Duckie

I finished my ZUK coil mod today, weldless. I didn't take pics along the way, but I have some old before, and new after pics, as well as some pics of the works.

Before:




After:


Only a small bit of lift, but 6" shackles are also on the way soon. It rides ways better than before. I did the method of cutting the upper bumpstops way down, and some brisk swerving and curb jumping did nothing to dislodge them. They also did not make any noise all day.



Cheers YT

PS. Zuk feel free to used my photos on your site, I'll get you more when I do my shackles.

RMA

Dude .. Thats a nice 4runner.. and in the second pic , whats up with the bumper looks melted..

I did this mod with some fleamarket springs , and i have a slight rattle ,vibration coming from the whole center part of the springs . Like when you tapa crystal glass it vibrates for a while , well that same effect from the springs at every bump.

do yours do this , if not i need to get the good springs .

Duckie

Lol, the bumper was fubar by one of the POs, looks like he backed into something. I get no noise what so ever. I drove from about 4 this evening until I got home at 8pm with no noises or vibrations of any kind. Like I said, I also jumped a few curbs to make sure it wasnt going anywhere, and still no out of the ordinary noises. Post up a pic of the set up, if you did a weldless, maybe the spring end is catch the tip of the upper bump and making that noise.

and thanks for the complimentson the truck.

RMA

No I welded some mounts in there ,and its coming from the cenyter section of the spring . I tap them and they vibrate for a while , only the center section does this .

I have pics posted on here somewhere, ill see about posting them here also..

Duckie

What are the specs on your spring? Mine are 14" 125lbs.

4Yoter

U never called me the second day!!!! i was excited lol it looks awesome. I hope we can go on a run soon

Duckie

Sorry about that man. We ended up not working on it on Tuesday. I got home too late from doing errands with the SO. Craig came bu this morning a little after ten and we knocked it out by about 12:30. The next local run far enough ahead I will be attending, just have to have enough notice to request it off.

ZUK

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NICE, Duckie! I couldn't resist reviving this 8 month old thread. I like the way you cut the upper steel stopper down so no edges get caught on the coil. I agree that's the reason yours are quiet. I might have to at least link this thread to my page. Don't take the pics down.
You must have had 4 inch blocks in there before and that's why I don't notice much lift.
So when are you going to give this a go?
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...f-leaf-225251/
ZUK

Did you end up putting on the 6" shackles?

Pool Playen Bob

hoping to get my locker installed tomorrow and then it'll be this little mod here. my rear end sags, hard.

BC4runner88

Hey Duckie, Thanks for this thread, and more so, thanks Zuk for linking to it, otherwise i never would have found it. I was in the middle of the mod when I hit a wall of not being able to actually bend the upper bumpstops out wide enough to fit the spring in. I actually went be to read some more to figure my way out of this one when I happened to see your shallow upper mounts that fit great.

So out came the grinder and in went the springs. Once I figured this out, I spent less time from that step onward thank it took me banging my head on my fender trying to bend those damn bumpstops. hahaha

Thanks! Truck looks great! I'll hopefully link some photos soon.

ZUK

iTrader: (1)

Very good BC.... Did you also notice that when the steel uppers are cut short that the coil is so much easier to stuff into place? That even though it is much shorter, that the coil will not fall out even at full wheel travel extension?
Looking forward to pics
ZUK

ZUK

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I added this thread to the lower left corner of my website.... http://gearinstalls.com/ I think I'll improve it by saving his pics because I think Duckie's link is definitely worth a save. I'll cut and paste the pics in this thread so even if Duckies' pics disappear, mine won't.

edit.... ok, just finished it http://gearinstalls.com/duckie.htm


I've got the day off today so now I can do a little thread work I notice Duckie is not a big poster on this site and only posts every couple of months...guess that means he must be out wheelin instead of postin

ZUK

Hey BC4runner88....let's see some pics of the new stance of your rig....along with a few of the coils underneath...from the spare tire's point of view. I'm really interested in if you cross up the wheels and the rear wheel is extended as far as it will go, if you notice that the coil is still tight under there and will never stand a chance of falling out?

BC4runner88

Hey Zuk, sorry no photos. I couldn't get them done before i left on my road trip. But I can say that they feel awesome so far. Photos to come next week. I'll see if I can really try to cross up the wheels and get a photo of that too.

ZUK

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Thanks BC....and Happy New Year to everyone

ZUK

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I'll bet no one has Duckie's cell number? I am curious if he still has the nice looking black Runner and if the longer shackles have been added. If I knew his address, I could stop in next time I visit my buddies down in the same Tucson town. Based on the mountains that I see in his pics, it looks like he lives on the East side not too far from the semi-famous Ague Caliente Hill area.....close to my buddy near Reddington and Houghton



http://gearinstalls.com/duckie.htm

BC4runner88

Ok Zuk, here are some photos. I took her out last weekend to go play in the bush, and was amazed at the soft springy back end, it was great.

For the flex shots I drove up onto a ramp and used a floor jack to lift the ramp up. (Ghetto hillbilly version)



Closer


Compressed side, view from outside and from underneath



View of flexed side



Hope that helps. Once I was jacked up, I really pulled on that open spring and it didn't want to wiggle or move one bit.

And here is my playing with the new suspension.

ZUK

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thanks BC-
Those are good pics. Thanks for doing that. I like the way you cut the upper mount reasonably short so that you don't get the coil twank noises. So the rear is about 4 inches lifted....the ride is amazing...and now what to do to the front to level it a little?
ZUK

86bedlesstoy

Found some black magic 12" on local Craigslist.. Picking up today. Very stoked for an easy yet very effective mod!

RAD4Runner

Thanks, BC4runner88!
May I know what size/rate springs you used?

Folks,
I got my 12-inch/125lb springs. Excited but still researching for a capture device to be safe. Does anyone notice any kind of wear or damage to the lower rubber bump stop from this mod?

TIA

tinigunner11

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love the springs! they look 1000X better. love the bumper too.