4finger previously posted:
"are you just gonna take out the blocks in the back or actually lower it also. im anxious to see the end result. though i like my trucks looks and abilities, i do get a little scared just making a corner in town. i feel like its about to roll all the time. (not really, just a joke on how high my truck sits)"
Mine was sitting at 28" to the frame with my big tires on, and just before the March Moab I lowered the rear a good 6" by taking blocks out, frenching the spring hanger into the frame and making 2" shorter shackles in the rear. This was in anticipation of linking the rig in the front and trying to get it to 22" to the frame. All I can say is that just going with my wider Tundra axle and lowering has made a noticeable difference in stability. I never felt particularly tippy on the roads, but on trail it would lean quite a bit on the off camber bits. That is gone now and its much nicer. It still has some lowering to do too, as my rear springs are contacting the frame on the solid end and I'm sure that makes a difference. I was a bit worried about break over angles and such too, so I shortened my wheelbase to around 112" or so (from 117") and that seems to have made things better. One other thing that helped a bunch was making my shocks more vertical in the rear. They used to be 45 degrees or so towards the center of the truck and now they are almost vertical. A bit harder to do with a 4runner, but I think it is one of the things that made the biggest difference.
See...plenty stable in its current configuration....
Part of me really wants a "pretty" truck, but its also nice to not have to worry about it too much. I'm really looking forward to having an exo cage on it, since that will limit some of the worry. My goal for now is to have my truck a single color, since the whole mismash of colors looks a bit crappy (in my eyes at least). A while back I drove it to a job and one of the guys I was working with called it a "hoopty", which would be nice to avoid. All I gotta say is avoid doing this....
Looking good though Brad. I watched an S10 with an SAS get up the Exit of Carnage without assistance yesterday, and its really making me want to get on those harder trails. Might be time for some Penrose action here before long. Good to see some carnage on something that isn't too hard to fix but still makes for a decent story.
independence bunker hill
), on a friday. now- while i was cutting up the truck for the bob i tried to cut out most of the dented areas or at least hammer them back kinda straight. when i was done i had only a baseball sized dent on the drivers side right at the spot where the tail-light bends to meet with the truck body. cool- im happy, i mean it took a few extra days of work to make it look "better". 30 minutes into the trail this happens.
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