Ryan's Build Thread

The next thing I did was have the InSain Fabrication Body Mount Chop installed, took off the front mud flaps, cut the rear mud flaps, installed rear bump stop extensions, and put on FJ Cruiser Skyjacker Extended Sway Bar End Links.







 
November of 2016:
Went on some power-line trails and another spot local to me. Finally got it stuck! The mud was super sloppy and took forever to clean off :(













 
So this time I REALLY got it stuck. The back tire was suction-cupped in the sand. The steel cable for the Superwinch I had snapped, but luckily a friend of mine was able to come pull me out. Before all of that, I found a nice local spot that had some go spots to flex at











 
Installed a 1.5" body lift from Roger Brown / 4Crawler. It's hard to tell the difference, but the top shot is before the body lift, and the bottom shot is after. I also met up with someone on Instagram who has a lifted 4runner and we hit some trails together.



 
O boy, these additions I'm really excited about! I got Total Chaos upper control arms, a toytec top plate spacer to add about 1" of lift, and had my Toytec coilovers raised to the next highest notch to add even more lift. This thing is sitting pretty high now!

Current state of the runner:


The Goods:


Sitting at almost 41" from the ground the highest point on the wheel-well:




Airborne!!


With all of this room in the wheel-well, I think it's time for some 35's to come to the 4runner....
What do y'all think?
 
Found this picture intriguing and highly satisfying. This is my runner compared to my dad's stock 2011 Tacoma.



There's so much room in the front wheel-wells now. Time for some 35s!!!
 
Getting the 35" MXT's next? I've been looking at those or the STT Pros in 315. Pretty much the same tire I think, Cooper's has more 'features'.
 
Inv4drZm said:
Getting the 35" MXT's next? I've been looking at those or the STT Pros in 315. Pretty much the same tire I think, Cooper's has more 'features'.
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I'm actually not sure what brand I'll get when I move to 35s. I might stick with Mastercraft, but I'm gonna do some research first


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Do you think you would have needed to do all the chopping and trimming if you would have gotten the body lift and top plate spacer earlier?
 
It's been a long time since I updated my page on here, so I figured it's time to do just that! The next few posts will be showing what I've done over the past few months. First off, this cool waterfall picture:

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It took a really long time to get here, but my relentless fabrication bumper finally came in! The quality and craftsmanship is beyond anything I could have ever hoped for.



The front all prepped for the bumper to go on:






Managed to fit a 12,000 Engo Winch in the bumper somehow


Not the prettiest but it keeps the mud out of the engine bay

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My CV axle boots were shot for awhile and with the risk of dirt messing up internal components, I decided to replace my axles with Carquest Toyota axles from Autozone. Had them for a few months now, and so far they're great! While we had it up there, we took the time to change the front and rear gear fluid and finally cut off my crushed tailpipe right at the resonator. My uncle has a car lift at his shop which made the job so much easier.













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Finally made it back to Windrock for a trip while I'm home from college. Met up with [MENTION=122620]T4RNightHawk[/MENTION] and learned so much about wheeling and had a blast. A rear locker is definitely my next step.













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