Resurrection of the 4R: Building a “New” 1998 4Runner

Back of the 4R is prepped for vinyl and the bumper - what a pain

 

Wow looks great! If my body man did that it would take 6 months.

 

LOL - or as my brother says “ew gross why”

 

Recent cold has made working on the 4R a pain. Finally warm enough to put everything back on, swapped the broken head light and side marker, also swapped the broken trip ODO and used the opportunity to swap in some LEDs.

Katskinz finally shipped and will be here tomorrow, plan on doing that this week. If we get warm enough weather next weekend, my buddy will come over and I’ll finally be able to install the new springs and bumper.

 

Colors look bad ass!

 

Love the colors!

 

Started on the reupholstering and finished installing the coils and swing out. Reupholstering is actually pretty easy, just tedious, really happy so far with how everything turned out! Below is some side by sides

 

Front seat was more of a PITA- but putting new foam and heater pads really wasn’t too bad

 

New wheels and Katzkins done, just need to wire up the seat heaters

 

I watch too many car resto shows, and they steam the leather to remove wrinkles. Just sayin'. I could live with 'em just the way they are. That looks really good.

 

Amazing! Keep up the good work.

 

Great idea, thanks!

 

Whelp, been awhile, but finally hooked up the heated seats, and replaced the missing clock. Also removed a ton of incredibly suspect wiring the PO had installed - honestly a little surprised this thing didn’t catch fire at some point

 

U R pretty talented for an old broad
JUST KIDDING
looks really neat and functional now

the transformation is incredible you should be proud
and OUR MOTHER said you would not amount to anything

good on you enjoy

 

Back at it, got the backup cam installed and replaced the Weathertech logo for a 4Runner one for funsies

 

Installed a Sherpa roof rack, quick fists and Thule ski rack. Put my awning brackets on and realized I was missing a couple bolts to actually get the awning mounted. Waiting for bolts :/

4R barely clears my garage now haha

 

Got the full skids up, just need to weld on the sliders and get some real rubber- then she’ll be ready for the zombie apocalypse- whilst presumably getting 8 mpg

 

Shows what a little know how, some time and a lot of money can do…. Keep up the awesome work

 

This awesome! Keep it going.

 

Well written. Your post gives me instant flashbacks of mine. Gremlins took over my life, and my "new" to me 4Runner TRD Pro! (Long + Pictures) | Toyota 4Runner Forum [4Runners.com]

 

That is a wild story ! Thankfully mine was more like a really dirty nasty teens room

 

Tiny one today: sanded and repainted the headlight trim, which was rock-chipped to hell

 

Solid.

 

Finally got around to the body mounts - just need to bolt everything back up/tight - lower control arms and steering rack eventually/next

 

Beautiful truck; it'll be interesting to have an essentially "new" 3rd gen.

 

U-joint swap, major PITA but no more vibes!

 

Installed some switchback retrofits and black side markers - light is much better. The dumb build of WarPig continues

 

Put an order in for the Yota1 5VZ, nearly completing the “new” ‘98 4Runner experiment

 

Why are you needing to replace the motor?