What did you do with your 4runner today?

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Installed a set of OME springs and shocks! Very happy with the ride. Took about 5.5 hours.
 
I could actually use a new spare tire hanger. Mine is pretty rusty and the cable is frayed.

Wish you where closer, I'd just toss it to you.

Let me pull it tomorrow, i'll pull the cable out get you a shot. We can work something, prefer someone that can use it than tossing it.
 
What i did with my 4runner today was we picked out new tires for it. Stay tuned. Now the :boxer: begins when i get them to try and make them fit
 
Realized that my air on board switch is normally open and I need a normally closed one to work for tapping into the master cyl plug.
 
Make sure you guys do FW update on those stereos if you play videos from the USB. I pretty much couldn't until I updated mine. That was a while ago so they might be shipping them with the fixed version.
 
Well I finally changed out both of my blown rear bearings and all new seals and components. While I was at it and had everything torn apar,nI also decided to install new parking brake shoes and complete new hardware kit, and while I was still at it I might as well fresh in up my rear brakes so I installed a complete rebuild kit along with of course some new brake pads. also flushed Out my brake and filled with all new and drain my diff and filled with new.nand of course to top off my my complete new rebuilt rear end/axle I also got her some new 4"stilettos 285/75/16 she went bigger 2" heels 265/75/16 and I must say she fills them in very nicely.
So new parts installed
..2 Rear Wheel Bearings
.. Seals,retainers,clips
..parking brake shoes
..parking brake hardware
..rebuilt calipers
..brake pads
.. Ss brake lines
..Brake fluid flush
.. Tires 285/75/16
..differential fluid changed
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Pic of blown seals just as I pulled the axles,
 

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Pic of blown bearing if you spun the hub or shake the hub you could hear the bearings shaking inside and when I pressed them out a couple rows of bearings just fell out and was just brown sludge inside
 

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I will never touch the parking brake components on one of these 4th gens ever again, this is the only thing I have ever said I won't touch again and this will be also the first time I would say I would pay and allow someone to work on my rig.
That design is a F ing nightmare, never again. I will just go without a parking brake if there's ever an issue in the future.
 

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I rebuilt my rear brake calipers this weekend as well. Super easy. I got the kit from Toyota, comes with everything for the caliper and bracket. $28. I have now rebuilt my front and rears for under $50. I was wondering why I don't see others rebuilding them, only swapping them out for rebuilt ones from Centric or Powerstop. I figure even if I rebuilt them every 2-3 years, or once every brake job they should be fine. Better than paying $90 per caliper.
 
Made my list of upcoming projects:

1: Hood Scoop Light Bar

2: Headlight Projector Upgrade

3: Fumoto Drain Valve

4: Oil Seals

5: CV Axles

6: O2 Sensor

7: Replace stripped Oil Fill Plug

8: Coilover Lower Bushing Replacement

9: UCA Bushing Washer Replacement

10: Oil Change

11: :beer:



Everything has been purchased, just need to find the time and now a garage to do it all in.


Got a build thread?
 
Went and played in Joshua Tree this weekend. The wheel spacers definitely helped my remote reservoir clearance issue. Almost fully stuffed and I still had about a 1/2" clearance between the tire and the reservoir. I am however rubbing somewhere else in the front now though. Heard it a couple times while we were tooling around off road.

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