high steer?

 

front hanger is a lil big, and the shackle angle looks too steep.

its also way lower than i thought it was gonna be, are you sure thats 10" of lift?

what are the spring specs?
put the 38's on then snap a pic

 

wow i didnt even know they had mud bogs down there. next time i go visit my dad (he lives in New Symerna sp?) ill have to go check it out. the mud bogs up here definitely don't have trucks that nice, its just a bunch of 70's model chevy's, a couple f-100s, and a jeep or two

 

Got her finished all except the front drive shaft beacuse i cant find mine i took it off like a month ago cause i blew my front chunk and now i cant find it but other then that its nice. and i got some pics...















Cant complain for 1450$ total with rims and tires!!!!!!! its nice to have the right kind of friends

 

I think it came out very nice. I was also thinking it was going to be an atrocity, but, i was completely wrong, great job man!

 

i also think the guy did some magic this is the 1st toyota SAS he has done hes a FORD guy so he knows little about toyota and he managed to do it in 4 days and it turned out very well for him having never done 1.

 

its not exactly 10 inces but its close the front wheel well used to sit 1 3/4 inches lower than the back stock. he used 5 inch blocks in the rear so its exactly 5 inches lift in the back and right now the front fender well is 2 inches higher than the back so that means i should have 8 3/4 lift. give or take.

 

no other comments man harsh croud yet tell me there is now way i can do it for a grand then i did it and no one talks to me any more. haha JK

 

we'll see in about a year or two how it holds up

in the mean time, budget for hy steer and trim dem fenders!

 

Well, you sorta did. You did hang a solid axle under there.

However, you have no longs, no high steer, and blocks in the rear. While thats cool, when people said you couldn't do it for a grand, they were including all that other stuff, which will run another grand, easily.

 

In additon to that what about:

Gearing
Driveshafts
Lockers
Armor
Dual cases and gears
Sliders
Brakes
etc

Realistically, $1k is the tip of the iceberg and you are drving the Titanic.

 

How do those 4.88's push?

 

Sure. What I listed is the minimum to gain any real strength over the IFS he just cut off. The real upgrade here was just getting the stronger front diff. He's still got weak shafts and steering. With the tires on there and the full throttle mudding it looks like they have down there, that front is likely to blow up just like the IFS did.

Who knows though, he may get lucky and never have an issue with it. That happens sometimes.

To the OP: I gotta ask man, why did you run blocks? 63" chevy springs are a dime a dozen at the junk yard, and your fab guy could have built you new hangers for like 10 bucks. That with a good beefy shackle would have netted you 5" easy in the rear, and you'd have had WAY better performance. Blocks are simply the worst possible way to lift anything. And dangerous too.

I was on a run once where a truck wrapped up the rear springs bad, and spit the block out. That thing came outta there like a bullet. For well under 100 bucks you could put the chevies on there and be done with it.

 

you all have very good points and i didnt forget i needed all of that. this hole post was just about getting it SAS for 1000$ which i did its far from finished i have many more ideas and plans for the near future i just have a budget for this truck i cant spend more than 10k and i still have to swap my straight 4 cummins diesel in it. but just to add i did get gears out of this swap i have 5.13 and they work amazing. i bought 2 new calipers also for this swap i just ended up using the 80s style calipers eventually when i do my 4 wheel disk breaks i will redo the front with the FJ 60 rotors that yall told me about i liked that idea... i dont use or need any sliders i would like to put the truses on my front axel tho i also got both drive shafts made. out of the 7 you listed i got 4 accomplised with this swap. i still want a flat bed which we will start on next and when i redo my bed i will swap the blocks for bigger liefs this was just a trial thing to get it up for now. it will get better in the near future. i also put trac bars in the rear so it would not wrap so i wont spit my block out.... eventually i want to run 40 inch mud grapplers with 22 inch XD RockStars 4.56 gears spool in the rear and a ox locker up front ARB front bumper 4 cylinder cummins motor with a 3 speed military transmition and a military transfer case. (which i already have at the shop) and a tube style flat bed with wooden floor. i think then it will be beautiful and capable at the same time.

 

looks good. a black ext cab will get me any day . doesn't look like 10" lift haha.

 

looks good to me who cares if it was 1000 or not its a sick truck!

-matt

 

Just curious, was the front axle gone through? IE rebuilt or at least checked to see if the bearings were still any good?

5.13 gears? Didnt know such a ratio existed for the 8" sounds like what would go into a Dana 44

1000$ sas isn't un heard of at all. Rear toy springs, an unrebuilt front axle, your steering setup (ie basically free) .. No brake upgrades, homemade hangar/shackles

 

Thanks yall i think it looks good too. im happy with the out come here is some pics of her first play day had a nice easy ride nothing crazy she held up well... i need a front drive shaft... lol

 

why does this remind me of all my idiot friends???

 

Looks killer!!!
Nice job!