SteadFast

I'll start by introducing myself before I get to my truck. I'm Marc, I'm 22, I live mainly in DE, but also spend some time living in MD. I work for a custom home theater installer, as well as run my own car audio shop on the side. I spend a lot of time on the road in my daily driver, a 1999 Honda Accord LX, but more about that after the truck. The Truck: 1987 Toyota 4Runner SR5 Rebuilt 22RE, 5speed manual trans, 4wd, pw/pl, sunroof Napa version of the Optima Bluetop under the hood Mods: Sadly none yet Plans: Clean out the interior, Inspect all the wiring, fix the charging issue, get matching rims, identify and fix/patch rust, fresh undercoating, Rhino or otherwise line the interior, pull dents, paint, small audio setup, foglights, lift/wheels/tires Progress: So far I've had the truck 2 days, and am almost finished gutting the interior. I only have some weekends to work on it, and a limited budget, but I hope to have it tagged, and on the road by Mid-May. Why May? At the end of May, a few buddies and I are going to Acadia up in Maine, and I hope to bring the runner. Pictures: When I brought it home- My ghetto rigged shelf in the garage for storage- Progress- Trash-

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SteadFast

I haven't had much time to work on it lately, put in 2 days of work on it in the last 2 weeks.

Progress Update-
Replaced- Plugs, wires, cap, rotor, alt, and starter (thanks Slowens for the help Saturday)
Removed- doors, rear seats, and most of the carpet
Other- Laid down one coat of Plasticote roll on bed liner to the bed and top of the rails.

Pics-






As you can see, still got a lot to do.


Random story- About 7pm on saturday, slowens, zak, and I all decide we are going to get some work done on the truck. So we drive the hour and a half down to my sisters where the truck is. Slowens and I start checking everything with the handy BluePoint volt-ohm meter, and determine the alt is bad. So he starts pulling out the old starter and alt, I get to work on some smaller interior work, zak makes sure we both have drinks. After that, and getting the doors off and testing the window motors, its close to midnight. To make sure the new alt is working we check it with the meter, then for good measure go for a midnight ride... all 3 of us. Slowens drove, I sat in the pass, and zak just kind of hung out in the back. Keep in mind we have no tags, registration, insurance, mirrors, doors, top, dash lights, seatbelts, and all of us left our liscense in the garage... and its close to 30degrees out. We get to the first interesection and what should we see, blue and red flashing lights.... ... luckily that cop was busy and had someone else pulled over, so we quick throw it in reverse and haul ass the other way. The truck drives great and runs smooth now. Once we finish our little ride, we hide the truck back in the garage and head home. Got back at I think 2am...

SteadFast

UPDATE:
Scrapped the deep cycle for a Optimia Red Top, the napa version was crap.

Began painting it the other day, lower is roll on liner, as are the rail caps, side is a special flat black... Crappy cell phone pics to go with the crappy paint job
Door after 1st coat-

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Where the gray is left on the door will be the location of the wide pinstripes, top Orange, bottom will be Maroon

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My 87 SR5- The Runner

Marc <><

And so it begins, the epic battle of truck and wallet...

SteadFast

Did a little work on the rear interior the other weekend before heading to Maine, made custom panels

They are one peice from the door jamb to rear gate on both sides.
Fairly simple construction, I used hardboard (think clipboard material) and fabric/backing. these are prototypes right now, probably be replaced with something sturdier, either MDF or marine plywood.

The goal was to have a close to stock look, one peice, with speakers and reuse factor compartments for rear seats.

I think they turned out decent for a 3 hour job, and under 40 bucks.

Pics-
Test Fitting:



Backing and fabric:









If you have any questions, PM me, and I can help walk ya thru making some.

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My 87 SR5- The Runner

Marc <><

And so it begins, the epic battle of truck and wallet...

SteadFast

Pics from maine-
Chevy junkyard rims on a yota-
got the BFG's for free.. had to modify the rims, cut the hubs out wiht a grinder

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My 87 SR5- The Runner

Marc <><

And so it begins, the epic battle of truck and wallet...