What not to do to your truck.
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What not to do to your truck.
http://128.83.80.200/taco/scarysteering.html
There is a 4Runner on there from YotaTech that did this:
Who the heck did that?
There is a 4Runner on there from YotaTech that did this:
Who the heck did that?
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Would have been better to weld the blocks to top of the the frame brackets then move the stock bushings to the top of the spacers and maybe a plate or cross brace on the spacer wouldn't hurt. By spacing off the frame brackets, you reduce the leverage on the body mount bushings, so for tall lifts (3" and over) that is the way to go.
Hopefully that is not the finished install, because the really scary thing is they don't have the lower bolt and bushing properly installed. Note how the bottom half of the bushing is not in contact with the frame bracket. Hit a good bump in the road or make a sudden stop and there is nothing holding the body down except for gravity, its likely to lift up and shift. That *is* scary.
Hopefully that is not the finished install, because the really scary thing is they don't have the lower bolt and bushing properly installed. Note how the bottom half of the bushing is not in contact with the frame bracket. Hit a good bump in the road or make a sudden stop and there is nothing holding the body down except for gravity, its likely to lift up and shift. That *is* scary.
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Uh oh...One of my bushings IS like that. It was like that stock....Try as I might, I coudln't figure it out. Well..Kinda like that. My bolt is oriented properly, but the bushing simply won't go up the body mount like the rest of them.
*flame suit on*
*flame suit on*
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Originally Posted by gapguy
Uh oh...One of my bushings IS like that. It was like that stock....Try as I might, I coudln't figure it out. Well..Kinda like that. My bolt is oriented properly, but the bushing simply won't go up the body mount like the rest of them.
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Originally Posted by gapguy
Uh oh...One of my bushings IS like that. It was like that stock....Try as I might, I coudln't figure it out. Well..Kinda like that. My bolt is oriented properly, but the bushing simply won't go up the body mount like the rest of them.
*flame suit on*
*flame suit on*
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Originally Posted by bamachem
No worries. All 3rd gens have one bushing like that. It's located under the center pillar between the doors. I have no idea why it's like that, but all 3rd gens' center mounts are like that.
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Originally Posted by lee
that is one angry dude!
Read some of his trip reports and other commentary at http://128.83.80.200/taco/ and you will get a better sense of who he is.
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Originally Posted by bamachem
No worries. All 3rd gens have one bushing like that. It's located under the center pillar between the doors. I have no idea why it's like that, but all 3rd gens' center mounts are like that.
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Originally Posted by bamachem
ahhh, you sir are correct. forgot about the bastard stepchild that toyota made in '95.5 and '96.
Here's the bolt-on body mount bracket kit I make for the '96s that are missing the center mounts:
Body Mount Bracket kit
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wow....
Those ARE total hack jobs of lifts on Robert's 'scary steering' site.
Why do people do the z-link steering??
And that body lift posted here scares me just looking at it.....
Those ARE total hack jobs of lifts on Robert's 'scary steering' site.
Why do people do the z-link steering??
And that body lift posted here scares me just looking at it.....
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