So it begins..............

rooinater · Apr 17, 2007

that looks like a good load of presents!! :cheer: :corn: :corn:

Toyoda1 · Apr 19, 2007

Thata gonna be one badass build up. When you starting the work?

MIG'DHORSE · Apr 19, 2007

Toyoda said:
Thata gonna be one badass build up. When you starting the work?

when i get my mig'd ass over there with my miller.

it's gonna be such a sick rig.

Mock Knight · Jul 23, 2007

Ok, it's time for me too revive this thread. I have been pretty busy with other things in life and haven't had the motivation to tear into the runner yet.........up until yeseterday.

Mig'd Horse and I got together and started hacking out the rear suspension.

We only ran into a few hickups, like when i was dropping out the tank, the hardline to the fuel pump wasn't doing anything but getting rounded of. Up until i realized that i was trying to turn the wrongside of the connection....

After that our next problem was one of the bolts on the spring hanger had siezed in the sleve in the stock bushing. so out came the the lil propane torch.

Didn't help so we busted out a angle grinder and 15 mins of grinding through super harnded steel we had the rear axle and everything out

After that we tacked the of the spring hangers in place and called it a night.

Now we are debating what kind of shackle angle to we want from the springs w/o any weight on them.

Vertical

or just slightly kicked back?

Let me just say it's nice to finally make some progress on this thing, Mig'dhorse and i don't have much time to work on it but we are shooting to have suspension and everything done in about to two weeks.

Then my 37 MT/R's i just snagged up are going on there :cheer: :cheer:

johnboy1 · Jul 23, 2007

i would go a little less vertical towards the / side of things. youll get more downtravel out of it. looks good so far.

Mock Knight · Jul 23, 2007

A friend at work has these exact same springs on his tacoma, and he set them up around vertical (w/o any weight on the springs) and now he has about 50-60 degree shackle angle.......

johnboy: thanks for the input

MIG'DHORSE · Jul 24, 2007

i think i might tack up the other hanger and mount the other spring just to get something done tomorrow. i'll see how late i have to work. 10-12hr work days kill you sometimes.

Mock Knight · Jul 24, 2007

i'm down to do some wrenching tomorrow just hit me up!

Mock Knight · Aug 8, 2007

Just wanted to let everyone know that we are still making progress. The Rear springs are all mounted up and we have moved on to the front.

We are preping the frame for the front hanger, and we should have it rolling in a just a few days.

I would post pics of the progress but i left my camera in the runner at my buds house

oldbeercans · Sep 2, 2007

keep up the good work.

MIG'DHORSE · Sep 23, 2007

rep that sh*t. show 'em the rig!

Mock Knight · Sep 23, 2007

Uploading pics to photo bucket as i type!

Mock Knight · Sep 23, 2007

I thought they might look good on the celica.......

Mock Knight · Sep 24, 2007

It rolls but it still needs more work done. I need new front and rear drive lines swap in both of my new thirds, and do my rear shock mounts then it's WHEELING!