SilverRunner's Build and Adventures Thread

Thanks man! Definitely not the time to panic and stab the brakes that’s for sure!

 

A buddy of mine just sent some high resolution photos he took. Some great shots!

 

Fiddled around with some ways to get a little more flex out of the rig today.

Ended up installing some .25” top hat spacers on top of the extended travel Dobinson's shocks. This lifted the front of the rig a bit and also earned half an inch of down travel when flexed out.

Thanks to the diff drop my CV angles are still good. Luckily, I already have upgraded front bump stops to avoid bottoming the shocks out internally. I still have about 1.5" of usable rake as well!

I did turn the steering wheel and inspect for any binding at full droop. No issues with the CV’s, and not too much boot bind. No contact between the coil and UCA's ball joint cup either (although it was very close)

This is about as far as I’d push a mid travel setup. Not bad for IFS.



The floor jack ran out of travel here. Used a 6" thick piece of wood to try and flex it out.

The rig still had more to go. Especially in the rear.



Loving how the rig stayed nice and level when testing cross axle articulation.

 

These are some great shots. I wish I could have gone this year.

 

Just enough rake and more travel than ever before. Good stuff!

 

35s? Or regear first?
Hmmm

 

488s first. Your tranny will thank you and approve as well.

 

Loving the build so far. How do you like the Sherpa Crestone Sport? Sherpa is running a Black Friday deal right now and I am thinking of picking one up.

 

Thanks man!
I love the rack! It's a quality product. Everything came deburred and the powder coat was done very well. It works as intended and doesn't make too much wind noise.

I did find that the sport version has some wobble in the middle portion of the rack between the mounting feet. I fixed this by adding two extra mounting points to my awning. This seemed to reinforce the side bars and stop any lateral wobbling at freeway speeds.

I think the only difference between the sport and the regular crestone is the thickness of the side bars. My intuition says the regular crestone would not suffer from the lateral wobbling that my sport seemed to. Regardless, mounting the awning was always the plan; luckily that fixed this problem.

Past that I have no reason to get the heavier duty version... I do not have plans to haul more than 100 lbs of gear up there. These rigs are already top heavy enough!

 

Very nice, love what you've done to it. Have exactly the same 4runner trim and color but all OEM

 

Thanks man! And nice I can't wait to see what you do with it!

 

Ive been wanting to do a 2 inch lift up front and 1 inch lift in the rear but undecided on what suspension. I gotta do more research.

 

I've had quite a few setups on this rig. Lot's of experience with friend's rigs as well. Feel free to DM me if you have specific questions.

 

Anything you would suggest that is good for a daily driver that doesn’t make the suspension really stiff? It would be more of just a weekend offroader, so I feel like kings or icons would be super overkill for me.

 

It all depends on what you want to do with it. I eventually went with Dobinsons IMS extended travel. No complaints on ride quality on or off road. The extended travel was worth the extra coin imo. The flex you can achieve is pretty decent for IFS and stock length control arms.

Check your inbox and we can work through your goals for the truck.

 

Glad to hear you like it! I ended up purchasing one - waiting to get the email that I can go pick it up.

 

Nice!

 

You’re an inspiration bud! I dabble in the wild with Gulo but haven’t graduated to the level you and Silver are at.

 

Thanks man! It's been quite the journey.
The mod and adventure addiction never ends.

Have a full front end control arm rebuild plus some weld reinforcement in the works. (collecting parts now)

Need to work out some wiring to get an AC/DC converter to fully charge my new power station and fridge setup.

Also have a auxbeam 8 gang w/ an 'OE Panels' switch panel on the way. (Christmas present from the wife.)

Hoping to get all that installed before an upcoming road trip with the wife and our new addition to the family. A baby girl who just turned five weeks old yesterday!

After our road trip I'll be prepping for Toyota Jamboree 2026. I've heard rumors it will be held this April. Really hoping to get out unscathed again. I swear barnwell mtn tries its best to take out your doors and quarter panels!