Intrepidyota's '85 4runner

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Now we shall see if I can remember everything that is in this truck, haha.

1985 Toyota 4runner

Motor:
22re

Trans:
Stock W56

Transfer Case:
Marlin 4.7:1 gears (100:1 final crawl ratio)

Front:
Factory Toyota 8"
Sky Manufacturing Truss
5.29's
Longfield 27 Splines
Full Detroit
Pipe cap diff armor
Trail Gear High Steer
87 Toyota IFS Steering Box
Square Tube Drive-shaft

Rear:
1987 Toyota 8"
5.29's
Welded
Pipe cap diff armor
Sch 40 home made drive-shaft

Front suspension:
Rears up front (6 leaf pack)
Rancho shocks
Ford shock towers
Sky Manufacturing Boomerang shackles

Rear Suspension:
Ford F-150 springs (reversed)
Sky Manufacturing chevy hanger kit
6" shackle

Wheels/Tires:
15x10 Blingin' chrome steelies
38" Super Swamper TSL/SX (worn down to 37's, haha)

Armor:
Foxfab sliders
Custom bumpers F&R
Budbuilt crossmember 1" lift

Misc:
Fenders trimmed 2" front/4" rear
12VoltGuy dual battery
1" Body lift
BMW Seats
13.5" bob

Coming soon:
exo
winch

Basically everything that has been done to this truck has been with the help of the members of Northeast Toyota Crawlers. I would never have been able to get this truck finished without them. Specifically Chad (if he is on here, Trailrunner55) who's garage I steal on a regular basis.
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Picked up this truck in the beginning of November '05. It had 31's, 3" AAL front and rear, lockright locker, and a whole bunch of problems not described when I bought it.
When I picked her up:
exterior

interior


Now:

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Cleaned it out, got a new top, hood, and tailgate:





I know my hand is in the way, it is blocking the sun.




TOPLESS:




Got an engine issue fixed and took it wheeling a month later.

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Lacking a garage, all I did that winter was give it it's first dent. Slid off the trail into a tree.


One the weather changed, I added leather bmw seats, sliders and a soft top:

Sorry, crappy quality pic of dirty seats:







More wheeling:

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About June I started accumulating parts for an SAS and chevy spring swap (I know it had an sfa, it is just the best way to describe it). Also threw on the beginning of a new bumper that gained me a ton of clearance over the old one, plus longer temporary shackles to add some more clearance to the rear until I could throw the chevy springs in. Also started to rub the truck on enough trees, etc, that the bondo started flaking off.

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In July did the Chevy springs, I got maybe 2 inches of lift out them, not all that impressive, but they ride nice and flex well. Also welded my front diff...with stock steering Did that on Saturday, took it wheeling on Sunday!

Somehow I managed to not get a SINGLE pic of the chevy's flexing on my truck, hahaha. Just a couple of stuff shots.
rear end stuff:

Front end (not bad for stock springs w/ AAL)

Random other shots:

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Put in a wider rear axle from an IFS truck...wheeled it...are you seeing a pattern here?

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Went to Paragon, broke my stock steering, didn't want to fix it, so I started the SAS a little earlier than planned. The front hanger was from Trail-Gear along with the high steer, u-bolt flip, and IFS box mount. The rears up front are two packs, one from an '85 4runner and one from an '85 pickup. I built 6 leaf packs out of them. Top three are in the stock configuration, the lower three are cut down, each about 4" shorter, front and rear, than the last.

I ordered an axle truss and boomerang shackles from Dunks Performance (Sky manufacturing reseller), but it was late arriving, so I had to throw the stock shackles on just to drive home.

Cutting everything off:




Front hanger welded on, cutting off some brackets and crap on the axle:


Springs in (notice Lee in the background and the incredible brake line stretch, haha:


Axle and high-steer arms bolted up:


I got a good amount of lift out of them, probably 4 inches total, which is perfect, unfortunately, it is definitely nose high since I only got a couple inches out of the chevy springs. In these pics I hadn't gotten the shock towers on, brake lines in, or boomerang shackles in. Drove it home like that.

To explain since no doubt people will notice, the axle is gold, haha, that was a prank...not my inner bling coming out.

Final pics:

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Got a great deal on some 34x9.5" swampers and steelies, which I figure will have to do until I can get gears and birfs to support larger tires. Threw in the new shackles, brake lines, and 2" AAL also.


rear quarter:



Front quarter:


Rear flex (it is still on the ground, it just looks odd due to the flash):


Rear stuff (Chad=front stuff)


Front Flex:


Money Shot:



Measuring for shocks:



The rock was my e-brake.

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Got some cheap ranchos, steering stabilizer, and d-shaft in, then rebuilt the knuckles which took me a lot longer than I thought it would. I got really tired of playing in that greenish runny grease/gear oil/water mixture, haha.

How it sits now, a little rear low, I will work on that, but for now, it works, which is the big thing.

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Broke a pitman arm. I had a lot of spare parts, but that wasn't one of them. I got lucky because another guy with the same TG pitman arm was on the run, so we used his to get me back to the trail head where I could be towed home, then put it back on his truck so he could keep wheeling. :banger:

Obstacle that I did it on:







Random other pics from this run up until I broke...