good job!
if you worried that with the bigger tyre, you might touch the ground when offroading, someone done this to have more clearance

 

Thanks Habanero, It should do the trick
Yep, from what I could find and have seen only 90-91's.
I am looking forward to seeing how your mount comes out.
Thanks BUDD, those pictures help. I will have one of my professional welder friends help me when the time comes.
One thing I noticed is that I will need to relocate the rear window key or it will be buried behind a 35.

I wish I could locate the 90-91 tailgate insert(like you have pictured) to replace the stock backup light/license mount, maybe I will get lucky

 

yes, relocate the key, cables inside the tailgate shouldn't be a problem, this is the way it came on the ones i got.







you might manage not relocating it, (this is not my truck by the way)

 

Thanks for the pics. I like the flush mounted bumper on the 2nd truck

Planned on getting a few more things done.
Only thing I did get accomplished before it started dumping was to add an extended harness so I can add a rear/inside mounted window switch.


Need to get the 81 sold and gone so I can get the 4Runner into the garage...

 

mm never thought on that, shows us how you get on with it!

 

Thanks, figured I had it apart any way and easier than running wires up to the switch up front.

 

up front? i thought you meant inside by tailgate to open from inside, like for example if you are camping

 

by running wires up front I meant running wiring to the switch in the center console.
I want to add a continuous hot wire at some point so I can raise and lower it while camping like you mentioned

 

So since the stock back up lights are now useless due to the tire mount I dug into the stash of junk I bought for the Trekker and found some 18w flush mounted LED's

There were too thick

So cut an inch off the cooling fins. I did this on the 81 too and didn't have any issues with the lights. They aren't on that long so heat dissipation should not be too big of issue

 

Tire carrier install looks good, I'm envious. I like the backup lights too, look like they are plenty bright!

 

Great idea for the back-up lights, I'd have never thought to cut them down like that, since you have experience with others you've cut and had it work out that's a great idea. Of course the carrier looks great!

 

Thanks!
Thanks Habanero

The lights don't put out as much light to the side as I had hoped, thought they put out more of a flood pattern.
I will add a set of floods on the cross member like I did on the Trekker

 

Oh crap love the mounting of the back up lights I wana do that to my 1st gen my reverse lights are useless as well. Did u cut off that and it fits in front of the regulator ?

 

Yes, cut about an inch off the cooling fins with my 4.5 grinder with a cutting wheel.
It fits nicely right behind the window. Not sure how much room you have on a 1st Gen 4runner
I had made a 1/4" spacer out of some old plexiglass in case I needed a little more room but didn't need them

 

You seem to be doing a lot of things that are not a 3.4 swap..... :cough:

 

Yep..doing the free or cheap stuff first. ..someday you will see this up north to fix its motivation issues.

Today was a great day to tackle some wiring while wearing shorts and flip flops

My new favorite wiring tool...speeds things up a lot

Crimped and heat shrinked momentary on-off-momentary off switch for the rear window

Rear Aux outlet for a future 12v fridge and dual USB for my rear camera

 

Your reverse lights look great and do come in handy. The tools that are coming out today are so much better then 10-20 years ago. The right tool makes the job so much easier and your crimps look great. In some ways we have it far better then previous generations on tool selections, just wish I could get half of them.

 

I like the aux power port. Need to put one of those in for my ARB fridge. I thought we were going to 1uz it. Much more motivation

 

Love it, just got the same pair of crimpers and they are awesome! The rear wiring for the window you are doing is great, I've got a mind to do something similar, but I promised myself no scope creep until the engine is done and back up and running...

 

Thanks Terry. You are correct, some of the tools coming out are just plain awsome. I like how this crimper holds the connector very tight and won't release until you have completed the crimp.
3.4 or 1UZ, either one would be nice but neither option will happen for awhile. obviously need to get the suspension done first
Thanks, appreciate it.