Paranoids 03 Double Cab build (low buckish)

Oh ok, for cheap coilovers you would have to with the eibach coilovers. Their cheap but good

 

Damn good start if you ask me! The grill isnt cheesy, i have the same 4Runner emblem and get compliments alll the time but i did a satoshi instead if grillcraft. & building your own stuff is the way to go! I built my sliders for under $100 and my rear bumper for $300!
Goodluck with building upper arma and cheap coilovers though. There has been alot of talk here wih folks wanting to build their own ucas & as far as ive seen only one member with a 2nd gen built his own LT kit with success.

Oh and on the spacer, they just preload the coilover assembly the same way bilsteins provide lift with the stock coils which is why most go with the eibach setup so there isnt pre load. & it rides better.

 

well it wont be long travel, as i dont want to deal with new cv shafts and what, but more like the camburg stock arms to help with the alignment. i have build a few arms in the past so should be to hard to setup a jig and go to town

and has anybody ran FOA shocks on their first gen? i run them on my fj40 and was thinking of picking some up to try out.

 

and this still baffles my mind. i could understand if i put the spacer between the spring and the shock, but this is placed above the shock just pushing it down.

 

Yep, and doing that compresses the shock which stiffens the ride

 

Well if you come up with some arms before i come up with all the $ to SA i might want a set..

 

you know what sucks? is running out of damn sheilding gas on a weekend lol. damn it.
well got part of one arm done. i guess i could mig weld the rest but i kinda like tig welding.

 

Did you make that??

 

yea, but its not finished. lol. i have upper gussets to weld (in the middle of the pic) and the abs bracket.

 

How much do you sell them for?? And do you make both upper and lower control arms?

 

lol no. i do random custom work for people, but making arms is kinda a pain in the butt. and are you talking long travel? or just stock lower arms but stronger?

 

Well in the future i plan on getting some nice coilovers, and i would need some better upper control arms too.

 

let me think about it as i would need to see how much work and cost there is.

 

Alright man, sounds good.. Thanks

 

Id be in it for some upper arms if the price is right!

 

oh lookie, more parts showed up.
figured mind as well beef up the front in case i do dumb things


and finish welding up one arm. thinking of still gusseting the uniball more. but nobody else does it i see. now to make another one.

 

Nice TIG welds! I wish you were closer because I'd trade you my black fender flares for your silver ones in a heartbeat!

 

Your like pro at this stuff dude. Amazing looking welds

 

and done with one. couldn't start the other as i lost a damn uniball cup lol


and added some small gussets in inside uniball.