I like the new stance without the running boards. It looks like it has been lifted and I have gotten a few stares from people. I also made my own ramp out of some abandoned wood for some flex shots. Enjoy
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After

 

looks good! i love 4Runners without the running boards!

 

awesome dude that really helped the overall look A LOT. i think it looks much better too, now we just need to convince your rents that they need to stay off!

 

Looks good man, next you should remove the rear mud flaps!

 

Agreed!

 

Thanks all, I really like the look and wish I had of done it sooner. And yes will see about getting those mud flaps off soon.

 

yeah, removing the mud flaps are a great mod to make the 3rd gen look a whole lot better. check out these pics of mine after i did it...

 

Whoa! You took the whole thing off, this is what I did earlier today!

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After:

 

totally...haha! yeah, on my 98 SR5 4x4, it didn't come with any of that running board stuff, and i thought it looked a lot better. check these pics out, and i think you all will agree with me...

 

nice man

 

thats what i was thinking

 

thnks for the comment man. i just assumed it would look better and went for it...haha! as you can see, it did!

 

Fo_SheeZy, nice pics


TFJ-4runner, here you go:

Write Up: Mud Flap Mod

 

Yeah man, it does look good!!



Yeah that's your 4Runner isan't it? That write-up helped me a lot! I used the one from Ultimate-Yota.

 

I'm glad it helped. I put it on both forums so everyone would have an easier time finding it.

 

I just bought my 4R LTD a few weeks ago , it has those of course . Never even thought about removing these until now . It does look better for sure . Question is , what's under there holding these on ? How long did it take you to pull them off ? Not that I dont wanna go under there and look myself but its raining so hard here today I might have to build an ark

Thanks for any advice .

XJ

 

Just some bolts...you could do this with a "kitchen tool set" easily.

 

Just a few bolts is all. Not too hard at all. Although, I cannot take mine off yet, because my gf has to use the steps in order to get in. Can't wait till I get some sliders.

Oh, and I don't know if you had an XJ, but that's what she has right now and I'm trying to get her to ditch it for a Toyota. I had a 5.9L ZJ, myself.

 

Running Boards and Mud Flaps removed

 

Looks great!

I wonder if there's a market for your runningboards. I couldn't even give my chrome/plastic ones away.