Topic: 87 runner 1st time crawler build

[slice4653]

so im starting to build my 87 runner and i have a few ideas and some parts lying around. im thinking 7 leaf waggys for the front and 3 leaf 63" chevys for the rear... so far i got a 4.70 for the t-case, those springs mentioned, my solid axle and im getting ready for the sas kit.
let me know what you think and if the spring selection is good or outdated or whatever any input is welcome as i am new to this and it is my first crawler build. thanks   

[SFD4x4]

Sounds like you are off to a good start.  I love my 63's in my pickup.  My best advice to you is just do a lot of research before you start hacking your rig.  Try to have a good idea and plan of what you want to do, also think about the future and what you want to do with your 4runner.  It's always easier to do it right the first time.  Post some pictures of your truck.  What size tires are you planning to run? What about your axle ratio?

[yoshaleng]

X2

Don't forget lockers, if you're going to change your gear ratio...put in your locker at the same time. It'll save you some time.

If you need help, you can look on this site or "google toyota sas" and whole bunch will pop up with step by step photo.

[slice4653 [OP]]

thanks for the input i am starting my build next week i just ordered my sas kit and i think im going to do all the suspension in one wack then same with gears and lockers just wait till i can do it all at once.  i wanna try the new spartan locker for the front and yukons grizzly for the rear. and ill probably go 5.29s cause its more versatile with tire choice. i started my electronics install (radio and cbs) ill post some pictures as soon as i get it all tucked in and complete

[slice4653 [OP]]

has any body mounted their cb below the stock radio location? this is what im currently trying to accomplish and im running into some clearance issues on the back side by the heater stuff...

[minicrawlin]

I think you should get Yukons new air locker for the front IMO if your going that way. Selectable locker for the front is way sweet, helps with alot of things. Toss the spartan in the rear. I think your spring set up sounds good but it's not a one size fits all, be prepared for some fine tuning!

My buddy has a cb mounted there but it's just a small one kinda sitting on top of his aftermarket radio.

Good luck on the build and post some pics when you can!

[slice4653 [OP]]

i got the cb mounted i had to get a 90* coaxial fitting for the rear of the cb so it would clear the heater ducting and all my ifs eliminator came in today so i will start up the plasma next week and get it all cleaned up im just waiting on my hanger kit for the rears i ended up going with skys chevy kit to save the time of fabbing getting all the material but i will get some pics posted this week hopefully.   

[yoshaleng]

don't forget to post 

[83 Crawler]

sick truck man

[slice4653 [OP]]

so i was trying to post pics and i changed the size and it still wont let me load them??? any tips...

[yoshaleng]

go to photobucket.com, create acct, load your pictures and it will resize them for you.

[89sastoyo]

hey man I would deff run a selectable in the rear over the front all day IMO. I think regular lockers are retarded in the rear they pop hop clank bang do all sorts of I just did an sas job for my buddy in highshcool and he's already thinking about going back to a welded diff because its so harsh with the lockright activating and not and random onetire fires to fully locked i personally think if your driving it on the road alot to go that route if you were to do a selectable. if you arent driving on the road that much just get a spool less money and less to break IMO.

[yoshaleng]

I'm running fulld detroit lockers f/r....every once in a while I'll get a slight pop but nothing like the lock rites.