89 Family Runner

[familyman]

 

[Hyena]

Nice clean runner.

[familyman]

Marlin just built me a new bumper with larger tubing and it looks sweet, I will post more with the new bumper tomorrow.

[MUDJUNKY]

  nice runner

[iNfErNaL]

Very nice....Infernal likey.   ..

[90runner]

how r the boggers? do u use them for daily driving? im thinkin about gettin some....recommend them?? 

[familyman]

The boggers are loud on the highway, they wear fast so I would not recommend them for a daily driver but they work well off road.  I do not use this as a daily driver. 

I still have the IFS but I also have ARB's front and rear and it pulls me through everything so far with not problems.   It is a little hairy with some wheel lift, but it only adds to the adventure.   I have chevy's in the rear and they keep the rears in tacked with the ground.   

At this point I have a 85 front axel and allpro springs ready to make the switch, but I am going to wait until I realy feel it is time to make the change.   This is family wheeler, my wife and kids go with me on 90% of the trips, it really is all about have a good time and that we do.

[familyman]

Marlin built me a new bumper because they didn't think the first one was good enough, most fab shops that I talked with pretty much expected me to make changes to the bumper on my own to make it fit right.  Not Marlin, they took a look at the bumper and imediately started making changes to make it better and the end result is the best of the best.

[familyman]

I am absolutly happy with Marlin's bumpers and rock gaurds. 

[familyman]

rock gaurd. 

[To The Floor]

that thing is beautiful, start cuttin the ifs off and do the swap, it'll be the best thing you ever did

[familyman]

I have the parts, I am rebuilding the front axel and adding a ARB to it.  I am taking my time and it will probably be complete by June or July.   

[mudaddict]

That is a clean runner!!! i want that bumper front and rear!!! those look nice!!! Nice job on that thing!

[familyman]

You can get the bumpers from Marlin, then have them powder coated the same color of your rig.

[lilbuddy]

Wow. That is awesome, I like it. It is very nice lookin 

[navydood]

I really like the front bumper.  Nice to see it on a different vehicle and painted. 

I'm not sure about the sliders though.  Seems like they should be mounted a couple of inches more inboard.   Maybe it's just the angle of the pic? 

[SWAMPER]

Nice

[FATB0Y]

Me likey

[whiteman]

Very clean rig man .  It's also is nice to know you use the armor,   do to the marks on the rear d-rings and pasenger side corner on the  bumper.  With thet solid axle that thing will be   Aaawwwssom!!!

[Hyena]

the rock sliders are mounted farther out to stop rocks from hitting the doors/cab. 

[familyman]

The body armor deffently works, normally I touch every thing up after a run but I took these pictures right after getting back from the cal4wd winter fun fest, touch ups had not taken place yet. 

I know everyone wants to see the IFS removed but considering I ended up pulling rubicons while I had no problems, I am in no hurry to cut away yet.   

It will get done though. 

[TrackVino]

Very clean. Its about what I imagine mine will look like when Im done. I too am going to go with Marlins bumpers and rock guards. Difference will be, I did put a solid axle in front with Rancho 44044 springs, ( for the extra weight of the Chevy 4.3) Marlin springs in the rear which gave it a really good lift, and am going to do a bob on the bed.

I have a second camper shell I will cut up to use in the summer, It too will be painted to match the body. I was thinking of staying with the pretty red, but decided on a different color.

Really like your ride, I too purchased a 4 runner to take the family out. Im new to the sport, but know I want to share the fun with my wife and daughter.  to you.

[thumpNUTZ]

Good Lookin' Clean Ride! Glad to see it's actually used off road!