LawnDart
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...so like Max's 4Runner height?
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...so like Max's 4Runner height?
weeeee
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Pretty much.
Max has definitely started a 5th gen stance movement. Look what you started [MENTION=129593]MTN4RNR[/MENTION]!
LawnDart
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Pretty much.
Max has definitely started a stance movement. Look what you started [MENTION=129593]MTN4RNR[/MENTION]!
I feel like one day Max is gonna show up with a +3.5 kit and 37's:
Lava rocks
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So did u remove preload or added ? What is the lifted height?
weeeee
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Had to back off on the preload on the passenger side. I'm pretty much to the very top thread on the coilover and about dead even with no lean.
With the 700# springs and full bumper, skids, winch, etc. I'm sitting at just about 2.5" of lift in the front. Rears are sitting at about 2.25" of lift with the rear bumper and loaded drawers. With the tent mounted and at full expo weight (loaded jerrys etc.) I'll be at around 2" in the rear.
MarkamisPrime
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Awesome rig.
Bay Area love. [emoji1605][emoji1605]
Bay Area love. [emoji1605][emoji1605]
bugeye1257
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Looking good! And wow, your buddy's shop is awesome, what is the name of it if you dont mind me asking?
King/TC Mid Travel Install
Drove out to Fremont and buttoned up the alignment at my buddy's shop
kcsaysngo
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Took a trip through the Mojave Road. Ran it in reverse (East-West) so we could hit Vegas for the weekend.
Mojave River crossing
Sand Cliffs
Union Pacific bridge
Disaster struck as I hit the washes a little too hard, proceeded to shear the bolts off the roof top tent. Tent came crashing down and somehow stopped short of hitting the hood.
Unfortunately most of the hardware wasn't salvageable, friends helped me cobble together a quick fix. 4 bolts ultimately lasted the rest of the trip home.
We lost about an hour or so because of this incident, so we stopped taking as many pics to save time. I was also reduced to a really slow pace because the fix (although it would ultimately hold the rest of the road) was pretty sketchy.
Back on the road
Stopped by Traveler's Monument
Took pics at the Mojave Mailbox but forgot to sign the guest book...
Visited the frog garden and other random figurines
Government Wells
Forgot the name of this cabin
Last night's campsite at Phallus Rock...I wonder how they got that name...
On the way out the following morning. There's probably more joshua trees here in the Mojave than in Joshua Tree NP
I was pretty disappointed that the tent incident cost us so much time from the Mojave Road, but since it exposed a flaw in the weak bolts I can learn from my mistakes and build a stronger mounting system. Due to the varying terrain (rocks/sand/washes/etc.) it'll pretty much expose any weaknesses in your setup so I'm just glad we were able to fix the issue and continue on.
badd ass thread and pics bro!
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weeeee
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Thanks!
Shop is in Fremont, Trackspec Autosports.
[MENTION=44305]weeeee[/MENTION] [MENTION=124732]LawnDart[/MENTION] You guys are too much
Does that mean you're finally getting a lift?!?!
weeeee
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Cargo Drawer Setup
Repurposed [MENTION=113474]transworldmoto[/MENTION] 's old drawer setup from before he traded in the 4Runner. It was really solid and well built to begin with, but I finally got around to doing some upgrades that I wanted to do.
Changed out the latches and handles for something a little beefier, mounted up a fridge slide, and got some aircraft L-tracks/tie downs to mount up my Front Runner bins.
I have one drawer loaded up with tools and air supplies, and the other with first aid and recovery gear:
The hidden back drawer behind the fridge holds spare parts (CV axle, inner and outer tie rods, lower links, and other random spare odds and ends).
I really like how everything managed to work out perfectly with the CBI tables, fridge slide, and the drawer system. I can operate the drawers and slide out the fridge without any interference with each other.
Repurposed [MENTION=113474]transworldmoto[/MENTION] 's old drawer setup from before he traded in the 4Runner. It was really solid and well built to begin with, but I finally got around to doing some upgrades that I wanted to do.
Changed out the latches and handles for something a little beefier, mounted up a fridge slide, and got some aircraft L-tracks/tie downs to mount up my Front Runner bins.
I have one drawer loaded up with tools and air supplies, and the other with first aid and recovery gear:
The hidden back drawer behind the fridge holds spare parts (CV axle, inner and outer tie rods, lower links, and other random spare odds and ends).
I really like how everything managed to work out perfectly with the CBI tables, fridge slide, and the drawer system. I can operate the drawers and slide out the fridge without any interference with each other.
kcsaysngo
New member
Cargo Drawer Setup
Repurposed [MENTION=113474]transworldmoto[/MENTION] 's old drawer setup from before he traded in the 4Runner. It was really solid and well built to begin with, but I finally got around to doing some upgrades that I wanted to do.
Changed out the latches and handles for something a little beefier, mounted up a fridge slide, and got some aircraft L-tracks/tie downs to mount up my Front Runner bins.
I have one drawer loaded up with tools and air supplies, and the other with first aid and recovery gear:
The hidden back drawer behind the fridge holds spare parts (CV axle, inner and outer tie rods, lower links, and other random spare odds and ends).
I really like how everything managed to work out perfectly with the CBI tables, fridge slide, and the drawer system. I can operate the drawers and slide out the fridge without any interference with each other.
man... i go on this build thread and get inspired every day. love your rig bro!
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MTN4RNR
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Spring 2017
weeeee
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Stay tuned....slugging through about 2500 pictures from another epic adventure as we speak
weeeee
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Been pretty slow on updating this, on account of some major issues that popped up on the last trip.
Long story short, blew a rear main seal in the engine, cracked a metal chassis/fender piece, lost a CBI swingout pin, Rigid Duallies AND my factory fogs are now leaking water, and my pressure washer is broken while I tried to clean out mud from the truck.
On the flip side, we did 7 days and 500 miles on dirt trails around the Grand Canyon and have about 2000 pictures to still sort through.
Here's a teaser.
Long story short, blew a rear main seal in the engine, cracked a metal chassis/fender piece, lost a CBI swingout pin, Rigid Duallies AND my factory fogs are now leaking water, and my pressure washer is broken while I tried to clean out mud from the truck.
On the flip side, we did 7 days and 500 miles on dirt trails around the Grand Canyon and have about 2000 pictures to still sort through.
Here's a teaser.
Padres86
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suspension set up?
greetings weeeee,
over the past few months i've been browsing around on this forum and been finding some pretty good stuff and definitely appreciate your build among others (lawn dart). anyways, i was looking down the road at potential suspension upgrades and was sort of curious why you went the route you went on your king suspension set up and not a full long travel set up. aside from price, were you basically not looking for something maintenance intensive assuming your 4runner is a daily driver? additionally, after reading through your thread i see you've got electrical down pretty good so i might be asking you a few questions later (depending on wether santa brings me some new rigid lights or not).
greetings weeeee,
over the past few months i've been browsing around on this forum and been finding some pretty good stuff and definitely appreciate your build among others (lawn dart). anyways, i was looking down the road at potential suspension upgrades and was sort of curious why you went the route you went on your king suspension set up and not a full long travel set up. aside from price, were you basically not looking for something maintenance intensive assuming your 4runner is a daily driver? additionally, after reading through your thread i see you've got electrical down pretty good so i might be asking you a few questions later (depending on wether santa brings me some new rigid lights or not).
weeeee
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While I'd love to blow $10-15K on long travel, I'm pretty content with what I have. I ran my TRD Bilsteins until they no longer could support the weight I was running before I upgraded to the King mid-travel setup, and they ran perfectly fine before that. I average probably about a trip a month, often times with hundreds of trail miles per trip.
Once you get past the cost, there's not really any cons to going long travel besides the occasional heim joint maintenance etc.- who doesn't want increased articulation, higher GC, or suspension travel? But for me I'm perfectly content in the King MT setup.
For what it's worth, a few of my buddies have full blown long travel kits. On the recent Grand Canyon trip, it was hard not to feel intimidated while staring at this in my rearview mirror the entire time:
Padres86
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While I'd love to blow $10-15K on long travel, I'm pretty content with what I have. I ran my TRD Bilsteins until they no longer could support the weight I was running before I upgraded to the King mid-travel setup, and they ran perfectly fine before that. I average probably about a trip a month, often times with hundreds of trail miles per trip.
Once you get past the cost, there's not really any cons to going long travel besides the occasional heim joint maintenance etc.- who doesn't want increased articulation, higher GC, or suspension travel? But for me I'm perfectly content in the King MT setup.
For what it's worth, a few of my buddies have full blown long travel kits. On the recent Grand Canyon trip, it was hard not to feel intimidated while staring at this in my rearview mirror the entire time:
Thanks. I'm looking between Icon (stage 5) or a comparable King suspension set up. Do you have any advice for someone on the fense between the two?
Ps - Santa did get me those Rigid lights. Whoohoo!
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weeeee
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I'd probably opt for the Kings paired up with some UCAs, mostly for the serviceability and relative longevity. Most shock tuners can rebuild, revalve and service the Kings to your liking, whereas with the Icons I don't feel as many shops use.
Also the Icon Stage 5 system is a pretty penny more, in part due to the billet stuff in the rear links and UCAs. I don't like to pay more than for what I actually need.
