New England Mod & Meetup Thread:

Cheers and welcome!

I did blues at AOAA with that setup, so, you're good

Yeah an estimate is fine, you aren't at +400 and you aren't at +0. Bringing an extra gallon of water with you on a trip can offset the estimate, so whatever.

You're "lifting" the same way I'm "not stock" tire size. I am +1" DIA because there were a million options in this size. E load, but whatever.

You'll get a lift out of it, but you're still well within "not f'in up everything" lift, and it's not the end goal, but a side effect.

Long of the short, you ain't going for this

 

4x's front skid is 1/4. So probably more in the ballpark of 80 lbs. Trans/ tcase is 3/16 so I'd expect in the ballpark of 35-40 lbs each.

Assuming sliders and full skids(not gas tank) you are probably in the ballpark of + 300 lbs before anything else goes in the truck.

Id go heavy

 

Would an extra bottle of whiskey work instead?

 

Now that would be a reason to put a swingout on a bumper

 

Yup, would *love* to do that with my GX sometime down the line, just need the money and a good body shop that are willing to tackle it. Maybe if we import a few we can get a discount? Haha

Welcome!

 

Are the Bilstein shocks for Tacoma made different that the one for 4Runners?

I stumbled on this last night

https://www.4runners.com/threads/warning-about-bilstein-5160.17083/

 

5160s are a remote resi pretty "higher up there" shock.

Supposedly the stock Taco off road shocks are 4600s, I don't really know what that means. But they're a wildly different shock. Probably sourced from different suppliers, and assembled differently, and behave differently.

 

Auxbeam people, I forget if I already asked but you guys use a prefabbed tray to hold everything? If you got a sec, can I see a pic of how you have it setup in the engine bay?

 

Folks are saying they leak on the runner, but seem to good on the taco. Leaks at the res connection

 

I have mine mounted underneath my driver-side seat and ran 2 4-gauge (red and Black) wires from the battery, through the firewall, into the truck. Personally I think it made it easier to run all of the wires for everything I needed to run. I can see if I can grab a pick of it later today.

 

Peanut screws to the top of the fuse box, it's really annoying in hindsight

 

I would also love to do it. Super OEM clean look to it. Think it’s the best way for a rear full size setup. I like your setup for sure but this would be mint. I have a friend whose family owns a body shop in NH that has done work for me before. I might explore this some more honestly.

 

I would actually love to try a crack at installing something like this on your truck. honestly that set up is pretty bad ass.

 

@super_white I am helping a friend replace the exhaust manifolds on a gx470. Apparently the studs will break more than likely.

Do you have a way to get a part number for those exhaust manifold studs?

 

I know its prob a little more than you want to shell out, but being progressive, having a huge range of adjustment on the fly and rebuildable is a game changer. The old buy once cry once lol. Might be worth waiting to pull the trigger on.


https://exitoffroad.com/product/dobinsons-mra-suspension-kit-toyota-4runner-5th-gen/

https://****************/2022/04/28/dobinsons-mra-suspension-5th-gen-4runner/

 

Reading the FAQ it seems like there's a fair amount of work involved

 

I can’t set my self up to have to take shocks off every 30 to 50k and ship them off to be rebuilt.

I am still trying to figure out how much of an issue the leaking is. I’ve been reading up on the 81??s. From what I can gather, I should 100k from them.

 

Working on it

 

Part numbers