Losthusker Dailey Driver

Well the wife was tired of the Camry even though it was fully loaded but she loved the Tacoma more then the Camry. I tried to talk her into looking at a 4runner when we purchased the Camry but she wouldn't here of it.....well fast forward a ways and behold we found a nice used 2015 4runner. We did look at several of them but ended up with this one, price drove this and they gave us the best price on the Camry.

She has already ordered ( I did ) the center console tray and the black out kit for it (waiting for it to come in). I have a new set of used wheels (SCS's) for the Tacoma so the Fuels that are on the Tacoma will be transferred over to the 4runner at some point, need to level this thing out as it does have some rake to it.

Here are some pics of the new ride, slowly will change this to a decent looking 2wd cruiser.







Best current view of the runner

 

Future plans for the cruiser, install new shocks on it and level out the ride.

Install the wheels from the Tacoma and get new set of tires for the rims.

Black out the roof rack and pull it all together.

Window tint that thing, TX heat can be a torture.

New fog lights and at least low beam lights.

 

Exterior
Black overlays over emblems
Rav4 miorrors

 

Sweet rig! I just picked up one myself a couple weeks ago.

P.S. recognize your screen name on TW

 

Damn I've been spotted...

 

subd!

 

Nice find! Be careful of wheel swap though, runner can’t take a size below 17’s due to brake caliper clearance.

 

Good to know but was going to take the 20’s that came from the Tacoma, taking it back to 16’s.

 

Well got the black out kit in today, needless to say I was excited about this but so was the wife.

 

Looking good!

 

Ya she likes it...

 

One mod coming up that she doesn't know about,,,lol


The part numbers are:
Drivers Side: 87961-42d20
Passenger Side: 87931-42d50

 

Wazzz up?

 

Ok next simple mod is now installed, thanks to @RedRunner87 on posting this in his thread. It only took approx 15 min to install both mirrors, just tilt the mirror up and pull away from the bottom outside edge and slowly pull it loose. Once it pops loose you will find the wires connected to the mirror, may be different for some models as mine is only a base SR5 model. Unplug the connector in the inner corner of the mirror and then install the new mirror and the reverse the process for installation. This is a nice simple upgrade for the T4R, comes from a 15+ Rav4. I need to look into this more for the Tacoma as it has been done as well for them, but I have the blind spot monitors for it but don't have it turned on.

 

i did my mirrors too. best thing i ever did so far. now you can see if another vehicle is right next to you.

 

Ya the wife says she is not sure if she likes them yet, I then told her to adjust her mirrors out more.. She hasn't said anything so I
m assuming she likes them now. If not I will place them on the Tacoma.

 

@LostHusker nice meeting you today bro! Pics of valances once they are on!

 

Can do that, got to find somewhere to get them coated first.

It was nice meeting you today as well, super nice rig you got.

 

Thanks man! Mine was dirty but we should have snapped some quick pics haha.

 

Yes we should have, thought about that when I was back on the road.

In fact called a couple places this morning, wanted 300-400 to spray those things..

Time for rattle can

 

So most of the lift is in for the T4r and now I’m trying to get a set of tires for it. I have my old fuel hostage wheels from the Tacoma that the wife refus d to let go of. Does a 285/55/20 got without rubbing?

Here is the suspension that will be getting installed.

front coils (2885)
OME trim packer
OME nitrocharger sport rear shocks (soft)
rear coils (2889)
SPC uppers will be installed as part of this

 

Well did some updates to the runner today, got the roof rack painted and swapped out running boards, found them on FB marketplace from a guy in Austin. Time to sell the original ones..

Picking up tires today, now just got to carve out time to install the lift.

 

Well all of the parts are in and the new used set of tires have been picked up, now I just need to get a day to install them. I am planning on putting it all together the day before Veterans Day so I can get the alignment done the next day. Thinking about this I may need to and get the tires mounted the day before, guess we will be one vehicle down for the weekend...

 

looking good man.

 

Thanks, the wife is super stoked about it. She is never really excited about the vehiclesbut this one she is.

 

Well found something else to add to the list of wants, the 7 passenger cargo liner.

https://toyotacustoms.com/collections/4runner/products/pu550-89147-01

 

So curious has anyone got a set side mirrors from a premium model and installed them on a SR5 model so that the turn signals are functional?

 

Well the lift is on, went fairly smooth

 

Well couple of updates to the runner, picked up a t-force roof rack and was able also get the little skid that comes with it, nice touch.