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    paddlenbike's 2000 4Runner

    2000 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4WD

    Powertrain & Performance:
    - TRD Supercharged 5VZ-FE DOHC 24-valve V6 engine
    - URD 7th injector upgrade
    - 5-speed manual transmission
    - Deckplate Airbox Mod
    - True Flow Air Filter
    - URD short shifter

    Off-Road:
    - 2.5" Tundra/OME lift
    - 17x7.5" Tundra/Sequoia wheels in graphite gray
    - 275/70R17 Cooper Discoverer S/T tires
    - Factory rear locker
    - Stubbs rock sliders with custom inserts

    Exterior:
    - 99-00 Limited 5-spoke alloy wheels
    - Yakima rack for mtbs and kayaks
    - DIY black emblems

    Interior:
    - Husky Floor Liners
    - Maglite Mod
    - TRD shiftknob

    Electrical:
    - Pioneer headunit w/IPOD connection
    - Manual/Auto control of power antenna via switch
    - Yaesu FT1900R 2M radio in DIN below stereo
    - 1970's Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance quad-horn set
    - Innovate wideband

    Lighting:
    - Hella Micro de fog lights, converted to HID
    - LED taillights
    - Illuminated center console and rear climate control with green LEDs
    - Superflux LED footwell illumination
    - Custom high-power Cree LED cargo light
    - Custom high-power Cree LED hatch light

    Last edited by paddlenbike; 07-02-2013 at 08:48 AM.

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    Thought I would show off some of my work with LEDs.

    I built some current-regulated LED modules to illuminate the floor areas when you open the doors:


    Another pic

    You might also note the illuminated rear climate control (and cupholder area).

    I also added a high-powered Cree LED to the rear hatch to illuminate the ground when the hatch is opened. It provides a crazy amount of light for unloading the 4Runner at night and really works great for cooking in camp after dark. It comes on automatically when the rear hatch is opened. It is mounted in an Acura Legend door light housing and looks mostly factory.



    And here is the light output compared to a stock 4Runner:


    As you can plainly see, the light has significant spill onto the ground and look at the difference in visibility inside the cargo areas.

    I have really enjoyed these lighting modifications. I tend to store a lot of stuff in the footwells on wheeling and camping trips--stuff is so much easier to find at night with these additions.


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    Wheeling pics from 2008:




    I have not modified anything on the 4Runner for the past year--it is working really well as-is. I've waxed it and wheeled it, that's it!

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    The stock running boards did a great job of keeping the sides of the 4Runner rock chip-free. As soon as I removed them and installed rock sliders, rock chips started showing up in the paint. I took one trip to Death Valley with the open rock sliders and picked up about 40 rock chips per side. (Traveling hundreds of miles on gravel roads at speeds up to 83 mph (by gps) does a great job of blasting paint off just about anything.) In an effort to preserve the 4Runner's paint I cut out steel inserts and welded them into the voids of the rock sliders. Here is the result:





    It took a lot of work to match the bends of the sliders. Tubing benders have a tendency to push the outside of the bend further out before bending it inwards (if that makes any sense). Stubb's sliders are built on a jig and have extremely high quality control, but each of the six steel plates were still just slightly different. The welding itself took no more than about 15 minutes.

    So do they work? Shortly after completing this project I took a trip to the desert (Joshua Tree) for 4 days of wheeling. Even though the sliders had 2-3 coats of primer and 6 coats of paint, the gravel blew through it all and left me with this:


    You will note tons of chips in the bottom of the plates, and yet none of those rocks made it up to the body. Keep in mind those chips are from one extended weekend of wheeling, so clearly over the lifetime of the vehicle the paint is going to stay much nicer.


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    I ended up picking a really good year (2000) and the original owner did a good job picking the right options:



    • The truck is a base SR5. The manual transmission was not available on the Limited and this year 4Runner (2000) was the last year Toyota ever offered the manual.

    • 2000 is the only year that you could order the large painted fender flares as a stand-alone option. (These became standard equipment on the 01-02 Sport Edition 4runners) They look like the flares that come on the Limiteds but without the plastic door clading.

    • 2000 was also the last year that the e-locker was available on the 4Runner.



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    Death Valley













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    The road that keeps going forever:





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    Fun with HDR.





















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