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Old and New Gen 3, Gen 5

Discussion in '4Runners' started by catfishwboots, Aug 9, 2017.

  1. Aug 9, 2017 at 7:55 AM
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    catfishwboots

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    Well, my 1997 Limited 4Runner is getting geriatric. You are likely to get rectalized by seat springs as my front seats have seen 267,000 miles of ass. Everything still works except for the back hatch. It won't latch closed so I rigged a strap with a buckle on the inside to keep it closed.

    It's getting pretty tired at this point. Everything is stock except the CD player and the front bumper, which I replaced after smacking a deer and skiddering on road ice into a ditch. I've hit two deer with the ARB since with absolutely no problems.

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    Here is our new hotness-a 2011 Trail edition. This is our daily driver. My wife calls it "hers"

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    Upgrades include:
    Interior
    heated front seats
    LEDs overhead, console, and puddle lights
    Compustar remote start
    Weathertech floor liners front and rear
    Kenwood DDX470 headunit with relocated usb port
    Phoenix Gold Ti65CS components in the doors/dash
    Phoenix Gold Ti65CX rear doors
    Phoenix Gold Ti65CX hatch
    PowerBass RTA-110
    $125 Uniden Bearcat 880 CB Radio with 40 Channels and Large Easy-to-Read 7-Color LCD Display with Backlighting, Backlit Control Knobs/Buttons, NOAA Weather Alert, PA/CB Switch, and Wireless Mic Compatible
    Uniden Bearcat 880 CB
    Firestik II FS3 antenna

    Exterior
    Craven Speed stubby antenna
    LED front corner markers
    DDM tuning HID highbeams
    3M vinyl matte black hood wrap
    Budbuilt bumpout sliders
    RCI Metalworks front skid
    RCI Metalworks fillerplate
    Defiant/Tiregate lightbar
    Rigid Industries Dually D2s [driving]
    Rigid Industries E2 6" [driving]
    OTRATTW switches

    Suspension
    ICON stage II front suspension
    ICON rear springs and shocks
    Light Racing UCAs

    FN Wheels BFD 18x9 - 0 offset
    Toyo Open Country AT II xtreme 285/65R18
     
    catfishwboots, Aug 9, 2017
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  2. Aug 9, 2017 at 7:58 AM
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    PvilleJohn

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    PvilleJohn SVT Raptor

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    Nice trail edition :thumbsup: My wife has a 2015 SR5 and she loves it. I just wished it was 4x4.
     
    PvilleJohn, Aug 9, 2017
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  3. Aug 9, 2017 at 7:22 PM
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    TeecoTaco

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    Modified the level of gas in the tank
    Good man, nice to see...we share the same weaknesses ... hang on to the 3rd gen tho ya?
     
    TeecoTaco, Aug 9, 2017
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  4. Aug 10, 2017 at 10:23 AM
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    catfishwboots

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    Yeah, We'll hang onto it for now. It's starting to nickle and dime us, but not too bad. I could easily dump 3k into it replacing seals and fixing the back hatch... I think we are to the point of diminishing return on it now though. It still drives. It'll be a loaner vehilce and a taking the dog down to the river truck.
     
    catfishwboots, Aug 10, 2017
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    TeecoTaco[QUOTED] and Hardscrabble like this.

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