87 4Runner SAS on 38's

[Jeepin'Jones]

Awesome,Nice Rig.

[always broke]

Looks good!! Needs some chrome ladies for the mud flaps.

[Christopher]

You did get some rub rash on those 1/4 protectors....
looks good...
I'll smack Always broke for you next time he's here.

Not Chrome ladies... Yosemitey Sam BACK OFF flaps would be cool

[Fourx4sr4me]

Looks good!! Needs some chrome ladies for the mud flaps.

Even better would be the fat trucker girls!!!

Those flaps are for the po po. They come off once we hit the trail.

[Lumpy]

That's a sweet rig!!! Nice build man!!!

[Fourx4sr4me]

Thanks, It's back under the knife right now. I will have pics soon detailing the latest mod. This shit never ends!!!

[Sycotik Skier]

I think I know what it is. there isn't much drastic you can really do anymore

[Fourx4sr4me]

You may be surprised!!!

[Sycotik Skier]

Pm?

[Deadman 94 xj]

Is it what you talked about on the trail? If so, holy sh!t you work fast. I thought that wasn't going to be for a while.

[guy]

cut it up.

[4runner]

chop it up john. I know i want to do a lotta cuttin on my rigs when i get time. but now the samari is under the knife n we should have a few rigs goin on the next ride. n bringin spare parts...

[mcclunet]

Yep the Zuki is almost done lol. Well I think she will be ready for the last ride.. i got a lot to do for next year but I think she will do just fine for one ride anyhow. I put 33'x12.5 on it and am working on a cage.. it is not as pretty as yours or skippies but is will hold. I got around 500 in it so far and less than a week to finish, it could be a time test again. But I have taken it places that the red runner struggles at home with little problems so i think the little tank will be fine. hope to see you friday.

[bear9820]

What do you mean my red runner struggles? I think the red runner will run circles around that samari. Everyone that Knows the red runner was pretty impressed with it... U havent had it out on six points trails at all... So when the breaking gets tough... U can sit...

[mcclunet]

well john you missed one hell of a good ride. hope some ppl got pics of the sammi to post. hope to ride it with you next year. cant wait to see what you are doing with the runner.

[Fourx4sr4me]

Had a lot of crap happen that kept me from getting it done for this weekend. I will get some pics up real soon.


Do you guys have a trailer to transport the gray runner? If not maybe we can plan a trip to the offroad park on a non event weekend!!! Are you or skip members yet?

[mcclunet]

No we dont have a trailer yet. it sucks big time, we had to drive all three this time lol. We are planing on getting a membership soon or sometime this spring. I want to do a lot to with the sammi, I may just start building a rig of my own, as long as it is ready for next year. But if you want to do something as a privet ride i am sure skip would be up for it sometime. I need a clutch and cable for the sammi before it go back out with it. But if we get something setup i am sure I can have the sammi ready. that and the red runner needs a bit done.. we think it may have wiring issues. it cooked an alt changed it out, still the light is on... this will be the 3rd one we put on it as far as i am aware. So i think we may be looking for a harness for under the hood soon. bummer

[automated1]

Looks sweet. BTW how long did the SAS take you? I have a 92 that I want to eventually convert.

[4runner]

Hows it goin john? It was a good messy weekend with no major carnage. Ill have to get some pics up tomorrow after my sis brings her camera over.
Red runner did as good as usually untill berta went puddle juppin n cooked the alt. I got it changed again tonite and runnin for now.
My runner went well exept when i got hung up between a couple trees. them trails are a bit tite or my rig is bit big. Its gettin the knife over winter
The sami looked like a blast to run untill the clutch got hot.

Im plannin on gettin memberships asap so we can plan a trip in a month or so if you n some others are up for it.

Now i wanna SAS the red runner if Berta buys some 37's next spring. N all our runners need bobbed a foot or so. Maybe i just wanna chop something up

[Fourx4sr4me]

Looks sweet. BTW how long did the SAS take you? I have a 92 that I want to eventually convert.

9 Months.... But i did everything at the same time. If you get everything ready you could do it in a weekend easily.

Im plannin on gettin memberships asap so we can plan a trip in a month or so if you n some others are up for it.

Now i wanna SAS the red runner if Berta buys some 37's next spring. N all our runners need bobbed a foot or so. Maybe i just wanna chop something up

Going good. Should have mine back together soon. I took 8" out of the back of mine and it worked out perfect. I will post some pics soon. I ran into lots of problems with other shit while doing this little project. Probaly the worst was my air compressor blowing up and haveing to rebuild it before i could work on the truck again.

[Fourx4sr4me]

Well after the last outback adventure and running the snake trail I decided it was time to shorten things up.


I decided to remove eight inches since that was all I could remove from the rear bumper before getting in the curves.


I must of measured at least a dozen times before making the first cut.
I also had to remove about 4" of frame


Cut off the old body mounts and moved them to directly support the rear of the roll cage


Ran into a few issues with this project: First I got the Flu for about a week and then my compressor shit the bed.


Got parts for the compressor and got back to work getting things welded back together and getting some body work done.






Got the back bumper sectioned and sleeved back together


Made new brackets to clear the shackles and reinforced the sides some


Decided to make a mount for my highlift



Since I carry a fullsize spare in the bed I had to remove the glass from the gate to allow the tire to fit inside when closed. I had to get a little fancy with the gate release.


Well here is the finished product. Alot of work for just eight inches but anymore and I would of lost to much storage space. As you can see the Co2 just barely fits behind the cage and the biggest spare i will me able to carry is a 39". I alos added one more bar to protect my rear lights


You can see the notches needed in the tailgate in order for it to open and close properly.


Before After -8"

[guy]

whats up with the hammer? I didn't know 4runners where made of wood.

[Dragonslayer]

Nice work dood!!!!

Make's me wish I would have bought that runner off of a customer at work for $1500. Grrr

[Fourx4sr4me]

whats up with the hammer? I didn't know 4runners where made of wood.

Hey, at least I was measuring twice and only cutting once!!!

Nice work dood!!!!

Make's me wish I would have bought that runner off of a customer at work for $1500. Grrr

Thanks

[tjblair]

Looks great john! What bender are you using?