My 86 4runner dd and weekend toy

rockrash · 04-20-08, 12:24 PM

After years of wheeling in a fullsize truck I decided to down size.I have a family so my 86 4runner is what I got.After driving it for a couple of years with 3" body lift and some 31's. I decided to go with some 33-10.50-15 and some 488's an air locker and a lock right up front had it like that for a couple years.

In May of last year the project started pulled it in the garage and cut the front ifs out and went to town. I don't have any pics of the build

but have a bunch after the build.It took from Memorial to Labor day weekend to build, with four nights of going to bed when the sun was coming up. The neghbors just love me

.It took me a lot longer then what I expected with a new baby and work not much time to realy work on it.Oh ya forgot after working al day in 100+ temps the last thing I wanted to do was sit in the 100+ degree garage with a torch and welder. So like I said alot of late nights. This is the ending project wel not end just yet still have other things I want to do with it. I have some rock sliders,rock ram that will go on in the next month.

Then one shot with it on the 39.5's

rockrash · 04-20-08, 12:48 PM

Heres what I have done to it. 5" springs fr and rr,529's /air lockers fr and rr,30 spline Longfeild's,hy steer w/six stud knuckle's,14" hoops w/14" travel shocks up fr and 12" travel mx6 shocks in the rr.The motor is stock the trans is stock it has dual cases both rebuilt w/2.28's in the fr and 4.7's in the rr case and heavy duty skid plate for the cases. All my parts are from Trail Gear exept the mx6's they are from my garage. It sits on 36-14.50-15 TSL radial Super Swamper mounted on A/E 0589 wheels.I have a set of Pro Comp wheels that are waiting for bead locks. Also I what to build an exo cage for it and a good interior cage that covers my little one.

I will put up more pics as it go's along with some more parts added on and some action shots.

knixen · 04-20-08, 01:37 PM

Really nice!!! You have some bad parts too!!! I love it!

rockrash · 04-20-08, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by knixen

Really nice!!! You have some bad parts too!!! I love it!

Thank you knixen I put alot of work,time in this thing.Much like yours you have an awsome rig also.Maybe next weekend we can hookup and wheel

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knixen · 04-20-08, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by rockrash

Thank you knixen I put alot of work,time in this thing.Much like yours you have an awsome rig also.Maybe next weekend we can hookup and wheel

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If you only knew how much parts cost here... The sas-kit set me back about 4000usd...

Just bring your truck, and we will wheel!!!

(I recommend a set of AT tires for the trip, and you might want to count at least two days of driving...

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2ndGenToyotaFan · 04-20-08, 03:04 PM

You'll probably want a snorkel too......

Very nice Rig RR, got any pics of it on it's side? Hehehe

rockrash · 04-20-08, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by knixen

4000usd...

rockrash · 04-20-08, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by 2ndGenToyotaFan

You'll probably want a snorkel too......

Very nice Rig RR, got any pics of it on it's side? Hehehe

It nothing specail on the inside. I will need to do some house cleaning

before any pic are taken it filthy.If you saw the inside right now you would I would lose my sticky and you would prodbly ban me for a couple days

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2ndGenToyotaFan · 04-20-08, 04:47 PM

I said on it's side.... not inside.... Hehehe My trucks a sty too.....

rockrash · 04-20-08, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 2ndGenToyotaFan

I said on it's side.... not inside.... Hehehe My trucks a sty too.....

WristPin · 04-27-08, 12:41 AM

NICE!

yoters like 39.5's

fortysixandtwo · 04-28-08, 03:27 PM

Nice rig, i need to find me some 39.5s they look so sexy on 4runners

Wayneraintree · 05-01-08, 06:59 AM

Nice build man! I had a white '84 runner... loved it...

You are planning an exo and internal cage? Why not just a solid exo, should keep the occupants safe as well as your sheetmetal...

rockrash · 05-02-08, 12:20 AM

I had a friend that did a full exo. It was nice and al but the only thing I didn't like was the bars you have to run from one side to the other. Also he cut the top for the bars to go through and lost a lot of room for some losing the room isn't a big deal but for me it is.

So if I do an exo and an inner then I wont lose any room.
Because I can use short peices to tie the to together to make it sturdy. That so the sides bars have the support they need when you lay them against something. Thats why I want to do an inner and out cage.

Also started my rock sliders today

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Wayneraintree · 05-02-08, 06:12 AM

man, sounds like a cool idea.... post up some pics when ya can!

Toyrunner87 · 05-11-08, 12:05 AM

Very cool looking Runner...little advice from experience. If you exo it make sure you put flanges so you can remove the cage. Mine isn't and i really makes working on some things tough. And really the only cross bar that gets in the way is the one across the bottom of the windshield. But you could probably run that through the engine compartmen and have it come out through the fenders.

rockrash · 05-11-08, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Toyrunner87

Very cool looking Runner...little advice from experience. If you exo it make sure you put flanges so you can remove the cage. Mine isn't and i really makes working on some things tough. And really the only cross bar that gets in the way is the one across the bottom of the windshield. But you could probably run that through the engine compartmen and have it come out through the fenders.

nice looking 4runner.What the problem with the lower windsheild bar?I see you live in Fresno where abouts and what are plans for Memorial day weekend?

Toyrunner87 · 05-11-08, 02:00 PM

Biggest problem on mine is visability. between the windshield bar and the stinger i lose a lot of sight forward when i am climbing up things. Memorial day i think we are cruising up to Bald..camp and play on some obstacles...how about you? Oh, and i am over off of Dakota and Peach...right by the airport. Are you in any of the clubs up here?

gittinit · 05-12-08, 11:04 PM

Nice toy ya got there!

rockrash · 05-13-08, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Toyrunner87

Biggest problem on mine is visability. between the windshield bar and the stinger i lose a lot of sight forward when i am climbing up things. Memorial day i think we are cruising up to Bald..camp and play on some obstacles...how about you? Oh, and i am over off of Dakota and Peach...right by the airport. Are you in any of the clubs up here?

Not to far from me I am at willow and bullard.Going to Bald on sat and then up to Wishon for the night.No not in ant clubs I dont like the club thing theres always to much drama so I just wheel with friends.

rockrash · 05-13-08, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by gittinit

Nice toy ya got there!

Thank you alot of hard work and time.

Toyrunner87 · 05-15-08, 12:15 PM

That sounds cool. I have to fix my trasfer case mounts before i take mine out agian. I had it down in Calico a couple weeks ago and it was making some nasty sounds with those things hitting the tub. Do you go up to Bald a lot?

rockrash · 05-16-08, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Toyrunner87

That sounds cool. I have to fix my trasfer case mounts before i take mine out agian. I had it down in Calico a couple weeks ago and it was making some nasty sounds with those things hitting the tub. Do you go up to Bald a lot?

Sorry to here about the mounts and I try to go up and play as much as I can.

Toyrunner87 · 05-16-08, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by rockrash

Sorry to here about the mounts and I try to go up and play as much as I can.

thanks for the sympathy...it's funny but last year i didn't break once, then i ran the Rubicon and now every time i go out something breaks

rockrash · 05-18-08, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Toyrunner87

thanks for the sympathy...it's funny but last year i didn't break once, then i ran the Rubicon and now every time i go out something breaks

Thats bazar that you just know start breaking things.Maybe just the added stress from a harder trail

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Toyrunner87 · 05-19-08, 03:19 AM

im sure thats some of it, some of it is just stuff wearing out. last year we did wheel a lot, hit bald a few times, coyote and red, swamp lake, rubicon for Marlins roundup then Surf and Turf where i did some tropy truck impersonations.

I still have a lot to see and do out here. Have a lot of the southern trails to hit still, Johnston vally and the hammers, stuff like that. All i know is i never could have a truck like this back east and i am loving it.

Toyrunner87 · 07-01-08, 11:18 AM

Hey man...were you up at Moonlight Madness?

rockrash · 07-02-08, 03:01 AM

No I didn't make it for the run.I didn't hve the cash for it and couldn't find a baby sitter for the little one overnite.We did go up to Wishon for the day and cruised through Shaver on our way back to town.Did you make to moonlight madness?

Toyrunner87 · 07-03-08, 12:11 PM

Yeah, it was good but not as much fun as last year. It was almost too organized, they had lights and photogs on the big obstacles and closed down any lines that wern't good shots. I was asking because we had a white 4runner next to us at vrock with some pretty liberal females in it, lets just say wasn't just the camera flashing...thought it might have been your truck they were with.

04-20-08, 12:24 PM	#1
rockrash IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fresno Posts: 106	My 86 4runner dd and weekend toy After years of wheeling in a fullsize truck I decided to down size.I have a family so my 86 4runner is what I got.After driving it for a couple of years with 3" body lift and some 31's. I decided to go with some 33-10.50-15 and some 488's an air locker and a lock right up front had it like that for a couple years. In May of last year the project started pulled it in the garage and cut the front ifs out and went to town. I don't have any pics of the build but have a bunch after the build.It took from Memorial to Labor day weekend to build, with four nights of going to bed when the sun was coming up. The neghbors just love me .It took me a lot longer then what I expected with a new baby and work not much time to realy work on it.Oh ya forgot after working al day in 100+ temps the last thing I wanted to do was sit in the 100+ degree garage with a torch and welder. So like I said alot of late nights. This is the ending project wel not end just yet still have other things I want to do with it. I have some rock sliders,rock ram that will go on in the next month. Then one shot with it on the 39.5's

04-20-08, 01:37 PM	#3
knixen IH8MUD Regular Join Date: May 2007 Location: Tromsoe, Norway Posts: 329	Really nice!!! You have some bad parts too!!! I love it! __________________ knixens runner on 39,5 iroks

04-20-08, 03:04 PM	#6
2ndGenToyotaFan No longer pre-approved... Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Yreka, CA TLCA# 13872 Sign Up!!! You know you want to! Posts: 3,898	You'll probably want a snorkel too...... Very nice Rig RR, got any pics of it on it's side? Hehehe __________________ Jerod Online Toyota Parts Catalog!!! 89 4Runner "The James Caird" 01 4Runner, for my Jefferson State Cruisers

04-20-08, 04:47 PM	#9
2ndGenToyotaFan No longer pre-approved... Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Yreka, CA TLCA# 13872 Sign Up!!! You know you want to! Posts: 3,898	I said on it's side.... not inside.... Hehehe My trucks a sty too..... __________________ Jerod Online Toyota Parts Catalog!!! 89 4Runner "The James Caird" 01 4Runner, for my Jefferson State Cruisers

04-28-08, 03:27 PM	#12
fortysixandtwo IH8MUD Regular Join Date: May 2007 Location: N. California Posts: 253	Nice rig, i need to find me some 39.5s they look so sexy on 4runners __________________ 1985 4Runner SR5 with the usual goodies. My 4Runner Build

04-20-08, 12:48 PM	#2
rockrash IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fresno Posts: 106	Heres what I have done to it. 5" springs fr and rr,529's /air lockers fr and rr,30 spline Longfeild's,hy steer w/six stud knuckle's,14" hoops w/14" travel shocks up fr and 12" travel mx6 shocks in the rr.The motor is stock the trans is stock it has dual cases both rebuilt w/2.28's in the fr and 4.7's in the rr case and heavy duty skid plate for the cases. All my parts are from Trail Gear exept the mx6's they are from my garage. It sits on 36-14.50-15 TSL radial Super Swamper mounted on A/E 0589 wheels.I have a set of Pro Comp wheels that are waiting for bead locks. Also I what to build an exo cage for it and a good interior cage that covers my little one. I will put up more pics as it go's along with some more parts added on and some action shots.

05-01-08, 06:59 AM	#13
Wayneraintree IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: N. KY TLCA# 9720 Posts: 2,709	Nice build man! I had a white '84 runner... loved it... You are planning an exo and internal cage? Why not just a solid exo, should keep the occupants safe as well as your sheetmetal... __________________ Jeffrey Save Tellico! TreadLightly BlueRibbon Coalition United Four Wheel Drive TLCA.org ALCA- Fledgling Cruiser group of eastern PA

05-02-08, 12:20 AM	#14
rockrash IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fresno Posts: 106	I had a friend that did a full exo. It was nice and al but the only thing I didn't like was the bars you have to run from one side to the other. Also he cut the top for the bars to go through and lost a lot of room for some losing the room isn't a big deal but for me it is. So if I do an exo and an inner then I wont lose any room. Because I can use short peices to tie the to together to make it sturdy. That so the sides bars have the support they need when you lay them against something. Thats why I want to do an inner and out cage. Also started my rock sliders today .

05-02-08, 06:12 AM	#15
Wayneraintree IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: N. KY TLCA# 9720 Posts: 2,709	man, sounds like a cool idea.... post up some pics when ya can! __________________ Jeffrey Save Tellico! TreadLightly BlueRibbon Coalition United Four Wheel Drive TLCA.org ALCA- Fledgling Cruiser group of eastern PA

05-11-08, 12:05 AM	#16
Toyrunner87 IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fresno Ca TLCA# 17575 Posts: 359	Very cool looking Runner...little advice from experience. If you exo it make sure you put flanges so you can remove the cage. Mine isn't and i really makes working on some things tough. And really the only cross bar that gets in the way is the one across the bottom of the windshield. But you could probably run that through the engine compartmen and have it come out through the fenders. __________________ Forget Iraq, Lets bomb ExxonMobile!!!

05-11-08, 02:00 PM	#18
Toyrunner87 IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fresno Ca TLCA# 17575 Posts: 359	Biggest problem on mine is visability. between the windshield bar and the stinger i lose a lot of sight forward when i am climbing up things. Memorial day i think we are cruising up to Bald..camp and play on some obstacles...how about you? Oh, and i am over off of Dakota and Peach...right by the airport. Are you in any of the clubs up here? __________________ Forget Iraq, Lets bomb ExxonMobile!!! Last edited by Toyrunner87; 05-11-08 at 07:21 PM.

05-12-08, 11:04 PM	#19
gittinit IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: May 2007 Location: North east Arkansas Posts: 34	Nice toy ya got there!

05-15-08, 12:15 PM	#22
Toyrunner87 IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fresno Ca TLCA# 17575 Posts: 359	That sounds cool. I have to fix my trasfer case mounts before i take mine out agian. I had it down in Calico a couple weeks ago and it was making some nasty sounds with those things hitting the tub. Do you go up to Bald a lot? __________________ Forget Iraq, Lets bomb ExxonMobile!!!

05-19-08, 03:19 AM	#26
Toyrunner87 IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fresno Ca TLCA# 17575 Posts: 359	im sure thats some of it, some of it is just stuff wearing out. last year we did wheel a lot, hit bald a few times, coyote and red, swamp lake, rubicon for Marlins roundup then Surf and Turf where i did some tropy truck impersonations. I still have a lot to see and do out here. Have a lot of the southern trails to hit still, Johnston vally and the hammers, stuff like that. All i know is i never could have a truck like this back east and i am loving it. __________________ Forget Iraq, Lets bomb ExxonMobile!!!

07-01-08, 11:18 AM	#27
Toyrunner87 IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fresno Ca TLCA# 17575 Posts: 359	Hey man...were you up at Moonlight Madness? __________________ Forget Iraq, Lets bomb ExxonMobile!!!

07-02-08, 03:01 AM	#28
rockrash IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fresno Posts: 106	No I didn't make it for the run.I didn't hve the cash for it and couldn't find a baby sitter for the little one overnite.We did go up to Wishon for the day and cruised through Shaver on our way back to town.Did you make to moonlight madness?

07-03-08, 12:11 PM	#29
Toyrunner87 IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fresno Ca TLCA# 17575 Posts: 359	Yeah, it was good but not as much fun as last year. It was almost too organized, they had lights and photogs on the big obstacles and closed down any lines that wern't good shots. I was asking because we had a white 4runner next to us at vrock with some pretty liberal females in it, lets just say wasn't just the camera flashing...thought it might have been your truck they were with. __________________ Forget Iraq, Lets bomb ExxonMobile!!!