My 4Runner does just fine with the 4.88`s and 37`s, everybody always says to go with 5.29 gears, but in my opinion that`s not always necessary. If your vehicle is set up right you won`t have any problems.

 

By all means build your truck the way you want to, but save your money and buy good quality parts and build it right the first time. Its taken me almost 3 years to get my truck done and i probably have 8000 dollars or more into it, and im not rich, i bought parts and stuff as i could afford it, and im still buying stuff, it is never ending.

 

oh definately. i just really dont appreciate when ppl talk bad about others because they dont plan on tearin their stuff up the weekend they get it built when its the only thing they have to drive and they are goin for a particular look, cause god knows one day i will have another vehicle to drive and this will be a toy. and it will be, and i want to enjoy it. now and then. and like drivin lifted trucks. and believe me, i'll spend extra money to have a dependable part than to just have a part that looks good but will break under first use. because when i do this, i will most likely tear the truck down to the frame and do it back up, and down, from there. it will be right.


now if i had the money to do so, chances are i would go find another truck like mine and build it/ chromoly, detroit, yukons front and rear, dual transfers, full exo, beadlocks, engine goodies, i could go on and on for hours about what i would do with one given the money, with the money i could make time,

 

You and me think exactly a like, the only difference is that my 4Runner is my toy (my hobby) ive spent a lot of time rebuilding it, when i got it, it was a major basket case, there wasn`t one thing on it that i havn`t had to fix or replace, ive spent many weekends at pic n pull looking for parts and many hours on ebay also looking for parts. I bought all the lift parts and the solid front axle and had my cousin install all of that because i can`t weld, he also did the auto to manual swap for me, but again i bought all the parts needed. I don`t care what other people think of my truck, (i hope others like it) but im building it for me, the way i want it to be, like your building your`s the way you want it to be. If i had the extra money i would buy a truck like your`s, i really like that body style, and i would completely restore it but i would put a 22RE in it.

Anyway, im almost to the point were its time to have the body work done and a new paint job, i just don`t have the money for that right now, but hope to by next summer.

 

when i got mine it was 100 percent original, the only part that wasnt original was he had pulled the carpet out because he could not get it to quit stinkin(dogs). it actually hurt the guys feelins when he saw that i had put mud tires on it. but ive had it almost 5 years now. and have done some more non-original work on it. like egr removal, i plan to put a header on it and a weber carb in the near future, i just have to get my money saved up. but after that i will remove the bed floor and replace it because it has started to rust out. then it will wait a while before i start to replace body parts, finish up some body work on the cab and re-paint. once repainted i will do axles then gears and lockers then lift and tires. i have it thought out in my head what i want to do and how i want to do it. but to be completely honest with you myyota, i dont see why i will need 13-16 inches to turn 38's that are only .5 inches wider than wats on it now. because if my front fender was straight i could run 35's on the road. and possibly in the mud if i didnt flex too much.

 

and i see that you did chevies on the rear, ive heard of ppl doin chevies in the rear, and rears in the front. will that sit level? if not, how much difference will it be?

and how exactly do you have 16 inches of lift? i read where you have chevies on the rear and 5 inch springs on the front? are you running blocks in the front? of what? im not sayin that you dont, i just want to know how you got it?

 

The trail gear spring i have in the front are 5'' lift springs, the 63'' chevy springs in the rear are also 5'' lift springs if they were stock springs they would be flatter (lower). I do not and will not ever use blocks to lift a truck, in my opinion lift blocks are dangerous, ive seen lift blocks crack in half. My 4Runner sits level,

if you look at the picture you will see that it is, my drive way slopes a little making it look like the back is lower but its not. If you would like to see pictures of my suspension set up let me know and i will take some and post them up.

Now i have a question for you, i would never tell you how to build your truck, as i said last night, build it the way you want it to be, but why do you want such big tires on it ?, would it look just a good with 35`s or at the most 37`s ?. Again im just asking. Im by no means an expert, but if you have any questions you can always pm me or email me and i will do my best to help you out.

 

The first picture shows the rear springs, no blocks. The second and third picture shows the front suspension. no blocks, those are shims used to set the pinion angle.

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myyota, your shackle angle is no good.. nice runner though!

 

If your talking about the shackle angle in the front, the springs are new and once they settle down a little the shackle angle should be perfect.

 

yes how do you have 16" of lift? lol

just kidding..those tires give quite a bit of "lift" over stock.

 

how many degrees are those shims up front

 

After my 4Runner was lifted and the tire wire put on it, it was parked next to a bone stock 4Runner, so we measured from the top of the stock 4Runners fender to the top of my fender and it was 16''.

 

I don`t know how many degrees the shims are, i wasn`t there when the solid axle was installed and i never thought to ask about the shims.

 

i doubt they will settle that much. but if they do at least your runner will sit level

 

i still want to know how you have 16 inches. you have a 5 inch lift and 37 inch tires. thats gonna put your axle only 3.5 inches higher off the ground than mine, and i have 31's. so that 3.5" more ground clearance+5" lift. only gives you 8.5 inches????
and the reason i asked about the blocks in to see how you have 16 inches, i dont see 16 inches. the way to measure how much lift you have compared to a stock truck is center of the hud to top of the fender. not the difference from the ground up, if you do it that way your measuring your tire difference too, and that dont count on suspension lift, measurin the tire difference gives you the amount of ground clearance

and i want to run 38's because swamper makes a 38x11x15 bogger, and i think the tall and sorta skinny would look SAAWEEET on this body truck. so imma do it.

and when you say the 63" chevies are 5 "lift springs, do you mean its a 5 " lift for a chevy? or it is 5" of lift for a toyota to user a 63" chevy spring???? thats kinda confusin me, cause i know a chevy spring will lift a toyota, but ive never know how much. ive always heard, use the 63" chevies in the rear and the toyta rears in the front.

 

Like i said before, after my 4Runner was lifted it was parked next to a bone stock 4Runner and measured, the difference between the two was 16''. Maybe in all actuality its only half of that, im just by what i saw when it was measured.

 

Ok, i went out and measured from the center of the hub to the top of the fender and it measures 41'', from the center of the hub to the lower fender edge i have 32''. Does that give you the info you need ?.

 

no no no. thats not wat i was sayin. my point was i wasnt seein where you were comin up with 16 inches. and i see now. in actuality, you have 5 inches of suspension lift. where you were sayin you have 16 inches is your truck is 16 inches taller than a stock truck. which includes tires and lift. do you have a body lift?