Hey everyone,

In the beginning of this winter I had to cancel a trip to the snow because of a storm, and sold my Civic the following week. It got replaced by this 2000 4Runner LTD (pictured after the first trip to the snow):



I've only had it for a couple months, and I absolutely love it!

Current mod list is short - a K&N drop in, and a Thule snowboard rack. However, I am planning on doing a 2" OME kit, and a rear disc brake conversion. I did pretty much everything by myself on the civic (including an engine swap and a rear disc conversion), so I am looking forward to learning about a whole new vehicle and how to mod it.

So, after lurking around for a month or so, I finally set aside some time to join, and am really glad to find out that there is a knowledgeable board out there for Toyotas (I frequented honda-tech.com and clubsi.com when I had the civic). You guys have a great site, and I'm glad to become a member.

 

welcome aboard! officially, anyway!

 

Welcome to the forum!!! Wow, you have a nice rig. I like that two tone color. Do you have the electric locking differential in there?

Noel

 

There is a Lock Rear Differential button on the dash. The sales rep at the dealer told me to only use it when "in trouble", and need to climb out of deep snow/mud at under 3mph. Is that what you're referring to?

 

You're going to like it here!

(yes, that's what he was referring to.)

And you'll find *lots* more places to use it then deep mud or snow!

 

welcome aboard... I hope you are aware that this board can get very addicting and expensive.

The more you visit here, the more you will empty out your back pocket! please be advised that you will definitely be broke but happy w/ your truck!

Let the moddin begin!

btw nice lookin 4runner (is that green i see under there?)

 

I know all about expensive modding habits. By the time I sold my civic, it had about $8k of mods on it, and that's the lowest estimate I could come up with (never actually brought myself down to counting the receipts).

I'm going to do some research before I start modding, but the things that I definitely want to take care of are the 2" lift, and the rear disc conversion. Brakes are the only component that I don't really like, so that will probably be the first project.

And yes, the truck is green (and gray on the bottom).

 

Nice looking rig! If you know what a limited slip is, consider a locker to be that, except that once you engage it, it's permanently engaged until you press the button again. Just guarrantees you 3 wheels driving when you're in 4wd and have it engaged. (the front is an open diff)

 

dynamo,

welcome! i'm sure i'll wheel w/ you one of these days.

go through the tech section here. there's a quite a bit of 3rd gen write ups in there that might interest you.

bob