Judd

Hello all,

For my bachelor party my buddies and I are going to the dunes to have a last weekend of drunken good times before the wedding

I'm wondering, how do our 4runners do in the sand?

My 4runner is a 99 with 6 cyl., auto, e-locker, and 265-75-16's. I'm gonna install the tundra coils, andy's spacers, and tacoma tokico shocks on the front and FZJ 80 coils and shocks on the rear before the trip.

My last dunes rides were a 99 F350 with 35's and V10 and a 91 jeep Comanche with 42" swampers, twin stick case, D60 and 14B axles, and lockers front and rear.

Just curious how the 4R's do.

Thanks, Judd

calrockx

they can do fine.

just air down and you're pretty much set. you don't have a v10 anymore, but just remember to keep the right momentum. with your setup, you'll have to really try to get stuck.

Judd

thanks, i've been going to the dunes for about 8yrs now and it is awesome. the runner seems to not have a whole lotta power

it's gonna be a game of wheel speed as you said.

sweet runner btw, looks great!

Judd

midiwall

Pics here:
http://midiwall.com/4Runner/dirt/200...MosesLake.html

Note that the flying red 4Runner is mine.

Judd

nice pics.

how does this suspension handle the whoops? my other trucks handles like i was riding a 6x6 piece of lumber, haha...

judd

midiwall

You know that bumper sticker that says "sit down, shut up and hold on"? Yeah, that about tells the story. It ain't pretty,


My first run out there was on a drag strip stretch. People had said it was smooth, but I didn't pay enough attention to the people that were running before me, I was just all right foot and went for it (which is the story of my off-road life).

O. M. G. WOW that sucked. The last I saw of the spedo was around 60mph and that was just the beginning of things to come. I never got in sync with the whoops and ended up bouncing all over the place. A lot of stuff in back came up to say hi to us in front.


The one pic of me airborne (which is also my avatar if you have them turned on) was the _LESSER_ of the jumps I made that day. When I first got to the top of that hill, I spotted the path to the dropoff, almost cut someone off (Sorry Max!), and just floored it.

The S/C ran up, people knew who it was and kinda' just ... ducked. No one had a camera running. They say it was possibly the largest/longest leap they had ever seen a 4Runner do.

What goes up, must come down and when I did, I hit _HARD_. VERY VERY HARD.

My right seat will read this later and hopefully tell you her side, but dude... I _TRASHED_ her back. 10 minutes later we had her out laying in the sand and someone was digging for a T3 (Tylenol with codeine). She couldn't move for a while - and the next day was awful for her.

The truck somewhat survived, but Shannon's back took 4-5 weeks to get anywhere near normal.

The aftermath would show that she tensed up really bad as we launched (she loves my driving!) and when we hit, there was simply no give in her body.


I'm babbling, but the end result is that we had a lot of fun. Yeah, we got stuck a couple of times, and I broke some stuff ('cause I was being stoopid), but the truck did really well. I think I was aired down to about 12psi. The S/C really _didn't_ help 'cept for the huge launches, though it was fun to go blasting up some of the hills with it screaming and watch people run.

Funrunner

True, true, it's all true...everything that midiwall said! And yes, he broke me...bad!

It was worth it though, I had never played in the sand before. It's a lot different than the mud or rocks. Fun times!

fireteacher

midiwall, i swear i thought your avatar was chopped!!!!!! your friggin crazy...hey the white runner...whos is it, i love the wheels and list and tires and thats the look i am going for(mine is silver) . please post all the information on lift specs and wheels and tires man. i would appreciate it. you should send that photo (air) to toyota man...might put you on tv or somethin..never know!

1985 4Runner

I bought my 4runner from a guy in Michigan. He made a short video of his truck before I bought it. Heres a link:


Click here to watch Dunes_short

midiwall

Yeah, I've been told that before.


The 2nd or the 3rd gen? I figure you're talking about the 2nd gen.

That's Kevin. He's on here as "KevyWevy". There's some info in his sig (check the link) but drop him a PM if you want more details.


Toyota Man?


So when're we goin' back Shan?

fireteacher

this one

midiwall

Oh wow... okay. That's Kim, wife of Mike who is smr4runner here on YT!

Funrunner

Right now! When can you be ready? Wanna drive my truck?

midiwall

HAHAHAHH!!! Yeah, we'll take Jezzy out there!

Lesse - I've already gotten her stuck in the mud, so... SAND DUNES HERE WE COME!

Funrunner

Hey, there would be an upside to sand...I wouldn't have to rent a machine to clean the swamp water and mud out of my carpets! With sand, just vacuum and be done.

good times... good times......

Toyo-Mama

Your Toyo hasn't LIVED until you let her play on the dunes... my ole gal climbed test hill numerous times with 227,000 miles on her...fully stick... with me driving! Who'd a thunk it? A girl in an old rusted out truck... Keeping your toyo off the sand is like making a kid miss Christmas. You simply gotta. It ain't right of you don't. I'll be there for a week in July with my gen 1 Dog Paddle. See you then?

Judd

We are heading up in on the weekend of May 20th, not sure about the 4th yet... thanks, judd

Waterboy

We all got a pretty good view of his undercarriage
We just watched it go by at head level going "holy crap!" I think his bounce was about as big as some of my jumps.
I may not come with alot of tools but I've always got the painkillers.

You should have a blast in the dunes. You'll be able to go all over the place aired down with a locker.

midiwall

I was wondering if you'd find this thread!

Thanks Jesse!

Toyo-Mama

Re-Livin' the day...