installed the gen 1 caddy ball joint long travel suspension on my 4runner
uses torsion bars factory ball joints sway away 10" travel shocks, t 100 axels. heres a few pics.

removed old arms..




the here it is after shock hoops welded in and all


ride height with mile marker manual hubs




the shock towers were welded in by fishmouth fabworks in sacramento. great job.

still needs alignment and few things.
next on the list is
fiberglass fenders
ifs trust
33 mud terrains
uniball lower conversion
idler arm brace
wheelin pics will be up soon!!

 

Looks good. How's it ride?

yeah, I was gonna tell you that you need some fenders up there now to keep it street legal.
And allegedly, you can swap in a T100 rear axle to keep the front/rear track about the same.

/me officialy adds TC to the 4Runner's list... after getting back to work and taking this damned thing out to play instead of work. HAVE to have something to compare to.

 

Is that a 2" shock or 2.5"? I plan on the same front setup someday. What were you planning for the rear?

 

DAAANG !!
Quick work man..Looks great !

 

you should get BJ spacers now so it rides high too

 

Looks Really Good!!!

 

that looks great!!

any other pictures of the install?

 

looks good lets see some vids of a little rally action. You plan on doing bump cans? I know I use the hell outa mine... but I beat it pretty hard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntfycFeajIQ

 

lol nice movie "chode project" lol id like to do air bumps but well see. still got alot of other things that need to be done. its a 2.5 shock. still havnt got a chance to do some drivin other then pavement but ill get some more pics up as soon as i go.

 

oh ya and the rear is currently ome springs with fox 2.0 custom shock towers. pics on my profile. maybe leaf springs in the rear in the future

 

I was thinking that a deaver leaf pack in the rear would be sweet. but also a triangulated 4 link would be really nice too.

Looks awesome by the way

 

I like our 62" deavers... as the vid shows it stays planted well

 

When i do mine, that is what i was thinking of doing, was the deaver leaf pack for the sake of simplicity. And then use long travel shocks through the floor.

 

lots of jeep guys do that. Works good on the xj because you just run shock tabs on the u-bolt plate. I have a 97 xj that will be our preunner I cannot decide wether tu run the shocks in a semi stock location or through the floor. My major thing is I likes the ladies and the ladies likes the back seat that folds down ha ha.

linky for ideas...
http://jeepspeed.net/smf/index.php?topic=128.0

 

I hear ya. My idea was to run them just inboard of the fender wells at a slight angle forward to keep them from sticking up too much. I would make a crossbar for the shock tabs and then sheet metal over it to make the floor sealed in the cargo compartment still.

 

ya going through the floor is quite a project. i might do deavers with angled shox under the bed.

 

I like that idea of in fender well. It is kinda like what alot of the 66-77 bronco guys do too. I am thinking of making a crossbar that goes between my uni-frame rails on my xj and maybe just have them come throught the floor a little(just lit 2-3") and then just make a sheet metal cover for it. I am probably never going to race in jeepspeed but I want a good prerunner for our race trucks.

 

you mean angle inward? Like this? /_\ or forward angle?

 

What races do you do? I want to do some desert racing someday. I want to do one after i graduate college at some point when my truck might still be worthy.

 

The A style inboard mount is what I was thinking of doing on my xj. We have not raced or even been to a desert race, but BORE has a couple races around(Jackpot, Ely, Wendover). We are planning on racing the Wendover race on may 1,2 if we can throw some shat together quick.