Toyota that is! I love this thing. I have not been over here in a long time and just wanted to stop in and show my new project. Not going to lie I miss my DSM, but not that much. . I have had this truck for two years now. Bought it with 180k miles and now its almost at 210k. Took a lot of trips. Not one thing has failed. Ive done oil and brakes. I love it. DSM could never do that. Here is what I have been doing.

1996 4runner Limited
3.4L Quad Cam 24V v6
Ebay Hot Air Intake

Suspension:

Front: OldManEmu 881 Lift Coils w/SS 1" Lift sleeves (3" Lift), OME 90004 Comfort Nitro Shocks

Rear: New Land Cruiser 7 wrap front coils installed in rear (3.5" Lift), New Tokico Trekmaster Shocks, bored mounting brackets

Extras: Rear Swap bar lift brackets, 4" Extended SS Rear Brake line, Daystar Competition Rear Bump Stops, SS Tapered 1.5" Diff Drop

Treadwright 265/75/16 (31") M/T Guarddoggs, 16" Toyota Stockers

She does really good offroad, has tons of flex in the rear. I need to get some rock sliders to protect my investment before I hurt it. I plan on front and rear lockers, TRD supercharger and some sliders, front/rear bumpers and a winch. Also 1.5" body lift and some 33" tires. But thats all expensive and cash is hard to come by these days, .

Wrong forum but its nice. I like lifted trucks.

Some more pics.

That's cool. You go mudding?

jpmxrider489 said:

That's cool. You go mudding?

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Mudding is fun, but I'm more of a trail guy. Taking it slow up steep hills, ruts and large rocks and boulders. . Mud just gets everywhere, in everything and gets you stuck!

love the Colorado backdrop.

4g63t said:

love the Colorado backdrop.

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Agreed. Looks awesome. But what could you even do with a DSM in those mountains

CLeMMeR said:

Agreed. Looks awesome. But what could you even do with a DSM in those mountains

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Ralley race. Lol. Dsms used to be huge here. Now everyone upgraded too evos

awesome. careful though, that off roading thing is a slippery slope. here is my friends v6 4runner from when we were at montrose. okay so its not much of a 4runner anymore

Went with my buddies and their lifted trucks.. Could get pretty scary but very fun especially when your in the truck and it's noise is towards the sky.

sag1441 said:

awesome. careful though, that off roading thing is a slippery slope. here is my friends v6 4runner from when we were at montrose. okay so its not much of a 4runner anymore

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Yea I really want to build an 85 4runner into a full blown buggy like that. But you can easily drop 20-40k into an offroad buggy.

So after about 5 years of being away looks like I'm getting back into the DSM game. Got pretty far on the 4runner. Still need a set of sliders and rear bumper but after that she is pretty much done.

My brother's dsm (1990 1ga Panda) has been sitting about 2 years with blown trans or clutch. He is letting me take it over to get her going and build her into a drag car. If trans is dead we are doing auto swap. If not clutch will do till next season when we can get an auto into it. 9's will be goal in CO altitude. Its a fully built 16g car, has all supporting mods for a bigger turbo so its got a good head start. My brother also got him a 4th gen 4runner, so he is busy working on it. Just finished up an ICON lift and front bumper install. I will start a build thread once I get the DSM over to my house.

Here is the 4runner build list
SUSPENSION
Front:
SPC Light Racing Upper Control Arms
OEM LCA w/ES Polyurethane Bushings
OME 881 Coils w/SS 1" Custom Lift sleeves (3" front lift)
Driver side Toytec 1/4" trim spacer
OME 90004 Comfort Sport Shocks
SS Tapered 1.5" Front Diff Drop

Rear:
New LC 7.5 wrap coils
Driver side OME rear 10mm trim spacer
OEM cone bump stops installed
Tokico LC Shocks
SS rear sway bar brackets
4" Extended SS brake line
SS Competition Lowered Bump Stops
SS Adjustable Panhard Bar

TIRES/RIMS/BRAKES
285/75r16 Treadwright Wardens
1.5" Front Spidertrax Spacers
OEM Satin Black 6 lug rims
231mm 2006 Tundra brakes, OEM pads/shim kit, OEM rotors, Napa reman 13wl Calipers

MISC.
Custom 3" Short Ram Intake w/cone filter
1.5" 4crawler body lift w/steering spacer, front bumper spacer, custom radiator bracket
New Toyota Steering Rack and Pinion
New Koyo A1998 Radiator
Polyurethane rack and pinion bushings
Removed front sway bar
Replaced LBJ's, UBJ's, Inner/Outer tie rods, rear axle seals, f/r brakes, belts, hose, vacuum lines, xcase/tranny/rear oils
JVC double din mp3 cd deck w/kenwood speakers throughout
Satin Black Painted, grill, rear spoiler
Satin black hood
Pinch weld mod w/ trimmed flares
Addicted Offroad Front Hybrid Plate/Tube bumper w/LED turn signals
2x ebay 4" Cree LED spot lights
9500lb Tiger Superwinch w/steel line