First of all, I am getting rid of these above! I posted a classified ad.....

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f93/5-x-mts-5-x-american-racing-baja-aluminum-281878/

.... Quite a few people interested on Instagram classifieds but I never hold my breath anymore. My next post will be more of an update

 

Yepppp! Lol... I took the 32's off and put my 35 zone me. There a little bit more offset, so I'm tryin two get a little tiny bit wider and a little bit lower. I will elaborate a little more later.

Check out this wall art at my buddys shop!....



Four generations out for Father's Day! Also for my youngest daughter Haley's birthday.....





Look at my little AbbyDoo growing up!...



Check out my little grandson Jay, getting big! .....





With my precious mama!.....

 

Outlaw IIs > Black rims



That's just my unbiased opinion

 

Dude the license plate wall art actually made my jaw drop. Wow do I ever want one of those!!!! A whole North America one would be fully sick mate!

 

Hahaha! I hear you brother! I definitely like them ! Hope you're doing well man

I agree Andrew! The even used license plate pieces from several states to do the name of his company below that which is also awesome! Hahaha. Why don't you make one? You're a creative dude and if you look closely, you'll see that he used stained glass lead joiner to hold it all together. Its either that or pewter, I didn't get a chance to ask him but I will see him on Friday or Monday, to pick up my outlaw 2 he ordered .....

 

Perhaps I'll make one after I hit all 50!

I've got a good collection going from states I've been to. Pretty good collection of Canadian ones as well.

Hmmm, I'll have to make an Australian one as well.

 

Lovely family photos, Mark! An remember Suzy-Q's a family member, too.
BTW, while I'm mounting my roofrack, I'm copying your idea of using diamon-plate pattern anti-fatigue mat for replacement topliner. Better sound-proofing, easier to install and more utilitarian in style.

 

Cleghorn Day Run, July 13, 2013:

 

Mark-saw this on FB this morning...

 

That is soooo cool. I want one!

 

Talent FEE for Suzy Q!

 

All new front spring bushings (went with Energy stock front kit, and the shackle frame tube bushings fill the tube, unlike the TG, which leave a large void). The TG bushings were all bad, some really bad, after a few thousand road miles/600 crawling miles.



The bushings here are probably The best of the 12, and they're all torn at the collars...



Also pulled a leaf (second up from bottom). Seems to have lowered it around 3/4 inch up front...





The S.O.R.D. flip kit.....



(Had to pull it ^^^^ as it's going back to Jonnyboy)... AllPro kit installed...



Spare 15 x 8 came in last week....



Took the 10" rotary and TR3 to the BAD bushwack....really helped pull out lots of it....





Changed out the steering pump that was under warranty, .....seems a bit better, but since changing the belts to new , I still have a pretty wicked squeak at high RPMs and especially when its really hot out. Starting to suspect for clutch in the fan....



Steering pump swap selfie! Lol...



Got a new OEM updated front main seal in and 200 miles leak free since! Woot!




Swapping in a brand new V6 488 diff with Detroit Locker, next couple days... Pics to come

 

Good morning Chef! Just getting my 1st gen babe fix.

 

busy busy mark

 

Awwwww, always smile when I think of ya, beautiful wheelin/hikin/adventurous cool momma! Lol

Been really busy, period, and this stuff just gets to kicking it up to notches beyond capacity! Haha, but I'd rather do it than pay someone else, so s'all good! 😉

 

Gonna be really working on getting my rig down a lil bit, likely with RUF (new ones and aal's) That will likely complicate stuff, being new, but I can at least know they will last me a bit longer (Longer wheelbase, as well! 😆 ) And might just stick with stock bushings style as well, they far outlast Poly in that style, and probably a leas bone jarring ride. Going for around 2" lower, so if I can pull the 1" body mount soon, I just need maybe 2 added leaves up front to the RUF, and throw the TG 4" Springs back in the back.... Might be more stuff going up on the classifieds soon, including the brand newish 4.88 G2's 8" diff with spartan (spartan is a lil annoying, and I had to go v6 for the future motorswap anyway, and I couldn't pass up the deal i got! )

May go to 63's, but not convinced is the way to go just yet. Longer can mean more wrap from those, but I would definitely be doing it with AAL's/ no blocks.

 

Hi Chef! A little tippy is Suzy-Q? She's lookin' real fine.

 

Lookin good chef! Freakin awesome wheelin pics on the previous page!

 

Thanks buddy! Yeah, she's just got a little too much body roll. For one I have to get rid of the 1 inch body lift, which I doubt is causing too much of it. Secondly I'm just a little too high in the suspension. She wheels pretty well and has some crazy flex. I think it's just a little too much of travel and not enough droops. You know what I mean? Lol.

Can't tell you how much that means coming from you buddy, your escapades are quite impressive to me! I love that thing and can't wait to see more good. Are you liking being that low? What I mean is, if you were out here and traversing across some 45" boulders and so forth, you think it would be just a little too low or do you think you're just right? Obviously I'm not planning on cutting that much so I have to accept but I have to have at least a certain amount of lift.... I was thinking of going to 10 inch wheels, just some steely wheels with the same backspacing to get me two inches wider, but I think that might run into a problem in the rear as I can completely stuff my tire to the frame and wheel well.... I'm not sure it would clear the fender

 

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP! Lol .....

I've run into yet another crazy problem that I've never heard anyone having.

1. When doing the full body swap, I had pretty seriously bent the bumper on the passenger side to the point that we had to pull the passenger fender and install a Frankenstein body lift in order to get the bumper to not hit the fender .

2. Before even realizing that ^^^^ we had my new bushings from Energy Suspension installed on top and ready to place the body down when we noticed the fender was going to hit the bumper. Even then I noticed that all 8 rear body mounts, aside from the front 2, laid down perfectly on each other, but that I had over a half an inch space on the 2 front body mounts.

3. As we installed the added factory TOYOTA body mount bushings all the way around to give me another inch or so of lift, the half inch - five eighths of an inch of space was obviously still there, so we installed 4 heavy-duty washers on each side.

4. But cannot for the life of me figure out why that space is there other than one possibility that seems to be the only thing to make sense of this. The body mount kits are all the same in size of bushings and diameter of goodies and so forth... But is it possible that on my 87, the front two body mounts on the frame and body were around half an inch to five eighths of an inch lower, yet on the 89 donor body, they are not lower on the body portion, leaving a half inch space. The only other thing I can think of is that all eight of the others are actually higher on the 87 frame.

5. I really need some people with 1st gen 4 runners to get some measurements for me as to how high the body mount pillar comes off of the frame on the frontmost to mounts and how level it is with the top of the frame on the rest of the mounts down the sides and in the back. I don't know what else to do but just reinstall some of the extra body bushings I have up front in place of the washers, but I would really like to know what the hell is going on and why it is not lining up like it is.

PLEASE HELP???

Here are some pictures explaining how Richards (redeth005 ) 89 forerunner bushings are all the same height on top and how my 89 body on 87 frame seem to be different on the very front ones or I guess all of the rear ones....





My set up up front ( the washers are only up front because it was the only place they were needed. Also, it's important to note that on all of my other ones the space between those two mounting spots is closer to 1-3/4" with the added bushings installed for a mock body lift. Also it may be closer to you 2. 25 inches on the front of mine )




This is all the OEM stuff I have left from both rigs after installing the ten large desk type washers that I used 4 the Mach body lift )...