Thanks Keith! I definitely got every inch of uptravel out of it that I could, at least without doing an engine cage and some frame mods. Cycled 10.5" of travel with Icon ext travel coilovers.
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Passenger Side:
Sprayed the inner fender where I hammered below the air box:
If you saved your beer box template, duplicate the shape onto your sound deadening. Cut with a sharp box knife and apply.
All pieces in place and rolled down:
Repeat with the foam.
Now...
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Welded in. This piece was by far the worst one to template and to weld. My corner filets sucked, and the top seam with the body metal kept lighting on fire.
Last template on the driver side.
Welded in:
View from the inside. You can see the black marks from where it caught...
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More weight reduction:
The final shape:
Check clearance. IMPORTANT! Turn the steering wheel lock to lock at full bump and verify it clears through the entire range. It will likely rub the frame at full turn.
That does it for the cutting. Next up, patch it all up...
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Cleaned up the metal and verified fitment for the thousandth time.
That's it for the driver side.
Passenger Side:
Draw your line and drill the clearance check holes.
View from the inside. Pull back wiring and remove fire starter before you start drilling.
Make the...
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15) Get out your BFH. Hammer the inner fender below the battery box. You could cut this out and patch with new metal if you are so inclined, but I felt like it wasn't worth the extra work. Hammer 'til she clears.
16) Check clearances again. Here's where everything sits at full...
So you want to run 35" tires on your 3rd gen 4Runner, but you don't want to run a drop-bracket suspension or giant body lift? Here's how I fit 315s on my 4Runner.
Specs:
Tires: 315/75R16 Yokohama Geolandar M/T
Wheels: 16x8" Level 8 MK6, 4.110" BS (-10 offset)
Suspension: Icon/SPC mid travel...
Save up for the ARB front and an air compressor. An autolocker or a spool is not ideal for winter driving in a 4wd, they tend to cause lots of understeer and push you all over the place.
I'm having my ARB front and 5.29s installed in two weeks.
Pair of brackets - $25 shipped to 48 states
Hey all, posting up a FS add for some brackets that I made recently for my 99 4Runner. These convert older Shrockworks bumpers with the halogen turn signals to run KC Cyclone amber lights as turn signals/DRL. They're CAD designed and laser cut out of...
First, a little back story:
Coming home from a trip two weeks ago, I discovered an intermittent hyperflash when I hit the driver side turn signal. Great. Got the truck home and unloaded, and started ripping into the system a little bit. Wiggling the wires around, it seemed like a broken wire or...
Sorry I'm a couple of days late, but my girlfriend, myself, and two friends are planning a trip down to Moab that same weekend. Leaving Montana on Friday, March 9th and headed back on the 16th. Looking to do some offroading, camping, hiking, etc.
I replaced a lot of stuff when I did LBJ's. Mainly needed to do the steering rack, so I did steering rack, rack bushings, ITRE, OTRE, LBJ, LCA bushings, alignment cams, coilover rebuild, Light Racing control arms, and stainless brake lines all at once. It was a hell of a project lol. Also...