Sixstringsteve's '99 4Runner Clara

Here's my rig.

'99 4runner Highlander
285/75/16s

That's it so far.



















Plans right now:
- new steering rack bushings
- new lower bjs.
- possibly new inner and outer bjs.
- sliders
- 33's (it came with 33's)
- Tundra front caliper upgrade
- CBI style rear bumper
- some type of front bumper one day


Take the following parts from my Tacoma, Abner:
- front OME lift
- manual hubs & diffs (4.88s)
- upper control arms
- budbuilt skidplates
- helton hot shower
- rock lights
- Head Unit
- CB


Goals: to have a rig that's super comfortable and reliable for daily driving (90% of its life), driving on washboard/unimproved roads (8% of its life), and capable enough to crawl simple trails like Hole in the Rock Trail, Elephant Hill, Steelbender, Golden Spike (2% of its life). The goal of this rig is to make memories by take me camping to new places I haven't been before, and take me back to places I have been before. That's about it.

Will you keep the 33s or move the 35s from the taco over?

I'm keeping the 33's. I don't do much crawling anymore, so the 33's will be more than sufficient. I will be swapping the 4.88s though.

sixstringsteve wrote:I'm keeping the 33's.

33s and 4.88s are what I plan to go to as well.

What motor does it have? It surprises me to hear that it has little power. My 3.4 on 285s has plenty of power.

3.4L It runs at about 2200 rpm at 65 mph.

Yeah it is high geared but plenty of oo get up and go. I guess your auto aren't you?

yup, auto. It's driveable, but it's a pig, and the MPG sucks right now. 4.88s should fix that.

Yeah I've heard that autos are gutless that's why I love my standard. 4.88 will for sure help.

anyone have any tips to pulling a rear elocker third in a 3rd gen without removing the gas tank skid? I tried over and over last night and I had to ultimately remove the skid. Looking for an easier way to get the new third in there.

A couple of tips here:

http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=188440

I'm surprised by this comment, though:

"Also if you have an elocker you will need to lock it to pull the third member out"

Thanks for the link!

Interesting. I didn't lock my third and the only issue I ran into was the fact that the stupid gas tank skid and rear swaybar were in the way.

its about time i get around and start checking out some of yall's rigs. Its gorgeous man, and I think I've seen you around Orem a few times. I gotta get involved with the meets you guys have for sure!

I actually.sold.this rig.to Kevin a little while back. Now I drive a Tacoma.

We're thinking about getting together this Saturday, GB, you should come out.

ah and I think you've told me that a million times sixstring lol.

anyway Sorry I missed the meet, i had to work. What thread has all of the runs and gathers you guys have?

GottaBeTRD wrote:ah and I think you've told me that a million times sixstring lol.

anyway Sorry I missed the meet, i had to work. What thread has all of the runs and gathers you guys have?

Club Calendar has the official meets, Upcoming Trips has everything else.

sixstringsteve wrote:3.4L It runs at about 2200 rpm at 65 mph.

ya know i was trying to figure this out cause mine on my trip home last night at 65 was at about 1900-2000 rpm. it searched a lot when i was going 75 and the most i could do with out it searching all the time was 69-70 mph. btw i am running stock 4.10s