Marlin springs (4"/5") hydro assist, longfields, 5.29's.... You know what im just going to put it my sig, enough people ask me.

 

Angled like that you use 13" of shock stroke?

From yet another big 2nd Gen, good luck with axle wrap and blocks.

If you add a longer front spring, and a longer shackle you will get even more travel. A short shackle with that crappy angle is really limiting things.

 

Damn...that's what I call flex! Not sure I need that much but that's an awesome rig.

 

THATS HOTT!!!

Nice Truck!!

 

if where you are flexing out is close by, take off the shocks. its the best way to measure for proper shock length. sweetass runner too....jealous

 

Update.....new square ds



Diff armor (Trail-Gear.com)





Flexin Pics with Front Drive Shaft in.....
Rear tire at full stuff, with a little rubbing, need bumpstops....

 

Nice pics. Did you make it up the hill in that last pic?

 

Nope......too loose and muddy:pat:

 

i like the look of that throwback 4wd emblem....and nice truck!

 

Hey did anyone mention the front shackle angle? JK

Just an FYI, every truck I've had with ARB lockers, and a lot of others I know of, eventually fill the air lines with gear oil and spray it out the solenoids when you unlock. My current truck does a great job of lubing the underside of the hood and my valve cover every time I use my front locker. Might be a messy probelm for you with the solenoids mounted under the seat.

 

good to know....maybe I'll have to disconnect the hose once in awhile to drain them. No problems yet.

 

I think that's been covered ???

 

Update:

Moved the steering gear, no more rubbing the drag link.




Extended steering rod 3/4"

 

Longfields showed up today, got one installed today, I'll get the other one in tomorrow, then maybe sunday some real wheelin pics.





a little info for ya.....

 

<------ New owner... There's been one owner between Mike having it my recent purchase. The rig now has 230K miles on it. I'll be changing a few things.. Have a 2.28+4.7 doubler in my garage that I'm going to put in it and some bilstein 5150 shocks. Unsure whether I'll keep the Auto or convert to 5 speed.

 

Took the 4Runner out to Kansas Rocks Park on Saturday. This was the first time wheelin' the 4Runner, I thought it did well and I'm surprised at how much I like the ARB lockers. Not a huge fan of MTR's but that's neither here nor there... I located a R150F transmission from a friend and will be swapping that in along with a 2.28+4.7 crawler box from my old truck.. My intentions are to have that completed before the end of August.

Here's some pics from our trip:












I had a little mishap... I was at the top of a hill, put the truck in neutral to roll back a couple feet--turn and change my line. When I put the truck into neutral and hit the brake pedal my foot went to the floor---NO BRAKES.. Picked up speed so quickly and it wouldn't go into gear or park. Ended up being stopped by a tree.



The tree is OK though!!




this is where I lost my brakes.. and it's against the tree that stopped me in the photo..



So with that little incident I've come up with a plan.. going to do something very similar to this: http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showpost....0&postcount=96

 

OUCH!

Do you know what failed the brakes?

What about the emergency brake?

 

ouch. that isn't too reassuring about my mc bumper. You must have picked up a lot of speed though.

 

damn thats a nice little bruise...

 

Low brake fluid... Which frustrates me because I replaced the master cylinder and bled the brakes/ topped off the reservoir before we left.

No E-Brake on this truck.. I'll be adding one when the new tcases go in.

I won't bash on Marlin's bumper, it wasn't designed to take on that kind of an impact...

Sold some parts off my green yota on 1 tons so I'm gonna order the tcase parts/ebrake this week... Probably get rollin' on the chop this weekend... There's the Kansas Krawl at Tuttle Creek that I wanna make mid-september so I need to get a move on this thing. I've got 100' of tubing sitting in my garage so I'm ready to start bending.