Thundercloud 4Runner

[HintonYota]

Well I'm going to start a slow build thread. This will be partly for me to keep track of what I did when and partly a place to post trip pictures.
My goal with this build to keep it as reliable as possible for daily driving but also a capable wheeling rig. Senior year to drive out west, wheel and camp for a week, then drive back. My budget is also basically zero, so its gonna be slow.

2002 Toyota 4Runner Sport 160ish thousand miles.
Got it Spring 2016.
First thing I did was remove the running boards, and went on a camping trip!


All loaded down to go back to school fall 2016. No I don't have that much shit. There is a plaid couch in the back.

[FJCcrawler]

I remember when mine was that pretty... Its only a matter of time.

[Mr.WJ]

Used to be all fancy and have windows you could see out of!

Seems to be the trend in 4runner's... Watch out Bryce!

[BadAssEddie]

Who is gonna be the first of the New Gen Crew on 35s???

[Mr.WJ]

Who is gonna be the first of the New Gen Crew on 35s???

Does Brian not count?

[FJCcrawler]

No. He doesnt have a newer gen Toyota.

[HintonYota]

Fall 2016. Mountain Lake a few times. Rode along to Potts.

First taste of real wheeling. (Chunks of u-joints flying off into the woods.)

Went to Harlan. I was very surprised what the stock saggy rear 4runner could do.



As impressed as I was I learned I needed a locker and some more ground clearance.

[HintonYota]

Over the winter I found a set of 99 4runner rear springs on craigslist for $10 bucks. I was just trying to get rid of rear sag and keep me from dragging the hitch on everything.
Before:

After:

Gained maybe an inch and a half. Mostly just didn't look as saggy anymore.

[HintonYota]

Sometime spring 2017 Wong convinced me to buy his elocker. I bought it and let it roll around the back of the 4runner for a few months.

[FJCcrawler]

Needs 37s

[HintonYota]

Needs 37s

Needs to be my dd for the next 3 years.

[FJCcrawler]

You can DD a 4runner on 37s.....

[BadAssEddie]

Sometime spring 2017 Wong convinced me to buy his elocker. I bought it and let it roll around the back of the 4runner for a few months.

Is it installed?

[HintonYota]

Sometime spring 2017 Wong convinced me to buy his elocker. I bought it and let it roll around the back of the 4runner for a few months.

Is it installed?

Yeah new gen crew and I did it this spring just haven't posted about it yet

[YellowDodgeBrian]

If you're not DD'ing 37"s you're wasting moar gas on the highway because of the higher RPMs. Basically you're saving the environment when you run 37"s.