Very funny commnet, had me laughing out loud

 

The diff is cast, and welding to cast is not an easy task, and IMHO is not as secure as welding to the steel tube.

Plus, putting the link higher into the engine space was not an option.

 

When I first put the coils on, that was my thought exactly! LOL

You know what really puts it up there is the 37" tires. I haven't change the rear at all, except to add 37" tires, and man , it really climbed in height.

 

Holy CHIT! That thing looks AWESOME!!!! Nice work my man.

 

wellll......Yeah, it looks awesome in the garage. Lets hope it actually drives and is a functional vehicle....

 

and the crowd yelled "FLEX PICS!!!"

 

I thought mine was tall It's all about trial and error, you have no clue how tall it's going to be untill it is all done. If yours acts the same way that mine did you will have to have a steering stabilizer and probably a sway bar depending on how stiff your suspension turns out. By the looks of your draglink angle, you will have bumpsteer.

 

Bumpsteer should be a function of draglink to panhard angle and mounting locations. They look close enough for me.

I assumed you would make some sort of tower over the diff so you have regular steel to weld too. Geometrically I would put it where you did.

Flex pics to follow from CO, right? Not sure the thing has even left the garage yet.

 

The flatter the draglink is the less bumpsteer you are going to have.

 

It will take some dialing in but the fact your doing it is impressive. Very nice.

 

Congrats, you have officially blown my mind!

 

Indeed, this is not the final height yet. I understand the bumpsteer concept, and that is why I had Poly Performance overnight me another set of coils to bring the 4Runner down to a sensible ride height. Poly sent the correct boxes, with the wrong coils in the boxes, great job.

More pics have been posted.

 

Can they overnight the right ones? On their dime?

If so, you can still make it.

 

Well, lets say they overnight them, I get them Tomrrow around 1pm, have to put them on, tweak the suspension, and then come up for One ride on Saturday......no, not worth it. Carole has to work on Monday morning, as well as me too.

 

OK, so just rent a Rubicon...

J/K we will all miss you.

 

More pictures, this time with the pan hard attached. Again, this is not the final ride height. I'm still waiting on the correct coils from Poly Performance.






more at: http://www.hunt4steve.com/or/99_4runner_ltd/SAS.htm

 

I can't wait to see the finished product!

Chris

 

me too. I just pulled the rear axles and noted that the bearings are loose. I mentioned to my wife a few months back (when following her in another vehcile) that it looked like the rear tirs were wobbling a bit. Even though I was planning on putting in rear disc brakes, it looks like I may have to go the full-floater route. I'm killing the 1/2 ton bearings...

 

I was thinking about going this route, but I'd have to disable my ABS...... which I not yet ready to do. Another option is the 4th gen disc brake set-up, that's the option I will persue some day.........

 

Put at least a Dana 44 in the rear. But if you are going to do that, might as well put the beef in the rear. Put the Dana 60 in back. You will sure like that fact that you will not break. Upndair has liked that, since he use to break every outting. Now he just sits back and drives.