On the way home from skiing I got a pretty bad misfire, limped it home and had to figure out getting it in the garage since the door is really low.
All 4 tires at 5psi got me in the door and it was time to order some parts. While ordering parts the “while I’m in there I might as well do ___...
the cragars really bling it up, it used to be owned by the city of espanola at one point. thankfully its not mine or id have justified myself into more spending on the 4runner with 4.88s and a front locker!
have been driving it a lot, got 18.5 mpg on the way up and back to ouray and silverton, then towed a raft and a seriously heavy trailer to the san juan river. heres some pictures from my travels
awful mpg towing the raft, luckily not my boat or id have justified some 4.88 gears to myself...
Since the last update:
Alternator- denso reman for 99+ (10 extra amps over stock)
O2 sensors - it seems impossible but I’m now averaging around 18mpg up from 16mpg.
Passenger caliper sized up - wanted to do tundra brakes but needed this fixed faster than I could get the oem tundra rotor/pads...
My suggestion would be change the headlights over to new aftermarket 99-02 units and then go from there.
As far as your other options go:
H4 headlight harness+ Higher output bulbs - pro: hella 80/100w “off road” bulbs are dirt cheap and very bright for halogens and you keep a factory style...
Little update here, added in an auxbeam 8 switch thing awhile ago and some amber pods behind the grille and kinda had a wiring rats nest going on so I got a fuse panel mount thing to sorta help organize
Also got a roof rack
Thinking I’m going to change wheels to 17s and downsize the tires...
no OEM uses a LED in a reflector housing for a reason, if you want LED use a LED projector. Its not cool blinding everyone with leds in a reflector headlight, i've spent good money on a few different LED bulbs meant to replace a h4 bulb and tried them in different vehicles, I never got a clean...
there are two possible options:
"most OEM option" - new 99-02 clear lens headlights, make/buy a H4 headlight relay harness ( 4runner3 - https://www.headlightservices.com/4runner3.html ), use high wattage "off road only" bulbs (I use hella 80w low/100w high in my other vehicle) I think this...
Gave the c59-137v a try for a week, ended up sitting too tall for my taste, front would have to be raised some to match but I’m thinking it could be right with a rear bumper so not going to get rid of them just yet.
C59-137v rake
Spring comparison using drivers side springs. Stock...
So there could be an issue with the clutch pedal itself, the 4runner design is pretty complicated and fast wearing for a clutch pedal. There’s a little plastic bushing between the spring and the pedal arm that eventually breaks and the spring ends up eroding the pedal arm.
Pedal develops some...
Got a picture from fedex this morning:
Thanks to @aowRS dobinsons c59-137v are going on the 4runner sooner than I had planned, we will see if these are what I want. If not it’s the 7 wrap land cruiser springs next.
this video might help with windshield ideas, hes got a couple other videos on how he makes removable windshields for prerunners too.
also when will this thing get the total chaos front hoops and bypass shocks?
Thought the roof rack was leaking so I resealed that, rained again and the interior got soaked so I took the headliner down just enough to look in and found this. Got that fixed and everything works as it should.
Have a few things on the back burner for the 4runner, want to get a good simple...
I’ve been told that the play in a worn Toyota lbj is almost undetectable until they are removed. I just swapped mine for new oem and put the old ones in a box for spares