The Black Sheep of the Family Build

So it begins.... I have been trying to start this build thread for the last couple days lost on where to begin. So here we go!

My first 4Runner was a 4th gen 4Runner. This 4Runner still exists and right now is still my pride and joy until I can get a little more love into my new one. Some of you may see it around this forum as it currently resides under the 4th gen 4Runner builds under Relentless Runner 2.0 from @Relentless (I used to call her the HoRunner.) This 4Runner will remain as our main wheeling rig while my new 4Runner a 2016 Trail Edition Premium will be our more family/overland rig.



Now onto the 2016 already....Nicknamed the Black sheep for obvious reasons. 1. Well it's black. 2. Both our other current rigs are silver so she stands out.

Here is when we first laid eyes on each other....She had her hair all done up for me. Custom ordered without KDSS.



Took her on our first road trip to the Oregon Coast.




Now to list the good stuff....

 

CURRENT LIST OF MODS

Suspension
Bilstein 5100's front and rear
OME 885's Front
OME 895's Rear
Total Chaos UCA's

Exterior:
Relentless Fab body mount chop
Diaz Fabrication Red Devil Horns
BMF DRT Wheels
315/70/17 Goodyear DuraTracs.
18% Ceramic Window Tint over factory
Relentless Fabrication Stingray Lo-Pro Front Bumper w/ 20" Rigid Radiance
Relentless Fabrication Bolt On Running Rails
Relentless Fabrication 3/16" Steel IFS Skid


Performance:
Custom Flowmaster Delta 40 exhaust dumped at axle

Interior:
None yet

FUTURE MODS
Metal Tech Rear Long Travel
Relentless Fab Front Summit or Predator Bumper
Rigid Radiance 20" light bar (front bumper)
Rigid DOT Dually (front bumper)
Relentless Fab Rear bumper with Single swingout + Rotopax Mount
Relentless Fab Roof Rack
Upgraded front suspension (unsure what I want to go with)
Blacked out badges
Bushwacker Fender Flares

We lifted her about two weeks ago now. Here are some of the pics during the process as well as some before and after pics.



Body mount chop plates being mocked up...


Before lift next to the Relentless Runner 2.0


After:

 

The day has come where I officially no longer need to stare at the ugly silver front bumper trim on my trail.

Say hello to my new @Relentless Lo-Pro Stingray bumper soon to be released to the public. So in love with this design! Now to get a winch!

 

again this might as well be mine...

 

Beautiful! Can't wait to see it evolve.

 

Thank you! You and me both!

 

How do those 885's ride and how much lift did they give? I did the Wheelers T1 coils and they gave me a little less lift than expected. They state 2.5" but it only ended up being about 2ish. I am debating going to OME since I dont really want to have to add spacers. Ive always heard OME is a little stiff.

 

They gave me about 2.5" of lift. I think they ride pretty nice, they don't feel too stiff. On Tacoma's and 4Runners they have been great for us, but on my husbands Tundra they ride like a brick.

 

Can't wait to see more! Those CMC plates are sick!

 

That looks amazing! Does it rub with those 315's?

 

Thanks! It rubs slightly on the front sway bar right now.

 

Friday night vinyl

 

Tested out the crawl control this weekend. Seemed to definitely "control" my pace going down steep hills.

 

Check out the updated photos at the top. Can you say new bumper...

 

I can! Love it! Can't wait to see the back one

 

35"s look TUUUUFFFFFF!!!! Nicely done!

 

Thank you!

 

Finally got the time to put my "TRAIL" badges on. Painted them red to match my devil horns on the front. To celebrate I had to show them off on this trail....ha

 

May I ask a little about your Devil Horn install on your 2016? Best I can tell the install on 2016s is not as straight forward as in previous years....so many more brackets behind the emblem. In general how did you go about installing?

 

I don't remember it that well, it took like 10 minutes. I believe I had to unclip the grille and unscrew a piece on the back of the Toyota emblem to take it off. Sorry I did it a few months ago so it's kind of a blur.

 

I want badges but SR5 is so lame

 

You should remove the SR5 badges and get custom ones instead. That would be cool. Didn't you have access to a 3D printer?

 

I do!