Hello from Nebraska

Hi everyone. I own a 2004 SR5 v8, which is my 2nd 4Runner. First one was a 2019 TRD OR. I like the 5th gens but honestly like my 4th gen more.



I have had the 04 for 1 year this month. It already came with a 2.5" Bilstein lift and a 1 inch body lift and a classic CBI front bumper when I bought it. I have been busy modding this whole time.

Since I have owned this 4Runner, I have got all the maintenance items current and did my own modifications. Probably the two most significant mods so far is:

1) The second being a rear axle housing swap from a 5th gen 4Runner to replace the weak 8.0" that has already broken ring gears once. While performing the swap, I had the front and rear diffs rebuilt, re-geared to 4.56's and installed ARB air lockers front and rear.

I can't believe this fit and on a pallet. Lol.


All cleaned up, repainted, rebuilt and getting installed:


2) installing an ARB twin onboard air system with a 1 gallon tank, all mounted in the engine bay with custom brackets that I made.



I will say with front and rear lockers, this beast feels like it can tackle most challenges easily. Or more easily anyway.

Near future plans include a manual FJ Tcase swap and building out a drawer system to better organize stuff. I probably need to start a build thread.

Anyway, looking forward to seeing what others are doing and sharing what I am working on.

 

Welcome

 

Welcome. Sweet rig

 

Thanks, HuskerRunner. If your in the Omaha area, I usually hang out with the Omaha Toyota Outlaws FB group and occasionally the Omaha Toyota 4WD group.

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

Welcome from SoCal

 

welcome

 

Welcome from Arizona! I loved my 2008 too, however I have been really happy with my 5th gen. Everyone on this forum has been very helpful with all the information they are sharing. I enjoy reading about what others are doing to their ride, whether or not I'm going to do it.

 

Welcome from AZ!

 

Welcome from Wisconsin!

 

Welcome from Colorado. I hit lake Mac twice a year to camp, fish wheel the beach and dunes- love that place

 

Yeah, I really need to spend more time in Western Nebraska.

 

Have to say the beast and what you’re doing- big . We’ll be at Johnson lake in Aug (not my choice this year with the families) but we will be back for Pheasant/duck hunting in Oct/Nov. Love riding Mac that time when the water is low.