crolison's 4runner build up.

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Right after I got her and put on the bfg a/t's

1997 4runner

Drivetrain
2.7l
4wd
5 speed
4.556 gear ratio

265/75/r16 BFG All Terrains

Firestick 4' antenna

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Slider

Painted black with rustoleum primer, then semi gloss black

welding



sliders on


roofrack on

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Custom Front Bumper Build up. 1.5" 1" and 2x2" tube

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Here is the locker install

Compressor Installed


Shafts Pulled


35"s look nice


heres the baby




Switches

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So i wanted some black wheels, and i really dig the spare rim on the 4runner, so i decided to use them as my rims.
Before


After with chrome lugs






Painted chrome lugs

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I installed a lift yesterday, it took a while and we ran into some problems, but we got it mostly done.

Front: toytec adjustable coilovers with 650lb rate springs

Rear: OME 891's, bilstein 5125s and extended brake lines

The front went in actually pretty easy and i need to lower the threads on the coils to get a little less lift and better cv angles. The problems we ran into were with the rear lift, I was trying to use some friends used bilstein 5150's but there wasnt enough space to fit them in so I ordered some 5125's to go under it, and we didn't find this out until after we ruined the original shocks to get them out. So I had to run to the parts store and currently I am running som Gabriel G-Force shocks, just as bad as monroe. Also when doing the rear brake line extention we broke the hard line, and that just plain sucked balls. We got it fixed though and the brakes are working good. I am going to be finishing the lift up friday with the bilstein 5125's once they get int.

Now for the pics:

Before:






Front on:






Rear minus good shocks:


Finished product and some flexing:












I think i broke one of the crappy shocks flexing, but hey that means i get to return it under warrenty

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First run I broke my sway bar, and its staying off.

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Waiting to be installed:

2.7 Supercharger
Manual Hub Conversion
1st gen roll bar

Coming soon:
New Muffler
255/85/16 mud tires
Custom Rear Bumper

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Here are some wheeling pics.

Aetna










Texas:





Windrock:
Went to Windrock (Coal Creek), and had a great time. It was a my first run with the new suspension, and first time putting the locker up to a good test.

Also found out that flexing out the rear suspension might break your sway bar. Broke a sway bar mount, so it ended up in the middle of my ome 891's, so we took it off and its gonna stay off. Now my springs become unseated at full flex, I think i need to get some limiting straps.

Going up trail 39




Finding broken sway bar.






Creek bed, where i got to flex my stuff out.




















Leaving CC






some more.

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I sold my old bfg at's for a nice price and stepped up to some Maxxis Bighorns in 255/85/16's this morning, then i removed the mud flaps and trimmed the rear bumper.

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Got my manual hubs finally installed. After taking them 3 places to get the bearings pressed, 1st couldn't do it, second wouldn't try, and third said they could.

Straightforward swap, the only real problem we ran into was the upper ball joint threads. So we knicked the top off of them, bolted them down and tac welded them instead of the cotter pin.

Removal of old spindle






New one on




Spare CV carrier




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bumper and crawler coming soon

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The Mossyrocks rear bumper has started

It is going to be a plate bumper, with some tube quarter panel protection.

Mounts are 1/4 inch, and the rest of it is going to be 3/16. It will have a hitch receiver and shackle mounts on it when i get done.

How it looks now, its not much but its the hard part to get mounts and the main cross section planned out.






How it is now

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Update:

Here is how it sits now, you can get the basics of how its gonna look when its done.









What yall think?

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Almost done: