Theizzardking
New member
HELLO!
Some of you may know me from other 4runner forums but i've been here lurking for sometime now, as i feel my truck is just now getting to a build state that i can start considering overlanding an option and may actually have something intelligent to contribute (we'll see about that) i thought i'd start a build thread here with some of intentions and a little bit of guidance from the people i fell more akin to then the rock crushers on other forums, after all, the solitude i lust after is measured in miles and not feet, i don't care about how big of a rock i went over, i care about how far i made it from that rock on my chest called civilization, i'm sure you guys can relate. So i'll just dive right into it,
i have a 1999 4Runner with factory e locker and 240k on the clock, all standard maintenance is taken care of and almost all running gear is up to snuff.
the modification i have made are as follows
Suspension:
OME 881 front coils with matching nitro shocks
LC 8 wrap coils with OME comfort ride shocks
sway bar drop bracket
energy sus. poly bushings for the complete front end
armor:
ARB Tacoma bumper with hella 5550f's and flashy clear turns
TRIAL EQUIPMENT:
homemade dirt bike hitch carrier
really bad sleeping platform
Yakima roof basket
survival Box
now for some pics:
the day i bought it home:
After i got hit buy a Bus and the city of seattle bought me a new bumper:
first big trip in the 4Runner, yellowstone,Yosemite,moab,arches and zion, all one trip not in that order, lol
some of the mods i made:
sway bar drop block
crappy rear sleeping platform, it did work well though for a few weeks, just not pretty....
screen for the desert, rare earth mag's with felt and sunshade from wall mart $20 total
DIRT BIKE carrier, again crap but cost $40
stock switch for fogs
my lift
my tires and wheels , the wheels weren't my choice the shop threw them in for free to get me to buy the tires as my stock rims wouldn't clear, wrong backspacing
Some of you may know me from other 4runner forums but i've been here lurking for sometime now, as i feel my truck is just now getting to a build state that i can start considering overlanding an option and may actually have something intelligent to contribute (we'll see about that) i thought i'd start a build thread here with some of intentions and a little bit of guidance from the people i fell more akin to then the rock crushers on other forums, after all, the solitude i lust after is measured in miles and not feet, i don't care about how big of a rock i went over, i care about how far i made it from that rock on my chest called civilization, i'm sure you guys can relate. So i'll just dive right into it,
i have a 1999 4Runner with factory e locker and 240k on the clock, all standard maintenance is taken care of and almost all running gear is up to snuff.
the modification i have made are as follows
Suspension:
OME 881 front coils with matching nitro shocks
LC 8 wrap coils with OME comfort ride shocks
sway bar drop bracket
energy sus. poly bushings for the complete front end
armor:
ARB Tacoma bumper with hella 5550f's and flashy clear turns
TRIAL EQUIPMENT:
homemade dirt bike hitch carrier
really bad sleeping platform
Yakima roof basket
survival Box
now for some pics:
the day i bought it home:
After i got hit buy a Bus and the city of seattle bought me a new bumper:
first big trip in the 4Runner, yellowstone,Yosemite,moab,arches and zion, all one trip not in that order, lol
some of the mods i made:
sway bar drop block
crappy rear sleeping platform, it did work well though for a few weeks, just not pretty....
screen for the desert, rare earth mag's with felt and sunshade from wall mart $20 total
DIRT BIKE carrier, again crap but cost $40
stock switch for fogs
my lift
my tires and wheels , the wheels weren't my choice the shop threw them in for free to get me to buy the tires as my stock rims wouldn't clear, wrong backspacing