BigTree4X4
Roaming Nowhere
I figured it was time to start a thread of my 2007 Toyota Sequoia... aka The BigTree. I started off-roading 20 years ago when I turned 16 and my dad purchased me a bone stock yellow 1979 FJ40 for $3K. I ended up selling it 10 years ago with 37" tires, full cage, full hydraulic steering, 4.88, ARB lockers and my favorite mod was the snorkel. But as you do when your young, I wanted something newer, faster and A/C. I went threw a '01 Jeep Cherokee Classic mild build, '01 F150 Pre-runner phase, '04 Dodge Ram Quad-Cab 4x4 with 6" Fabtech with full bed cage (it got stolen), '07 F-150 Lariat stock, missed having a better 4x4 and with gas on the rise it was cheap so I got an '04 Hummer H2 put a leveling kit and 37" BFG Krawlers on it. Actually loved it for the several years I had it. Then we had a baby a year and a half ago and there was no way we would be able to lift that car seat into an H2 with 37's and the rear cargo area was also way to small to accommodate all the needs of a child and our 125lb Greater Swiss Mountain Dog. I really missed my FJ40 but with a family that was really unpractical and they are so expensive now, I thought maybe a 60, 80, 100 Series Cruiser would do the trick. I just really wanted to go back to a Land Cruiser. My wife had 2 requests, 1) Leather seats so they'd be easy to clean with the baby. 2) Heated seats because the H2 didn't have them and she missed them from the F-150. But the 60's were a bit to "old" to be my family DD. The 80's I saw all had so many miles witch was fine but a lot of them were to beat up to be a nice family DD and adventure rig. And the 100's were to steep with a new baby. I gotta buy diapers people. I needed something newer, safer and reliable to haul the family. I ended up looking for a 1st Gen Sequoia, they were cheap compared to Land Cruisers, fewer miles, bigger inside and seating for 8. At the time we were living in San Diego and all I could find were 2WD. So after a few months of looking I finally found a stock 4WD, heated seats with leather Sequoia in Los Angeles in June of '13. The first thing I did was put a spacer lift all the way around at Off-Road Wharehouse. I just didn't have anywhere to do it at our house at the time. And I wanted to do some more research on which suspension I'd like to run cause its not like I can type into google "07 Sequoia lift" and all these amazing lifts by Icon, OME, and whomever come up, so a few hundered bucks with longer rear Bilstein shocks to get me buy in the mean time. I put 285/70R17 Goodyear Kevlar M/Ts on the stock wheels. I added Spidertrax wheel spacers all the way around. Since Baja Rack was in San Diego I went to their office, picked it up and I actually installed it their receiving dock. Then I wanted a little shade, for the baby in case he needed to eat, take a break, play at the beach or whatever so I ordered an Ironman awning. Last month Toyotech and Brute Force Fab hooked me up with a killer front bumper and I had it powder coated flat black and installed it last week. So I haven't taken a lot of truck pictures so far but here are a couple and I'll keep this updated from here on.
Future mods planned:
Rear Bumper when Brute Force Fab has them (hopefully dual swing-outs)
Rock Sliders
Upgrade Front Suspension to OME/Icon
Fit a Cruiser snorkel
ARB rear locker
the list will never really end.......
Future mods planned:
Rear Bumper when Brute Force Fab has them (hopefully dual swing-outs)
Rock Sliders
Upgrade Front Suspension to OME/Icon
Fit a Cruiser snorkel
ARB rear locker
the list will never really end.......
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