Old Grey Build Thread

[markaidan]

Nice. Mine was catching right on the corner edge where the liner meets the painted fender.

I know you said that you're not very fond of cutting the actual fendor, but your options are fairly limited if you want rid if the rubbing - unless you go with some armor up front. I used a belt sander to cut down the fenders and it literally took like 5 minutes/side. Start hacking away, man!

 

[cloudrunner]

Did you cut your fender? Doesn't look like it from the picture. I could care less about the wheel liners, but I find cutting the actual fender a tad unsettling. I will end up with a new front bumper eventually and will reinstall the spidertrax then.

 

[markaidan]

Did you cut your fender? Doesn't look like it from the picture. I could care less about the wheel liners, but I find cutting the actual fender a tad unsettling. I will end up with a new front bumper eventually and will reinstall the spidertrax then.

I sure did... I jacked-up the front of the truck, removed both front wheels and took the belt sander to both front fenders.

If you look at where the fender starts pointing forward (toward the nose of the truck), you can see the 45 deg angle I cut into the fender. The 45 deg cut removed almost 3" of the inner-most part of the fender. I kept the entire "cut" completely inside the wheel-well, so there wouldn't be that much of the modification exposed on the outward appearance of the truck. If you put two 4Runners side by side, the cut is very obvious - but it's clean enough to the unsuspecting eye that "they" would never know I modded the inside of the fenders.

Then I re-drilled all new holes 4" closer to front of the nose, so I could relocated all entire liner 4" closer to the nose of the truck. You can see from the pic how it's recessed another inch closer towards the front of the truck. Like I said, I prob had like 5 minutes of labor on both sides to complete this mod - and it was well worth the effort!

And I opted to use a sander, just so I could watch how much fender I was removing throughout the entire process.

 

[cloudrunner]

After 35 days on back order, look what finally showed up on my doorstep. Can hardly wait until this weekend to put them on!

 

[cloudrunner]

Today I added EBC Greenstuff Light Truck/SUV brake pads all the way around. The bed in process isn't complete and I already noticed a huge difference in stopping power.

You can see that the OEM pads were pretty well worn.

 

[cloudrunner]

The finished product.

 

[cloudrunner]

Wheeling with my pops.

 

[cloudrunner]

Just because.

 

[cloudrunner]

Next to a 3rd gen.

 

[cloudrunner]

After much contemplation I think I finally know how I want to complete my suspension setup. I am thinking of going the Prerunner route with 4" Maxtrac lift spindles, Radflo coilovers, Radflo extended travel shocks in the rear with All Pro 3.5" lift springs. The coilovers should give me the ability to lift/lower the front end to be level with the rear. To add a little extra lift I am going to ditch the 33's and step up to some 35's. Will Probably go with Nitto Mud Grapplers because I am so happy with the way the Terra Grapplers perform, but I want a more aggressive look. I also like the Toyos.

 

[cloudrunner]

Spent the afternoon wheeling with my 6 year old daughter and niece at 3 Lakes. We ran into another family that was wheeling in their FJ and had some fun doing donuts in the sugar sand.

 

[Mytoy4]

Looking good!

 

[cloudrunner]

Thanks!

 

[LEO98]

Notice any gains from your hydrocarbin filter delete?

How are those EBC pads holding?

 

[cleex024]

so with that much lift are you guys able to get the front camber aligned correctly to 0? i hate that my front the camber wont 0 out mainly because of the rusted bolt and arm...it wont budge but even still doesnt seem like there is enough room to 0 it out.

mines only a 3 inch lift by the way.

 

[cloudrunner]

Notice any gains from your hydrocarbin filter delete?
The old butt dyno doesn't really register much difference. Maybe a tad better fuel economy.

How are those EBC pads holding?

The EBC pads are great. A little more dust than OEM, but that's to be expected.

 

[cloudrunner]

so with that much lift are you guys able to get the front camber aligned correctly to 0? i hate that my front the camber wont 0 out mainly because of the rusted bolt and arm...it wont budge but even still doesnt seem like there is enough room to 0 it out.

mines only a 3 inch lift by the way.

My rig tracks straight. I got it aligned a few months ago when I added the tires. Keep in mind that I got an inch and a half from the body lift, which has nothing to do with the suspension. I will get it realigned when I ditch the spacers and replace them with spindles, shocks and springs. I will probably need UCA's at that point as well.

 

[cleex024]

My rig tracks straight. I got it aligned a few months ago when I added the tires. Keep in mind that I got an inch and a half from the body lift, which has nothing to do with the suspension. I will get it realigned when I ditch the spacers and replace them with spindles, shocks and springs. I will probably need UCA's at that point as well.

mine is lifted 3 inches in the front and my camber will not get to 0...its at +.5 degree and I hate that look. the toe is correct and easy to align but impossible to get less camber. just wondering if there is a way to get less camber like knock out the pin or something.

 

[cloudrunner]

Yeah, I don't think the cabin filter was ever changed.

 

[cloudrunner]

Independent fog light mod part 1

I finally got around to doing the independent fog light mod yesterday. Part 1 was a breeze. I severely screwed up Part 2 though. For some reason I thought the number 16 and 17 pin wires had to be cut before using the squeeze connectors. Stupid, I know. Needless to say I got frustrated and just connected the 2 wires back together using a few bridge connectors I had in the garage. I guess I could just clamp the squeeze connectors further back on the wires. Seems too simple. At least I can turn on my fogs independent of the low beams.