85x85
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Hello,
What a great forum. SO much interesting stuff to be learned here. Really enjoying reading about all the builds. Been taking it all in for a while so now its time to start some documentation of my current project a 1985 Toyota 4runner. Chose this truck as a platform for a solid camping and adventure truck for all the same reasons that everyone does. It is reliable, capable and easy to work on / modify / customize.
Got the rig from an older gentleman up in the high desert. The truck was pretty toasty inside (dash cracks, faded everything, plastic falling apart) but the body and under carriage were dry as a bone. Truck ran good with solid compression after a rebuild at about 175k. Currently about 190k on the ticker. The other thing I liked about the truck was that it already ran great so I could leave the drivetrain as it stood. From the P/O it has a funky lift of new springs in the front with stock springs in the back with longer shackles for the lift. What was confusing was that he put Rancho 9000's on it too. Maybe with the money he saved from not getting new back springs he got better shocks? IDK. Anyway, he also had some YOKO Geolander AT's in 30x9.5 r15's on there which were brand new. I don't particularly care for this set up, but someone will down the line on a stock rig and we can make a deal and offset my new BFG KO2's.
Plans for the future:
OME complete Dakar Kit for a 2-3" lift (done)
BFG 265.75.16 AT KO2's (done)
4.88's
Sliders
Internal sleeping/storage set up
Roof Rack
Here is the truck as it stands today:
More to come shortly. The truck is getting its new suspension and tires and should be back this weekend. More pics to come then.
What a great forum. SO much interesting stuff to be learned here. Really enjoying reading about all the builds. Been taking it all in for a while so now its time to start some documentation of my current project a 1985 Toyota 4runner. Chose this truck as a platform for a solid camping and adventure truck for all the same reasons that everyone does. It is reliable, capable and easy to work on / modify / customize.
Got the rig from an older gentleman up in the high desert. The truck was pretty toasty inside (dash cracks, faded everything, plastic falling apart) but the body and under carriage were dry as a bone. Truck ran good with solid compression after a rebuild at about 175k. Currently about 190k on the ticker. The other thing I liked about the truck was that it already ran great so I could leave the drivetrain as it stood. From the P/O it has a funky lift of new springs in the front with stock springs in the back with longer shackles for the lift. What was confusing was that he put Rancho 9000's on it too. Maybe with the money he saved from not getting new back springs he got better shocks? IDK. Anyway, he also had some YOKO Geolander AT's in 30x9.5 r15's on there which were brand new. I don't particularly care for this set up, but someone will down the line on a stock rig and we can make a deal and offset my new BFG KO2's.
Plans for the future:
OME complete Dakar Kit for a 2-3" lift (done)
BFG 265.75.16 AT KO2's (done)
4.88's
Sliders
Internal sleeping/storage set up
Roof Rack
Here is the truck as it stands today:
More to come shortly. The truck is getting its new suspension and tires and should be back this weekend. More pics to come then.
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