the drivers side tested fine but in all honesty it is making a little noise, no change so it could just be the aggressive tires
. The front passenger side one was bad though.
Plugs, valve cover gaskets, intake tweaks, front diff, transfer case recent flush new cv's - will include the factory cv's for rebuild axles as I planned on using for trail spares. 315/70/17 BFG kO2's balanced Great on the stock rims with ALL-Pro 1.25 or 1.50 spacers don't remember right now. Tint was done in April, hell just look back through this thread and see most of what was done
407-222-99twoone text preferred.
Alright, can't make this post from work so going to make it in an email, then send to myself on the phone if it doesn't' come out right will come back from home later and update lol.
Well, I'm back - built an 85, 86, 04, and 95 before this one - the 85 was straight forward as it was FE and Solid Axle so didn't do much other than lift and lock. The 86 did a full rebuild, SAS, locked front and rear, and sold way too soon. The 04 was my ex-wifes and we had it in Germany, sold it in Germany and had an 07 ordered that we cancelled as our marriage took a turn for the worse on a deployment. When I got back stateside as a single father of 2 I picked up the 95 and over years built it to be probably one of my favorite vehicles ever. Sold it in 2011 and bought a Jeep Wrangler that I built and sold not 8 months later as I wasn't happy with it. That brings us to now. Was driving a BMW 330i that had gremlins that I kept at bay and autocrossed the piss out of for 3 almost 4 years, but recently it started having electrical issues - ie shutting off at highway speeds - and I said goodbye.
Not a bad looker, was a great performer by the time I was done with it but so so so happy to see it go and get back to a 4Runner.
2003 SR5 v8 4Runner with 110k miles and one owner, cool story was after I picked it up Monday found the original owners manual and it was a German delivery, just like the one we let go and didn't take delivery on, so it's meant to be lol.
I'm a build kinda guy so up front this will be a lot of maint, and fixing of items I don't like, or that need to be done, I will document almost everything, and I try to keep the first post of the build updated with the latest pic as the last pic. So here she sits when I bought ie now:
Plans are as follows in no specific order:
Fix the issues:
Headlights fogged - have mothers kit in back seat now will do this weekend.
Paint fading on door handles, and the rear tailgate hatch is abysmal - I did something I thought I would never do - ordered chrome caps - it's just easier - arrive on Thursday.
Tailpipe mod - I like to roll with the windows down, and love the rear window down, just doing the watermelon delete and picked up a 90 degree bend to run out the side - will cut and weld up this weekend[emoji4]
Some crappy double din stereo which only works on front speakers, I have the JBL synthesis - so looking for a Scion headunit with steering wheel controls, ability to use my amps, and Bluetooth.
VSC/DSC is intrusive when trying to play - have a cheap switch that will wire up this weekend to disable it for playing in the mud - I live in Florida[emoji4]
Running Boards are on it - Remove and hope to sell
Cladding is faded - will clean/detail and then hit with a heatgun to get to excellent shine/sheen.
No CB - Wiring up my Uniden this weekend mainly for trail runs - still ironing out where I'm going to put my mount for antenna but have all the other items, going to do center console mount of CB and the run external speaker into the cubby below A/C controls.
Figure out where to put my Garage door opener, and my Community gate opener - homelink doesn't work for second as it's rolling code so not going to go homelink...
Rims are horrible - the clearcoat is yellowed, and some areas are pitted and they need refinishing - will hit with aircraft paint remover and polish, then re-clear.
I'm sure will find more, and will post pics of all the problem areas as I start to work on them[emoji4]
Mods planned:
Lift - 3" to be determined but probably springs and 5100's but will see. Will be a 1" body lift as well for a few reasons, one being making header install easier which is another mod down the road.
Hidden winch mount through front bumper - not till after bodylift.
Possibly 06 up headlights and bumpers/cladding, but not sit on that just yet it's a "possible" mod.
Full exhaust eventually.
Airbox mods - elbow first, then fenderwell snorkel OR may do like I did the last jeep and do a cowl vent intake which is honestly where I'm leaning at this time... Spectre Performance Performance Cold Air Induction Filter System for 97-06 Jeep[emoji768] Wrangler TJ & Unlimited with 4.0L Engine | Quadratec for reference as it worked and I swamped my hood several times and never had any issues, picked up considerable mileage and power, plus the sound was amazing, can only imagine on the 4.7 I now have[emoji4]
Sliders - this may come before the lift honestly, may end up doing bodylift first as can do that without needing bigger tires, it's cheaper, allows me to access to do maint, and want sliders, hidden winch etc all to be setup for a 1" bodylift.
Spacers for the stock rims - and of course either a 255/85, or a 285/70 - 75 will be enroute as soon as possible, but tha will be a bit as the tires I have now unfortunately have a lot of tread left, they are the BFG long trails so not the worst tires out there, but pretty ball-less.
Some other pics for your enjoyment of testing it out and realizing how much I hate the VSC/DSC with the fulltime 4wd[emoji4]
My older daughter went with me when we tried this out in the muddy open field - even with center diff in the protections are going crazy when doing all wheel doughnuts, need to stop that:
Rain cleaned it off a lot:/
Picked up a palm frond on that jaunt lol:
Current pic from end of Nov 2016:
Oh yeah, grew a lot in May 2017, 35's now:
. The front passenger side one was bad though. Plugs, valve cover gaskets, intake tweaks, front diff, transfer case recent flush new cv's - will include the factory cv's for rebuild axles as I planned on using for trail spares. 315/70/17 BFG kO2's balanced Great on the stock rims with ALL-Pro 1.25 or 1.50 spacers don't remember right now. Tint was done in April, hell just look back through this thread and see most of what was done
407-222-99twoone text preferred.
Alright, can't make this post from work so going to make it in an email, then send to myself on the phone if it doesn't' come out right will come back from home later and update lol.
Well, I'm back - built an 85, 86, 04, and 95 before this one - the 85 was straight forward as it was FE and Solid Axle so didn't do much other than lift and lock. The 86 did a full rebuild, SAS, locked front and rear, and sold way too soon. The 04 was my ex-wifes and we had it in Germany, sold it in Germany and had an 07 ordered that we cancelled as our marriage took a turn for the worse on a deployment. When I got back stateside as a single father of 2 I picked up the 95 and over years built it to be probably one of my favorite vehicles ever. Sold it in 2011 and bought a Jeep Wrangler that I built and sold not 8 months later as I wasn't happy with it. That brings us to now. Was driving a BMW 330i that had gremlins that I kept at bay and autocrossed the piss out of for 3 almost 4 years, but recently it started having electrical issues - ie shutting off at highway speeds - and I said goodbye.
Not a bad looker, was a great performer by the time I was done with it but so so so happy to see it go and get back to a 4Runner.
2003 SR5 v8 4Runner with 110k miles and one owner, cool story was after I picked it up Monday found the original owners manual and it was a German delivery, just like the one we let go and didn't take delivery on, so it's meant to be lol.
I'm a build kinda guy so up front this will be a lot of maint, and fixing of items I don't like, or that need to be done, I will document almost everything, and I try to keep the first post of the build updated with the latest pic as the last pic. So here she sits when I bought ie now:
Plans are as follows in no specific order:
Fix the issues:
Headlights fogged - have mothers kit in back seat now will do this weekend.
Paint fading on door handles, and the rear tailgate hatch is abysmal - I did something I thought I would never do - ordered chrome caps - it's just easier - arrive on Thursday.
Tailpipe mod - I like to roll with the windows down, and love the rear window down, just doing the watermelon delete and picked up a 90 degree bend to run out the side - will cut and weld up this weekend[emoji4]
Some crappy double din stereo which only works on front speakers, I have the JBL synthesis - so looking for a Scion headunit with steering wheel controls, ability to use my amps, and Bluetooth.
VSC/DSC is intrusive when trying to play - have a cheap switch that will wire up this weekend to disable it for playing in the mud - I live in Florida[emoji4]
Running Boards are on it - Remove and hope to sell
Cladding is faded - will clean/detail and then hit with a heatgun to get to excellent shine/sheen.
No CB - Wiring up my Uniden this weekend mainly for trail runs - still ironing out where I'm going to put my mount for antenna but have all the other items, going to do center console mount of CB and the run external speaker into the cubby below A/C controls.
Figure out where to put my Garage door opener, and my Community gate opener - homelink doesn't work for second as it's rolling code so not going to go homelink...
Rims are horrible - the clearcoat is yellowed, and some areas are pitted and they need refinishing - will hit with aircraft paint remover and polish, then re-clear.
I'm sure will find more, and will post pics of all the problem areas as I start to work on them[emoji4]
Mods planned:
Lift - 3" to be determined but probably springs and 5100's but will see. Will be a 1" body lift as well for a few reasons, one being making header install easier which is another mod down the road.
Hidden winch mount through front bumper - not till after bodylift.
Possibly 06 up headlights and bumpers/cladding, but not sit on that just yet it's a "possible" mod.
Full exhaust eventually.
Airbox mods - elbow first, then fenderwell snorkel OR may do like I did the last jeep and do a cowl vent intake which is honestly where I'm leaning at this time... Spectre Performance Performance Cold Air Induction Filter System for 97-06 Jeep[emoji768] Wrangler TJ & Unlimited with 4.0L Engine | Quadratec for reference as it worked and I swamped my hood several times and never had any issues, picked up considerable mileage and power, plus the sound was amazing, can only imagine on the 4.7 I now have[emoji4]
Sliders - this may come before the lift honestly, may end up doing bodylift first as can do that without needing bigger tires, it's cheaper, allows me to access to do maint, and want sliders, hidden winch etc all to be setup for a 1" bodylift.
Spacers for the stock rims - and of course either a 255/85, or a 285/70 - 75 will be enroute as soon as possible, but tha will be a bit as the tires I have now unfortunately have a lot of tread left, they are the BFG long trails so not the worst tires out there, but pretty ball-less.
Some other pics for your enjoyment of testing it out and realizing how much I hate the VSC/DSC with the fulltime 4wd[emoji4]
My older daughter went with me when we tried this out in the muddy open field - even with center diff in the protections are going crazy when doing all wheel doughnuts, need to stop that:
Rain cleaned it off a lot:/
Picked up a palm frond on that jaunt lol:
Current pic from end of Nov 2016:
Oh yeah, grew a lot in May 2017, 35's now:
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