What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (33 Viewers)

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haydukee said:
This is bittersweet because it serves as a battlescar. I finally worked up the courage to take my mallcrawler on an intermediate ohv trail, rather than the beginner trails ive run over and over again. I came across an early 2000s jeep and early 2000s 2wd ranger running the trail ahead of me, all new to offroading themselves. We helped spot eachother through some gnarly ruts and i towed the 2wd ranger twice out of said ruts.

All in all it was a great time, and I’m surprised with how well my truck did.
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Good on ya for helping out someone on the trail. I do wonder about people sometimes. I have a little 2WD ranger that we've had since new way back in 1998. Just like the meme goes, he's a Ford F'n Ranger and capable, dependable, and we're a little attached to/ fond of him. Rusty Ranger is great at loads of things. Dump run/ Lowes Depot/ hauling mulch/ towing a light mower trailer or the like? Sure. Wheeling? Ehhhhhhhh.
 
YvesNL said:
So I was on an off road trip with some mates in Poland, broke a fan, broke a radiator and then the big one my AHC.

I really like the AHC system. It makes driving very nice and smooths out all the small cracks in the road.
With correct neutral pressures, some King springs & reindexed torsion bars I was quite fast off road.

Unfortunately my Landcruiser has some rust and the line to the left rear shock developed a hole and fluid started to come out.
I drove home from Poland to the Netherlands in a Lowered Land Cruiser and thought about how I was going to fix it.

I had already repaired some lines, replaced the accumulator and some height sensors in the past and I do know the system.
Upon closer inspection all my AHC lines are really rusted, they all will need replacing in the near future.
In the past I said I would not get rid of the AHC, but these lines are expensive, replacing is a lot of work and I am being rough on the suspension.
So I thought it was time for something different. I knew someone who did some rally driving in a 100 series with Ironman Foamcell Pro suspension.
I talked to him, searched for reviews online and ordered the following components:

Front torsion bars - TOY051 (I have a Diesel)
Front Foam Cell Pro shock absorbers - 45795FEP
Diff Drop Kit - IDD100

Rear Springs - TOY013B
Rear Foam Cell Pro shock absorbers - 45796FEP (not in stock, borrowed some used ones)
Rear Upper Trailing Arms - UTA003
Rear Lower Trailing Arms - LTA003

While installing everything this week I replaced Everything, front LCA & UCA, Seals, Wheel Bearings, Needle Bearings, all bushings in the front & rear suspension and I sandblasted and painted all reused parts.
When I had all the suspension off the car and had the rear axle hanging off a few straps it was time to tackle frame rust.
Knocked off all the loose stuff with a Needle scaler, then a wire wheel on a grinder, wire wheel on a drill, wire brush, degrease & paint. A lot of work but really worth it in the end. Lower control arm bushing (the one in the frame) was a bit of a pain. One pressed out easy, the other one I had to cut and chisel out. I replaced those with OEM.

First step was removing the AHC, it was hard to reach and there was some rust on the bolts so we used a sawzall to cut off the shocks.
Here is the Cruiser up in the air, all parts taken off. You can see some parts hanging on steel wire being painted:
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Rear suspension installed, as you can see I only painted the axle where the new suspension mounts. The rest I can reach later:
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Four new trailing arms, I replaced the bushings of the Transverse / Panhard Bar:
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New Axles, Dust shields, Sway Bar Bushings, Seals, Wheel bearings, Needle bearings, UCA, LCA, ABS sensor, DIY extended sway bar links (Extended normal ones with a piece of thick wall pipe):
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Sandblasted, painted and assembled the wheel hub with some new Brembo Brakes, OEM bearings and all new hardware:
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The suspension has 50mm / 2 inches of lift. I adjusted the front torsion bars to 540mm, it gives me enough rake. I will see how that changes once I get the spare back under and load up the back. Installing the new suspension was easy and fast compared to cleaning the frame & body before painting.
It rides just a bit firmer that my (modified with king springs) AHC, bottoming out isn't really an issue anymore I can take every speedbump at speed, had the wheels of the ground a few times and Really, Really like the new suspension.
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Take video of first trail ride
 
Birds-Eye Gulch and Mosquito Pass this morning out of Leadville, CO. Lots of fun. The wife likes to use the bullbar as a photography platform. ;-)

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Lar Cruiser said:
Are the sway bar parts OEM or does somebody sell a kit that includes what’s pictured?
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They are all OEM from my local TOYOTA dealership, which means I paid full MSRP 🙄 I hadn’t planned to replace everything—including the end links not shown, but as I got into the disassembly, I kept finding things that needed replacement. My end links were the last to be removed and I discovered they were corroded. I bit the bullet and decided to replace those too. Would’ve saved $20 on those alone had I been able to afford the downtime to order from Partsouq.com, but it was already all torn apart and my local dealership could get the links in less than 24 hours.

There are full kits available from Cruiser Outfitters and others.

Sway bar refresh kit
 
daohaus said:
Be careful with the badges. When I removed mine it was so old that it left an impression on the actual paint
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For sure. I did a couple already and they’re ghosted bad. Probably should’ve just blacked them all, but I’ll buff and see what I can get out. I dont mind a little remnant.
 
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