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Old 02-17-2011, 11:36 AM
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he he he Yes. Yes it is.
Old 02-17-2011, 01:24 PM
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haha nice man, Im currently in the library

What are you taking?
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I'm in the library right now on my laptop! I'm taking Mechanical Engineering, you?
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Going for welding.

We will have to meet up after classes one of these days.
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sounds hot.
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he he he Yes. Yes it is.
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305? Yes, 305.
ahahahaha....305 it is.
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Lets see... new skid plate...

made a 1" body lift:



installed body lift:




If i wasnt so lazy i would have made new mounts for my bumper at the shop today too, oh well. That can wait.


No official before/after picture, so heres the before:


Heres the after:
*you close your eyes.. and start to think upon the image of the 4runner... you slowly (dont hurt yourself there) imagine the body now one inch higher than anything else*

Everything went smoothly, i couldnt be happier!

Total cost:
$17 for 2' of 2" diameter (i had about 11 inches extra that I sold to someone for $5)
$20 for hardware (grade 5 bolts n such)
-$5 for the 11 inches I sold
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$32 for a 1 inch body lift.

Next up... Raising my drive train 1" and creating a custom cross member and skid plate for the transmission...
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Done yet??
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Done yet??
Gettn there... im on a roll... 2 modifications in one week. At this rate ill be SAS'd before Wabbits 2door!
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Lolz, just as long as you don't JACKit up....
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Lolz, just as long as you don't JACKit up....


Im doing this so I don't beat my stuff up like a JACKwagon.
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Synthetic. Ftw!
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Synthetic. Ftw!
downshirt shot from gf FTW!!!!
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Originally Posted by vital22re
downshirt shot from gf FTW!!!!


Got the new fairlead mounted up:


Pretty...


and for keeping the rock guard out of harms way and easily accessed... wrapped around the rollbar!
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Booya. That is all.
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Sweet setup, its coming along nice. Lets see some action shots!!!
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Sweet setup, its coming along nice. Lets see some action shots!!!









oh and, heres some good news:
Picked some sliders up from an awful nice english gentleman out wheeling on sunday!

Too short!


hmmm


that looks better!


Alrighty! Now i just need time to weld them on... :mad:
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Oh Hai, those sliders have been on for a while.

Now the big news!

While in E. WA doing my usual:

A buddy had called me up and told me about a solid front axle at his parents place in yakima. So off we went to his place...

It was a bit.... grown over. and heavy. Yay for tractors.
We got it into my truck, but it was a tight squeeze... i pulled it off.

After getting it home and pressure washing it, i took it apart, cleaned EVERYTHING and now it resides in my bedroom.




Now to start stocking up SAS parts...
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Nice. going with an SAS? which kit are you gonna pick up?
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Nice. going with an SAS? which kit are you gonna pick up?
Nope, i have an axle to put it on my wall. I think it will be nice, going for a toyota theme in my bedroom. I have the front clip off a hilux thats going over my bed, the axle will be above my window and some stock toyota alum rims will go over my closet!...


.... Yes...

and probably IFS eliminator from TG... I really want to link it, but id like to keep it streetable so Leaves it is.
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Originally Posted by Birdbrain
Nope, i have an axle to put it on my wall. I think it will be nice, going for a toyota theme in my bedroom. I have the front clip off a hilux thats going over my bed, the axle will be above my window and some stock toyota alum rims will go over my closet!...


.... Yes...

and probably IFS eliminator from TG... I really want to link it, but id like to keep it streetable so Leaves it is.
hey... some people collect weird crap you gotta ask these days!

haha what lift you going with? I've been thinking of SASing and leafing the rear end of mine as well :/
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Originally Posted by MaK92-4RnR
hey... some people collect weird crap you gotta ask these days!

haha what lift you going with? I've been thinking of SASing and leafing the rear end of mine as well :/
Have not decided yet, i want to keep it low though and probably only run 35's.

Honestly instead of cutting off all the link crap on my stock housing, i plan on finding a 90-94 pickup rear housing and using that... less to cut and grind off.
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Originally Posted by Birdbrain
Have not decided yet, i want to keep it low though and probably only run 35's.

Honestly instead of cutting off all the link crap on my stock housing, i plan on finding a 90-94 pickup rear housing and using that... less to cut and grind off.

Yeah exactly. I was talking to one of the salesmen at TG and they said that the 3" is perfect for 35s but if you aren't satisfied with the overall stance, you can pull a few leaves and make it lower...

I was thinking of doing that too... theres an 85 front and a 88-95 rear end on Craigslist for 300 right now... but pismo is coming up... if they're still there after that, i'll snatch em up.
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Anyone think 4.88's and a 3.4 with a manual tranny and 33's will be a bit overgeared? I guess we will find out...


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