Solo Running
As the others have mentioned it is well traveled. My family traveled over Imogene from Telluride to Ouray last year and we meet up with a guided jeep tour. The tour driver and his passengers were a blast, we followed them a majority of the way and had a great time.
Tepui on my '99
This is my second round with a RTT. The first was a smaller tent while the kids were little, but we used and enjoyed it so much we ended up getting a larger one.
I chose the 4 link set up with the F-150 tank swap. Went through the floor as well to get the travel desired and to keep the 4runner low.
I started with coil-overs but the more I read, adding bump stops and the sway bar was going to be the ticket with all the miles I was planning on putting on...
Dirtco, Awesome Build and Details as always!
I am also building a trailer to pull behind my 3rd gen and I have read through your build tread and the more detailed one over at yotatech, but I can't find how wide you built your axle width to. Is it the same width as your runners axles? or...
The offset was not an issue in my case. I'm not sure how close it would be to the factory gas tank as I relocated the tank to the back in favor of a 4-link set up.
FJ 80 all the way!!!
I vote for the FJ80 rear axle, as mentioned before. 9.5 " ring gear, Full Floating, Rear disk breaks, a bit wider and it has the ABS rings so the Speedo still works!! I installed one on my 99 and it was only 100 bucks more then what I sold my factor e-locked rear for...
With Help from Scott at The Rock Shop in Colorado Springs I got the rack finished up so I can mount the rtt and light bar. It turned out great, super stout and strong, plus it has speed holes and everything is better with speed holes!!