I finally found the time to clean it up real good and take some pictures... I just bought it a couple weeks ago and have since changed the timing belt, water pump, thermostat, radiator hoses, drive belts, plug wires, plugs, coolant, trans oil, motor oil and filter, MAF sensor, air filter, and brakes. I ran into a few loop holes with the timing belt but eventually figured it out. I'm really excited to hopefully start doing some mods... I'm thinking just a little lift, 33's, Rock sliders and a bumper with a winch. Just a DD and weekend rig. I know I say that's all I'm going to do but I know I'm going to get suckered into doing more, Heres the pics I took, the aren't dial up friendly,

 

dang that bad boys spotless.... id go ahead and take the running boards off now. they look a lot better... plus makes it look like it sets a little higher

 

im currently looking to get into a 3rd gen.. was it only the 4 bangers with 15 inch wheels?

god dam thats a rare and BEAUTIFUL color.. right now i can only find silver black or green in my area for sale...

 

dude i just bought wood grain dash for my car from new york on ebay, and it looks soo sweet, i was drooling over urs haha

incredible

 

I hope the Toyota designer that put plastic mahogany in a 4Runner hara-kiri'ed himself.

 

Great looking truck man. Congrats!

 

yoder519, I am going to take the running boards off sooner or later but I think I am going to wait until I get rock sliders. It's already a PITA to get in it!

bigt, I honestly have no idea if it was only the 4 bangers with the 15" wheels but don't settle for the 2.7L, save up and get the 3.4, I guarantee you won't regret it. Thanks for the compliment, I personally didn't like the color when I bought it but it has since grown on me to the point I love it!

jimbos_4runner, thanks! The only downside of the finish is that it shows every scratch and smear...

DailyDrive, Yea it would have been nice if they just went ahead and put wood in but I am content with what I have.

Djlarroc, Thanks for the compliment! I head out to Denver with my dad and step mom to go skiing about every month during the winter and he has a 03 4Runner. Now that I have my own I convinced him to go 4wheelin with me on some of the trails up there, maybe we can hook up and go ride sometime because I know literally nothing about 4wheelin in trucks, I'm an ATV guy

 

That truck is mint man, thats one of my favorite 4runner colors.

 

Thanks man, my camera makes it look better than it is. It has paint peeling on the running boards a bit and there is a small tear in the leather on the back seats but other than that it is in pretty darn good shape.

 

grt looking truck, how many miles? its clean! i'm stoked for you, i know the feeling, i just got mine a few months ago! now, don't do what i did and get in an accident two wks after you bought it! cool that you have a locker too!

 

Lol, Sorry about the accident... I would be real pissed if I got in an accident that soon after I bought it. I bought it with 129k miles and it now has 130k.

 

Pre' '99's V6 could be had with 15" wheels probably on the base models.

 

BUHUNDRED
i got this instead of a gen 3
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...x-surf-152606/
less rusty then the gens3s i looked at...
and my 15s fit!

 

wow that is a clone of mine

except mine is a lot more used and scraped from trail abuse

 

Looks clean. so what all do you have planned for it?

 

Wow, clean runner, beautiful, looks very prestiges. St. Louis is beautiful from the bkgnd, very green.

 

That thing looks so nice! ...but do you really need SIX badges on the back? it looks pretty cluttered back there...

 

Beautiful. How many miles do you have on that bad boy?

 

Nice snag. It's identical to mine. Mine went from that to this in the span of a few months. lol


be careful, it's addicting. lol

 

Well the next thing on my list is a new head gasket, lol... Went out to start it up the other day and bam, white smoke and an empty coolant reservoir. It isn't currently leaking but I am assuming it's going to get worse, not better. Mod wise I am going to start with the cheap stuff, deck plate, clear corners, paint rims black, then a small 3" lift, some new rims (Maybe) and tires and then a brush guard to hide that ugly fat lip bumper!

pius22, thanks, I like it a bunch! What does bkgnd mean? And yea the suburb areas of St. Louis are pretty but I don't enjoy looking at the city much!

berzerkrobot, yea it does look a wee bit cluttered but it will have to do... With my luck I would take off the paint when I tried to take off the stupid dealer badges! I am not going to worry about it for now!

WEINERDOGBONE, I just flipped 130k miles... It runs flawlessly with the exception of the darn head gasket,

Benny_Wiskas, I love your 4Runner! The only differences I see is that yours looks cooler than mine and it has the gold badges and a gold pin stripe going down the side... Hopefully someday mine will look similar! I know what you mean when you say it's addicting, I swore I would never mod my ATV but then I made it into a mud machine,