I have been lurking around here off and on for a couple years. I finally decided to pull the trigger on a couple things thanks to the influence of several of the veterans on this forum.
It all started several years ago when I got married. It's ok though because she came with one of these:
Which is really sweet because it is one of these:
Of course I didn't know how awesome this was because I wasn't sold on the 4runner platform growing up around the desert southwest and every truck is a lifted garage queen. That changed when I took it out by myself through some areas that were highly questionable with stock suspension and the street tires I had put on it to save money. I only stopped because I ran out of clearance and I didn't want to get hung up on a rock. That is when I started lurking around here. A couple years later I sold my other daily driver a 2007 F150 Super Crew and the '98 4Runner is now my sled.
I am starting my build with a '98 4runner that came as dowry, with 160,000 miles on it. She is a Canadian transplant, my wife is from the Northwest, I found that out because of the "Windshield Wiper Fluid" light.
This is her at the start, the sun destroyed the paint in the past 8 months.
I started with the suspension since it was original and the tires were going bald. I love getting packages in the mail.
I decided to tackle this by myself. I spent 3 hours on the front. (Toytec BOSS)
Then another 3 on the back. It wasn't hard, just a lesson in patience and tools. (OME 891, Sport shocks)
I read a lot about the capabilities inherent to the 4runner so I wanted to stay close to stock for tires, I bought a set of these (General Grabber AT2 267/75R16):
She now looks like this:
I knew this was coming, but was hoping it wouldn't have been this soon. (30 miles) :bash:
I have limited time for this weekend and have to take it on a road trip. DUCT TAPE and HOSE CLAMPS till next weekend.
This is the start, I plan on sliders, bumpers, drawers. There are several of you out there to blame. I am amazed at the amount of the talent represented on this forum and thank all of you for sharing. I've also been trolling ExpoPortal so that is more of the direction I will be going with this. Thanks for reading.
It all started several years ago when I got married. It's ok though because she came with one of these:
Which is really sweet because it is one of these:
Of course I didn't know how awesome this was because I wasn't sold on the 4runner platform growing up around the desert southwest and every truck is a lifted garage queen. That changed when I took it out by myself through some areas that were highly questionable with stock suspension and the street tires I had put on it to save money. I only stopped because I ran out of clearance and I didn't want to get hung up on a rock. That is when I started lurking around here. A couple years later I sold my other daily driver a 2007 F150 Super Crew and the '98 4Runner is now my sled.
I am starting my build with a '98 4runner that came as dowry, with 160,000 miles on it. She is a Canadian transplant, my wife is from the Northwest, I found that out because of the "Windshield Wiper Fluid" light.
This is her at the start, the sun destroyed the paint in the past 8 months.
I started with the suspension since it was original and the tires were going bald. I love getting packages in the mail.
I decided to tackle this by myself. I spent 3 hours on the front. (Toytec BOSS)
Then another 3 on the back. It wasn't hard, just a lesson in patience and tools. (OME 891, Sport shocks)
I read a lot about the capabilities inherent to the 4runner so I wanted to stay close to stock for tires, I bought a set of these (General Grabber AT2 267/75R16):
She now looks like this:
I knew this was coming, but was hoping it wouldn't have been this soon. (30 miles) :bash:
I have limited time for this weekend and have to take it on a road trip. DUCT TAPE and HOSE CLAMPS till next weekend.
This is the start, I plan on sliders, bumpers, drawers. There are several of you out there to blame. I am amazed at the amount of the talent represented on this forum and thank all of you for sharing. I've also been trolling ExpoPortal so that is more of the direction I will be going with this. Thanks for reading.
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