Old and New Gen 3, Gen 5

Well, my 1997 Limited 4Runner is getting geriatric. You are likely to get rectalized by seat springs as my front seats have seen 267,000 miles of ass. Everything still works except for the back hatch. It won't latch closed so I rigged a strap with a buckle on the inside to keep it closed.

It's getting pretty tired at this point. Everything is stock except the CD player and the front bumper, which I replaced after smacking a deer and skiddering on road ice into a ditch. I've hit two deer with the ARB since with absolutely no problems.



Here is our new hotness-a 2011 Trail edition. This is our daily driver. My wife calls it "hers"



Upgrades include:
Interior
heated front seats
LEDs overhead, console, and puddle lights
Compustar remote start
Weathertech floor liners front and rear
Kenwood DDX470 headunit with relocated usb port
Phoenix Gold Ti65CS components in the doors/dash
Phoenix Gold Ti65CX rear doors
Phoenix Gold Ti65CX hatch
PowerBass RTA-110

$150 Uniden Bearcat 880 CB Radio with 40 Channels and Large Easy-to-Read 7-Color LCD Display with Backlighting, Backlit Control Knobs/Buttons, NOAA Weather Alert, PA/CB Switch, and Wireless Mic Compatible

Uniden Bearcat 880 CB
Firestik II FS3 antenna

Exterior
Craven Speed stubby antenna
LED front corner markers
DDM tuning HID highbeams
3M vinyl matte black hood wrap
Budbuilt bumpout sliders
RCI Metalworks front skid
RCI Metalworks fillerplate
Defiant/Tiregate lightbar
Rigid Industries Dually D2s [driving]
Rigid Industries E2 6" [driving]
OTRATTW switches

Suspension
ICON stage II front suspension
ICON rear springs and shocks
Light Racing UCAs

FN Wheels BFD 18x9 - 0 offset
Toyo Open Country AT II xtreme 285/65R18

 

Nice trail edition My wife has a 2015 SR5 and she loves it. I just wished it was 4x4.

 

Good man, nice to see...we share the same weaknesses ... hang on to the 3rd gen tho ya?

 

Yeah, We'll hang onto it for now. It's starting to nickle and dime us, but not too bad. I could easily dump 3k into it replacing seals and fixing the back hatch... I think we are to the point of diminishing return on it now though. It still drives. It'll be a loaner vehilce and a taking the dog down to the river truck.