TheArkMaster
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Not on here haha. I've been super busy with school, work, and fixing/wheeling the crawler haha.
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Not on here haha. I've been super busy with school, work, and fixing/wheeling the crawler haha.
4Running Daily
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Alright [MENTION=92884]snivilous[/MENTION]
So my current idea for the rear is a triangulated 4-link. Do the f-150 gas tank swap. And then notch the rear frame inwards 6 inches to offset the size of these coilover mounts: Coilover / Shock tower
Then using this ballistic bracket on the axle side: Coilover Mount - Self Jigging Assembly
And boom, lots of down travel and articulation with still a lot of space inside the cab. Although a bar connecting the 2 towers as well as cross braces and plating of the frame will also be required. Should look pretty clean.
So my current idea for the rear is a triangulated 4-link. Do the f-150 gas tank swap. And then notch the rear frame inwards 6 inches to offset the size of these coilover mounts: Coilover / Shock tower
Then using this ballistic bracket on the axle side: Coilover Mount - Self Jigging Assembly
And boom, lots of down travel and articulation with still a lot of space inside the cab. Although a bar connecting the 2 towers as well as cross braces and plating of the frame will also be required. Should look pretty clean.
snivilous
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Are you gonna relocate the muffler or change that up, or do you think you won't have clearance issues over there? Are you planning on linking it yourself? This will be boss! We're gonna have to meet up at some point and compare stuff, it'll be interesting to see how each setup works. I get home next Thursday and plan to start measuring everything for my rear suspension then, but I'm aiming to start fabbing around July.
By the way those coilover axle mounts are pretty sexy, I might have to pick those up too
4Running Daily
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Are you gonna relocate the muffler or change that up, or do you think you won't have clearance issues over there? Are you planning on linking it yourself? This will be boss! We're gonna have to meet up at some point and compare stuff, it'll be interesting to see how each setup works. I get home next Thursday and plan to start measuring everything for my rear suspension then, but I'm aiming to start fabbing around July.
By the way those coilover axle mounts are pretty sexy, I might have to pick those up too
My exhaust dumps after the muffler already, if I have any more issues I'll just run it even shorter with a longer muffler. Planning to do all of this myself. I may have to pull a couple tricks out of Dirtco's book and cut the fenders to clear 35's. Obviously I'll be rocking ADS coilovers. This summer will be dedicating to paying for 35's, saving for a regear and front locker, rebuilding my rear shocks that I have now, and a shit ton of small stuff. Hopefully I can knock out the rear in a year. Start the design in solid works in a few months here. I'd like to build a higher clearance front bumper soon too. Also planning to run a Solo motorsports front long travel kit, but I'm gonna link the rear first.
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4Running Daily
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Thanks Jeremiah! I'll have to take some videos of them in action once I rebuild my rear shocks and get some free time after I'm done with my finals. They're a more well mannered on the streets and on the freeway as opposed to the Toytec's. Almost comparable to the Toytec's with a front sway bar.
TCMach
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I've been looking at the same thing. Even driving on the street I get mad at the rear end because it sucks compared to the front. I wasnt going to notch anything though. Just french the towers into the frame and go into the body. Something like this. Frenched Shock Tower Pair.
4Running Daily
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That would be way easier, but I'd be worried about a 35" tire clearing the coilover during articulation.
TCMach
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True. I wouldn't mind widening the stance though, or dropping the bump a bit so it wont rub. I look at [MENTION=90485]URBAN ASSAULT[/MENTION] rear for guidance. I know he has ORIs and not coilovers but he also has 37s which I'll never run bigger than a 35
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URBAN ASSAULT
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:infidel: Hey boy you lookin at my rear!?! Why you be lookin at my rear!?!
Sorry. There is a decent portion of my psyche that never made it out of the 8th grade.
I'm running the factory rear housing. Effectively, I'm running 2.5" backspace in the rear. 3.5"bs on the wheels and 1" spacers. That is what it took to match the front. 3.5"bs in the front, no spacers. The front housing is wider to try and leave enough space to mount all of the link/panhard mounts etc. It's still a birds nest.
The key to getting the 37's to fit was moving the rear axle back 4". That got it out of the back door. Also, re-centered the wheel in the wheel well, since it ended up being taller than I planned.
Hope that helps. I once said, "i'll never go over 35's" also. I also said, never getting married, never having kids, etc etc. Fail, fail, and fail.
So, I look forward to your future 37's :lol:
TCMach
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You think you would clear with say 3.5" bs? I'm not sure there is any way I can match the front once I toss a camburg LT kit on it so its more just keeping it out of the rear coilover when I flex it out. And for now I'm sticking to saying "only 35's" because I saw how much Jeremiah had to tub for 36's and I do not have his skill with the bodywork.
I was thinking maybe an inch or two pushed back just for 35s. It would be nice to not have to redo the panhard system but I think its inevitable. Hell might as well stick an F150 tank and ditch the panhard completely like [MENTION=75445]4Running Daily[/MENTION] was talking about earlier.
4Running Daily
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Panhard is useless. Ditching it completely. Triangulated 4 link, f150 tank. Move the rear axle like 3 or 4 inches back. I'm probably going to use a wider rear axle, maybe with disc brakes. So that I can match a Solo Motorsports front kit. You should check out their kit with the fully fabricated front spindal. .
TCMach
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Oh I've seen that kit for sure. I like how you can use a lower uniball that they make with those spindles. Wish there was a way to make that work with the stock spindle but doesn't seem like there is a way yet.
I really do like Solo's boxed upper arms and the delrin bushing option. The limit strap mount is sexy too. Plus they charge 100 bucks less for LT axles.
4Running Daily
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I guess CAD was invented for a reason. I am not an artist haha.
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shootmymime
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Is "borla". Really necessary
4Running Daily
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Yes. Hahaha
D Farms
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oh also you might want this, maybe ill do it up in inventor to make things a bit easier.
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/91140-2001-4r-frame-dimensions.html
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/91140-2001-4r-frame-dimensions.html
