Meet Tess!

This Is What She Looked Like Back In November Off Of Ebay:


And This Is Her Now:


Plans For The Future:
If you look at the list you will see it slowly start to resemble the Expeditions West Tacoma.
The reason being is that I would like to turn Tess more into an expedition rig and travel then keep her and bash her on the rocks, I will get another Pick-up or older 4Runner to do that


Engine:[*]Toyota Red Coolant[*]Synthetic Oil*[*]NAPA Gold Oil Filter*[*]NAPA Drive Belts*[*]Toyota OEM Spark Plugs & Wires*[*]Air Raid Intake Tube[*]Trueflow Air Filter*[*]TRD Headers[*]TRD High Flow Cat[*]TRD Cat Back Exhaust*[/LIST]
Transmission:[*]Valve Body Upgrade[*]Hayden Transmission Cooler[/LIST]
Axles:[*]Re-geared to 4.88[*]Rear Toyota E-locker[*]Front Manual Locking Hubs[/LIST]
Suspension:[*]Sonoran Steel System 1.51*[*]Total Chaos Upper Control Arms[*]Rubicon Express Rear Lower Control Arms*[*]Sway-A-Way Coilovers[*]Air-lift 1000 Rear Bags[/LIST]
Armor:[*]4XInovations Kick-out Sliders[*]Shockworks Pre-Runner Bumper[*]BruceTS Rear Bumper w/Tire Carrier, Hi-Lift Mount & Two Jerry Cans[*]Budbuilt Front Skid Plate*[*]Budbuilt Transfer Case Skid[*]Budbuilt Belly Skid[*]E-Locker Diff Proctor[/LIST]
Performance Enhancements:[*]Fan Clutch Upgrade[*]ARB Safari Snorkel[*]ExtremeAir Compressor[*]Long Ranger 35 Gal Aux Fuel Tank[*]Long Ranger Aux Fuel Tanks Switch/Gauge[*]Additional Gauges for Air Pressure and Outside Temps[*]RAM POD III Laptop Mount[*]Small Laptop with SS HDD for OBD II Scan Gauge Monitoring System and GPS[*]Aux. Battery[/LIST]
Off-Road Enhancements:[*]HELLA 4000HID Conversion Lights on Bumper[*] () Roof Rack[*] () Roof Rack Tire Mount[*] () Shovel & Axe Mount[*]HELLA 500 HID Conversion Lights on Roof Rack[/LIST]
Exterior Enhancements:[*]Bug Deflector[*]Satoshi Mod*[*]Sport Edition Hood Scoop[*]Sun Visor With Clearance Lights(pure looks)[*]Front Windows Tinted to Match the Back[*]Sunroof Wind Deflector[*]In-Channel Window Deflectors[*]Bumpers and Bottom Half of Rig Painted with Rinolining in Black[*]Black JDM Head Lights[*]Black TYC Rear Lights[*]Black 99' Corners[/LIST]
Interior EnHancements:[*]Cobra CB Radio (Model Unknown Yet)[*]Head Unit with iPod & Satellite Interface*[*]Sounds System Upgrade[*]1st Gen Inclometer Retrofit[*]99+ 4Runner Center Dash Upgrade w/Two Extra 12V Outlets*[*]99+ 4Runner Overhead Console Upgrade [*]99+ 4Runner Center Console Upgrade*[*]99+ 4Runner Rear Cargo Accessory Outlet Upgrade[*]Interior Panels Painted Black[*]Black Seat Covers[*]1st Gen Roll Bar with Mag Light Mounts[*]Storage Unit with Two Pull Out Draws[*]ARB 45 Fridge[*]30 Gallon Fresh Water Tank[*]SureFlow Pressure Pump[*]Shower System[/LIST]
In Storage:[*]2- CVs[*]Engine Belts[*]Extra Oil[*]Extra Coolant[*]Extra Transmission Fluid[*]Extra Brake Fluid[*]Complete Tool Kit[*]WD-40[*]Tree Saver[*]Come-along[*]Towing Straps[*]Camping Equipment:
- Small Tent
- Lantern
- Fire Starters
- Emergency Blanket
- First-Aid Kit
- Second Set Of Cloths[/LIST]
Chaser Trailer:[*]Painted To Match Truck[*]Set Up to Have Matching Tires as Truck[*]Eezi-Awn 1200 Roof Top Tent[*]Portable Grill[/LIST]
So got a big list to fill.....
Slowly it will be...

 

Well I thought I would update this with the life of Tess:
This is how I got her November or 05:


First Time Wheeling (I was a fool and new to the world of off-road driving, and I actually lost the stock skid in that muck lol!!!):


Second Time, Running boards off, and my last days of saying I love mud:


Thrid Time Wheeling (Rear seals went and both front rotors wasted, so she sat there for a month till we had the money to get teh work done):


Hitting 100K:



My First actual Wheeling trip on real trails (anything before that I told myself was mudding, not off-roading , oh and my a/c compressor bearing went):


Second Time Actually Wheeing:


Third Time Wheeling at Rausch Creek (first times where at Paragon R.I.P. PAP):


Then The Accident:


Went on a 4Th wheeling Trip but she stayed in the lot, she wont be on the trails from now till she is Locked, Lifted, and has sliders :-D:


Now just some poser pics:






Some Poser pics of stepdads and mine (Which I hope one day I get as a DD):

 

 

Well Its Been A While Sine I Updated This Thread.
Lift has been Added:







And a BudBuilt Skid was Added:


Then It Was All Tested Out:


Big Thanks Again To J and Katy For Helping Me Install The Lift, And A Great Thanks To My Friend JT For Getting The BudBuilt On For Me

 

I also promised myself that the day she is lifted she gets her first stickers.
So I finally put some on.
Since I will be getting mostly everything I need from Northridge, and them sponsoring Pismo 08 I put some NTP swag on:




No you may have noticed that she is de-badged. What I am doing is changing the badges around to look more like the 99+ style rears.
This involves moving the Top 4Runner Badge to the Left, The SR5 badge to the Top Right and adding the 4WD Badge with it which was not available on the 96-98, and keeping the Toyota Letter Badge on the Lower Right, and the Toyota Symbol Badge stays Right where it is.
Also I will be doing the black pearl emblems but thinking of changing it up a bit a putting a little red in there to match the Suspension, brakes and Satoshi Mod.

 

Well I need to update this thread a little bit.
Since my last post I have done the following:
E-Locked and switched to 4.30 Gears
Sliders
1.5" Body Lift

First Diff Change and E-Locker
Thanks to Wab for getting me the diffs!

So heavy that they about made the suspension sit level again...






Install:








By By Old Diffs!




Sliders:










Pictures of the body lift later.

 

Also picked up these:



They have my center caps on them while I took the caps that came with them on my current rims.
they are off of a 97' T-100 but are the limited.
Plans for them is to clean them up and then paint them and run a 33 BFG AT for DD and with my current rims I will paint them white, yes WHITE and run the 33 MT retreads for the trails.

 

No process pics since my camera was being a pain and it was late and my fingers were covered with paint so....

But here are some pics of the new shoes...









No Mastacox FJ rims but they def do the job!