T4ARGHHH Build Thread (2015 T4R Trail)

[4runnin4mylife]

I have not put my icons in yet - waiting for the salt to go away:hurt:

im on 5100 with ome springs. Last night was 24F 25R. Was shooting for relatively the same if not a smidge higher in rear like our boy here.

could be wrong 1 3/4" of thread showing arent you allowed up to 2something? so maybe crank them higher? have you adjusted them from what icon sent them to you at?
[MENTION=146826]pheelmeh[/MENTION] you runnin rear spacers stacked on your radflo 2" springs?

He is runnin heavy springs i think in the rear, so he may come back down to earth just a smidge when he adds that rear bumper he mentioned when he gave measurements.

With the Icons they state 2" of thread showing should be the max you should go. I know people that are more than 2" of thread showing and me at 1.75" of thread showing could crank on mine a little more without issue. I have definitely adjusted mine from the day that I installed them. My limiting factor is my rear height at this time. It would be easy for me to crank away only to get reverse rake. I just walked outside of work to measure again and i am at 23.75" on all 4 corners. The added weight next week should put me at ~23.25 in the front. I'm just gonna add the weight to the front, see what happens, and adjust from there to try to get the 1/2" to 3/4" of rake i am looking for without letting my OCD get too much in the way.

Side note: My CV's look pretty happy at the 23.75" front and once the front end sits more from the weight and also settles a little more that should be icing on the cake.

 

[pheelmeh]

Love the build. One of my favorites on IG for sure. (I'm mtn_4r)

yoooo! thanks bud!!

 

[pheelmeh]

Damn... I have 2" Icon Lift Springs in the rear and 1 3/4" threads showing on my front Icon 2.5 non-resi coilovers with 650 springs and my hub (center of centercap) to fender measurements are both 23.5" front and rear. I have the measurements the same since I am going to add more weight to the front next week, which should give me a very slight rake which I am looking for. With that said, you are way higher than I am for sure! How many threads are showing on your front coilovers?

@WEAK_90 What are your measurements Front and Rear?

I didn't count threads, but my Icons are preloaded to almost max if that helps. Threads show about 2"

 

[pheelmeh]

Keep a sharp eye on your CV angles if you are 24 in the front.
Some rigs can handle it better than others. Mine were angry.

I did the 1" diff drop to help level it out some.

 

[pheelmeh]

I have not put my icons in yet - waiting for the salt to go away:hurt:

im on 5100 with ome springs. Last night was 24F 25R. Was shooting for relatively the same if not a smidge higher in rear like our boy here.

could be wrong 1 3/4" of thread showing arent you allowed up to 2something? so maybe crank them higher? have you adjusted them from what icon sent them to you at?
[MENTION=146826]pheelmeh[/MENTION] you runnin rear spacers stacked on your radflo 2" springs?

No sir - no spacers!

EDIT: I did run Metal Tech 3.5" "LT" setup and it was just way too high. As mentioned above, the rear bumper may settle the rear down a tad on my current setup. Depending on how MUCH it settles, i may or may not switch out the rear spring. It is a heavy spring so it's designed to take some load, but the coastal setup with jerry cans + spare 34" tire/wheel should add about 250ish pounds to the back end of this thing, if not a tad bit more.

I also have a 2-drawer setup going into the back of the truck since I ditched the whole RTT setup. It's birch instead of standard plywood but it's going to add some weight to the rear as well. I'll keep you guys updated on how these Radflos handle all the weight.

 

[ericantonio]

Damn man that's some dope ass s** looking good!

 

[4RunnerRound]

Wow, Great build and beautiful pics!

 

[97BlackAckCL]

Damn, I love this truck, nice build and love the off-roading pics

 

[dot_tom]

Another update 2/26:

Ordered a Coastal Offroad (vendor on here) low-pro rear bumper with dual swings. I will put up a review on here once it arrives and I get it welded up!

Hellllll yea! :llama:

 

[pheelmeh]

Damn, I love this truck, nice build and love the off-roading pics

thanks man!!

 

[pheelmeh]

 

[radhank]

New to this forum, really like the build! Did you add wheel spacers?

 

[Soccer13]

Im pretty sure he has SCS F5s 17x9 -38 offset so the negative offset is acting like spacers and push the wheel out to give it that stance.

QUOTE=radhank;3248811]New to this forum, really like the build! Did you add wheel spacers?[/QUOTE]

 

[pheelmeh]

New to this forum, really like the build! Did you add wheel spacers?

As Soccer13 said - no spacers. It's the negative offset of the wheels and width of the tires and wheels that give it the poke.

 

[pheelmeh]

Update 3/11:

The coastal offroad bumper has arrived. Should be able to get it welded up and onto the vehicle by end of the week.

 

[pheelmeh]

Getting ready for some welding, chopping, grinding, painting, drilling, cutting, whatever other mayhem you want to toss in it...

Also the rears got 2.5 ICONs now...

 

[WEAK_E90]

how some of you change suspension out faster than dance partners is beyond me.:banana:

lookin forward to the rear bumper to see how it looks.

 

[pheelmeh]

how some of you change suspension out faster than dance partners is beyond me.:banana:

lookin forward to the rear bumper to see how it looks.

Oh it's not hard....just mod the rest of the truck and realize that whatever you have at the moment isn't enough and you'll see how quick it becomes a priority lmao

 

[dot_tom]

do work :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

 

[pheelmeh]

3/18 UPDATE:

Bumper's still getting buttoned up. Lots of time going into it to make it a piece of art:

-All the piece's edges are beveled to make it fit perfect prior to welding
-The recovery points are now 9/16 thick by stacking a few more pieces of steel
-Radius edges. Smoothing out all the corners without cutting too much into the material.

The swing arms should be getting slapped on tomorrow hopefully. As you may notice - i do have a Baja ladder on the driver's side. We are looking at notching to make the swing fit with the ladder in place. Wish me luck hahaha.