Here's a quick overview of what's been going on with the truck the last few months, nothing too serious but its about to get exciting, 2 newest additions went on today! I'll use this to update what happens from here on out

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f79/...97-sr5-115238/

Short recap from the last 6 months.

Started with graphite 2 tone with current setup minus a few things.





August - Changed graphite 2 tone to army tan, borrowed the hood for the picture haha. Added Wet Okoles for the front seats and got taillights from an 02.



October - Added Gobi ladder



December - Back to black



January - Gobi Stealth Rack



Decals removed and windows spot free





Today - Began suspension and framework treatment with the front and ifs. We will finish all the frame, wheel wells and rear axle this weekend.



I got the Bushwackers and sport hood on a couple hours ago about to go out and break down the clear coat and build her back up.

I left the rear bumper caps off do you think I should put them on? I'll get some comparisons in a little bit. Also thinking about blacking out the silver grille inside the scoop, let me know what you think.







Edit: Took the badges off the rear and gave them a coat of some Duplicolor Graphite I had left over

 

i guess when you say treatment..you mean anti-rust treatment right? lol

and definitely black out the hood scoop..or paint it some RANDOM color lol..like A BRIGHT GREEN..or something lol

and are you gonna make the scoop funtional?

BY FAR! my MOST FAVORITE RIG on yotatech....of any year lol

 

lookin good. i think you should black out the grill in the scoop it would make it match everything. ive looked to your rig for mod ideas since day one keep up the good work

 

Looks so much cleaner without the decals, good call.

I likeed the army tan. Paint matching your wheels to that would look bad arse.

 

awww man not the BFG sticker!!!! i loved that sticker on your front fenders fro some reason.

 

sport hood looks good brotha... can you elaborate on the suspension "clean up"

 

Is this a build thread, or a paint thread?

 

This is for everything that's to come, and to some paint is part of a build...just so happens that its been happening a lot recently. You don't consider sport hood gobi rack and bushwackers part of a build either? Sorry to disappoint you buddy

 

looks good man. i like the graphite color the best. a bit different than the cliche all black

 

Lookin good man! She looks so much better in her little black dress! lol!

 

Quite a change from this:

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/a...-shoot-112525/

Ya, I dug up an old thread.

 

wtf, why is your truck SOO freakin sexy!??!?! whenever i think about 4runners in my mind ur truck always pops up first, man u got it all , everything i want right when it seems like nothing could get better. nice job

 

I like this dude

 

thanks guys

haha man tell me about it, i've been through 4 different lifts in the front now and 3 in the rear. i think she's good where she's at until summer....then the fun begins

And you I don't. You guys should shack up in a thread about your beater, don't you have better things to do than pick on people's threads that are bigger than you?

 

alright thought i'd throw some pictures up of todays progress. finish coating the whole frame and wheel wells, axle, headers, exhaust and muffler. and thanks to Meguiar's Ultimate Compound broke the oxidation and water spots completely down to match with the new paint of the flares and sport hood. its the best the paint has ever looked. tomorrow we're finishing it up with the wax but i gotta head out now

Before







After

 

great looking 4runner

 

One good looking 4runner!

Now you need to get some skids.

 

Looks great all cleaned up. IMO, the flares were the biggest improvement in the appearance. You've been needing some of those.

Now how about some tint and some bigger lights on that arb?

 

I'm holding off on skids and sliders while I finish my degree. All that's going on with the engine swap and sfa after graduation.

I agree with the flares they do wonders, gotta fix one side though hit the passenger front fender wheeling a few years back and its inconsistent somewhere underneath...it leaves a .5" gap on some of the flare its annoying the hell out of me.

I decided to paint the rims today. I ditched the Duplicolor idea last minute and went with more Krylon Hammer Tough...this time in flat black. These rims came out great considering the amount of rock rash on them. Thanks to a deck of cards and 3 cans of this stuff I got it done in 3 hours. Now the exterior is almost done

Before



Gotta give the Jeep guys credit for giving me the deck of cards trick, worked like a charm



After

 

Your truck is looking really good man. I'd love to treat the chassis to the same kind of protection but feel like it's incredibly time consuming, which wouldn't mix well with my busy work/school schedule as of late, but I definitely like the outcome. Also, cool idea with the cards for painting the wheels. How much prep work did you put into sanding them before painting them? I want to get some dark rims but I'll only have one chance to do it right with the stock rims I have on now.