It's a stock bumper with a Westin Pushbar attached to it.

It sounds like you have a great start lined up. You will be very pleased with the Bilstein/Downey combo. Headers are supposedly the single best thing you can do the 3.0 engine to get a little more power out of it. Also it eliminates the restrictive crossover that has led to many #6 cylinder burnt valves.

 

Ok, I went out and crawled around in the snow for a while and this is what I came up with:


Driver Side


Passenger Side


Cheap camera trick making me look over 6ft tall.

I like the look a hell of a lot better and for a half-hour of wrenching its definitely worth it.

-Sam

 

Welcome.....If you need any 2nd gen parts let me know.

 

It look so much better without those boards. My 91 4runner was green. My 92 is red. I will post up some pictures or do a search and you will find all kinds of great looking rigs to get some ideas from.

 

Holy ÅÅÅÅ! That stuff works incredibly! 2 seconds after running that tapping was GONE!

-Sam

 

Cool

 

Welcome!

Find a locker, some 33x10.5s, and armor.

 

Here's what I've done, and I don't regret any of it:

33x10.50's
Ditch running boards
Dented the crap out of my rockers
Sliders
Budbuilt skidplates
Gears + ARB lockers
Rear bumper
Broke out rear glass
1/4 exo to protect glass
Front bumper

 

I'd start by getting an Optima battery, or even just a new one

See my cardomain page for more ideas for your truck, and welcome!

 

Man, Steve, that's a sharp rig you've got there.

-Sam

 

Welcome, now that you have ditched the running boards, put some Bushwackers on there. The look is real sharp.

 

Thanks Paul. I'm not quite up on the lingo yet. Bushwackers are...?

EDIT: Figured it out: http://www.central4wd.com/inventoryd...;folder%7C5510

-Sam

 

After all the reading and searching I've done on these forums I realize I might as well just stick with the stock 3.[0|slow]. Yes, it's a slow motor but they run onwards of 300,000 miles and I need it to do so. So you can chalk me up there with the "F* IT" crowd in regards to the 3.0 before I've even touched the airbox!

-Sam

 

nice looking 2nd gen

Go for a new cap and rotor and plugs & wires new Tstat and a radiator cap.
and plan for the O2 sensor to need replacement

 

What exactly is The Engire Restore stuff you are talking about and how do you use it? My valve train is pretty noisy itself

 

if i had to guess it would be seafoam since everyone here loves that stuff.... but i might be wrong.

 

It's in the same aisle as Seafoam, but TOTALLY different. It's a thick gooey oil that's supposed to fill in any scratches or scoring in the cylinder walls and balance compresssion.

 

Go to your local car parts store, and ask for a can of engine restore for the engine type you have (IE: V6, V8, etc.), then pour it in to your oil reservoir and let your engine run until the clicking, tapping, or other noise stops. If that doesn't fix it, then you might have an issue that won't be fixed by it.

 

Restore stuf works wonders... also will help build up a bit of compression by reducing/preventing blow by caused by scored [old] cylinder walls. Actually improved the performance and MPG on my engine. {which it would of course LOL}

 

I'v noticed that too. I get 20+ more miles/tank than I did before.

-Sam