olivedrab's 87 runner

[olivedrab85]

Sick jerry! I liek how its low and still fits 40's. How much did you pay out the door if ya dont mind me asking? Maybe i will skip 37s and go to 40's

Thanks. $1300 out the door. I would make the skip if you have the option.

[olivedrab85]

Nice man.  Personally I like the 42's a little better but I don't imagine that you'd be able to fit those on your runner.  I think the 42's have quite a bit more tread depth but the 40's aren't bad I guess.  Do you rub your springs at all at lock?  Your tires look like they sit in pretty close so I didn't know if you had clearance issues with your springs.

Thanks. Yea I like the 42's better also but I hardly have clearance for these. I can get the springs to rub if I get the front in a bind wheelin but it's not enough to hurt anything it doesn't at all on the pavement. The wheels are 2.5 b/s I think the pic makes it look like they are farther in than they are.

[gotrocks]

well my 37x14.50 toyos stick half way out on my 4Runner and I'm running 15x12 wheels with 3.5 backspace.  I wish thouse IROK's came in a wider width for the 39's

[olivedrab85]

well my 37x14.50 toyos stick half way out on my 4Runner and I'm running 15x12 wheels with 3.5 backspace.  I wish thouse IROK's came in a wider width for the 39's

I'm only running 15x8 wheels on mine so that prob narrows up the tire a bit. The toyos are a wide tire my friend is running them and they stick half out on his runner too. so when we making a snow run?

[gotrocks]

near the begining of the year.  Since I'm getting married this month its kinda taken up right now.  But I want to plan a trip sometime within the next 2 months.  I know a few guys here that are planning  trip to Mt St. Helens in Feb. I believe. I'll PM you more details when I get them.  It should be a fun trip from what they've told me about past runs there.

[olivedrab85]

Sounds good let me know.

[gotrocks]

will do

[kiyul4130]

the 40s look sick........oh shite! ups is here with my new rims!!

[olivedrab85]

the 40s look sick........oh shite! ups is here with my new rims!!

What tire/wheels are you going with now

[kiyul4130]

What tire/wheels are you going with now

im just swapping my mtrs over to the new rims. i cant afford to go any bigger unless i get another vehicle.

[Reynolds]

40's look good! I wish someone in my area would get 40's so I can test fit them on my truck 

[olivedrab85]

thanks. Yea now I have to tub the rear for the new tires. Not really sure what i'm gonna do yet I want to bob it also I think, I just need to have a top for the nice Oregon weather. Might wait tell I link the rear so I can shorten it up a lot I dunno.....

[YODAWILL]

Don't bob it tub it back and stretch that wheel base

[gotrocks]

Bob it.  The only thing thats holding me back on bobbing mine is lossing all my cargo room.  I always seem to have at least 1 person in the back seat and I don't know what I'd do with all my crap if I bobbed mine

[gotrocks]

I don't know if I asked you this already but who linked your Tacoma?

[olivedrab85]

Me and a buddy. It was a three link w/panhard superflex joints on the links, flexed pretty good. I didn't use a calc so the angle of the links was to tall and geometry prob wasn't perfect but drove nice on the street.

[Shamb]

if you drive this on the street those tires are going to wear out fast, did you have to tub the firewall or you just plan on linking it?

[Hottrod81]

Where is your Marlin sticker on the side of your Runner

[olivedrab85]

if you drive this on the street those tires are going to wear out fast, did you have to tub the firewall or you just plan on linking it?

I tubbed the firewall past the body mount already. I plan on linking the rear and leaving the front leafs. I'm getting a daily driver next week and I just bought a new trailer so I won't need to drive this much at all.

[olivedrab85]

Where is your Marlin sticker on the side of your Runner

The Marlin stickers are on both sides of my crossmember. I got this all pro sticker from infernal so I decided to fix one of my dents with it, covers nicely! 

[rockwalker]

40's look sick, your runner is going to love those up.

[Hottrod81]

Do you plan to tun the rear fender wells.  Their is a good thread from "TheBandit" on here on how to do it.

[Hyena]

i believe the rear is tubbed too.

[kiyul4130]

Don't bob it tub it back and stretch that wheel base

i agree. id stretch that wheel base 4-5" or so then it will basically be bobbed and climb better as well. nice rig once again. it looked cool with the boggers at rubicon.

[olivedrab85]

Thanks. Yea I'm still not sure what I want to go with yet. Not really sure how to cut the rear fenders more if the axle is back 5".

[olivedrab85]

So I finally got started on my fender hacking for these tires. Decided to try to use the foam trick again, worked pretty good. Here are some pics of the foam fabbing.

[olivedrab85]

I just used some marine grade foam, sanded it down with an orbital, coated it all with seam sealer, then painted it with chip guard.

[olivedrab85]

here's a side profile

[Yota4life]

What?? That really holds up? It dosent crack or break apart?   That looks sick jerry. How are those 4ds doing in the snow?

[olivedrab85]

Thanks. No that is crazy it holds good. I had it in there with my old hack for a while with no problems. The seam sealer helps a lot also. I haven't really got to go play in the snow much, just a few times on the local trails but it does awesome. Waiting for the deep snow to go get crazy.