I get what you mean, rebuilding shocks isn’t hard by any means. However, I’ll probably only have to change them again once, MAYBE twice in the lifetime of this vehicle.
My (actual) budget build.
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Scored a 4:56 3rd member for $200 off someone locally, and found the matching front diff for $250 an hour away. (Yeah I know “just go 4:88’s” and my answer is no, I’m keeping this as budget as possible.)
Big score for me, I’m currently waay undergeared with these 3:91’s, especially up in the mountain passes. Going to throw an Aussie locker in the rear. Whipped up a playe to weld the the bottom of the axle housing to beef it up a bit.
Big score for me, I’m currently waay undergeared with these 3:91’s, especially up in the mountain passes. Going to throw an Aussie locker in the rear. Whipped up a playe to weld the the bottom of the axle housing to beef it up a bit.
Only problem with used gears is you don't know how abused they were. Otherwise, good score.
Yeah that’s always a concern with anything used. They’re out of a stock vehicle. Ring and pinion look fine to me, backlash was still within spec. For the money, I’ll take the chance. It’s still cheaper than buying a full gear set, so if something happens I’m not down too bad. Going to 4:56 from 3:91 is going to be a huge improvement.
That’s only mildly annoying, you learn to deal with it though. Diamond plate is just more annoying to work with and prep, and it always seems to be much dirtier than regular aluminum, so the prep is just extra. Aluminum isn’t exactly my forte anyways, stainless/inco/hast/titanium is my expertise.
Aerospace work really pushes you to weld to the most stringent level IMO.
Nice! Structural is a whole nother beast of its own. I do some spray mig now and then for some light structural stuff.
Quit bragging about robot welds
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Thank you, I appreciate it. That’s the martial arts in me, haha. This stuff didn’t happen nearly as fast as I posted it. My friends were on me to share it with other people, so here I am back dating everything. This forum seems to be more on page with what I do than the other 4Runner forums and groups.
I was listening to Mr. Roboto
Exactly that…. And elitist. Lots of people prepping to run the “big trail” one day, only to run a fire road. I also enjoy seeing people actually build stuff on their own and not just bolt on every part they can, that just becomes a matter of disposable income.If you mean we have less mall crawlers, you would be correct
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Two bad decisions away from buying a bulldozer
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Those guys left....
Yeah I can tell, everyone here actually wheels and so far the people I’ve talked to are all cool…. Unlike 3rd gen mafia group
Left work, grabbed my kid and hit a couple trails, nothing too crazy as we were alone, but never the less a good time. Last picture is of that that obstacle looks like during the day.
