Stewmaker95

Thanks for all the complements. Just glad I could share it with everyone.
Well a little update as well, I got my chevy spring swap stuff from Dan at Ruff Stuff Specialties this week!


I jacked my quantity up on my order and only ordered one 7" shackle pair but I dont know if I'll even need them yet. oh well, if I do I'll order another set and probably a few other things from him. I def wont mind buying from him again! High quality stuff!

Stewmaker95

finally got around to putting my chevy leafs on

kinda bouncy right now (no shocks)

mounted up some reverse lights since mine dont work

no heros

Looks awesome man. Big fan of the narrow tires.

Keep it up.

Stewmaker95

Thanks, these are the first set of skinnys I've owned and so far I absolutely love them minus cornering capabilities haha.

Stewmaker95

I've been wanting some led lights for some time now but never wanted to dish out the coin for them. I found these on ebay


Got em on the other night. So far very impressed for only $96 for the pair

Stewmaker95

Here's a few pics I've gathered. Havent really been able to run any good trails yet but as soon as my buds land cruiser is done we'll be on the trails every weekend!



Oh yeah, I bought an xrc8 with synthetic line too.. thats what you see peeking out the front bumper

Stewmaker95

One of the rear as well with the raflo bypassers on

Sin

Man thats a nice truck, got any gopro vids yet?

Stewmaker95

Yeah Sin I've got a few vids and here are a couple of stills as well.



heres one of the vids I have on youtube... I threw music in there mostly because all you can hear is bushing squeak
http://youtu.be/rMQJLUzqZaA?hd=1

Sin

NICE vid, did you just glue the hood mount or is that thing bolted?...thought Maiden was appropriate, till I heard Leper Messiah

Stewmaker95

That mount is actually the helmet mount(glued) that comes with the camera. I just made it a hood ornament instead

jred151

GREAT LOOKING RIG MAN!
Im about to throw the Blazeland LT Kit on my truck.
Im thinking I am going to put the chevy 63s on the rear with the Ruff Stuff swap kit as well. With out the drop bracket on the front of my rig I should be fine with the standard 4-6" shackle yeah?
Jason

digitaldisciple

Solid rig!

shakes_24

What are the q78 like on the road being so narrow and bias ply. Do they get bad flat spots?

Stewmaker95

You should be fine with the standard shackles he offers. I have an extra 3 leafs on the bottom of my 63"s that a friend gave me from his deavers, so consider it a progressive spring pack under my leafs. On level ground my truck sat a little ass end high BUT my a-arms had nearly no angle to them up front. I lifted it an 1" or so last weekend and still with minimal angle on the arms im riding levelish. (I still wanted just a bit higher rear so when we load down for trips I'm not sagging) Going this route will bring a very big smile to you and your wallet

Stewmaker95

Only speaking from the experience I've had with these other swampers;
38.5x15r16 siped boggers
37x14r16 iroks bias
39.5x13.5r15 iroks bias
and the q78-r16 is the best riding, balancing and sounding tire I've owned! flat spots are pretty well non existent on these tires and from what I can see the side wall is super flexible with out running on low psi. The 78's are my fav tire so far. The only draw back I've got with the 78's are when taking turns with some speed there is definitely more tire roll then I like but I am not much of a speed freak so there is not much of a problem in my situation.

BlazeN8

Great build thread! I think the combo of drop bracket and long arm works well. I've gone that route on my 86 4Runner. The bracket lift provides the lift and the long arm the travel.

Stewmaker95

no doubt man, you build my second favorite thing on my truck (right behind my ARB locker)! I always make it a point to let everyone know what front suspension I have. Then when they give me the raised eye brow look, I just take them for a ride
Thanks Nate!

Stewmaker95

Haven't messed with this in a while... Wife's school is NOT cheap. Oh and I just now realized that my build title isn't correct. Sorry mods. Here are few things I have done lately

Put some radial rubber on since I haven't been able to wheel nearly as much as I planned. I decided on 255/85r16 bfg km2

I wanted a quieter flow so I acquired a 2011 tacoma exhaust and with a little cutting/welding it hung right in the stock position

scooped these 4runner wheels up as well but I'm not sure if I want to put them on my truck or not.

BMcEL

One of my favorite rigs on here. Cool to see Q78s on there...you don't see those much anymore.