Welp, Thanks for everyone's advice, especially Gene and Rob... Finnally got the OME and SAW suspension setup on with the help of Jowie...

Here's the Hotrod pic... Without the front suspension done...



And heres with the SAWs installed...





Ugh... with another few things off my list... time to start saving for the next item, then the next... and then the.....

Ducky

 

Very very nice!!!

Well done!

Mike

 

Mike, I got all this stuff from you... =) Thanks you rock...

Ducky (aka Adam)

 

I know

Hey mind if I steal some of those pics for the site??

Rig looks awesome!!

Mike

 

Feel free to... not a problem...


Ducky

 

looking good Adam! what size tires are you running?

 

265/75/16 BFG Mud Terrains....

Very nice tire... of course, I have yet to get them muddy... just need to get a few more things before I can take it offroad... (brake lines mainly)

Ducky

 

Very sweet! That Runner is screamin' for some TRD decals now.

 

wow, all i can say is wow. those black sports with lifts and scoops make me excited. very very nice. whew.

 

sweet looking runner man...

and this one time at runner camp...

 

Hey Ducky,

Looking good- you're inspiring me to get my lift installed!


David

 

Duck:

I just did my lift a few days ago and was wondering...
How much thread do you have showing between the collar and the bottom of the shock in the front on the SAW's.

Also are your fins on your CV's touching a little as well.

-Dave

 

It differs.. unless im wrong.. its late and raining, but its near 2" on the passenger side and near 3" on the drivers.. i think ill check that sometime after it settles... Im sure its level, we measured each side from the wheel up to the fender...

and it does look like the fins of the CV boot is touching..


Ducky

 

hey ducky you don't need any lines for the front, you just need the one for the back. nice rig, looks alot like my haha, only I haven't gotten my hood with the scoop yet. it's still at my buddy's, he's going to paint to for me but he's doing it free so I have to wait until he gets a spare minute.

 

not to but-t in but I have 84mm of thread showing on the pass side and 86mm on the drivers side. I measured in metric because my scale was easier to read like that. I do have fins touching, majorly. here's a shot of the wear. I have a closer pic if you need to see better. after a while it will wear through. that's when it'll be time to do the ORS manual hub conversion.

 

Very nice. I think I may need to shuffle some of my next mods and push this close to the top of the list!

 

Very impressive. Wish I had a 3rd gen!


Mike.

 

Very nice dude.

Love the black with the hood scoop.
Hope it wasn't too bad removing the OEM shocks.

Congrats.

 

No problem, thanks for the input...
I guess I am a little confused on the manual hub swap.
I have read this a little in some previous threads but when i search by "cv boot" or"cv" anything for that matter the search engine tells me that the word does not have the minimum 3 characters.
Anyway, When the time comes and your CV is torn or leaking or making noise, etc. why switch to the manual hubs and not replace the CV Boot and joint.
Is it expense? And correct me if I am wrong but, once the manuals are in...you can never shift into 4wheel on the fly again. Correct? I mean you always have to get out, turn your hub and then get back in the car.
Can someone shed some light on this conversion for me.
Thanks
Dave

 

because then you can disable the ADD and also the cv's won't spin in 2WD since the hubs are unlocked. the cv's spin in 2WD on our runners as they are right now, that is what causes the boot wear. it is about $1000.

that's right. but that is actually better, unless you're lazy, because your hubs are freewheeling in 2WD so your joints aren't spinning.

check it out:

Manual Hub Conversion from ORS