O3 4WDYOTA college build/488s/mall crawl + BS

Yea definitely and works well also!
We just finished the sas not too long ago. Now just a few more things left on it

 

Great time this weekend at AZ ROCKS 2018 put on by rock solid toys. Great bunch of guys and gals. Picture spam from the weekend

 

AZ Rock is definitely on the buck list. The guys at RST are a fun bunch.

 

Think it’s going to have to be an annual tradition now! Definitely a great group.

 

So when's yours getting sasd?

 

I’ve debated it for a long time now but don’t think it’ll happen. The ifs keeps my daily on more friendly trails

Although as soon as I graduate I wanna build a Toyota based buggy I can tow around to the fun trails and events

 

Buy an old FJ40 and put it on one tons, 40s and give it a new LS3 heart

 

There are so many ideas running through my head it’s not even funny

 

Hey bro,
I see you bought the BAMF relocation kit for the uppers. Too bad he discontinued it. What brand are those lower mounts? They look beefier af. And do you know if they're the same as Speedy's? Thanks.

 

If I were to re-do it I would make my own upper mount off out of tube with brackets and pushed it up even further under my bed. The BAMF bracket is 1/4” from the underside of the bed but with a tube and my own mounts I could have probably got it another 3/4 to 1” higher. And I think the lower mounts are just some ones from kartek if I remember correctly. I would have also went with the welded rod ends

 

You're making a valid point, seeing Speedy's pictures and talking w/my coworker I see what you mean re the uppers. What does it mean when you say "welded rod ends"? Can you show me a comparison?

 

Also, is your frame boxes? Or reinforced at all? ...I think I want to do that while I'm back there right

 

My frames only boxed where we needed to weld the BAMF crossmember across. Probably should have boxed the whole thing when I was back there but it was a time crunch

 

Just did some maintenance over the weekend. Had a shop do the passenger/driver valve cover gaskets and related gaskets including TB, half moons, etc

Replaced a bad bearing in a pulley, threw in some white line lca bushings after torching the factory ones out then went in for my lifetime alignment. Replaced lbjs after the old ones only lasted 15k miles.

Now time to wheel

 

Just pulled the trigger on some cooper st maxx tires, some .75" wheel spacers (bora), and a kinetic strap

 

Your going to love the st maxx's

 

Thats what i'm hoping too! All the countless threads and people i've asked have said nothing but good things about them. Ill definitely put them to the test so we'll see

 

what size did you get?

 

I went with the 285/75r16s

Any bigger and I would have to cut the tubes on my front bumper to make more clearance and re-weld end caps

 

Installed the 1" Bora spacers and the new rubber


ALSO fabbed up some fenders stiffeners in the rear. Super simple and very functional. Before they wiggled a bit actually.


@YotaGurlIAm Not sure if your rear bedsides wiggled like mine? But definitely makes them rock solid for under $10 and super easy to do