OK, had some dinner now moving onward.
Since the front was setup for springs i moved to the rear.
With a lot more torching, grinding, i removed the rear by cutting the trailing arms, pan hard bar and shock shafts.




Then I finished off the brackets and smoothed the frame out which brings us to zero running gear.

Moving back to the front end, i start hanging springs. If you do a SAS weld your shock hoops/towers in until you have the vehicle weight on the springs. This could put your shocks at an angle binding the bushings.
I chose Alcan springs because they really know springs. Mine are 8" custom packs with centering pins 2" forward. They are very soft!

Springs are hung, now time to work on the front axle!
My front is a Dana 60 chevy pass. drop axle. Im not running full width springs, instead i made my 60 fit my 4runner. I narrowed my axle tubes 2.75" on the passenger side and 5.75" on the drivers side so i can use the factory cast in perch and my axle is 61"WMS which is 1-2" wider than a toyota axle. I also rotated the outer C's 8* to get my pinion angle up without messing with my steering geometry.


I also had my inner shafts cut down to match. Dutchman axles took care of this.

I went with an Eaton E-locker w/4.88 yukon gears. They had pretty good reviews and i didnt want to run an air system since i retained my A/C, so ARB was a No-Go for me.

Riddler Diff Covers! Are ridiculously awesome alone.

All finished with assembly and under the runner.

Next up... Powertrain but that will have till tomorrow.