86 4runner build EXO cage is under way

[86turboyota]

yuck, but its already better.

[86turboyota]

should be plenty of room for 36s there

[86turboyota]

shackle angle was better after i drove it a bit


holy crap fender clearence  deffinetly ditching that 2" body lift.

[86turboyota]

im not quite sure what to think about this much shock showing at ride height




yes this looks scary but they dont touch  and im still planning to move the steering box as forward as i can.

[86turboyota]

i think im riding a bit high now, but once i get the new front bumper and winch up there and the springs get broken in i should lose at least an inch i would think


although i will gain at least an inch with new iroks...

[86turboyota]

more flex pics...







tons of room at full stuff, even more reason to ditch the body lift.

springs look nice and flat and full stuff

[86turboyota]

im a little concerned about tire to leaf spring clearence, i already managed to get some contact with 35s... so i think i may need to get wider spacers to fix this.

[DTB]

yuck, but its already better.

A can of black spray paint to take care of that yellow and it would look sweeeeeet!

[86turboyota]

also me and my dad split a new toy!!!!!!  a miller 211 mig welder!!!!!!!!!!!



i certaintly wouldnt call them pretty or strong, but hey this was the first time i had ever touched a mig welder.

[86turboyota]

A can of black spray paint to take care of that yellow and it would look sweeeeeet!

what you dont like my paint scheme lol

[Mavericks]

i have 6" of up travel and use all of it.  It looks like it flex's awesome!!

[86turboyota]

i have 6" of up travel and use all of it.  It looks like it flex's awesome!!

yea im happy with my front flex, im still not done though, i have some 14" bilsteins to put up there along with new shock hoops and the rear im not happy with but it works pretty well so far.  Glad to hear that im not  the only one with 6" of up travel,  i think i read somewhere else that people where aiming for 3".. but maybe that was to fit 4ds

[86turboyota]

opinions anyone?  i want some feedback on the new front suspension

[86turboyota]

so with the new leaf springs my front driveshaft moves a grand total of 3inches from full compression to full extension, not what i expected at all.  its 38.25" at extention and 35.25" on compression.  Im a little confused why ive go so much less driveshaft movement now than i had before.  With the old set up i was using at least 6" of the travel and now im using 3".  The only thing i can think of that would cause this is that the angle of the driveline is so low now that it doesnt move forward and backward as much.  Anyone have any ideas?
I also found out that my front and rear drivelines are within 5" of each other, so im considering using the 10" travel slipyoke that i have to make my front and rear d-lines interchangeable.

[86turboyota]

ordered some 36x13.50x15 iroks today, $967 from 4wheel parts!

[86turboyota]

picked up my iroks today, and total with mounting and balancing (not by 4wheelparts) i paid $1047  pretty good deal imo



I think i might need to do some trimming to fit them on the tacoma,  good thing they are going on my runner   

[NorCalToy]

i bet theyd fit on the taco! you outta throw one on the rear haha...


lets see em on teh runner and some new wheelin pics with the new shoes! runner looks goo d BTW teh yellow looks better than i would have guessed.

[86turboyota]

i bet theyd fit on the taco! you outta throw one on the rear haha...


lets see em on teh runner and some new wheelin pics with the new shoes! runner looks goo d BTW teh yellow looks better than i would have guessed.

thanks!   i wont be able to mount them on the 4runner for a couple weeks, i just got back to school from spring break so i wont be home again for a bit, but as soon as they are mounted on the 4runner ill get pics up.

[86turboyota]

new tires are on the 4runner and they are awesome, much smoother ride than the worn out 35s.  Didnt get to wheel them yet, that will be memorial day, but i did get it flexed out with the new driveshaft and tires.




i may have overdone it with the yellow paint this time....




tires rub the leaf springs at full turn, but i think that might not happen once i get my new davesoffroad shackles installed

[86turboyota]

davez offroad performance no more death wobble shackles!!




got bored with my taco lol

[46&2]

Looks good with the Iroks 

[Joey88RUNR]

Where did you get that Cb and what did it cost?...I like how small it is!

[THK Matt]

Looks the same size as the Cobra 19 Ultra III which are 35 bucks.

[twistedtoy92]

rig is lookin sweet!! You will love the way the IROKS handle off road

[86turboyota]

Where did you get that Cb and what did it cost?...I like how small it is!

$42 shipped from northern tool

[86turboyota]

Looks good with the Iroks 

thanks!

[86turboyota]

rig is lookin sweet!! You will love the way the IROKS handle off road

i cant wait to break them in!  memorial day weekend!!!

[fj-rankenstein]

great lookin truck....  what style rims are those??  eagle alloy 058's or different??

[86turboyota]

i dont remeber the model number but i know they are procomp rims, i bought them like 6 years ago and i cant find them on 4wheelparts website so i dont think they make that exact style anymore.

[86turboyota]

had a hell of a weekend of wheeling and then my engine threw a rod (i think) on the way home at 10 pm last night, sat on the side of the road for an hour before another guy towing a yota came by took  his rig home and came back and got mine.  Ive got a ton of pics from the wheeling deer valley and slick rock that ill post later.