Its got a ruff ****ry 8" lift with 69" tires on it
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4RunnerKid
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Looks like a 3" spacer lift and 33s
At least I still have a grille dawggggg. Colinsmithslo thinks he's a buggy guy now
Whenever someone asks a dumb question about "what lift is that?" I just say "it's stock". 😁
chaplinfj60
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did he get a buggy?
Nah he just has no grille so it looks more buggy like
Finally got the tube added to the cage to get the rear portion finished. Bed chop turned out awful so I will most likely cut the front of the bed out completely and make a new front section in front of the tube
4RunnerKid
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bed chop lives up to the project name, nice work bud 
LOL thanks dawg! Im sure the beds gonna get smoked so I dont wanna put to much work into it. Cougar Butts this wkend if your trying to wheel!bed chop lives up to the project name, nice work bud
Cougar Butts was a solid trip, we got out there Friday night and wheeled that night on some trails that were a tad small for the taco. No issues.
Rest of our group was a way behind us and blew a fuel line going to the CP3 pump so they spent the night in Tehachapi looking for someone with the parts. They ended up finding a cool dude to weld it up at his shop and made it to camp late afternoon.
Our buddy Jeremy got to test out his new rock lizard buggy he just finished, got some flops out of his way and wheeled the rest of the weekend with no issues.
I ended up bending my track bar somehow which led to my steering box breaking. I got it swapped with a spare box and was able to drive it back to camp under its own power. Blew a few trailer tires on the way home to. Overall super fun trip!
Rest of our group was a way behind us and blew a fuel line going to the CP3 pump so they spent the night in Tehachapi looking for someone with the parts. They ended up finding a cool dude to weld it up at his shop and made it to camp late afternoon.
Our buddy Jeremy got to test out his new rock lizard buggy he just finished, got some flops out of his way and wheeled the rest of the weekend with no issues.
I ended up bending my track bar somehow which led to my steering box breaking. I got it swapped with a spare box and was able to drive it back to camp under its own power. Blew a few trailer tires on the way home to. Overall super fun trip!
Got back to the shop and whipped up a new track bar just to get me by until I can swap the axle. Found a built rock assault for a deal so I am waiting on that to be pulled from a buddies rig then ill throw that under (hopefully it holds up to 40s)
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Not to hijack your thread but I would like to see more of the rock lizard. All toyota running gear?
It's funny how just getting to and from the trails can be an adventure in itself
It's funny how just getting to and from the trails can be an adventure in itself
No worries,Not to hijack your thread but I would like to see more of the rock lizard. All toyota running gear?
It's funny how just getting to and from the trails can be an adventure in itself
It has stock sami motor
6-5-1 tcase
Trail Gear rock assault rear
Trail gear fab housing front
42" iroks.
Fox 16” 2.0 air shocks all the way around.
116" wheel base with 18" belly height
It worked stupid good all weekend! The roll was just from trying bonus lines and seeing how bound up it could get
chaplinfj60
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i do love the rock lizard also
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I like my cruiser axles but I should have did that. Steering angle is nice, which Toyota axles don't have.
Ya I am excited for that and just having some axles that will give me peace of mind. The pros outweigh the cost
Axles are a tough call these days. Nothing is cheap anymore...
If weight isn't a concern you can't argue with the simplicity of wontons. Shave them for ground clearance, run stock shafts until they snap, and give it hell.
chaplinfj60
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how much can you shave off the front 60, i mean i took off the lip but can you go more?
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My two cents on the shave is take as much without turning ring gear. I have two buddies that run have dabbled with the shave and the one that has turned the ring gear has been constantly fighting broken ring gears and the rig has been done for maybe 4 years (Atleast 2 R&P's one broke in the snow not even bound up). He's actually in process of doing a "Reverse shave" to get a full ring gear back in there lol The other friend trimmed as much as possible on the housing and made a custom diff cover and has been wheeling his buggy since around '08 I believe with no issues that I'm aware of. Both rigs have healthy power plants.
This is the ground clearance he could get away with without turning the gear. Probably similar to chaplinfj60
This is the ground clearance he could get away with without turning the gear. Probably similar to chaplinfj60
chaplinfj60
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so your saying i can take more off? wish i had a better pic and did you reinforce the bottom again, or just grind it off?
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Short answer yes. He ran the same axles in his previous jeep and reused when he built his new buggy so no real built pics of in progress. Ironically, I was talking with him about it Memorial weekend and sounds like he treated it just like the current shave kits with a welded on bottom plate. The clearance from the bottom of the housing to ring gear was damn near touching he said but if it clears once it'll always clear was his motto lol He did the same exact shave on the rear housing as well and only complaint is the slight weep from ditching the bolt. No drips, but just a oil residue. You could always tap the bottom flange and build a cover to combat that though.
chaplinfj60
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well dam i dont think i am pulling the entire axle apart for that just yet, if i change gears then yes for sure.
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chaplinfj60
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holly chit thats some shaving...... gain about 1.5 inches?
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I don't actual dimension wise, but its definitely substantial.
chaplinfj60
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i would at least take a grinder to the lips, i know i smash the holly chit out of mine, kind wish i would have shaved it now, but thats in the past...