OK so i havent posted squat about my rig in this forum so i think ill give you my 2nd gen 4runner life story haha through the solid axle swap the 5spd swap ect ect.

 

OK to start i bought this baby back in early 2011

 

so after driving it stock i started to get my parts together after i decided a seriour full body crawler is what i wanted for sure..... Picked up front 85 axle with 4:10s and a lockright for $300 picked up front springs 5"HD TG's for $150 marlin hysteer for $200 rear FJ80 coil springs for $50 as well as mics idems like a spring hanger shackles frame tubes hardware ect ect.

 

so one fatefull night we "borrowed" the welder and torch from ron case roofing with only a weekend before this guy had to be finished before it had to take me to work the following monday. so we threw her together "first" with a hybrid 3" spring pack that i had laying around would have sat nice and level with the fj80 coils in the rear

 

the 3" springs were much to small for high steer.. they would hit eachother when the truck flexed as you can see in the pic... so back into the shop to go right to some 5" and the coils would go in as well

 

with two types of sas "solid axle swap" and "saggy ass syndrome" she was at least driveable with some roller 33's we had laying around of fj cruiser wheelins sucking the tires into the fender making it suuuper narrow and funny looking

 

so rollered her around like that for a little while till i got an appropriate rear lift ready to go, a Chev63" swap with 4 inch blocks is just what the doctor ordered as well as some proper 35's with some wide wheels to make it wheelable

 

haha with a little mall crawlin to add to the fun

 

so back to before the build.... my 4runner is auto 3.0 with factory 31s and a tow package...... for those of you who dont know G144 gear code means factory 4:88's so i decided that would be an appropriate ratio to run for a little while so i traded my 3rd member in the front axle with the locker for a 4:88 diff and some extra shafts and birfeilds and put the 4:88s in to make matching ratio's

 

and with a square front shaft she was ready to wheel!

 

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nice to see someone using what they have and getting an SAS done without taking out a second mortgage... good job bud!

 

next a locker and some armor were in order.. got a lockright for the rear for a good deal (night and day difference any locker makes a rig that much better." then i slapped a tube from bumper and some sliders from trail gear on her

 

for christmas gool ol dylan (99sasrunner) got me these nice 16's (because i had mismatched tires and rims) hahaha so i went from a true 35x1250x15 to a 315-75 16 to get my rims on

 

OH another little tidbit. backed my white tailgate into a tree..... bummer right so i found this sweet rust free honey at picknpull of a 1990 i always liked the tire carriers on these so i snagged it becasue of the matching color

 

so i actually had to Weld the thing to my body becasue mine was a 93 so i did not have the place to bolt it on in stock location... which made me nervious at first thinking a slight impact would tear it right off my body... then a drunk guy subaru hit me at 30 the night i put it on.......... not a scratch

 

so after a good while of being the slowest car on the road with the good ol 3.0 auto tag team of pulling your hair out. the auto pooped on a wheeling trip and it was time for a 5spd swap.

 

on my 5spd swap i took the tranny and BOTH DASH AND ENGINE HARNESS FROM THE R150 TRUCK AND PUT THEM IN and YES!!!!!!! i had to take my entire dash apart. i payed 99sasrunner $200 for everything i needed trans harnesses interior bits ect. blown up a340H

 

R150f with 290k miles still shifts like a dream

 

changing the dash harness was a PITA for sure