i'd kind of like some input and you can't get that on a profile so i'm doing this. i have no pictures of when i first bought it, but this is the closest thing i have. 33x12.50 ridge runners on 15x8 steelies. no lift



then i added a 2 inch body lift and the rack i'm known for lol. and 6(yeah i was 16 and dumb) hellas.



i ran it like that for a long time and never did anything but mud... not very smart, once again... 16.

i then invested in some maxxis 33x12.50 bighorns and i love them! this is a sticky situation i got in trying to show off. atleast it wasn't mud anymore lol



then i made up some sliders for it out of sch. 40 pipe. yeah make fun if you'd like i don't care, they work.



then i made a bumper that would support my rack... and after i did that, i decided i'd get rid of the rack. waste of time lol




and then i made the best investment i've done so far, the aussie locker!



after the locker i had a skid fabbed up for free(i love hook ups) and i did my rear chevy 63's which both i love! and i added nitro rough country shocks, the ride is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better than before with those flat springs and rotted out shocks!!! sorry i have no build up pics of process pics of the chevy swap but i was in a hurry to get it done for a weekend trip and i finished it the night before just in time. sorry guys!

before:

they were actually flatter than that whenever i started the swap

after: sorry no flat ground pics but these are some from windrock on 8/15/09



does anybody like the baby blue skid? lol







i did the swap without adding any lift to the front. so anybody who is thinking about this in a 4Runner, it'll work and its awesome. i taco or p/u would probably need something in the front unless you use only 2 leafs, if you can. i used 3 leaves and no over load, a big huge brake line extension, and new shocks. the ride is 10 x's better!

 

nice 4runner. the bumper supporting the roof rack is pretty cool

 

haha yeah thanks. that support has since been hacked and the roof rack is no longer there. quite a few things have changed actually.

 

Nice 'runner man. Those sliders look sick. and the bumper supporting the roof rack was very cool looking. Was that red vehicle in front of you while you are wheeling an FJ or a Wrangler?

 

Look for an update, I've added and changed a few things

thanks, the vehicle in front of me is an old flat fender

 

I finished the skid and it now covers below the diff also.

Installed a set of 4.7 gears in the tcase with some twin sticks.

Had Mossyrocks build me a front bumper

I made myself a transfer case crossmember modeled after Bud's


Here's where it sits now, most up-to-date photo I have, even though it is a year old... reason being, the T-Chain makes the engine sound like it's self-destructing and I just haven't had time or money to fix it. When I get a break from school, mid December, I plan on fixing that.