I've done so much to the runner this year and still have so much yet to do that I decided to go ahead and start a buildup thread.
After two years of searching for the perfect 4runner I found one exactly like I wanted. It was the rare '90 2dr 4runner.. manual tranny and black.
Here she sits as I bought her and decided to get her muddy.
When I purchased her the runner was completely stock except for the AR wheels and 31x10.50 trxus mt's.
The first thing that I did was removed the running boards followed by a aisin manual hub swap.
Shortly after, the original motor lcoked up so I replaced it with a remanufactured engine from www.orientengine.com.
I added a magnaflow muffler and high flow cat.
The trxus mt's did well offroad but wore horribly and quick which caused it to ride very rough. Knowing that I had a lift planned soon I wanted to get the largest tires I could comfortably fit at the stock height. I ended up going with 32x11.50 Sport Kings.
When time for a lift came around I decided to go with SDORI bj spacers and a t-bar crank in the front. Rear springs from an fj80 in the rear as well as a 4crawler panhard drop bracket. OME stabilizer and skyjacker nitro shocks. All together the lift gained was approximately 3-3.5".
I then had Jeremy powdercoat the wheels in a satin black and added a surco basket.
Powdercoating the MC Bumper.
Getting the bumper pretreated.
The finished product.