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Old 04-20-2011, 07:58 PM
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got some flex today

took my sway bar off and decided to take pictures of my flex.





then i washed it and took off the top.
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very nice. how does it drive? i come from lowered cars lol and not sure if i wanna disconnect mine yet
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to be honest i cant tell the differnce. i had an 88 4runner with ifs and it was way better handling teh sfa i suggest taking it off
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yeah I didnt notice a lick of difference when I took mine off
Old 04-20-2011, 10:06 PM
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nice 85, I have one also, stock with stripes ,but mine is white, and for some reason mine has no sunroof and its also a sr5. how much more flex does it have taking the sway bar off, is it allot more

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Old 04-21-2011, 05:22 PM
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dont removing the sway allow the body to be more level? because the bump stop still control the amount of travel.
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the only reason i took my sway bar of fis because i ordered front shackels but they send me rears and i had already had it all apart adn i couldnt push my axle down because the sway bar was stoping it. and when i took it off it dropped enought to fit the shackles that didnt fit
Old 04-21-2011, 09:56 PM
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Wait, did you find a new 4runner, I remember a while back you posted that you were looking for one, is this it? Looks pretty straight.
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ya this is the one. way less dings and dents than the last one
Old 04-23-2011, 11:58 AM
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Sweet, the last one was also IFS wasn't it?
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indeed it was
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I can tell the difference when I drive too fast on mountain passes; so I slow down and save on gas and tickets.
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I took mine off on my ifs and didnt feel a whole lot of difference. I just turn a little slower now.

Nice runner by the way, any mods planned?
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nice truck man,i wish mine had a solid axle
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thanks. i plan on doing a 3 inch suspension lift. maybe a header but im trying to leave it mostly stock
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what size tires are you going to run after the lift and what size tires are you running now
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i got 31's but i want to find some 32's. and if i ever regear to 4:88's ill go 35's. i also plan on getting some armor soon
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I have 235 75 15 on my 85 4runner , how is the power like with 31s , I was thinking 31 or 32s also
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power probably isnt the best word to use. but when i got it, it had 30x9.5's on it and i cant really tell the differnce but compared to my brothers 86 ext cab with 33in super swapers its a lot faster and i can go more places on the trails than him
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What's going on with the fluid on the pass side?



Looks like gear oil coming out.


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