ckblum

Hmmmmmm sounds legit then! What are the plans for the rear? I'm doing a minor build right now and I'm stumped on the rear. Don't wanna just do blocks or shackles and no crappy add-a-leafs. Will that Deaver mini-pack fit on a 89-95 truck or are the spring widths different?

crazytoyota4x4

After a long week of work out of town I finally am back and just picked up my shocks from the motorcycle shop. The nitrogen is set at 150 psi, the compression valving is med-firm, and the rebound is light. These are the 2.0 coilovers with res. from www.F-O-A.com

crazytoyota4x4

Yeah the pics of the shock hoops do not do them justice, they are burlier than the pics depict. Anyways for the rear I am still tossed up between either chevy springs with custom mounts and shackles or the trail-gear rear kit. Also I would like to do a spring-under setup to help with axle wrap at high speeds. You'll have to check with Blazen8 on the deaver setup.

LGcrawler

when are you going to have it all finished up? looking forward to seeing it all done with coilovers this time

crazytoyota4x4

Should be putting the kit on my truck next weekend as long as i can find a welder and can afford new balljoints. As for the 4runner being fully completed, that is about 2 years away, got big big plans and will cost roughly $23,000.00

BlazeN8

Call Deaver and tell them the width of your leafs. He can make a mini pack to suit your needs. I can sell you longer shackles or you can build your own like I did on my 1986 4-Runner build thread. I think the mini-pack is a simple quick upgrade but a longer spring is the way to go. The Chevy 63" is the direction I am leaning towards. I have had that on my truck for about a month and it shows promise. I may be offering a complete conversion kit. Blazeland supplys the hanger kit you supply the spring. Springs go for $100. Not sure on the bracket kit cost, its still too early.

LGcrawler

$23,000? thats some serious cash, you must have rediculously sick plans for it

crazytoyota4x4

Heres the trail-gear bumper that I got about 2 months ago.

crazytoyota4x4

Oh and some pics from last years headgasket job.....still trying to get it tuned right... tps off, and idle jumps around....anyways heres the pics.

ckblum

Where did you get that intake?

As for the rear I think I'm just gonna do the TG 3" kit, best bang for the buck cause it comes with full springs, mounts, shocks and stainless lines for $650CAD. I dunno how much those Deaver AAL's are but the price of that plus shocks probably comes out pretty close and I think the TG kit will ride smoother than stock leaves with an AAL. It's a toss up still though I wanna see more reviews and action vids on this stuff before dropping my cash. Only seen some build threads so far and a couple 5 second vids.

crazytoyota4x4

The intake is made up of spectre parts from the local auto parts store here. Also I have a vafm off of an 7mge cressida. I too am leaning towards the trail-gear kit as it comes with almost everything ill need, just need to figure out how much lift Ill need for the spring under setup.

ckblum

I would think probably the 5"? As long as it's not an HD spring though. Then you can just run a longer shackle with the pivot above the frame similar to running the Total Chaos 9-12" shackles. I'll be doing the 3" kit, I got OME torsion bars, shocks and stabilizer and Krypton Fab bj spacers. I think it'll be a solid setup for now and it was cheap like borscht. Rear is gonna cost a bit no matter what, but that's really where it seems to make or break the ride quality.

crazytoyota4x4

Well everyone sorry for the delay on the install, Ive been out of town for work the past few weeks. Maybe tomorrow I can have a friend weld on my tabs for the shock hoops and I can get them painted up. Will be picking up lower ball joints tomorrow as well to make the install easier (without having to beat the snot out of it with pickle fork). Also last week I sent the money for a 4.88 rear diff with limited-slip, I know its not that great offroad but Its better than an open diff and its my daily driver. Next weekend, july 23 will be the install date, hopefully........sorry for the wait

crazytoyota4x4

Well everyone sorry for the delay but ive finally managed to buy some time and got this installed. The bolt on brackets on the front and middle of the shock hoop locate the bracket for the welds. Heres a pic of the board and c-clamp used to hold the shock hoop bracket against the frame for welding

Here it is tack welded in place

And of it welded per specs from blazeland

And some of the final product


Also I still have to re-gear the truck ive got the rear diff with 4.88 gears and a limited-slip that I still have to install and will be saving for front gears. No cv axles until the re-gear so wont be able to 4x for a litle while, maybe till next year.

LGcrawler

pics?

LGcrawler

of it all put together?

crazytoyota4x4

Heres a couple pics of it completed

LGcrawler

wow, that looks too sick. makes me want to get blazeland over sas

BlazeN8

Great example of the Blazeland Coil-over "assist" Utilizing the stock T-Bars and a 275lb spring should give you plenty of tunning options. What are your findings on the pre-loads? What valving did you order from FOA? Is the valving correct for the terrain in Colorado?

crazytoyota4x4

Thanks nate. well the springs are 250 ib and right now they are still kinda stiff and Im thinking of going with either 175 or 200 ib springs to make it softer, but my torsion bars are kinda cranked up a bit so instead of adjusting them id rather get some lighter coil springs. The shocks are 2.0" F-O-A.com coilovers with res. and the valving is medium-firm on compression and light on rebound. I really like the shocks the way they are set up there smooth and really good on big hits. The trucks front end is too stiff but I like the stance of it.