i just bought a 86 4runner for offroading, i already herculined the interior and i want to SAS it. marlin sels a kit but its 1300 bucks for the front and the kit to lift the back is arouind 700....anyone know anyother ways to get 5 inchs out of the rear that isnt 700 bucks? and is marlins SAS kit the best to go with even though it is expensive?

 

Jared, I just found an EFI '85 down the street from me that I was going to tell you about :pat:

 

Well, for your '86 You can go to some longer leafs and relocate the front perches farther forward and that will give you a little lift, combine that with some longer shackles and a Deaver triple-pack and I bet you can get 5" out of it.

The Deaver triple-pack is $185 and the rest is either cheap or free. On our '89 we relocated the stock perches 5" forward (free) installed the Deaver triple-pack on a set of stock Tacoma leafs (free) since we already had them and they are about 10" longer than the stock 1st gen runner leafs. You can make some shackles pretty easy (free) or buy some. There are plenty of cheap options to lift the rear.

 

wheres the 85? how much? =)

 

hey sean thanks for the response...u didnt have to reply here and pirate..thanks anyways tho! ive been learning how to weld...the guy said i am pretty good at it fot my first time!! i just need to buy a welder now...hows that buggy going? let me know if u need an extra hang on it! thanks! oh yea how much is the 85?

 

Well the guy with the '85 said he might be looking to sell it, not sure. He has it in his yard and it needs some work but is not too bad, He said it ran recently but doesn't now, might just need a battery charge? I didn't talk pricing w/him since it was just a maybe but I gave him a card and he said he'll call me if he decides to let it go.

Then after we left I remembered that you were looking for one and I thought about going back over to his house and talking to him more but then you posted saying you bought one already.

The truggy is going good, I haven't done a lot other than stripping it down to only what we'll be reusing but that's because I've been busy working on the '89 and some other projects. We started taking measurements for the cage on the truggy though and we have sketched some ideas that look really sweet. For the most part though that project is on the back burner for about another month until we wrap up the '89 completely and then we'll focus on it. at that point progress should come quick.

 

did u get the 3.4 in the 89 yet?? thats gunna be a nice runner!

 

SAS and a lift ain't going to be cheap if done right IMO. Marlin makes good stuff and worth it...why do something half

 

what size lift are you running and what leafs?

 

All Pro 5" Extreme Lift Kit...but it ain't cheap. If Marlin had had a kit when I bought mine I would have gotten his...it came out 2 weeks later.

 

the allpro is less than the marlin....isnt it? i cant wait to get this thing SASed and lifted than i can start wheeling it....
did u ever find that FSM?

 

They are about the same actually. And if you have never welded anything before, you'd better get a SKILLED who knows something about 4x4s to help you put on the stuff for sure. Even with GREAT help a lot of the stuff is a PITA, but worth it now.

Good luck!

 

are you running 35s or 37s?

 

35s....for NOW...

 

you plan to put 37s with toyota axles?

 

I don't have OEM inner axles



chromoly dude

 

Jared, yes the 3.4L has been in and running for a few months now, WOW what a difference

 

Brian, "Inner-axles" are typically referred to as "axle-shafts"....

 

ahhh i see! how much do those beasts set u back?

 

Yes mother.

I have chromoly front AXLE SHAFTS w/ Longfields.

Is that better dear?