Let me show you my rig and it's current state of build. Here it is the day I bought it. Just needs a fuel pump. Lol not. Got it home and its corroded to death. Wiring, harnesses, body, seats, everything. I have my rock crawler but its not my style so everything will swap over to the 4runner.
The lift kit came with add a leafs for the rear lift. It wasnt enough so I added 3" left blocks. It leveled it out nice. Here's the first drive to town. Had to get gas.
Winch time - I went with a new cable instead of rope. Abrasion resistance is the reasoning. I went with the wireless remote from tractor supply. Plugged right in to the ramsey winch. In is out and out is in but it's got a ton of range.
A roof rack and here's how she sits. I converted it to a 5 speed and it has the 22r. I also started a dash. The other one was all broken. I've used luan for now. If I like the layout I can use it as a template at a later time.
A little more work on the dash. The engine never had a thermostat in it when it was in the crawler. I broke the temp gauge sending unit so I have to go to town in the morning to get one as we are going to the woods tomorrow and I dont want to run it with out the gauge. I have to be easy off road as the driveshaft is a smidge short. I need to do some frame work in the spring and I may switch to longer springs. Indont want to get the drive shaft changed if I am going to change the wheelbase in a few months.
I dislike the dash but the shakedown trip went well. Everything worked as it should. While.it drives like crap over 40mph it does surprisingly well off road for having open diffs.
I dont know if lowing the dash a couple inches will help but something needs to be done.
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