Can an Old IFS Runner Still Wheel??
08-20-2007, 04:05 PM
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 78
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Can an Old IFS Runner Still Wheel??
Well my new project needs attention everywhere. I want to SAS this 86 Runner but I want to cure the saggy butt and get some rubber on their quick. I've called or visited 15 Salvage Yards.....the Solid Axel year front ends do ot exist in the scrap yards on Island. I have sourced many in the US but shipping is nearly 500 Bucks. Some day I will find the solid axel till now would it be worth it for my to put an IFS lift kit on it and level the asss end? I think I want to run at least 33's. My 93 runner went every place that lame Cherrokkees could get, and my FJ Cruise W/ IFS with 4 " OME Lift and 33's does well enough.....Ultimate goal is SAS just want to know if you all would drive around with stock heght and rear end sag until you got all funds for SAS or you would invest in a modest IFS lift to get trail time ASAP.
Last edited by Teamsobaco; 08-20-2007 at 04:09 PM.
08-20-2007, 04:10 PM
#2
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Midlothian, VA
Posts: 685
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I've wheeled quite a bit practically stock height. I have 1.5" longer shackles and AALs in the rear and a slight t-bar crank up front. Skids are mandatory if you wheel the rocks stock height though. It's definitely doable:
08-20-2007, 04:32 PM
#3
Registered User
08-20-2007, 04:37 PM
#4
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Halifax, NS
Posts: 1,245
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
You'd be impressed what you can do in stocker or near stocker form. Easiest way to find out is get out there and try it out. The shortcomings will be fairly evident after a little bit, but I think you'll be impressed.
08-20-2007, 06:56 PM
#7
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Midlothian, VA
Posts: 685
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
. It helped that some chick rearended me and I got an insurance check that went straight to mods though
Trending Topics
08-20-2007, 06:57 PM
#8
Contributing Member
Lockers will do more for ya than a SAS. You can fit 33 x 10.50 without much, if any, lift.
Here's my 2nd gen (33x10.50 no lift ARB's front/rear):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGt2ZwFZKPU[/youtube]
For more pix, check out www.4wheelingoh.shutterfly.com/action
Here's my 2nd gen (33x10.50 no lift ARB's front/rear):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGt2ZwFZKPU[/youtube]
For more pix, check out www.4wheelingoh.shutterfly.com/action
Last edited by tc; 08-20-2007 at 06:58 PM.
08-20-2007, 08:22 PM
#9
Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calgary, Eh!
Posts: 125
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I'm running 33x12.5's on 15x8s; I beat her up a wee bit...
See - mostly stock ifs (cranked torsions, and rear add-a-leaf)
So far, only into her for an idler arm (already pooched when I bought it) and a tie rod end... They stand up to good hard wheeling pretty good even in mostly stock form.
See - mostly stock ifs (cranked torsions, and rear add-a-leaf)
So far, only into her for an idler arm (already pooched when I bought it) and a tie rod end... They stand up to good hard wheeling pretty good even in mostly stock form.
Last edited by AndyL; 08-20-2007 at 08:24 PM.
08-21-2007, 05:33 AM
#12
Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calgary, Eh!
Posts: 125
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
08-23-2007, 11:54 AM
#15
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 78
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Ok regardless if I keep IFS or SAs I want lift...what are IFS ers running for lift. Body Lifts do not count in my book. I am so up in the air the investment seems the same SAS or upgrade IFS....The IFS in My FJ Cruiser does a good job, and I did have a 94Runner with stock IFs that kept up with Heeps on the trail....
08-23-2007, 12:08 PM
#16
Contributing Member
Good Grief!
This thread is depressing.
This is one of the worst cases of "spent too much time on the net, not enough time in my truck" threads I've ever seen.
I say SAS. I'll wave as I crawl by in my old IFS truck, stop, and offer to pull you out.
This thread is depressing.
This is one of the worst cases of "spent too much time on the net, not enough time in my truck" threads I've ever seen.
I say SAS. I'll wave as I crawl by in my old IFS truck, stop, and offer to pull you out.
08-23-2007, 01:02 PM
#19
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Bend, OR.
Posts: 652
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My oppinion on best IFS lift, donahoe racing coils, 3" lift adjustable. Unless you want to spend a ton of money and go with fiberglass fenders and a total chaos long travel IFS, then i would say that, though it costs just as much as a SAS.
though frankly if its an old 86 and you dont care too much about the body/rocker pannels i bet you can take it almost as many places as you could with a SAS. it just wont look so pretty afterwards
though frankly if its an old 86 and you dont care too much about the body/rocker pannels i bet you can take it almost as many places as you could with a SAS. it just wont look so pretty afterwards
08-23-2007, 01:51 PM
#20
Contributing Member
IMHO, the torsion bars are the problem with getting any flex out of these trucks. The newer coilover models seem to flex SO much better. This winter, I'll be switching to coilovers (check out deathrunner's avatar!) But until then, I'll continue bounce bounce bouncing my way down the trail!
Last edited by tc; 08-23-2007 at 01:57 PM.
