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$500 ain't bad. Better than $1000, and at least it's easier than tryna swap out the entire diff for an R180 or R200 and have to frankenstein axles.

Can't pull ya over if they can't catch ya!

Lol, I subscribed to this thread and get excited whenever there's a new post, but most of the time it's just people going "omg that's so cool!" Dave, when can we see some more pics or footage of this beast? I think I speak for everyone when I say that I wanna see what this baby can do!

Not to mention after you lift it, the bump stops are essentially useless. That's one reason to use those rubber bump stop donuts that go on the strut shaft.

Damn dude, what awful luck.

That's kind of what I figured. I wonder how far the stock shock travels before it hits the bump stop anyway. I'll have to measure it tomorrow.

Well I'm going to be relocating the lower spring mount anyway, so we'll try them and see what happens. I'll see if I can do a side-by side comparison at some point. Kinda sucks, though, I'd almost rather get stock struts with a lifetime warranty and just replace them if they bend.

Sadly, for the amount a good locker would cost, you might as well weld your spiders and deal with a bit of tire wear. I'm tempted to do that and then mount up Toyota front knuckles to the back so I have locking hubs. Hard part would be frankensteining some rear axles...

Looks great for a Rustoleum special! Love that color, looks like a flat peach.

Okay, so I just realized something. Stock EA82 rear struts have 6 inches of travel. These 4runner struts only have 4 inches of travel! wtf! Have you guys who have done the swap noticed any problems from the decrease in travel? I imagine it would mostly hurt articulation.

Someone punched your muffler?! Better call it in to your insurance.

Ah okay, that makes sense. Where did you put your MAF, though? It looks like the airbox is right up against the throttle.

Was looking at the crankcase evac kits on ebay, pretty straight forward. Thinking I might try and weld a venturi tube into my exhaust, prolly just past my cat, and run it through a catch can to my PCV lines. What could possibly go wrong?

Even just putting breathers on isn't very good. Needs to be pulling some negative pressure. I've always been tempted to make a pan evac setup with a catch can just to get more pressure.

Is that an EJ22 airbox? How'd you get all the piping mounted up to it?

Never EVER delete the PCV system. It's sucking through a lot of oil because you have poor cylinder compression and it's causing blowby, pressurizing your crankcase. If you don't have it ventilated, you'll start blowing seals. There are some alternatives, such as a pan evac system, where instead of piping into your intake, it dumps into your exhaust. However this isn't usually legal and is mostly common on drag cars. Another option would be to use an electrical vacuum pump, but most pumps don't have enough volume to keep up. So do what everyone else does: get an oil catch can. They are specifically designed to catch excess oil coming through the PCV system. You can find some on eBay, or make one out of mayonnaise jar, or do what I did and get an air filterer for an air compressor from harbor frieght for ten bucks.

Aren't there all kinds of dog fences designed specifically for Subarus? Nice work. Hit the skid plate so hard you still dented the oil pan?

You're probably thinking of having custom camber plates made, which is always an option. I did it the easy way. Drilled out the strut mount holes to be a LOT bigger, then got some thick fender washers. If I let the struts sit all the way inward, it gives me probably 3 or 4 degrees of negative camber.

It's summer, do you really need heated seats right now? Just pull the fuse til winter, and look into a switch relocation in the mean time.

Modern fog and driving lights have much better reflectors than our stock GL lights. I had some really nice 55w Hellas on my car, and I hard a hard time driving at night without them on. Not to mention most people's GL headlights have a poor ground and are much dimmer than they should be.

Holy wow, impressive. I could see it getting weak if it's worn and rusty, and you quickly lift that wheel up in the air enough to get the spring kicking it down pretty hard. Luckily, they don't seem too pricey to replace. Looks like about $55 from the local parts stores, and this guy on ebay has it for $25 shipped!

Thanks for the write-up, that makes more sense. I'd figure you'd wanna put it right next to where it gets sucked into the intake...

That's a GORGEOUS car, by the way. Black and tan. Is it 4x4 though?

Seems odd that one would be offset so much more than the others. Should be a standard offset.

Yeah, the point of a catch can is to catch oil/moisture right before it enters into the intake. So I would imagine that's where you'd wanna put your can. I got that filter catch can from HF, I just need to get some barbed hose fittings that'll fit my PCV hose.