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[downpour11]

Nice!! Love those kings too. What spring rates/lengths did you end up with?

 

[Dous]

Sorry if you already said it...

What's your target frame height on 35's?

You know, I really didn't have a target. We just want to keep it as low as possible...I am expecting 23-24 inches on 35's...but it may be lower.

Thats a killer radius arm setup, i like the square links. You thinking 35s or 37s?

Thanks man, leaning towards the 35's right now, I am not sure how the E-locker would handle 37's

Nice!! Love those kings too. What spring rates/lengths did you end up with?

Thanks man! Per your recommendation I am doing the 200/300....12" over 14". Although I am currently using a 10" upper, waiting for the 12"s to come in

 

[Singtoe]

My neighbor has a set of 40" super swampers on 6 lug steel wheels. lighty worn. He wants $500 for all 5.

 

[Dous]

My neighbor has a set of 40" super swampers on 6 lug steel wheels. lighty worn. He wants $500 for all 5.

Dang that is cheap...I don't think I could back out of the bay without breaking the rear end though! :bounce:

 

[Singtoe]

Dang that is cheap...I don't think I could back out of the bay without breaking the rear end though! :bounce:

That is the beauty of it though. You work in a rear end shop...

I would snatch them up but they are 15" rims. Oh yea - and the fact that they are 40" tall.

:roadkill:

 

[Dous]

I went ahead and ordered the OME 851 coils, hopefully it will get the rear high enough....kind of a guessing game. But I won't go any taller than the 851's at any rate, the front can be easily lowered to match.

 

[LINY4Runner]

I went ahead and ordered the OME 851 coils, hopefully it will get the rear high enough....kind of a guessing game. But I won't go any taller than the 851's at any rate, the front can be easily lowered to match.

My 851's were a perfect match for the 23" frame height...I have ground to fender measurements in the first post of my build thread

 

[Dous]

My 851's were a perfect match for the 23" frame height...I have ground to fender measurements in the first post of my build thread

Awesome! Thanks

 

[Dous]

Today was painting day, very exciting :crazy:
I also got the TG Steering hose kit in, which was pretty nice.

 

[Dous]

I put the OME 851's in today, didn't quite level it out, still needs about 1.5"


So I ordered a 2" spacer for the time being, I can get a heavier spring later on, but this will work for the time being.

 

[LINY4Runner]

I put the OME 851's in today, didn't quite level it out, still needs about 1.5"


So I ordered a 2" spacer for the time being, I can get a heavier spring later on, but this will work for the time being.

EEK! If the 851's aren't tall enough you need to bring the front wayyy down

 

[Dous]

EEK! If the 851's aren't tall enough you need to bring the front wayyy down

Well my ground to fender is 43" in the front....

I also have quite a bit of weight on the rear...I only gained about 1" of lift from the 851's, which was surprising.

 

[Dous]

Well I got the brakes hooked up today and was able to pull it out of the bay...it does appear to be too tall. I have lowered the coilovers as far as they possibly can go and I'd still like to drop it another 1.5-2"

So I am poking around trying to see if I can get a trade lined up for some 10" C/O's, I have my fingers crossed!

 

[LINY4Runner]

:worthless

:snacker:

 

[Dous]

:worthless

:snacker:

Haha yea I will get some pitchures. It looks really dumb though, it's so hard to judge the height with the tiny 28" tires

 

[LINY4Runner]

Haha yea I will get some pitchures. It looks really dumb though, it's so hard to judge the height with the tiny 28" tires

hahaha Have you picked tires yet? 35's or 37's?

 

[Dous]

hahaha Have you picked tires yet? 35's or 37's?

At this height, I am thinking 37's. If I can get it lowered 2" I will do 35's...we will see!

 

[Fishwerks]

opcorn:

 

[Dous]

So I got it dropped down to just about where I want it, almost in line with the 851's. But in doing so I lost almost all of my up-travel, there may be an inch of up-travel. So it looks like dropping down to a 10" C/O or ORI may be neccesary.

Brake line setup, it's pretty sweet having the equipment to make them in house!

 

[ADH8796]

Looking good! It's going to be hard keeping it low and have a bunch of up travel. I was ok with sacrificing some up travel to keep my stance low. I've got about 2.5" of up travel but the amount of droop and overall ride height more than makes up for it in my opinion.