2023 Abigail Luna build.

I have been the proud owner of a 2023 Toyota 4Runner TRD Off Road Premium in Lunar Rock since January of 2023. I optioned it with KDSS, Multi-Terrain Monitor, and Sunroof when I ordered it in August of 2022. My main goals for the vehicle were; (1) Comfortable daily driver. (2) Comfortable and reliable road trip vehicle. (3) A vehicle capable of tackling moderately hard trails. (4) A vehicle I could modify into a more capable overlanding vehicle, if I so chose.

Now I know that there are better vehicles for a daily driver and road tripping car, and my Family and I did test drive a Honda Passport and a Subaru Ascent, but none of us liked the Honda and the wife and I thought the front seats in the 4Runner were more comfortable than than the Subaru. Ultimately, I decided the the 4Runner would be more reliable, and had more options for future upgrades to make the vehicle more capable off-road.

Now for the build. Knowing I was going to be eventually adding weight to the vehicle in the form of skid plates, front bumper, winch, gear, and potentially a rooftop tent, I started with a lift from OME. I opted for the OME BP-51 with medium weight springs and OME upper ball joints. Overall, with drawer system installed, roof rack, skid plates, front bumper, and winch the rear lift is right around 2.5 inches with the front sitting at about 3 inches so it still has a slight rake. The install was pretty straight forward and only took a buddy and I about a day to install, between breaks and cooking the brisket.

Ride quality on road and off road was improved compared to the stock setup and has only gotten better as I have added more weight to the rig. Between decreasing the rebound and compression on the BP-51s and airing down the tires, the vehicle is much more comfortable off road, and living in eastern Washington I drive on plenty of rough, rutted, and basalt covered roads. On road with damping and compression turned up, the vehicle handles and rides great, though it can be a little rougher over some of the larger bumps, think really bad train track crossings. However, I really can’t recommend these enough and the ride just gets smoother the more weight I add.



Other upgrades already installed, which I will talk about in later posts, include:
1) OME BP-51 with medium weight springs
2) OME Upper ball joint
3) Homemade drawer system with fridge slide
A. Houses 1000W pure sine wave inverter, Anderson powerpole power connector, 120V outlet, USB-C and USB-A plug

4) RLB Pro8 Switch
5) Custom built electrical tray
A. Contains RLB Pro8, BlueSea System Fuse Block, BlueSea System circuit breakers, BlueSea System bus bars

6) 350 Amp Fuse
7) CBI Covert Front Bumper
8) CBI Full set of steel skid plates with black powder coating
9) CBI Fuel tank skid plate with black powder coating
10) Baja designs 30in S8 light bar. Amber with combo lens.
11) Smittybilt X20 Gen3 12K synthetic winch
A. Factor 55 Ultrahook, Factor 55 Fairlead, Fairlead flip up license plate holder
12) WeBoost cell phone booster
13) Sherpa full roof rack
14) Sherpa driver side window panel mount
15) Sherpa traction board mount for window panel
16) Shovel mounts (installed on the window panel mount)
17) Aluminum Oil Filter housing
18) All 12V outlets fused to always on
19) Rear USB-C ports fused to always on
20) 120V outlets, USB-C and USB-A ports installed upfront and connected to 1000W power inverter.

21) ICS FAB dash mount
22) Ram Mount for phone
23) Ram Mount for tablet
24) Ram Mount for Garmin In-reach mini
25) ICS Fab USB-A ports
26) Falken Wildpeak AT3W 285/70/17
27) GoFSR aspen lite XL rooftop tent
28) Wilco Off-Road HitchGate Solo
29) Disconnect switch for winch
30) X2Power AGM Battery

Planned upgrades:

1) CBI Overland rock sliders with DOM tubing, with black powder coating (already ordered but not installed)

2) Full body wrap
3) Method wheels with bead grip
4) Baja Designs 40in Onx6 light bar mounted on roof rack
5) ICS Fab third brake like with reverse and chase light
6) DiodeDynamics SS3 Max SAE amber fog light
7) Budbuilt rear differential skid plate
8) Lights mounted on both sides of roof rack
9) Shady overlander 180 awning
10) Shady Overlander shower tent
11) Dr. KDSS pan rod correction kit
12) Sumo Springs bump stops.
13) Sherpa passenger side window panel
14) ARB Snorkel for dust
15) ARB differential breather


Upgrades I am considering:
1) Regear
2) Front e-locker

 

Looks good, excited to see the plan play out

pics?
Roaring tundra plains of…?

 

Welcome to the forum!

 

Wagon looks great!

 

Is that the Ancient Lakes area? Spent some time there earlier this year. Love the look of your rig.

 

Got a 4R for the exact same reasons you did. Sweet build.

Our is the Beatrice Silver build. Attached is the final decal my daughter designed and we stuck just above the "Limited" text. I can drop the lower design files if anyone needs them.

 

Thanks for the kind words everyone. The build has been going well and my son and I have embarked on several longer multi-day trips and everything has performed flawlessly so far. We are still dialing in what we want/need to bring with us and how to organize everything but we are having a great time figuring it out.

The first picture is from Umptanum Ridge Road in Eastern Washington. The second picture is along the Columbia River across from Frenchman Coulee, also in Eastern Washington and is near the Ancient Lake area. The third pic is from Bethel Ridge in central Washington.