The Josh's Build Thread

[aha2988]

That explains it haha!

I did the exact same thing as you did to adjust them

how fun was it to re assemble the brake shoes? lol I waited until I had the backing plate and hub already pressed on and had to just about dislocate joints in my hands to get the retaining clips back on haha and hooking up the stupid ebrake cable was a pain to.

 

[4Running Daily]

Looks Great Josh!

Can't wait to see this thing back on the road!

 

[the_josh]

how fun was it to re assemble the brake shoes? lol I waited until I had the backing plate and hub already pressed on and had to just about dislocate joints in my hands to get the retaining clips back on haha and hooking up the stupid ebrake cable was a pain to.

not fun at all!!! that was the most frustrating part to reassemble to date

Looks Great Josh!

Can't wait to see this thing back on the road!

thanks! im almost thinking with all these delays im coming across it might be a month til the truck is fully finished

 

[the_josh]

pulled all the skids plates today and scrubbed them clean and will paint them up tomorrow. i also degreased the complete underside of the truck and scrubbed that also. i plan on painting the whole frame underneath with por15 on saturday


here is a good picture of my skids so you can see how well they have been used. this 3/16" steel is pretty dang beat up!

 

[the_josh]

hit a little speed bump tonight with the panhard bar.

it does not clear the pumpkin. it appears that even a stock panhard bar would not clear it either. i know in one build i saw that currie themselves had to kick out the panhard bar now it appears everyone will have to. i removed my panhard bar and i am taking it to my buddies shop and he is going to throw a few kinks in it to clear the pumpkin, hopefully i will still have room left with the heims after that to still fit if no then we will have to make another panhard bar

 

[the_josh]

I took my panhard down to Stanley fabrication and my buddy Marshall put in 4 bends and then I slapped it in today and it clears everything perfect with cycling the suspension.

Then I cycled to check for rubbing at full bump and too thing I have none yet with 2" clearance from the tire to the inner wheel well at full stuff

Then I started up mocking up the shocks and the angle we plan on installing them at. And to check for clearance between the tires and the shocks

Sent from my Nexus 4

 

[mikey's2010SR5]

Looking good Josh.

 

[the_josh]

today i re ran all my ABS lines for a cleaner look. then i topped off my front diff and poured 3.5 quarts of oil into my rear diff, slapped on the spacers in the front and put on the wheels...


test drive time!!!

what a beauty!

 

[ChildrenOfBodom]

Cleaning up the gallery section in preparation to clean up/delete some subforums. Moved your build to the 4th gen section with the others.

 

[the_josh]

Cleaning up the gallery section in preparation to clean up/delete some subforums. Moved your build to the 4th gen section with the others.

Thanks cob!

 

[the_josh]

Yesterday I dropped my truck off at the body shop to get the fenders painted and now I'm heading up to tahoe for the weekend but on my way I'm dropping by TK1 Rock Equipment to pick up my new sway bar

 

[the_josh]

my trailer is quite a ways from done but i thought i would mock it up and attach it to the trailer and see how it fits up and looks...


well i think it looks amazing!

i still have some body work to do then frame out the inside and top rail then cut in a tailgate. then wire up all the electrical and brakes but for now i just mocked up the new fenders and lid to get a idea how it is coming together. the frame sits at 30" from the ground which may seem high but its just a couple inches higher that the 4runner frame and it will come down a bit once weighed down with all the gear

so here is a bunch of pics

and lastly the axle for good measure

 

[4Running Daily]

Fenders look great!

 

[having fun]

Dayum, that's a lot of tire for a trailer. I have to admit, both rig and trailer is bad a$$.

 

[Love4myRunner]

This is a sick build! I can't believe I'm just now coming across this thread. Awesome build man just awesome!

 

[tjhaf2007]

Just curious as to how much you have invested in this awesome rig, I absolutely love this 4runner and I know you have obviously done a lot of work to it and put a whole bunch of time into it.

 

[TheeMikeB]

Looks good Josh, how you like your Currie?

 

[the_josh]

Fenders look great!

Thanks man, they look great in person too

Dayum, that's a lot of tire for a trailer. I have to admit, both rig and trailer is bad a$$.

Yeah it is. I wanted the trailer to have the same tires eventhough some could say it's overkill haha. Thank you very much I appreciate it!

This is a sick build! I can't believe I'm just now coming across this thread. Awesome build man just awesome!

thanks man!!

Just curious as to how much you have invested in this awesome rig, I absolutely love this 4runner and I know you have obviously done a lot of work to it and put a whole bunch of time into it.

thank you. It has been alot of work and a ton of money which I won't say exactly how much but it's more than $1,000!!

Looks good Josh, how you like your Currie?

Well I don't know yet... The truck is not back on the road yet. My last set of kings were too long so I had to go to a 10" and I ended up having yo wait over a month for the. Since I get them at dealer prices. But I should have my truck all done and back this Sunday so I will post pics as soon I'm I start her up!

 

[the_josh]

A few progress pics....

 

[the_josh]

I'm not holding my breath BUT my truck is slated to finally be fully complete tomorrow!!!