im new also. EDITED now with pics

[coloradocrawler]

hi, im from grand junction colorado. i have an 87 4runner with SAS, longs, ARBs, 5.29s, dual cases (2.28 @ 4.7), 3.4L, 39.5 iroks, way too much lift, alot of firewall and rear tub trimming, and a very high monthly credit card payment. id put up some pics but i do not have a high enough post count. i am looking forward to asking questions and getting flamed in the future from everyone.  

[axled89]

haha h haha!        sounds good enough.   post pics when you can.

[bigarms23]

welcome sounds like a sweet 4runner

[coloradocrawler]

ive done a few other posts in the CO chapter section and in the Nubie section to post pics- now lets see if i cant screw something up. im learning how to post this so if its too big. sorry,

[46&2]

  from Northern CA. Nice 4runner I like the 2 tone paint job

[coloradocrawler]

from Northern CA. Nice 4runner I like the 2 tone paint job

the 2 tone is a pearlish/ chipping/ just plain falling off paint job that i herculined the bottom of. im glad i did it but i hate it.

[muddytaco]

nice 4runner

[Rocksurfer]

  II 

[86bobbedtoy]

welcome

[Tallchevy]

 

[PA_taco_13]

     nice rig 

[coloradocrawler]

thanx guys- i built it to handle more than i know how to do, so i can learn with the truck. i think i did ok. im happy with it. i am looking into bobbing it or trimming that skirt in the rear. still undecided.

[wakkjobb]

Jakesteads trimmed his runner front and rear (then sold it  ); check his buld thread for pics.

>>Dan

[Volcom]

Nice 4Runner!

[Volcom]

Also, don't forget to check out the CO section and the details about the Colorado 4Runner Jamboree at the end of July, start of August

[coloradocrawler]

Alright guys im near the end of a boob AND rear skirt trimming. im in the process of building and putting on a hinge setup on the tailgate now.
i took 10 1/2 inches out of the rear. i taped those blue shop towels to the truck and cut along the line leaving 1/2 inch extra on one side, made it a real nice cut. straigh and parallel. it made reassembly SSSOOOO much easier. prep work on the inside tub floor sucked- i got stupid and tried to clean it with flapper disks, i suggest doing it someother way. i gummed up the disk everytime i used it- i had to take a piece of extra steel i had laying around and grind on that for 5 minutes or so just to clean the disk each time it gummed up which was extremly quick and often. on one side of the body i left a 1/2 inch of steel sticking out extra to the cut- then borrowed a buddies sheet metal crimper. it provided a little thicker steel to weld to making it nice to weld to without having blowouts.

as for the skirt trimming i cut it to the average height that i see online in pics and wow..... i need to get rid of the body lift. it looks so tall now.

eye candy in 3.....2......1....

[ajordan1975]

 

[86rustbucket]

DAMN!! thats tall   

   you should flex it out on that cavalier right there

[coloradocrawler]

DAMN!! thats tall   

   you should flex it out on that cavalier right there

i would love to flex it on cav. its my DD though and we plan on selling it soon since im looking for a job in town. i feel itll be a hard sale if i write in the want ads "99 chevy cavalier/chock block--- comes with IROK racing stripes and IROK tread style crumpled hood for fuel economy."

this thing is tall. if you notice i didnt put any specs on the lift height..... the front USED to be a TG 5 inch lift ( 4inch springs and 1inch shackle lift) but i had major issues witht the TG stuff due to me, AND TG's odd recomendations i went with a Alcan 5inch lift spring so when the maths done it has a 6inch lift in front. the rear? well lets just say it has a 9inch spring thats been reworked to equal out to a 7 inch super soft spring pack. not matter what i did the rear lift sagged out to about 4 inches below the front. but i sold my TG springs to a buddy and his 4runner sits level. AND the front springs were the 5inch HD springs i bought since i had the 3.4L in mine. DAMN! i measured my frame height to be a 31 inches with crawl pressure in the tires at the middle body mount. im not gonna worry about lowering it till i start into a 1ton upgrade.

[coloradocrawler]

finished with the bob- need to build a rear bumper, and redo the rear section of my cage.

[bdatud4x4]

nice runner looks like a great start

[kombatics]

I really like your bob job, I've always wanted to bob a runner

[rockin86runner]

im digging it makes me want to bob mine oh ya and welcome from grass valley nor cal


and was that a home made cage im lookin to see what you do to fix it casue if i bob mine ill have to cut the back end of my cage off as well

[coloradocrawler]

im digging it makes me want to bob mine oh ya and welcome from grass valley nor cal


and was that a home made cage im lookin to see what you do to fix it casue if i bob mine ill have to cut the back end of my cage off as well

i got my cage from 4xinnovations.com. its a "full" cage- a-pillar all the way back to d-pillar. but when i got it, the b-pillar was a little wider than my truck, so i narrowed it. when i did that it changed the angles of the a-pillar bringing it closer to my head. i hit it everynow and then (i padded the hell out of it). i recommend their cages if you wanna buy instead of build. but im going to build a different cage to suit me and my truck. now that ive done some fabrication im not afraid to tackle the kinda cage i wanna build.

as for fixing it im not sure exactly what i want to do. i wanna rebuild a new cage, so im not sure i really want to fix that section. but i dont want to leave it looking ugly like that sooooooooo

[NITE KRAWLERS]

Welcome man!! nice runner

[toygasm]

very cool runner  love the bob job! looks pretty tall with them 39.5s.

[89s rule]

looking good!

[santa cruz crawler]

Sweet!!!

[outlaw525]

Looks really good coloradocrawler.

[81_yota]

   that thing is sick