GONZO97

I want to take my runner to the next level by possibly doing a solid axle swap. What are the steps I need to take to accomplish thias and how much will this cost me?

scuba

Oh god. Dude search please. OR hit up ttora. Why do you want a SAS ? Do you NEED it? Or what..? umm step 1. LOTS OF READING AND RESEARCH. <---I suppose you haven't started that...? Expect to spend 3-4k once all is said and done.

crolison

3-4k is a very low amount to go into sas, you could pull that off with doing all the work yourself. If your not going to do the work yourself, then double that.

Have you out wheeled your ifs yet?

BajaRunner

Here's Sonoransteel's parts list:
http://sonoransteel.com/SA_Parts.html

Most Tacoma/4Runner swaps involve using a Dana 44 out of a Grand Wagoneer w/o vaccum assist and drivers side pumpkin...

You also need to rig up an 86095 IFS steering box to run the tie rod and drag link. Also involves removing your oil pan and putting on a t100 pan.

Thats the easy stuff... the rest of the money is in axle parts and little parts that nickel and dime you.

Then you'll have to also do the rear, but, thats quite a bit easier.

Gerdo

[QUOTE=GONZO97;51068179]I want to take my runner to the next levelQUOTE]

From the looks of your avarar, your next step from stock is....

Lift your IFS. Get some real skid plates, bumpers and sliders. Go with some bigger tires, gears and lockers.

This will be alot cheaper and you will be able to do alot of hardcore wheeling.

88Cleve4runner

give us some pictures of what your wheeling with now. if you're wheeling with what your avatar has... then as stated before, modify your ifs first.

unless your only asparations for it are hardcore wheeling and rock climbing right off the bat.

904_runner

If you want to sas your 4runner, there are some pros and cons to it. To me it fells more stable offroad, and actually its very smooth when going slow offroad.
It takes a bit of work, quite a bit of money, and some time if you do it yourself.
Now yours is different than mine because you cannot use a toy axle AFAIK, because you have a driver side differential.

My advise, is to read as much as you can about teh swap before you start it.
I spent more than a few hours reading writeups and learning what others have done before me.

Im not sure what axle you will use, but learn more about said axle, all the part upgrades, how to rebuild them, etc.....


My recommendations to you are to see what others have done, find your axle, spend time to rebuild it and have it ready before you start the swap, then get r done.

Im not sure how familiar you are with this, but it does require a ton of cutting, grinding, and welding involved.

What ever you do, good luck.
im sure you will like the project, it is quite a sense of pride for myself to know i did the swap.

crolison

I am going to just have to change out your tcase for a gear driven. It's cheaper to go with a 4.7 gear drive with passenger drop than to do duals or a lefty.

And then I can run an fj80 axle.

904_runner

Oh, well see.

Thats why i put the,
I haven't a clue what im talking about.

In all reality, i didn't know that was an option, but now i do, Thanks.

GONZO97

My avatar is a little out dated I have a 3 inch ome lift with the front coil spacers and the new rear coils I don't have aggressive enough tires for my liking. I want to put possibly 35s but I'm pretty sure they won't fit. The sas is a way to get a higher lift. Unless there's another option out there that I'm missing?

dropzone

iTrader: (6)

What kind of wheeling do you do? the cost is all relative to your skill set and those of your friends. It is expensive. YOu would be surprised at what some folks can wheel using IFS. TC for one goes places some trucks with SA and 37's won't touch. I know he will chime in on this when he gets off work.

After putting a 5" lift on my '81 and wheeling it for the first time over the weekend, now I wish I was lower. My COG is too high. I will probably end up pulling leaves and getting smaller shackles.

If you can swing by a place like Bent Up fab and talk to AJ about your truck or All-Pro Off Road or Demello there is a ton of shops in cali that do conversions.

904_runner

Small body lift or trimming and you can make 35's fit fine.

scuba

WHOA WHOA WHOA, Stop right there, where are the pictures from this..?

BLKNBLU

iTrader: (1)

You can outfit your truck like one of these likely for the $$ you would drop into just the axle for a SAS.
http://www.sonoransteel.com/store_co...tml#System_1.2

Also, are you locked front and rear already?

yoder519

just put a 2 or 3inch body lift on, do some cutting, regear, lock front and rear, throw on the 35s and call it done. if your wanting to do a SAS to get more lift, dont do it unless its a pavement pounder

904_runner

I agree, you may not even need to trim. Locking the rig does wonders offroad, i would start with a rear locker and see how you like it, if you need more then lock the front . My $.02

HUH? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of sasing it, if its only for pavement? He could save a bunch of money by putting a body lift on it instead of spending the thousands associated with the sas.

yoder519

904 thats what im saying... he said he wanted to do the SAS to get more lift. i guess hwat im trying to say is people dont sas JUST to get more lift.. unless iits a show truck

904_runner

Oh.

yea at teh front he said he wanted to take his 4runner to the next level
For wheeling i would say sas;ing it would take it there.

I would personally throw a locker in the back and some armor and wheel it, if you feel you need bigger tires, throw a body lift on it, if you feel you need more flex, sas it. my $.02

GONZO97

The majority of my off roading takes place at bald mountain up in shaver but my cousin wants to start doing more difficult stuff and I'm scared my runner won't hang with his. I already have the e-locker on the rear but I don't know how good my clearance is. Where can I find a body spacer ?

904_runner

Body lift?

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