Raleightaco's 3rd gen 4runner Build.

1997 4runner SR5 as she sits now

A big thanks to @Sandman614 for his help and the use of his garage and tools.

Current Mods:

Suspension:
ome883 front
ome891 rear
bilstein 5100s
sway bar removal

ARMOR:
Sos concepts rock sliders
Savage offroad skids

Wheels/tires:
2nd gen tacoma snowflakes
285 Pro comp extreme mt2's
Spidertraxx wheel spacers

Lighting/Electrical:
Blue seas fuse box
air on board switches
32'' light bar
Cbi ditch light brackets
Ditch lights
flush mount led pods
Interior leds
Led tails and turns

Misc:
Hilux 167 snorkel
Smittybilt rooftop awning
10# c02 tank
Polyperformance regulator
Viair compressor
Rola Roof rack
Husky digital fit mats
2002 grille
2002 taillights
Kicker speakers

On order or in my possesion:

Future Mods:
toytec superflex rear coils
Rear Locker


Alright for the story. Sold my 2012 tacoma because i was sick of making payments. I was looking for something i could beat up on the trails and build as my son gets older.

I bought this in september for $1400 with 270k on it. Original everything as far as i can tell.




She was beat up and neglected but ran solid and no rust so i took her home.

First thing i did was clean the mess out of it. The previous owner looked like he hadnt vaccumed it in a year! It also needed new shocks so i went ahead and purchased ome883's and ome 891's with bilstein 5100's. I didnt take any pics of the install unfortunately.

This is with the lift:


As you can see i already had the snowflakes installed that i purchased from @voz! Looks so much better. It did require wheel spacers to keep from rubbing the uca's. Also picked up a 2002 grille and taillights from a scrap 4runner locally.

The next problem i had was a lag upon acceleration in low rpms. I was worried like hell so i started with the basics. Changed the spark plugs and wires and that fixed my problem. Thank God!!!! I also changed the oil and fuel filter and some other basic maintenance things.

Went on a wheeling trip to uwharrie at this point in the build to stretch her legs



A lot of flex with this setup:



And a video of me on dickey bell!
https://youtu.be/Imcu7rxR_gk

Stretched her legs a little far and broke a cv axle...doh
Did a trail repair and replaced both the next morning thanks to a few guys helping out! Someone has some pics of this i just need to find them and i will add them in.

Also got tired of having no lights for night runs or what have you. So i ordered a light bar and two flush mount leds.

Had to fab a bracket for the front:


Light bar went on finally:


Rear pod lights:



Air on board switches: Put the compressor switch in because i was ordering it at the time


Then i was finally sick and tired of riding around with a tan door so i ordered some paint and went to town. I am by no means a professional painter. hell im not even a good painter but i wanted it to be green!!! I wasnt worried about it being perfect just green as i plan on wheeling this thing!

Prep work:


and Paint:


Found a roof rack on craigslist for the right price after months of searching:

Finally starting to come together:


Got rid of the ugly gigantic stock hitch:



Had a bad clunking in the front end and figured it was my sway bar bushing being that they were halfway gone. Went to replace them and broke a bunch of shit so i just removed it.



And then a recent clean pic:



Went ahead and ordered a hilux 167 snorkel, cbi ditch light brackets and lights, 2 more wheel spacers for the rear, and a smittybilt rooftop awning. Should all be here by new years so stay tuned for some more mod pics!

After new years im going to put some 285s on it and hopefully some sliders. Then ill start saving for the rear locker.

 

Did you take pictures of the pictures that I posted?

 

The stuff i have up here is all i could find. Im missing the pics of the cv swap. Not sure who took those Maybe @dragonstaco.
If you got anymore that i dont have send em to me

 

Test pic

 

Glad you painted the door. You had me cracking up!! At the beginning, you have a picture of your 4Runner all green...except one brown door!! Then right next to it..you stated "original everything as far as I can tell". That's when I started laughing out loud...thinking, oh yeah, he got one of those super rare special ordered 4Runner..all green with one brown door...hahahahahaha!!

Sorry...it's late!! Just thought that was really funny!! Anyway...other than that, awesome looking build. That stinks you can't find all your pictures. That happens to me all the time! Hopefully you'll find then.

 

Good start to your build man, but is this a man bun I see?!

 

Ahahahaha no that is a head lamp.

 

Looking good, coming along great Jon really impressed with the flex on that thing, great job bud The passenger seat is great too LOL at the manbun comment

 

Coming together.

 

Did you drive around without the front door when you painted it?

Nice build by the way!

 

Thanks! And no I left it on. Lots of tape and a weekend.

 

I had a boss back around 1998 that had one of these and I loved it! I would still like to have one...good work so far Jon.

 

Trail axle swap

 

purdy spacers

 

Success on Dickey Bell

 

Should have left that tan door

 

Thanks man! I love it so far.

So you had them? Lol

Ha hell no!

 

This came in today.

Still waiting on spidertrax, snorkel, and my awning to come.

Hopefully oba will go in this week or next. So waiting on some fittings.

 

Sweet. All the noises gone with the sway bar off? Are you gonna get new endlinks to put it back on?