What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

[3bears]

Installed my new $140 awning! Its pretty dang nice IMO

more info please

 

[Chris_Overland]

WANT. Where'd you get that? That's one of the things on my list, and I didn't expect that it would only be $140!

more info please

Here ya go! seems pretty sturdy to me! Im gonna be testing it out this weekend and I'll report back

Amazon.com: Yescom 7.6'x8.2' Car Side Awning Rooftop Pull Out Tent Shelter PU2000mm UV50+ Shade SUV Outdoor Camping Travel Grey: Automotive

 

[Devbot]

Installed the Addicted Offroad front bumper:

Hot damn, your paint looks immaculate! Very shiny

Installed my new $140 awning! Its pretty dang nice IMO

Awnings are so badass, wish i warranted a reason for one. Lookin real good

 

[Ryance39]

Went for a little dirt drive after not driving for almost a month

 

[4Runner4Leon]

Hot damn, your paint looks immaculate! Very shiny

Thanks! It was painted just about 3 weeks ago .

 

[toverturf]

Installed the Addicted Offroad front bumper:

After looking at all the bumpers I think i'm between this one or Coastal Offroad. This also makes me want to paint my silver cladding white. Looks a lot cleaner.

 

[monkishtypist]

Finally got my rear storage and second battery installed (100 ah). The big space on the left is for a fridge, and hope to add an inner drawer/table pull out beneath it down the line. Also left room for another battery in case the one can't keep up. Eventually planning to add a couple drawers on the right, nice drawer faces with pulls, and put a top on it all to keep things in and for a little concealment. But for the time being it seems like it's 100+ degrees outside every other day, so the work progresses slowly...

 

[Devbot]

Thanks! It was painted just about 3 weeks ago .

How much it run you? I imagine quite a bit

 

[4Runner4Leon]

After looking at all the bumpers I think i'm between this one or Coastal Offroad. This also makes me want to paint my silver cladding white. Looks a lot cleaner.

The big difference is that the Coastal is a kit, while Addicted is pre-made (not counting the adjustments I had to make here and there). I wasn't up for welding up a kit, so that's why I went with Addicted.

I obsessed for a couple of years about silver or body-color cladding, finally settling on the latter. I really like that look much better, it makes the truck look more modern.

 

[4Runner4Leon]

How much it run you? I imagine quite a bit

Not as much as it should have - I took it in to paint the cladding, as well as the driver door and fender (which had previous damage). That was about $1200, including a brand new OEM fender, which I thought was reasonable (this is an insurance grade body shop).

When I came to pick it up, I noticed they did a terrible job on the driver door, and also managed to scratch the driver side rear door. They apologized profusely and promised to take care of it. They obviously didn't learn, because when I came back a second time, they fixed those problems, but managed to scratch the passenger side door and quarter panel, as well as the hood. So they had to repaint all those areas as well.

And that's how I got about 75% of the truck repainted for about $1200 .

 

[onsiteman]

Rear brake change out and rust control.

I did a complete rear brake job on my '96 along with some rust control. New drums, shoes, wheel cylinders and hardware. Came out real nice I thought. I have brand new tires and wheels along with a lift kit and I just could not put them on with the wheel well looking like this. Plus a great time to access all this stuff to work on it. This baby has 296K on it

This rig has seen a ton of miles with little to no love. That is changing as I have a huge list of things I am doing now!
Have a great day all!

 

[DerekRI]

Looks great!

 

[texadelphia]

Pulled my rear axles today They go to the machine shop tomorrow for new bearings and retainers.

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[danwyl]

I did a complete rear brake job on my '96 along with some rust control. New drums, shoes, wheel cylinders and hardware. Came out real nice I thought. I have brand new tires and wheels along with a lift kit and I just could not put them on with the wheel well looking like this. Plus a great time to access all this stuff to work on it. This baby has 296K on it

Have a great day all!

Did you go full OEM on everything? Do you have part numbers? I'm looking to replace my rear brakes as well soon and would love a starting point.

 

[clearock]

Got this nice axle housings but now have to send them back... the bolt pattern is upside down, the fill plug is on the bottom. The housing look pretty sweet, hopefully everything gets worked out. So far Ruff Stuff has been all over getting it right...

 

[WrenchTech]

Fixing a Spot of Rust on My Drivers Door

Fixing a spot of rust on my drivers door. I bought the 4runner a year ago. In the meantime I replaced the front bumper, got rid of the runningboards, installed a new pair of oxygen sensors, and installed some different wheels and tires. After I put on the wheels and tires I really started to fall in love with this truck again. And so I thought I should clean it up as much as possible and started looking for things like new seats maybe some different wheels yet again and a back bumper. One thing I thought I could get started on right away was fixing an isolated rough spot on the drivers door. That’s what I worked on most recently. I cut out all the rust and then welded in a patch of sheet metal, After which I skimmed over it with some Bondo glass and then some regular Bondo filler. Tomorrow I’ll get some primer on it which will help me to see if I have done a good job of smoothing out the patch and blending it in.

I will get some pictures up in an hour or two. I forgot that you have to host your own pictures and I hate to do that work on my phone.

 

[WrenchTech]

When I bought the 4runner it had this bubble of rust on the drivers door. It turns out that this part of the car had been involved in some kind of collision. It had filler on the door that was finished out pretty nicely. Clearly though something has gone wrong to allow this rust to occur.

When I scratched beneath the surface I found this:

So I cut away all the rusted metal.

After making the perfect metal patch and welding it in place (I forgot to take a picture of that step), I applied a layer of Bondo Glass fiber reinforced filler.

Then I spread on a coat of regular Bondo filler.

After I sanded out the last coat of filler I sprayed on some sanding primer because I couldn't wait to see if I had a nice smooth surface. I will sand the primer off when I'm ready to lay down a coat of epoxy primer. I've heard it said that you should put down coat of epoxy primer before you put on your filler, and then once you finish sanding your filler prime it again with epoxy. I'm sure this is the best practice, however I am not going to worry about it because this is not the best door. I will probably replace the door at some point.

 

[onsiteman]

Did you go full OEM on everything? Do you have part numbers? I'm looking to replace my rear brakes as well soon and would love a starting point.

Hi there. I did NOT use OEM parts. I don't get kicked out of the club do I? I used Brembo drums and Centric shoes and hardware. The wheel cylinders were from A/C Delco. It all went together perfectly and functions just fine. I have not done a road test yet as I am installing a lift at the moment. If you would like part #'s on what I did use let me know.
Here is a shot of my wheel well before and after the rehab. Still need to use some undercoating, I like the Duplicolor brand, on the underside of the well. I have cleaned it, just waiting on the product to show up.
I got my Bilsteins and OME 906's in today!! Went from this....

To this....

Sway bar is yet to go back in. Treated it with rust pro today and waiting on some links to show up so I can install it. Next up is the front end. Have the Bilstein 5100's and some OME 2880's. I also put on my new 32" BFG K02 on a Taco snowflake to see what it looks like in the wheel well....sexy!!

Woot Woot :cheers:
Have a great day all.

 

[Devbot]

let us know how they perform. I'm in the same boat - wanna do it sometime, not sure where to start.

 

[JBurt]

When I bought the 4runner it had this bubble of rust on the drivers door. It turns out that this part of the car had been involved in some kind of collision. It had filler on the door that was finished out pretty nicely. Clearly though something has gone wrong to allow this rust to occur.

WELL DONE! That is a fantastic job. It's nice that that 4runner is getting the love that it deserves. That color is pretty rare, and very nice.