Just something I found interesting.
Stock 79 other than “light duty” Superior Engineering lift kit and 255’s.
79 on 80 chassis with J springs (heavy duty) and 35’s.
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I been a Shiba owner since 2001. Had many breeds growing up and leading up to getting a Shiba. I wanted an active small breed that is good in the snow too. Shiba fit that bill so I got one way back then. He went everywhere with me, even by land in my truck to Panama and back twice! He lived to...
I got lucky with my current Shiba. He could careless about fireworks, guns or any of that.
The last Shiba it was bad. He jumped out of the truck once in Mexico from fireworks and ran off. Covered the inside of my 100-series once in poop from the fireworks too.
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We installed the front coil springs at the end of the day.
Trans crossmember was a bolt in and done deal. Same for drivelines, surprising but everything is good to go there.
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If this bothers you in your build thread just say so and I will remove it.
The Patrol lacked crawler gearing at that time. Was tall too with 16” c/o and portals. If you look close you can see the rear LHS control arm bend and bend back, 2” 7075 will do that.
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