'03 Prerunner 4WU 3link up-date

Well... it's happened. I dropped my truck off @ 4WU in Simi Valley last Saturday.
The driver side drop 3 link kit which includes 12" Rad Flo remote reservoir CO's and other associated parts.

I had a Diamond axle built buy Brian @ Front Range Off Road which includes an ARB locker with Yukon 5.29's. The WMS I chose is 62". My 231mm Tundra brakes will work with this axle.

Here is what I currently have:
ICON 2.5 extended CO's & TC UCA's and spindle gussets up front.
Deaver 8 Pack in the rear accompanied w/ ICON VS series 2.0 shocks and a flip kit in addition to a Marlin Crawler built 5.29 ARB 3rd member along with an Inch Worm 4.7 Lefty.

What I will end up with is this:
A Diamond front axle w/ an ARB 5.29 Yukon equipped 3rd, 30 spline chromo axles and assorted goodies.

I will post pics once I receive them.

Here are 2 photos I took at his shop:

 

Nice!!

 

... I can hardly wait.

The Cobra shock towers will go up inside the engine area which will require moving my ARB twin compressor. Once I get it back, I will be removing the ABS system altogether which may give me room for the compressor... we'll see.

 

How much is it going to cost you total?

 

^^ Not sure yet.
Once it's complete, I'll get that sorted out.

One thing for sure, my truck purchase and total up-grade costs will be a lot less than a buying a new truck and, I won't have a vehicle loan.

Here is what I'm SAS'ing: http://www.justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Mike's truck part 2

 

Up-date:
Here you can see the IFS crap on the ground, no different than all of the other SAS projects.
No welding today. The wind in Simi Valley was @ 30mph... not ideal for MIG & TIG welding.
To the left in the photo, there sits my Diamond axle.

 

Up-date #2:

More progress. Should be complete by next weekend.

 

Verrrryyyy nice!!

 

Thanks... more to follow.

 

I can't wait to check this thing out when it's finished. Single cabs FTW!

 

When it's done, I'll hit you up. I need to check out your truck..

Layt.

 

Another up-date:
Things are coming together nicely.

Here are a few shots of the progress:

 

Here is another shot of the driver side at full bump:

 

Did they use the stock front frame horns, or did they build you some new ones?

 

To answer that correctly... I did modify them when I installed the ShrockWorks bumper.. they are the same today, only a cross member has been added behind it.

Once I have more photos, I'll post.

 

How much was the 3 link kit ?

 

^^ I scored as there was a sale for it when I purchased.
I went with the whole shabang, trying to be consistent with parts.

To answer the question, $xxxx.00. Not complete yet so I truly don't know but, the truck is paid for and the up-grade is far cheaper than buying a new truck with crappy electronics.

I will post all when I have all of the numbers in my hand.

 

Makes me wanna sell the lt and go sas

 

You know... I finally got to the point and said what the hell. In the end, I was gonna end up replacing the rack and all of the other OEM steering crap, and eventually going back to the roots of a solid axle Toyota.

I'm there and probably saved 2-3K in the long run vs working through the LT stuff before I went SA.

Although the mid-travel stuff is nice, my wants/ desires exceeded what it's capabilities allow.

More to follow.