One Bad 1999 Toyota 4Runner
Jason | Jun 28, 2007 | Comments 3
When we found out about Ric Lopez’s 99′ 4Runner, we just had to feature it on the Tundra Headquarters blog. In our opinion, this is one of the nicer 4-wheel daily drivers we’ve seen. It’s a great combination of off-road capability and reliability, while still being “stock” enough to drive every day.
Ric has a 1999 Toyota 4Runner with the Highlander package that he purchased with his fiancée Edith back in November 2002. At that time, the 4Runner had only 60k miles on it and it was purchased for 4wheeling and camping in and around Kansas City. Originally, Ric installed a mild 2.5″ lift, rock sliders, and some 265/75/R16’s, which was more than adequate for the area.
Today, Ric and Edith live in Colorado and the 4Runner has a few more miles and modifications. For starters, Ric has a total of 189k miles on his 99′. In spite of this vehicle’s off-road adventures, Ric has never done any major maintenance or repairs to his vehicle (that’s Toyota quality). The 4Runner has been upgraded to keep up with Colorado trails — with a larger lift, larger tires, a new set of heavy-duty rock sliders, custom bumpers, and a winch. Even with all these modifications, the 4Runner still rides and drives great on city streets and is a good daily driver. This 99′ 4Runner has also been featured in some national off-road magazines.
See more pics of the 99 4Runner.
Ric and Edith would like to thank ToyTec Lifts, Armorology, WabFab Off-Road, Stubbs Welding, and 4Crawler.com.
The equipment:
| INTERIOR | EXTERIOR |
| Alpine CDE-7870 | Yakima Roof Rack with extension |
| Cobra 18WX ST II Radio | Shovel with Yakima shovel mount |
| Cobra External Speaker | Hi-Lift with Yakima mount |
| Sirius Satellite Radio | Firestick Firefly CB antenna |
| Garmin GPSmap 60CS | |
| Lev-O-Gage (2) | LIFT |
| Maglight Mount | Toytec Lifts Coil-overs (front) |
| Fire Extinguisher (2) | Toytec Lifts Bilstein 5125 shocks |
| Toytec Lifts OME 890 springs | |
| ENGINE | Toytec Lifts Pan hard drop bracket |
| Stock except for: | Wab Fab front swaybar quick disconnects |
| True Flow filter | 4Crawler 1” body lift |
| Deck plate modification | |
| WHEELS AND TIRES | |
| ARMOR | Ivan Stewart TRD wheels 16X8 (matching spare) |
| Armorology custom Front bumper | Firestone Destination MTs 285/75/16 |
| Armorology custom rear bumper(adding a custom tire carrier) | |
| Stubbs Welding rock sliders | RECOVERY |
| Bud Built skid plate | Warn 9.5ti winch |
| Synthetic winch line | |
| Do you have a ride you’d like to see on | Snatch block |
| our website? Contact us! | Numerous shackles |
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gorgeous
sickest 4runner ive ever seen
I want to know how to get a front bumper like the one you have. I went to armorology.com and couldn’t find an easy way to navigate, or that they even sell these things.