Yeah...it's another millennium silver 3rd gen build

[jmferg]

Time to start a build thread for mine.

Mainly for my own documentation purposes but also as an inspiration for others starting out as first time Toyota owners.
Now that I have owned it for a year, time to go through the run down.

I bought the most basic and common 3rd gen on the road.
Millennium silver SR5 with chrome trim.

2001 3.4/4x4/AT 1-owner, 136,000 trade in at the Toyota dealer.
After looking for several months and driving over 300 miles in opposite directions, I found in my hometown that got traded in Saturday night, I looked at it Sunday night when they were closed, and came on Monday and bought it.
Original Cali truck that is about to see its first real winter.

Maintenance items I've done
Oem radiator
Oem timing belt
Oem water pump
Oem upper & lower rad hoses
Oem thermostat
Oem drive belts
Oem LBJs
AFE air filter
Extended rear diff breather mod.
Redline Syn in front and rear diffs
Transmission pan drop and refill with Toyota T-IV
Painted the undercarriage with Dupli-Color Bed Armor
Suspension :
First i installed 99 tall coils and all 4 corners. The rears sagged worse than the 01s so I installed 1.5" daystar spacers as well.
That setup only lasted so long.
Now I am running Bilstein 6112 fronts set at the (6/7) position and OME nitrocharger rear shocks with 890 coils.

265/75/16 Falken AT3/Ws. Terrible tires
I will not run a set of Falkens again.
They will not balance out after 4 tries including using road force balancing with the Toyota adaptor.

I built a rear set of drawers that I'm pretty happy with.
Full recovery gear set in ARB bag

Future mods- waiting to install- mainly laziness, I know

Ordered Baja utility rack (eta: 4 weeks out)
4 PIAA LP550s leds light on the Baja rack
B&M transcooler with Derale e fan
Spidertrax 1.25" wheels spacers: I won't install until I can get the wheel balance issue situated.
PTM satoshi grille mod.
Fluid Film undercarriage
Rear window accessory mount




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[jmferg]

First mods-TBU

I good detail job on the paint. It really didn't need much help

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[jmferg]

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[jmferg]

Future plans. Not already in the works.

Pull running boards, have rocker panels sprayed in PTM millennium silver Line-X.
Install shrockworks sliders.

Pending an upcoming medical diagnosis for a seizure I had during work, I won't be allowed to drive for 6 months so I will be most likely packing it away and storing it over winter but who knows at this point. I'm still pretty down that it looks like I won't be driving and will miss a lot of overlanding trips I wanted to attend


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[ranbar02]

Looks good so far. The best color in my opinion. Hope everything works out health wise.

 

[Hepar]

Amazing color! You sure it's not an '02? I ask because your cloth seats were only available on the Sport models in '01, but became standard in '02. Or maybe they were still an option in '01?

 

[Unner]

Nice truck!

Amazing color! You sure it's not an '02? I ask because your cloth seats were only available on the Sport models in '01, but became standard in '02. Or maybe they were still an option in '01?

I have these same seats in my 2001 SR5. I think most sports got the "mesh" type of seats, but not all of them, like BFAD has the same seats as me and OP in his 01 Sport.

 

[Road Bull]

Clean looking 4Runner. I am a big fan of millennium silver runners, but, I am partial. Keep up the good work.op2:

 

[Boudin]

Very nice, I swear I was reading my own build thread for a minute. Very similar path of mods. Drawers look nice, I need to build a set too..

Is balancing the only issue with the Falkens? How do they do in the rain ?

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[Hepar]

I have these same seats in my 2001 SR5. I think most sports got the "mesh" type of seats, but not all of them, like BFAD has the same seats as me and OP in his 01 Sport.

Interesting. My best guess is that it was an optional upgrade. Every '01 Sport I've seen has these seats and every '01 SR5/Limited with cloth has the standard cloth seats.

Tangent, but I really want the '02 cloth seats!

 

[jmferg]

Very nice, I swear I was reading my own build thread for a minute. Very similar path of mods. Drawers look nice, I need to build a set too..

Is balancing the only issue with the Falkens? How do they do in the rain ?

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I am not impressed with their performance. Rain is fine like most other All terrains. I don't see how they have the snowflake emblem though...Traction in the sand was poor: aired down to 15psi, locked in 4L. I can't look past the balancing issues I am Driving 75 miles a day and the shaking is beyond annoying.


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[HappyHooligan]

looks great!

 

[jmferg]

My "must do list" before the New England winter sets in
1. Power wash undercarriage.
1. A: undercoat any bare spots I missed earlier
1. B: fluid film entire undercarriage, instead body panels, etc. hopefully the case of 10 I ordered is enough
2. Install trans cooler and fan
3. Install satoshi grille
Install Baja utility rack and wire PIAAs.
4. Continue to fight with Toyota dealer and/or Falken to get the tire balance figured out.
I'm trusting you guys to golf me to this lol.

Last Friday I had a seizure at work and was unaware it even happened until I woke up in the emergency room and they informed me I had been unconscious for several hours.
Part of the protocol is I'm restricted from driving for 6 months.
I'm debating on winterizing the 4 runner and parking it through winter with a cover to save it from seeing any salt. My other option to prep it for winter and park my wife's Malibu to keep the miles off it since it has the payments. Decisions, decisions


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[Boudin]

You ever thought of trying those balancing beads you put in through the valve stem? I've heard good things about them

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[jmferg]

You ever thought of trying those balancing beads you put in through the valve stem? I've heard good things about them

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It has crossed my mind but I don't know enough about them to see if they are beneficial. They are mainly for people who have nice wheels and don't want want to look at wheel weights correct?


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[JackedYota]

You ever thought of trying those balancing beads you put in through the valve stem? I've heard good things about them

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I have some Treadwrights that couldn't be balanced so I tried the beads and it's better but not great. Going to give Treadwright a call and see about getting them swapped out.

 

[jmferg]

Original plan was to keep the runner stock and drive it everyday. My f150 was become my toy and get the garage space.

Shamelessly parted the f150 out that I had since HS

5yrs and 100,000 miles later I
Swapped a rust free body, put 34" Toyo MTs, front and rear diffs rebuilt, 4:10s, Detroit in the rear, chromoly shafts, the works. HID retrofit heads, custom alum driveshafts, full gauges. Truck was stout and the best vehicle I ever had. Extremely reliable and never left me stranded. The gear swap was the downfall of the truck. I paid a shop almost $3,000 it do it and it got redone 5 times and spent 89 days at the shop. He couldnt get it setup right, and kept sending me bills. I wasted so much money on needing a rental car, getting rides to work, and taking vacation days while it sat at the shop. Finally got tired and took it to another drivetrain shop, paid to have to redone, and sold it the night I picked it up. Sold the lightning super supercharger swap to a HS kid for a good chunk of change.
New owner texted me and his wife totaled it last week

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[jmferg]

Most recent.
Not as tall as I expected with the 890s and factory cones. I'm sure it will look taller with the running boards removed

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[jmferg]

I got in on a group buy for some sliders but those probably won't be done until late winter with the massive wait times.
Baja rack is delayed as they are backed up. I thinks I'm going on week 9 since I placed the order. Finally, I am hoping to grab a savage skid plate set if they put out any Black Friday sales


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[jmferg]

Baja rack and PIAA LP550s mounted

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