SearArtist, Build and BS thread

that has a standard eyelet, unlike the OEM shocks with that rubber bushing crap. Thise would work great with BAMF shock towers.

 

ah i see im looking at that mount now

 

Did you get your cab mount relocation done? About to drop an order. Already received my marlin crawlin cam gussets. Setting up an install day with tarheel 4wd. They are doing my spindle gussets now

 

Not yet. I’m looking to buy a T4R for daily duty then ripping my truck apart. Never heard of that place. What are they charging for spindle gussets? Assuming they are just welding on the total chaos ones?

 

Their in midland, did my original cmc. Yeah, I took them the spindles and TC gussets. Depending on how they do...I'll take the whole truck back for the cab mount and cam tabs. Was curious if yours was done and how it turned out. What year t4r? Mines probably MIA till spring

 

Looking for a 06-09 Limited or Sport w/V8.

I’ve got the marlin cam gussets as well to be welded in, whenever I tear the front end off my truck.

I was looking into doing the spindle swap by glorifiedwelder but it’ll be $250 all said and done.

I’ve got so much work to do on this thing, I’m almost burnt out just thinking about it. I’ll get it all done eventually.

Also, #2 is on the way, and will be here in July. Another reason for buying a T4R. My truck has slowly became a terrible daily driver. I’d rather have something stock-ish for driving M-F, not a fully built heavy ass rig.

 

That'll be a sweet daily. At one point I was on the hunt for a sport edition with the v8 also. Man I hear yeah, everytime I look at it sitting on jack stands I think the same. Congrats on the little one! The 4runner will definitely be a good fit with the kiddos. Fiancee traded her Tacoma in for a 4runner..my time is coming lol

 

Repost from the SOS Concepts BS thread. Some front bumper pics.

 

Maintenance log: 88350mi

oil and filter
Air filter
Cabin filter
Front and rear diff oil - Lucas 85w-140
T-case oil - Ravenol 75w

 

Rolled over 90k miles today.

 

Damn son you almost at 1/2 my mileage

 

Looks like I will be eye ballin it then. How long did it take you from start to finish?

 

it wasn’t long, once eddy laid the tape and told me to cut straight, lol. Then again we were in a rush, hence why I have no winch mounted still.

you’re probably gonna cut and hang the bumper a few times to get it to fit right. Make sure you have at least a 1/4” gap, otherwise the plastic will rub off the powder coating like it did on mine, because I am too lazy to finish trimming it properly.

 

I have been trying too figure out how to cut a straight line on my bumper for the past hour haha I don't have a laser level and can't tell how to angle it? any ideas?

 

Place some tape on the bumper measure and make several marks. Then get some thin line tape and tape above those marks pulling the tape taught in between each mark. Like playing connect the dots

 

I have tried using lines on the body but it looks angled to me? lol is it supposed to angle down or up or straight across?

 

The line should intersect right where the bumper meets the fender.

red is the cut line, yellow is the fender/bumper line:

 

Good news is, if you cut too short, your truck is black so it’ll hide it

 

It's gonna look a little funky around the corner. Bring the line down the bumper some that way you have extra and can sand/trim to where you want it.