FS: 1996 Toyota 4Runner 4x4, Modified (SoCal/Phoenix) SOLD

Up for sale is my 1 owner 1996 Toyota 4Runner. This car was built in February of 1996. My Dad purchased it from Toyota of Escondido in April 1996. A few months later in July, I was born. This is the vehicle that drove me home from the hospital and the vehicle I drove to high school and college. Which is pretty cool. This thing means a lot to me and I’ve put countless amounts of money, blood, sweat, and tears.

The reason for the sale is simply I need something different. This truck deserves to be driven around town and shown off. Driven to the desert and driven hard. I simply don’t have that kind of time anymore. I’m driving around 18,000 miles a year driving from San Diego to college in Phoenix and back. I need to be driving something I don’t care about putting that many miles on.


Basic Specs:

1996 Toyota 4Runner 4x4 SR5
5-Speed Manual
Evergreen Pearl
Blue/Grey Cloth Interior
193,xxx miles


Although this truck does have nearly 200,000 miles on it, almost every single nut and bolt has been gone over or replaced. At 176,000 miles, I had the motor replaced with a 92k mile motor and every single seal was replaced inside the engine, including timing belt and water pump. Here’s the rest of the maintenance history since I started driving it. We still have all service receipts since new in a folder that I will include with the car.



Maintenance

-02/02/12 New Rear Drum Brakes
-03/31/12 Repainted Evergreen Pearl
-05/12/12 157,299 miles New front rotors
-07/26/12 158,623 New Clutch Master Cylinder and Slave Cylinder
-159,500 New Toyota Fuel Filter
-159,500 Oil Change with Toyota Oil filter
-159,500 New Toyota PCV Valve
-159,500 All new fluids in both differentials, the transmission, and transfer case
-159,500 New air filter
-159,500 New Borla XR-1 Muffler
-159,500 Spark plugs and wires replaced with new NGK ones
-159,500 Throttle Body and MAF cleaned
-162,500 Oil Change with Toyota Oil Filter
-163,684 New Front Brake pads
-164,444 Newly rebuilt passenger head installed and new head gaskets
-165,400 New Air Filter
-167,362 New Starter Contacts and Sunroof Motor
-05/29/13 New Power Steering Pump Bearing/Seal and fluid flush
-07/23/13 New Suspension
-07/27/13 New Tires
-07/29/13 New Clutch Master Cylinder
-168,500 Oil Change
-168,600 Alignment at The Truck Shop in Miramar
-169,000 Tire Rotation
-169,000 New Rear Main Seal
-169,000 New Flywheel
-169,000 New shifter bushings
-169,000 New clutch disc
-169,000 New pressure plate
-169,000 New pilot bearing
-169,000 New release bearing
-172,000 New Hella Horns
-172,000 New Front Sway Bar Bushings
-172,220 Oil Change
-172,562 New Outer Tie Rods
-172,562 Reman'd Power Steering Rack
-172,562 Power Steering Fluid Flush
-172,562 Alignment
-173,148 Coolant Flush
-173,148 Thermostat and T-Stat Gasket Installed
-175,000 Rear Hatch Lift Struts Replaced
-175,500 New Toyota Lower Ball Joints installed
-175,500 Used Camburg Uni-Ball Upper Control Arms Installed (8,000 miles old)
-175,900 Oil Change
-175,900 Tire Rotation
-177,154 Engine #2 Installed

Mileage of Engine #2 on time of install 92,000 miles

New Toyota Genuine Parts installed at install of Engine #2

-6 Rebuilt Injectors

-Water Pump

-Thermostat and Gasket

-Timing Belt

-2 Timing Belt Idler Bearings

-6 Spark Plugs

-2 Camshaft Seals

-2 Crankshaft Seals

-Oil Filter

-Release Bearing

-Valve Cover Seal Washer

-6 Spark Plug Seals

-2 Valve Cover Gaskets

-PCV Valve and Grommet

-3 Belts

-Oil Pan

-178,250 Safari Steering Rack Installed
-178,250 Power Steering Fluid Flush
-178,250 Alignment
-180,000 Air Filter
-180,000 Diehard platinum Battery installed
-181,800 Alignment
-182,288 Oil Change
-182,288 Coolant Bypass Pipe
-185,555 Brakes bled
-185,555 Oil Change
-186,700 Tires Balanced
-188,400 New Front diff oil
-188,400 New Driver CV Axle
-188,400 4 New Toytec Coilover bushings
-190,000 ADS Coilovers Installed
-191,600 Alignment
-192,000 New Air Filter
-192,000 Oil Change
-192,000 Re-sealed Rear Diff
-192,500 5 New Goodyear MTR’s installed
-192,500 Icon Rear Shocks rebuilt
-193,000 New Brakes
-193,000 Alignment


Off Road Modifications Include:
Re-Painted Evergreen Pearl
Toytec Front Coilovers (Replaced)
Superflex Rear Springs
Deckplate Mod
Kenwood Radio
Weather-Tech Floorliners
Borla Muffler
ARB Compressor
Yukon Grizzly Zip Air Rear Locker
315/75/r16 Goodyear MTR’s with Kevlar
Savage Off-Road Sliders
Savage Off-Road Front Bumper
Savage Off-Road Full Skid Plates
Camburg Uni-ball Upper Control Arms
Any7 Off-Road Gas Tank Skid
Toytec Rear Adjustable UCA’s
Custom Rear Adjustable LCA's
Wheeler's Front Superbumps
Big 3 Upgrade
Icon 2.5 rear shocks with piggyback Resi
Savage Off-Road Rear Bumper with Swing-out
ADS 2.5 Coilovers with Reservoirs

Truck is located Tempe, AZ or San Diego, CA. I can make either location work. If you want to fly in, I’ll be happy to pick you up from the airport, or do whatever you need.

Asking $15k obo

If you have any questions feel free to email me at:

Rhoades.Connor@gmail.com




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Nice truck. Good luck selling it.

 

Thank you I appreciate it!

Included in the sale is all my spare parts and offroad gear. 2 Toyota CV's, 2 Toyota OTRE's, Staun Tire deflators, etc.

 

GLWS thats a hefty price tag

 

Yes it is. I'll drop the price for forum members. If you're interested, just PM me, I'm sure we can work something out.

 

Nice work and sorry to see you have to sell that gem. What a wonderful 4runner that someone will be lucky to own. The wheel color choice looks killer with the body color. Are those wheels painted or powercoated? I'm looking for the same color to go on a black truck.

 

Great buy for someone. That's a killer ride with a lot of love and work into it. GLWS!

 

It's paint. Bronze Rustoleum. I think I have a picture of the can somewhere around here

 

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That's a nice rare 5 spd 4Runner!

 

dude! no! sell those tires, put some 265s on it, and drive the shit outta it! don't sell - it's too good!

 

Tires are staying and I'm not really interested in selling it anymore! I'm gonna regear and start building some stuff for it. Should be sweet

 

Heck yeah man. good to hear. are you on stock gears now? running stock gears now?? 4.10 or 4.30s?

 

Sweet! I like this plan