xSM1THY's Project "Simple and Fun"

xsm1thy

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I'm new to the whole Toyota 4Runner thing so bare with me if I say something stupid or don't know what I am talking about haha.

Some background in vehicles I use to own. I grew up in Southern California near the desert so I built desert trucks with full long travel and some fully caged. However, I just recently moved to Utah last year and found out LT didn't really have a place here and that is why I bought a 4Runner to explore new things and have fun in the snow.

Here is the last Vehicle I owned. Camburg LT up front and Linked in the rear.
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Now onto the 4Runner.

Bought a 2003 4Runner SR5 4wd

Short term plans
Front Prerunner style bumper
Rock sliders
Wheels(Methods or Walkers) tires 35s either Toyos or Nittos
Rock sliders

Long term
Maybe long travel if I don't build an F150
Lighting
Rear tire carrier
Paint cladding

This is how it came stock. Has zero rust which is really hard to find here in northern Utah
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First thing I did was ditch the running boards and mud flaps
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The day I bought the 4Runner I put an order in for my suspension.got it in less then a week thanks to wheeler off-road. Was planning on running Kings but I didn't want to wait the 8 week lead time so decided on fox since I had them on one of my old trucks. Got the extended travel to make it easier to go to long travel. Also got the total chaos upper arm. For the rear I got Icon 2 inch springs and fox shocks in the rear.
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Got everything all that day the suspension arrived.
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The red dirt all over the place is red clay from Moab from the previous owner
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Welcome to my new money pit lol


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Damn thats a good looking ranger. Always wanted to long travel my old one but never had the mula. Have any pictures of the ranger in action :cheer2: . Anyways keep us posted on the build.
 
Damn thats a good looking ranger. Always wanted to long travel my old one but never had the mula. Have any pictures of the ranger in action :cheer2: . Anyways keep us posted on the build.



I'll look through my photos to find some


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Took the 4Runner on its first adventure to The Tetons in Wyoming. About a 500 mile round trip with zero issues. Was hard to find a camping place but found an awesome one on this lake that we had to ourselves.
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Looking good! Love the Tetons! Beautiful country out there. By the look of your ranger, I'm betting that 4Runner will look pretty badass in no time


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Looking good! Love the Tetons! Beautiful country out there. By the look of your ranger, I'm betting that 4Runner will look pretty badass in no time


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Give it a bit lol I'm sure this will turn into a prerunner build in no time haha


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Your pictures just remind me I need to get back out to the Tetons and stat. haven't been in 2 years, but my wife and I talk about it once a wee at least. Thanks for the reminder and great looking rig so far!
 
Got new 285/75/16 Toyo ATs installed today

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Also is doing excellent on my drive to California. 1100 miles so far and still need to go home another 750


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Installed a trans cooler because the trans was getting warm in the slower stuff
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