1st Gen Toyota 4RUNNER 4x4 w/ James Holguin! | BUILT TO DESTROY 

I had a neighbor who had one of these when I was a kid. He kept it chalked in his driveway busted for YEARS. I LOVED that truck he would let me and all the neighbors kids sit in it and play on the CB when we would play outside. I built models of it and even painted my Tamiya Bruiser the same color LOL. When I graduated high school he sold it to me for $100 bucks (after giving me a C note as a graduation gift lol)!!! Its in my garage to this day, my neighbor passed away a few years ago and now i'm obligated to keep it forever. RIP Smitty she's still running!!!

Dad had an 85 for years, literally grew up in it and last year he finally gave it to me, in the process of a restoration but they’re such classic 4x4s

James my hero. After a decade and seven kids is out there with his build. Sick

I was expecting the got married and had kids but not 7 of them props to you man I know the struggle and I’ve only got two.

I had a 79 toyota truck with a 20r. it had well over 400,000 miles on it. it ran like a sewing machine too. the 20r and 22r engines are bulletproof!

"What's this assembly" -" that's a manual locking hub" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

James my hero.

That things well thought out , nice build

86, my best friend's mom had a 4 runner. We would tie like 3 gt Snow racers to the back and ride them as she pulled us across the fields in winter. My buddy now has two he's using to make one solid one....

Absolutely love seeing rigs like this. Built to work, all the time and money went into making it go and not show. 35s on a yota when JKs/JLs “need” 37s (that’s sarcasm)

Im glad everyones liking these now been in love with them since i was a kid now 22 with a 88 3.4 swap loving this video

This is sick, love the Toyota content. I have an '85 with the same paint as this one. About to hit 260,000. Motor was originally a 22re but swapped to a 2LT 4cyl turbo diesel about 10 years ago. Nowhere near as built out as this beast, but good for what I like to do.

I've been building an F150 prerunner for the last 3 years, but these Yotas are magic. Bought an '87 last month :)

I'm from central Indiana, just got my 85 4Runner going!!

I have an 86 turbo straight front love it so much!

My dad and I are rebuilding a 85 and it’s so cool

That was a special build, rad dude with a solid epic truck!

Oh yeah and mine is an 86 ifs 300k miles still running strong and passed smog last week with flying colors.

that is a bad ass 4runner, dreams come true

Rockcrawling junkie here, I love all your content. I wish I would have kept my 4runner that nice, but you can’t loose with 42’s.

Only thing missing is seeing this 1st gen flex! Next mod for this one - 3.4L conversion with TRD Supercharger

Big fan of Toyota's!😉👍

sweeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love it!

Holy shit what a dope build, the cameras are genius.

Ooh piece of candy 🍭 can’t wait to get my 3rd gen done.

My first vehicle is a 1989 Toyota pickup 4x4 ifs 22re just put a 4-5" lift running "33s stock motor on 281,000 miles first time taking it to KOH this year

I have a 2nd gen 4runner that im starting a similar build on. He gave me some really good ideas to do that I wasn't thinking about. I'm originally from San Diego where prerunners are king but very expensive to build. Then I moved to the high desert of cali & got more into the trail/rock crawling world witch I found was a lot cheaper rig to build for a newbie & now I can't get enough. I love that TERRA crew is showing a different side of offroading. 👍👍

I had an 88 Toyota pickup back in the day bought her with approximately 140k for the next 5 plus years she was my toy literally and my daily driver hands down the most reliable truck I ever owned I beat the snot out of that truck every weekend with my buddies in the woods and she always got me to work Monday morning I fell in love with the truck modified her some and always had fun with her I cried the day I sold her fast forward 15 plus years now and I finally got an old Toyota truck with antique plates and living the good life and I’ll never sell her in fact I plan on giving it away one day..that old 88 had over 300k when I sold her and that’s smiles and miles

150,000 miles on hilux og owner never changed the oil or did anything and not a knocking sound to be found 22r super reliable

Recently bought an 81 Toyota pickup plan on just getting it the point of a something that can just go anywhere!

Awesome build clean to the point

Just finished an engine swap on my ‘87 4Runner I went 3rz-fe. What a beauty. Before I did a ‘92 with the same engine.

Why are you doing a off road video and asking stupid questions? You’re asking what a locking hub is? Really?

Living the dream 🤙🏽

Very nice. Love the guys that build their own. I was odd to listen to him explain manual locking hub like nobody would know what it is.

Great..nice ride. Have fun

Cool truck but I could see daylight under your leaf spring u bolts. Are they loose?. I have a 93 and am looking at an 89.

Love the rock crawler stuff lately

Thats insane ! Dope rig

Gotta love these 1st and second gens plus the 22re super reliable motors, I'm part of the 3rd gen gang but full respect for this awesome build 😍👌

Fuck yea! Digging the yota love!!

Great content makes me regret turning my 85 into a raisin lol

My 86 4runner has 414k on the frame with a freshly rebuilt engine

What chassis is this on? These are solid axle out of the factory, At least over here in Australia. Love the old solid axle lux/4runners, I currently have a ln106 dual cab hilux with an L67 supercharged v6 swap (buick motor but we get them in holden commodores) In the middle of converting from the toyota 5 speed to a th700.

Love this build. I had an 88 3.0 with 309k running great when I sold it to my neighbor.

Uh oh. The desert prerunner boys are learning the 4x4 ways.

Sick camera's!

285,000 before my 88 4runner 22re died because of me. $800 for a rebuilt motor and a weekend later I was back on the trail

I have my Dads 1988 4Runner with a manual and a 22RE. I’m currently doing All Pros 4 inch SAS swap. The 4runner has been in my life since I was eight years old. I learn how to drive it at 11, took my behind the wheel at 18 in it. My dad gave it to me 3 years before he passed away. It’s like a member of the family. I’ll be at the hammers with it in a year.

12:40 Adam is awesome he actually answered my call to answer my questions to fit my rock sliders correctly!

Dont have a 22R but i got that 6.slow, picked up a 91 baby blue yoda that was rusted the fuck out in a field with 215k on the odo. fixed somerust and shes still doing 75 on the highway with 260k on that clock baybeee. American racing wheels and 31" yokohama AT's, still rusty (;

Awesome rig gonna take alot of cool upgrades off this one truck looks sick and ready for adventures

I'm shocked you asked what the locking hubs were?! Especially coming from a guy who is able to eye a coilover for a nanosecond and instantly tells you everything about it!

Found my twin!! Im running a 89 4Runner with a trail gear 4" SAS kit up front and rough stuff kit and 63's in the rear. been on a 6 year down after SAS (had 4 kids) just got it smogged and road worthy this year!!!! @10:30 found the perfect solution for a rear bumper thank you...never thought of coming from the side!! was going to grab a marlin crawler rear bumper but with the rear shackles i think they will hit that even though it isnt as steep of an angle for the mounting brackets, but square tube and from the side it is.

270k miles and i still drive it to the trail and back home. And its not a 5minute drive its over 80miles and i trash the shit out of my truck at elbe hills in washintgon state. I can tell i have low compression im on 35's so think wat you want. I went browns camp and did 7up, waterfall, firebreak, crushers, airplane hill. I only have an OME 2.5" lift but have 5.29 selectable front and rear with 300m axle shafts. It is an original 85 i do not have u-bolt flip kit so people would acfually believe. Oh yeah it also has an ATLAS t-case still to the stock 22re and w56. Aloha

Killer Runner! I have a 88 4Runner w/300k miles, plan on doing the same upgrades!

I had a 86 model one of these with a vn 3.8 v6 conversion done with the original diesel gearbox regrettably sold it

I got 2 87 4runners one has 119500 And the other has 218000

I currently have a 88 being in my family since 2006 has 236k on original 22re

👍👍

I have a 300k 22re , I take it on 12 hour drives often. I don't change the oil or anything

My pops tells me to get one of these because I want to put a camper on my 94 Toyota pick up lmao

What type of grill headlamps are they? Thks..jc

482k miles on my 92 toyota 2nd clutch but still drives great

I hope to show you my rig some day. I really want to spend a few weeks out west this year. It's just a long haul from Arkansas. Dope video as always.

I bought a 89 Toyota pickup with the 22re. I slapped a 3 inch body lift and a set of 35 inch all terrains I found used for 300 bucks. I drove that truck EVERYWHERE. The 22re had 295k on the ODO, but the ODO hadn't worked for a few years. It leaked oil from every where it could leak, so I would change the oil with straight 30 weight, and 2 quarts of Lucas oil stabilizer (I was 18). I sold it over 10 years ago and ran into the guy that has it now, still with the same tires and still hasn't rebuilt the engine🤣🤣

My 82 Toyota pick up 22r with 545k miles

Both my 22r's I have had over 350k... had a 3.0 with 280k..

iv got my 88 4runner currently my project truck/daily and delivering pizzas in Montana with the stock 22re 5 speed w56 trans love this truck currently at 308k + miles. bought it in CA in 2015 and did a full rebuild in my bed room in 2019 on the motor when i blew the head gasket heading to Tahoe for a ski trip lol. Has had a few starting probs with the resent -40 temps we have had up here but nothing a block heater hasn't fixed XD

Sick I had a 91' hilux surf imported from japan to canada and I did a 3" trail-gear SAS and rear leaf swap on 35" KM2's. All my friends quit wheeling and it sat for 4-5 years and my woman made me sell it to pay bills. 4months later my brother in law gets a bronco2, calls me and tells me I need a rig after all the work I did to my yota only to sell it haha. Biggest mistake I ever made. Picked up a 4door geo tracker to build a budget family rig tho. 300$ yo but they aint no yota....super cheaply made

I’m on my 3rd 22re equipped truck . The first two went 389k and 297k and both were still running strong when people crashed into them and totaled them. One got rear ended really bad on the freeway and the second one was totaled by a drunk driver while it was parked on the street. I can safely say they are the best engines I’ve ever had even more reliable than my newer Tacoma. The one I have now wasn’t the original motor to begin with, the previous owners son bogged the truck and threw a rod so this one is a junkyard swap but I ended up rebuilding it .020 over but mostly stock . Running it in my 86 4runner IFS. Maybe some day I’ll do a solid axle swap like this guy did but for my use IFS is good. This IFS with torsion bar system is pretty damn strong as it is. As long as you use Toyota OEM CV axles it’s hard to break.

I have a 1985 4Runner given to me by my father-in law days before he passed. Seriously looking for an idle air valve for it. Mine has a 22REC motor.

My dad had an 87 pickup for forever built for rock crawling before he moved to the mid west and got into an accident with it. He kept the motor, trans, diffs, roll bar, skid plate and rock sliders. When he had it it had close to 110k miles and then we bought another pickup that was an 86 and we rebuilt his motor and and put it in my truck and I’ve put close to 100k miles. We’re still working on kitting it out to be an ultimate rock crawler again. We just don’t have a lot of time but it’s almost done😎

Belly pan up = drive train angles more and less down travel.

Took my 2 month old twins in mine doing light offroading last week. Slept through it. Making family memories already in my 87 4runner.

Had a 22re as my 2nd truck bought it with the odometer not working at 280k miles, daily drove and disrespected the piss out of it for 5 years god knows how many miles were on it 😂 only replaced an alternator and a battery in the time I owned it, miss that thing!

My 87 pickup (22r) is about to roll past 200k. But my buddies 93 pickup (22re) is pushing towards 400k. Both still going strong!

most beautiful example of exactly why you never want powder coat chassis components i have ever seen right at 2:13 .... The shackle attachment point.

Damn. I need to get off my ass. I'm always afraid a mod won't be perfect, and it's limited me so much. Gotta start CHOPPING

The only positive to having kids, especially 7 kids, is having your own little army of workers to get shit done.

Mean bro I got an 89 hilux they rock

Yotaaaaa

1986 4runner 22re 422.000 miles just rebuilt at 398.000 love it.!!!

I don't drink anymore but for those of you who do, I dare you to take a shot every time that Yota owner James says "Yep".....

I’ve got a 85 built very similar. Bringing 3 kids up in the off road world in this classic chassis 🤙

I'm literally flat bellying my 4runner because of this video. Lol

You just can't top that!!! So SICK!!!

Who sells the drive terrain system lift

we need some nissan pickup videos, i want to see some crazy titan build (if its out there)

K5 blazer

Accutune 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

Very nice 4R, simply and functional, good job.

That's pretty sweet 4Runner. Super cool build. Love how nice the interior still is

I Had a 88 Extra cab V6 ' 5 speed 7in lift total Trail Master , 3" Body lift , Got it as a Deal $10,000 , Almost New Was a Repo , from a Bank I Bought & installed the lift With 16x12 Welds & 38 -12-1/2 Swampers , I Built my Childhood Toy ( STOMPER ) Truck , 😂🤣

think it needs more gussets

I got 280k miles on my 86 4runner and still counting

We have 8 kids ,dads toys get put on HOLD,

Zero pull out game.

7 kids bro what