Builds "OEM Plus" 4th gen build (1 Viewer)

[NateWW]

Hey all. Apologies for my earlier mishap posting an empty thread, it's been a rough morning. Here's what was supposed to be here originally;

Although I've always liked big hoop bumpers and big tires, that level of build just hasn't been necessary for this car yet.

I never intended it to be an OEM + setup, that's what it turned out to be. Basic, simple, relatively light (if you take out all my gear), and functional without being over the top. Of course, there are downsides to this type of setup - no animal protection, minimal rock/tree protection, etc.

2007 V8 4runner with over 200k on it. Lots of maintenance, new steering rack, tranny, rear end, frame patches, needs new LCAs/UCAs, it's a never ending money pit but I love it.

Suspension: 2.5" front / 2" rear lift.
- Toytec Aluma 2.0 front coilovers w/700lb springs
- SPC upper control arms (for now)
- Toytec Aluma 2.0 rear shocks
- Old Man Emu 897 rear springs (600lb constant load)
- Durobump bump stops all around

Tires and wheels:
- 265/70/17 Falken Wildpeak AT3W E-load
- MB Wheels 'Legacy' 17x8.5, -6mm offset

Armor:
- RCI steel engine, transmission, and tcase skid plates. Still need gas tank plate.

Other accessories or modifications:
- E-locked 8.2 swap
- LFD Offroad hidden winch mount w/Smittybilt x20 10k winch
- Apex Overland recovery points
- Eimkeith PCK and lower link reinforcement
- Custom length sliders
- Drawers for trunk storage with lots of tools, spares, recovery gear, and other goodies.
- Kaon ceiling shelf
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- Cheapo Amazon ditch lights

 

[NateWW]

Some more pics.

 

[NateWW]

The 8.2 swap almost could be it's own tech post, but since I already messed up once today, I won't attempt another thread.

Fair warning, I don't care what you say about the gear pattern. We can discuss patterns all day and nobody will ever agree that any are correct. My dad's been building hobbyist off-road rigs for 20 years, he has some idea of what works and doesn't.

Pressing the new wheel bearings on and figuring out how the hell the park brakes go together was fun.

Car weighs 5400lbs.

- Toyota 8.2 axle w/locker out of a 2012 FJ
- Refreshed 3rd member
- Solid pinion spacer
- New wheel bearings & axle seals
- Eimkieth lower link reinforcement & panhard correction kit
- DarkIllusionsFabrication locker wiring harness
- New panhard bar, upper links, sway bar bushings and end links
- New ABS harness

YotaShop, OptOffroad, East Coast Gear Supply, and Partsouq are all going to be go-to recommendations for parts, all got stuff processed and sent out very quickly.

Cost and part numbers:
Axle: $2000, $485 refresh kit = $2500
Wheel bearings: $280, $12 seals, $6 o-rings, $50 retainers = $350
Suspension: $450
ABS:$60
Brakes: $250

Grand total: $3610

Parts used:
2012 FJ Cruiser SR 4wd rear axle assembly w/200k miles
East Coast Gear Supply:
(1) Differential install/refresh kit: T8.2-MIK-ELOCK
(1) Solid pinion spacer: SS-T8.2K
YotaShop:
(1) KOYO left-rear wheel bearing: 42460-60010
(1) KOYO right-rear wheel bearing: 42450-60050
(2) Wheel bearing O-ring: 9030183002
Opt Offroad:
(1) Panhard correction kit
(1) Lower Link Reinforcement
Partsouq:
(2) Axle seal: 9031058004
(2) Rear sway bar bushing: 4881860030
(2) Rear sway bar mount bracket: 4882360050
(1) Panhard bar: 4874035040
(2) Upper links: 4871035050
(4) extra bolts for links: 9010512340
(4) extra washers for links: 9017012039
(4) extra
nuts for links: 9462231200

 

[NateWW]

Another pretty big update; front end rebuild.

I've replaced the SPC upper balljoints four times in 80k miles, the bushings were shot, and I was told that two of the four LCA cams were siezed. This made a simple $600 UCA swap turn into a $2500+ project.

This has been a long time coming, dealing with very annoying creaks, clunks, pops, and torn CV boots for a long time. Happy to get rid of the garbage SPCs for normal bushings and balljoints.

LCAs are in surprisingly good shape for 80k miles. Bushings are dry but not sloppy, balljoints had some grease seep out at some point but are otherwise also not super sloppy. To my surprise, all the LCA hardware came out very easily and wasn't siezed. Oh well, did em anyways.

UCAs on the other hand are completely toasted and need totally rebuilt.

Roughly $2500 in parts. 2 and a half days of work. Lots of upside down welding and grinding took a lot of day 2. Overall not bad at all for our first time messing with this style IFS suspension and CV setup in this manor.

Apache Offroad UCAs
OEM LCAs and hardware
HFW spindle gussets
Marlin Crawler frame brace
New CVs and diff seals
Rebooted old CVs
New lower spherical bearings in the front coilovers
Trimmed skid plates to clear the frame braces
Fresh alignment

Like a new car. Quiet, planted, predictable. Hoping it stays that way for a while...

Part numbers used:

Apache Offroad UCAs: $650

Marlin Crawler Frame Brace kit: $135

HFW spindle gusset plates: $70

43430-60061 axle reboot kit: $150
04427-60080 x2

Newest version CV axles and stake nuts: $750
43430-60083 CV axle x2
90177-A0023 stake nut x4

Diff seals: $45
90311-47013 x1
90311-47027 x1

Wheel bearing O-Rings: $15
9030192003 x2

Control arm hardware: $850
4840960020 x2 - CAM SUB-ASSY, FRONT SUSPENSION TOE ADJUST
4819060020 x2 - CAM ASSY, CAMBER ADJUST, RH/LH
4845235020 x2 - PLATE, FRONT SUSPENSION TOE ADJUST, NO.2
9011914120 x2 - BOLT, W/WASHER
4819860011 x2 - CAM, CAMBER ADJUST, NO.2, RH/LH
9017914069 x2 NUT(FOR FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER ARM NO.1), RH/LH
4806860010 x1 ARM SUB-ASSY, FRONT SUSPENSION, LOWER NO.1 RH
4806960010 x1 ARM SUB-ASSY, FRONT SUSPENSION, LOWER NO.1 LH
9010514160 x2 BOLT(FOR FRONT SUSPENSION UPPER ARM), RH/LH
9017914062 x2 NUT (FOR STEERING KNUCKLE), RH/LH
9010516053 x4 BOLT(FOR FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER ARM NO.1), RH/LH
9017116050 x2 NUT, CASTLE (FOR FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT), RH/LH
9462241400 x2 WASHER, PLATE
9017014026 x2 NUT(FOR FRONT SUPPORT TO FRONT SHOCK ABSORBER), RH/LH
9010514104 x2 BOLT, WASHER BASED
9031672001 x2 SEAL, OIL (FOR FRONT AXLE HUB INNER), RH/LH
9025203015 x6 PIN, COTTER
9094802177 x4 RETAINER,CUSHION(FOR FRONT SUSPENSION UPPER ARM), RH
/LH

Let me know if you have any questions about the project or upgrades.

-Nate

 

[NateWW]

More pics

 

[TLar25]

Good work, that's a lot. I did uppers, lowers, cv's, coilovers, and hub/bearing assemblies last summer, though I cheaped out on most of the parts as I couldn't afford OEM prices on all of that in one go. Takeoff Bilstein's from a 5th Gen TRD pro, 5th Gen UCA's as well as I'm not lifted that much, and then Napa for the cv's and LCA's, with koyo hub bearing assemblies. Cam bolts were seized and a huge pain in the *** to get off. I keep hearing horror stories about the SPC's. I had freedom off-road uppers on a GX that I had no issues with, and I have JBA's on my tundra now that have been good.

 

[fosterrrrrrrrrrr]

Another pretty big update; front end rebuild.

I've replaced the SPC upper balljoints four times in 80k miles, the bushings were shot, and I was told that two of the four LCA cams were siezed. This made a simple $600 UCA swap turn into a $2500+ project.

This has been a long time coming, dealing with very annoying creaks, clunks, pops, and torn CV boots for a long time. Happy to get rid of the garbage SPCs for normal bushings and balljoints.

LCAs are in surprisingly good shape for 80k miles. Bushings are dry but not sloppy, balljoints had some grease seep out at some point but are otherwise also not super sloppy. To my surprise, all the LCA hardware came out very easily and wasn't siezed. Oh well, did em anyways.

UCAs on the other hand are completely toasted and need totally rebuilt.

Roughly $2500 in parts. 2 and a half days of work. Lots of upside down welding and grinding took a lot of day 2. Overall not bad at all for our first time messing with this style IFS suspension and CV setup in this manor.

Apache Offroad UCAs
OEM LCAs and hardware
HFW spindle gussets
Marlin Crawler frame brace
New CVs and diff seals
Rebooted old CVs
New lower spherical bearings in the front coilovers
Trimmed skid plates to clear the frame braces
Fresh alignment

Like a new car. Quiet, planted, predictable. Hoping it stays that way for a while...

Part numbers used:

Apache Offroad UCAs: $650

Marlin Crawler Frame Brace kit: $135

HFW spindle gusset plates: $70

43430-60061 axle reboot kit: $150
04427-60080 x2

Newest version CV axles and stake nuts: $750
43430-60083 CV axle x2
90177-A0023 stake nut x4

Diff seals: $45
90311-47013 x1
90311-47027 x1

Wheel bearing O-Rings: $15
9030192003 x2

Control arm hardware: $850
4840960020 x2 - CAM SUB-ASSY, FRONT SUSPENSION TOE ADJUST
4819060020 x2 - CAM ASSY, CAMBER ADJUST, RH/LH
4845235020 x2 - PLATE, FRONT SUSPENSION TOE ADJUST, NO.2
9011914120 x2 - BOLT, W/WASHER
4819860011 x2 - CAM, CAMBER ADJUST, NO.2, RH/LH
9017914069 x2 NUT(FOR FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER ARM NO.1), RH/LH
4806860010 x1 ARM SUB-ASSY, FRONT SUSPENSION, LOWER NO.1 RH
4806960010 x1 ARM SUB-ASSY, FRONT SUSPENSION, LOWER NO.1 LH
9010514160 x2 BOLT(FOR FRONT SUSPENSION UPPER ARM), RH/LH
9017914062 x2 NUT (FOR STEERING KNUCKLE), RH/LH
9010516053 x4 BOLT(FOR FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER ARM NO.1), RH/LH
9017116050 x2 NUT, CASTLE (FOR FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT), RH/LH
9462241400 x2 WASHER, PLATE
9017014026 x2 NUT(FOR FRONT SUPPORT TO FRONT SHOCK ABSORBER), RH/LH
9010514104 x2 BOLT, WASHER BASED
9031672001 x2 SEAL, OIL (FOR FRONT AXLE HUB INNER), RH/LH
9025203015 x6 PIN, COTTER
9094802177 x4 RETAINER,CUSHION(FOR FRONT SUSPENSION UPPER ARM), RH
/LH

Let me know if you have any questions about the project or upgrades.

-Nate
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The 8.2 swap almost could be it's own tech post, but since I already messed up once today, I won't attempt another thread.

Fair warning, I don't care what you say about the gear pattern. We can discuss patterns all day and nobody will ever agree that any are correct. My dad's been building hobbyist off-road rigs for 20 years, he has some idea of what works and doesn't.

Pressing the new wheel bearings on and figuring out how the hell the park brakes go together was fun.

Car weighs 5400lbs.

- Toyota 8.2 axle w/locker out of a 2012 FJ
- Refreshed 3rd member
- Solid pinion spacer
- New wheel bearings & axle seals
- Eimkieth lower link reinforcement & panhard correction kit
- DarkIllusionsFabrication locker wiring harness
- New panhard bar, upper links, sway bar bushings and end links
- New ABS harness

YotaShop, OptOffroad, East Coast Gear Supply, and Partsouq are all going to be go-to recommendations for parts, all got stuff processed and sent out very quickly.

Cost and part numbers:
Axle: $2000, $485 refresh kit = $2500
Wheel bearings: $280, $12 seals, $6 o-rings, $50 retainers = $350
Suspension: $450
ABS:$60
Brakes: $250

Grand total: $3610

Parts used:
2012 FJ Cruiser SR 4wd rear axle assembly w/200k miles
East Coast Gear Supply:
(1) Differential install/refresh kit: T8.2-MIK-ELOCK
(1) Solid pinion spacer: SS-T8.2K
YotaShop:
(1) KOYO left-rear wheel bearing: 42460-60010
(1) KOYO right-rear wheel bearing: 42450-60050
(2) Wheel bearing O-ring: 9030183002
Opt Offroad:
(1) Panhard correction kit
(1) Lower Link Reinforcement
Partsouq:
(2) Axle seal: 9031058004
(2) Rear sway bar bushing: 4881860030
(2) Rear sway bar mount bracket: 4882360050
(1) Panhard bar: 4874035040
(2) Upper links: 4871035050
(4) extra bolts for links: 9010512340
(4) extra washers for links: 9017012039
(4) extra
nuts for links: 9462231200

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Hey man I was wondering if you could help me out a bit with the wiring of the 8.2 locker into the v8 4Runner. I’m wanting to do this.

 

[BDSeff1fitty]

Hey man I was wondering if you could help me out a bit with the wiring of the 8.2 locker into the v8 4Runner. I’m wanting to do this.

Have you looked into getting a stand alone harness? There are a few shops that sell pre-made harnesses that are pretty much plug & play

 

[NateWW]

Hey man I was wondering if you could help me out a bit with the wiring of the 8.2 locker into the v8 4Runner. I’m wanting to do this.

I bought a prebuilt wiring harness from Dark Illusions Fabrication. Works great, literally plug and play.

 

[fosterrrrrrrrrrr]

Have you looked into getting a stand alone harness? There are a few shops that sell pre-made harnesses that are pretty much plug & play

Yeah I got it figured out thanks.