TW's active 4runner builders BS thread

Gotcha. Birminghams got a huge medical district. Just watch where you go, there's some pretty rough parts of the city. I'm sure your buddy knows that though haha. I'll probably be passing through Birmingham tomorrow night and Sunday night myself.

 

Was going to see if you wanted to grab a beer or something today when he was at work but flight got cancelled again. No point in heading down there tomorrow and leave Sunday now

 

That sucks. Hopefully you can get your money back or get tickets for a different weekend.

 

DV guys, is early to mid-May too hot? Looks like the average highs are in the 100's by then. Haven't been there since I was a kid, looking to do a trip with some of the CO guys there then to Sedona area.

 

Thanks, kinda what I was thinking, what about April?

 

Wow that’s a beautiful shot!

 

Just pulled the trigger on new joints for every end of every link, went with Ballistic this go around, hopefully they will hold up better than the shitty Ruffstuff ones I have been tearing through. FYI Ballistic has 20% off through Sunday.

 

Within the last year they’ve upped all their prices but run 20% of sales all the time now. So it makes up for it I guess. They’re beautiful joints. I won’t run anything else!

 

I hope they hold up, it's getting old replacing them every year or two,

 

Did you get the rebuildable ones I assume? If so make sure to purchase their $40 tightening tool

 

I did, these in 2.0 for the uppers and pan, and 2 5/8 for the lowers, which necessitated both sizes of the damn tool! But I got the spanners instead of the socket style so they can be done without removing them (hopefully).

 

They don’t always come tight haha. So I ended up making my own tool fairly easily

 

I thought about it, but click and buy was easier LOL.

 

You made the right call. It hard to get screws that are strong enough to use as pins

 

What are you going to mount the forward of the lowers to, is there enough room with t-case, exhaust, etc?

 

Looks like you may have decided on new ends already, but if the MCs are just 1/2" bolt, I would go new joint with at least 9/16 if not 5/8.

 

I’ll give you $5 per link. Sounds like a great deal...

What are you asking?

 

Interested in price

 

Honestly, probably too much for me to afford right now haha.
New links are going for anywhere around $600+ and they usually have a bushing on one end from what I’ve seen

 

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