Swimmerboy2112's 1986 4Runner Build-Up Thread
Dec 10, 2010 | 10:45 AM
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Yup!
You can keep the backs and do the "double shackle" using the OEM hangers and shackles, but that's not totally safe.
I think you can get additional lift by welding "spacer" blocks of steel in between the hangers and the frame...and of course adding longer shackles in the rear (rule of thumb: your incremental lift will be 1/2 the incremental length of the shackle....so with stock shackles being 3.5" eye-to-eye, a 7.5" eye-to-eye shackle would give you 2" more of lift over stock). You may need to adjust your pinion angle with shims if you use shackles to get lift - you want to ensure the driveshaft angle stays close to stock.
Dec 10, 2010 | 11:35 AM
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Dec 10, 2010 | 01:15 PM
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I know how to weld but shackles are just easier.
Ehh ill just get longer shackles
I have new shocks! 
But i still dont like rocks.
You're not missing anything.
Yup!
You can keep the backs and do the "double shackle" using the OEM hangers and shackles, but that's not totally safe.
I think you can get additional lift by welding "spacer" blocks of steel in between the hangers and the frame...and of course adding longer shackles in the rear (rule of thumb: your incremental lift will be 1/2 the incremental length of the shackle....so with stock shackles being 3.5" eye-to-eye, a 7.5" eye-to-eye shackle would give you 2" more of lift over stock). You may need to adjust your pinion angle with shims if you use shackles to get lift - you want to ensure the driveshaft angle stays close to stock.
You can keep the backs and do the "double shackle" using the OEM hangers and shackles, but that's not totally safe.
I think you can get additional lift by welding "spacer" blocks of steel in between the hangers and the frame...and of course adding longer shackles in the rear (rule of thumb: your incremental lift will be 1/2 the incremental length of the shackle....so with stock shackles being 3.5" eye-to-eye, a 7.5" eye-to-eye shackle would give you 2" more of lift over stock). You may need to adjust your pinion angle with shims if you use shackles to get lift - you want to ensure the driveshaft angle stays close to stock.
But i still dont like rocks.You're not missing anything.
Dec 10, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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brr. it's that cold here, just no snow. plenty of salt on the roads, though.
it's the sleeping beast in the first pic, and that's an awesome decal in the second pic
oh, a trick i learned: lift the wipers up off the windshield so they won't freeze or stick to the glass
it's the sleeping beast in the first pic, and that's an awesome decal in the second pic
oh, a trick i learned: lift the wipers up off the windshield so they won't freeze or stick to the glass
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Dec 11, 2010 | 12:44 AM
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I really like the way that first pic came out! lol
and yeah i know about the wipers but since she isn't getting driven now anyway
it doesn't really matter.
Dec 12, 2010 | 10:58 AM
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Suwwweeet! lol.....I can tell ya, It's nice having Oil Pressure, Tach, built in. You'll enjoy it. Any news on those mag wheels? OH, and on a good day over there, you could rent a heater at A-1 Rentals that'll run off propane and melt the hair off yer head, ...just put the Truck in a Tent and pump the heat in there...... It'll be like working in Phoenix in the Summer! hahaha. Ok, maybe turn it down till it's more like Summer in L.A.! lol..
Good find, Brian.
Good find, Brian.
Dec 12, 2010 | 02:03 PM
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Thats for sure!
Haha I know the new gauges will be nice. And I think I'll just brave the cold to get stuff done lol
Thanks!! And yeah I hate having a stick with no tach!
Suwwweeet! lol.....I can tell ya, It's nice having Oil Pressure, Tach, built in. You'll enjoy it. Any news on those mag wheels? OH, and on a good day over there, you could rent a heater at A-1 Rentals that'll run off propane and melt the hair off yer head, ...just put the Truck in a Tent and pump the heat in there...... It'll be like working in Phoenix in the Summer! hahaha. Ok, maybe turn it down till it's more like Summer in L.A.! lol..
Good find, Brian.
Good find, Brian.
Thanks!! And yeah I hate having a stick with no tach!
