Jon's 85 Runner...

[Gixxer Jon]

Im going to try to find a leaf to use as an add a leaf lift spring to add to my Ruf's since they sagged so much, Hopefully i can find something that will work good so i dont have to drop some $$ on some new springs...

[Gixxer Jon]

Tonight i swapped my third member into the ifs rear axle and put in new axle seals.

reset the back lash on the ring and pinion since it was out of adjustment a little bit.

so tomorrow ill install the ifs axle on the runner

[Gixxer Jon]

  I haven't posted any recent updates lately. Due to being strapped on funds, After installing hi-steer, new front hanger and a bunch of other stuff. I decided to keep running the 3" downey front springs and threw in an add a leaf in. The RUF downeys couldn't hold the weight and went flat under load, so that was a no go.

Got the 63's installed with double shackle set up, and installed an IFS rear axle and a FJ80 master cylinder.

So now all i need is 1.5" front wheel spacers and some shocks. Also After i get across some more cash Im going to ditch the 33's and run 35's unless i get a good deal on 37's

[jrock]

Get some rear bumper pictures up

[geddofab]

whats up finally got an account . you get those shocks yet  . oh yea and the hammers dvd

[Gixxer Jon]

whats up finally got an account . you get those shocks yet  . oh yea and the hammers dvd

Im going down tomorrow to order them, i was out of town tues and wed

[Gixxer Jon]

Finally got around to it and bent up some tube and welded up the rear bumper this afternoon  Ill post pictures up after i paint it..

[mayberry]

thats exactly the shackle setup that i am running and to this day i havn't extended them out all the way

[808derek]

really like how you did the front set up. sweet build keep it coming!

[Gixxer Jon]

Heres some pics of the rear bumper, I'm almost finished, just have to finish the mounting braces

[46&2]

Sweet Runner Jon and good looking dog man.  

Cool idea with the delrun for dampening the rear shackle. Its so freakin' loud without anything in there. I used IFS bumpstops but the derlin saves a lot more space.

[Gixxer Jon]

Sweet Runner Jon and good looking dog man. 

Cool idea with the delrun for dampening the rear shackle. Its so freakin' loud without anything in there. I used IFS bumpstops but the derlin saves a lot more space.

after finishing up the rear bumper tomorrow, Next on the list is to install my 5125's 

[Volcom]

Nice rear bumper!

[Gixxer Jon]

Finally got the rear bumper finished, painted and bolted on. Got the rear shock hoop and 5125's installed also. Now just to finish the front shock hoops and install them tomorrow..

Then Next on the list is to throw the Dura Solid spool in the rear, and swap the ez locker up front.

[Gixxer Jon]

  

Got some used but new to me, 36" IROK'S, now it doesn't look like a match box car with 33's anymore.. lol

I went to walmart and bought some .20 gram weight 6mm airsoft pellets to put in the tires for balancing since the iroks are bias ply..

i put 10 ounces in each tire and the tires self balance perfectly fine but i notice i have a slight wobble between 35-38 mph but balances out right away.

[fade]

That looks good. Glad you got them. They were tempting to go down and pick up. Lets see it flexed out now. your gonna love the way they grip rocks.

[46&2]

Nice my buddy is bringing me some 37x14.50 iroks on 15" rims this weekend. Can't wait to get them mounted up. Love Iroks on the 4Runners.

[Gixxer Jon]

That looks good. Glad you got them. They were tempting to go down and pick up. Lets see it flexed out now. your gonna love the way they grip rocks.

I need to get 1-1/2" wheel spacers for the front. Not only to match the width of the IFS rear axle but with the new iroks i am barley rubbing my tires on the leafs... Atleast is will save my birfs for the mean time... lol

[46&2]

I need to get 1-1/2" wheel spacers for the front. Not only to match the width of the IFS rear axle but with the new iroks i am barley rubbing my tires on the leafs... Atleast is will save my birfs for the mean time... lol

Yeah I designed my lift around 35-37 so I think at the most I'm gonna need to trim my front bumper or possible cave in and buy front wheel spacers (Been a cheap ass and had a 3" wider rear end for the last 5 years lol). Otherwise I think I will be good. We'll see though.

[geddofab]

put some pics on of your new body damage from sand canyon

[Gixxer Jon]

put some pics on of your new body damage from sand canyon

its only a little rock rash, not body damage thats worth bragging about... i didnt realize i didnt take a pic from the other side.. thought i did.. lol

[Gixxer Jon]

I've been slacking on posting up updates, Ill post some updates after i get some more progress done with my half doors tomorrow.

[ae racer]

wow nice rig Jon. I cant wait to get my 4runner going smooth and reliable so i can go wheeling with you guys.

[gtoyonrocks]

I love these first gen runners... Looking good.

[Gixxer Jon]

I thought I would post some photos of my progress tonight on my half doors.

I am building these half doors to run door panels.

I dont have access to a large enough of a break to bend a 90* bend so what i did was i welded a strip to the inside of the panel to have a straight edge that the door panel will sit nice and flush against.
I am going to drill holes to install the factory panel clips onto the welded strip so the panel doesnt flop around.

Im going to finish up the first door tomorrow morning.





Getting it all tacked before fully welding it.


Drilled and spot welded the strip to the high points of the door panel.

[Gixxer Jon]

Progress from today:

All i need to do is a little bondo to smooth out the metal patch work on the key hole and door handle. then drill the holes for the door panel clips and paint it then shes done...

[jrock]

How are you or are you adding hinges?

[Gixxer Jon]

How are you or are you adding hinges?

You mean door handles?
I'm mounting the door handle on the inside of the door panel.

[jrock]

Yes, handles. That's what I meant.

[Jud]

the iroks are bias ply..

i have a slight wobble between 35-38 mph

That is just the tires, I had 36" iroks and no matter what I did I couldn't get it to go away. It gets wayyyyy worse as they get worm out... I know a few other people that had the same tires and they had the same problem.