the kid
Juke Box Hero
ok so i have a build over on T4R, that im gonna link here. im not gonna start from the begining as i have done that now on tree differnet forums, and honsetly im kinda sick of rewriting it, but i will cover the mods i have done to it here up to this point so i can give you all a base as to where its at, and whats been done to it....
so its a 97 SR5, 3.4, with an auto trans, i bought it at just over 200k mi, and it was the second owner whom i bought it from, he had only had it about a year, and decided he needed something bigger(full size truck), so i picked it up. paid like $5000 or $5500 i cant remember but it was a good deal -i just didnt know how good of a deal till later on... we bought it for our growing family, had a 85 4x4 pickup and a yaris, the wife drove the yaris and i had the truck, well that was all good and dandy with one kid, but with the other on the way we needed something bigger with more room... the origonal owner was a sales person from a local dealer and lived about 60miles away from work(mostly fwy 90/10) so i knew the truck had good service from the dealer most of its life. -my father inlaw is also a toyota master tech for a dealer and been working for that dealer for almost 30 years and been working on cars for closer to 40. so when issues come up that i cant take care of i ask for his help to get it done.
when i got it, it was basically stock. i had a brush guard on it, with some cheep pilot KC knock offs, and Tacoma 17" wheels and stock 265 tires. it got around fairly good with those, but i knew i wanted more. i have a friend who owns a couple of body shops, so i put a bug in his ear about wanting some Tundra 17" rims, soon enough one came in that was totalled and i swapped rims the night before it left for auction for my Tacoma 17s, they had Nitto Terra Grapplers on them too. i soon got a set of 285 70 17 Bighorns and put on it(still stock) and they cleared except for at full lock and stuff, then i had some rubbing. but i figured the only time im gonna see full lock and stuff is slow speeds so i didnt worry about it. also did the tundra brake upgrade with 231s. i bought some BudBuilt skids, LilSkip tank skid and some sliders for it. i drove it that way for almost a year then lifted it, got a snorkel for $100 some time in there, then it was time for a lift. first i ran the TRD Tundra coils up front -got them brand new at cost, and Tundra 5100 bilsteins, with a FZJ80 8wrap coil in the back and a 5125 in the rear. liked that for a while, but when i dumped the brush guard for the Tacoma ARB bumper and a Warn xd9000ce i had some nose dive, i was only sitting on like 1" of lift up front and 4 in back, so off to ToyTec to buy a set of the Eibach 3" coils, i should have done that from day one, such a better ride, it was less harsh and much more travel.
other things i have done along the way are an Alpine deck, Alpine type S speakers, JL audio amp, and JL audio 10" sub. i have a yellow top optima, dual stand alone tranny cooler, one has a 10" electric fan on a thermo switch(ground over ride to shut off for water crossings), trans temp guage, Safari LTD ps rack, poly bushings in the front end(LCA, sway bar -custom made hemi joint endlinks, and ps rack), 2nd gen 4runner rear endlinks, had an ARB rear air locker, but grenaded that -ARB kindly rebuilt it for free and returned it, its gonna go in the front of my 85 pickup -per ARBs advice lol, so im gonna be getting two ARBs for the runner some time in the next year or two(have spare diffs both F&R), just put in a new rear driveline, just rebuild the starter, had trans flushed less than 10K ago with Toyota synthetic, ne rad in the last year, LBJs get replaced every year with OE units, on board air thanks to an ARB compressor -gonna upgrade to the dual when i get both lockers. i built my own roof rack(2 of them actually), and gonna build another for a RTT. plenty of PIAA and IPF lights, strobes, a Ford F350 horn, im sure there is more...
feel free to ask about things i have or have not done or mentioned...
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/105400-rescue-runner-build-thread.html
as it sits now;
-front - ToyTec 3" coils on Tundra 5100s up front (3")
-rear - LC80 8wraps w/5125s (4")
-Sequoia 17" rims with 285 70 17 Nitto Terra Grapplers (E rated)
-Poly bushings in the front end
-Safari LTD steering rack
-BudBuilts -full
-LilSkip tank skid
-Snorkel
-dual trans coolers w/temp gauge
-ARB Tacoma Bumper
-Warn xd9000ce with safety hook
-PIAA 70 lights x6
-IPF 900MSR w/PIAA ion bulbs
-PIAA 40 series backup/work lights x4
-on-borad air
-custom roof rack(some of the lights are on this)
-Alpine/JL audio sound
IMG_4544 by isaacyocum, on Flickr
IMG_4526 by isaacyocum, on Flickr
IMG_4384 by isaacyocum, on Flickr
so its a 97 SR5, 3.4, with an auto trans, i bought it at just over 200k mi, and it was the second owner whom i bought it from, he had only had it about a year, and decided he needed something bigger(full size truck), so i picked it up. paid like $5000 or $5500 i cant remember but it was a good deal -i just didnt know how good of a deal till later on... we bought it for our growing family, had a 85 4x4 pickup and a yaris, the wife drove the yaris and i had the truck, well that was all good and dandy with one kid, but with the other on the way we needed something bigger with more room... the origonal owner was a sales person from a local dealer and lived about 60miles away from work(mostly fwy 90/10) so i knew the truck had good service from the dealer most of its life. -my father inlaw is also a toyota master tech for a dealer and been working for that dealer for almost 30 years and been working on cars for closer to 40. so when issues come up that i cant take care of i ask for his help to get it done.
when i got it, it was basically stock. i had a brush guard on it, with some cheep pilot KC knock offs, and Tacoma 17" wheels and stock 265 tires. it got around fairly good with those, but i knew i wanted more. i have a friend who owns a couple of body shops, so i put a bug in his ear about wanting some Tundra 17" rims, soon enough one came in that was totalled and i swapped rims the night before it left for auction for my Tacoma 17s, they had Nitto Terra Grapplers on them too. i soon got a set of 285 70 17 Bighorns and put on it(still stock) and they cleared except for at full lock and stuff, then i had some rubbing. but i figured the only time im gonna see full lock and stuff is slow speeds so i didnt worry about it. also did the tundra brake upgrade with 231s. i bought some BudBuilt skids, LilSkip tank skid and some sliders for it. i drove it that way for almost a year then lifted it, got a snorkel for $100 some time in there, then it was time for a lift. first i ran the TRD Tundra coils up front -got them brand new at cost, and Tundra 5100 bilsteins, with a FZJ80 8wrap coil in the back and a 5125 in the rear. liked that for a while, but when i dumped the brush guard for the Tacoma ARB bumper and a Warn xd9000ce i had some nose dive, i was only sitting on like 1" of lift up front and 4 in back, so off to ToyTec to buy a set of the Eibach 3" coils, i should have done that from day one, such a better ride, it was less harsh and much more travel.
other things i have done along the way are an Alpine deck, Alpine type S speakers, JL audio amp, and JL audio 10" sub. i have a yellow top optima, dual stand alone tranny cooler, one has a 10" electric fan on a thermo switch(ground over ride to shut off for water crossings), trans temp guage, Safari LTD ps rack, poly bushings in the front end(LCA, sway bar -custom made hemi joint endlinks, and ps rack), 2nd gen 4runner rear endlinks, had an ARB rear air locker, but grenaded that -ARB kindly rebuilt it for free and returned it, its gonna go in the front of my 85 pickup -per ARBs advice lol, so im gonna be getting two ARBs for the runner some time in the next year or two(have spare diffs both F&R), just put in a new rear driveline, just rebuild the starter, had trans flushed less than 10K ago with Toyota synthetic, ne rad in the last year, LBJs get replaced every year with OE units, on board air thanks to an ARB compressor -gonna upgrade to the dual when i get both lockers. i built my own roof rack(2 of them actually), and gonna build another for a RTT. plenty of PIAA and IPF lights, strobes, a Ford F350 horn, im sure there is more...
feel free to ask about things i have or have not done or mentioned...
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/105400-rescue-runner-build-thread.html
as it sits now;
-front - ToyTec 3" coils on Tundra 5100s up front (3")
-rear - LC80 8wraps w/5125s (4")
-Sequoia 17" rims with 285 70 17 Nitto Terra Grapplers (E rated)
-Poly bushings in the front end
-Safari LTD steering rack
-BudBuilts -full
-LilSkip tank skid
-Snorkel
-dual trans coolers w/temp gauge
-ARB Tacoma Bumper
-Warn xd9000ce with safety hook
-PIAA 70 lights x6
-IPF 900MSR w/PIAA ion bulbs
-PIAA 40 series backup/work lights x4
-on-borad air
-custom roof rack(some of the lights are on this)
-Alpine/JL audio sound
IMG_4544 by isaacyocum, on Flickr
IMG_4526 by isaacyocum, on Flickr
IMG_4384 by isaacyocum, on Flickr