ARB 4Runner Build

[Corey]

Looking forward to seeing the water bladder too.
In the catalog I picked up there the other day I saw mention of a water bladder.

It is cool seeing the transformation of the rig, mine sat in the exact same spot there a few years apart.

 

[xxJDxx]

Are you guys running aftermarket UCA's or still stock???

Also are you using a differential drop??

Just curious as I"m seriously considering ordering the OME suspension setup and just wondering what else i need besides coils/shocks...

 

[Willman]

Looking good guys!

The 4runner Sport rims (In Scott B. pic) in my opinion look better....$.02

Keep up the great work!

:drool:

 

[ARB_USA]

Are you guys running aftermarket UCA's or still stock???

Also are you using a differential drop??

Just curious as I"m seriously considering ordering the OME suspension setup and just wondering what else i need besides coils/shocks...

With Old Man Emu suspension, no need for aftermarket upper control arms or differential drops.

When our engineers design a suspension system, their first goal is to improve ride quality over factory both on and off road. Once they achieve this, they increase the ride height to the point just before after market components are required such as new control arms and differential drops all while maintaining that better than factory ride quality.

And on a side note about designing Old Man Emu suspension. When our engineers are prototyping a system, they build special take-a-part shocks that allow our engineers to re valve a shock within a matter of minutes and will rework the valving until the ride quality is achieved. We have thousands of different rebound and compression valving options to work with. :Wow1:

 

[ARB_USA]

New chassis bracket installed

Fitting the Warn fairlead.

 

[ARB_USA]

Warn winch being installed in the bumper before the bumper is mounted.

A look behind the bar. A lot of engineering goes into our ARB bumpers.

A look at how the wings are reinforced.

 

[ARB_USA]

Lining the bumper up with the chassis. Just a couple of quick adjustments to the winch cable routing and we can bolt this thing up.

 

[flyingwil]

Is that a VR10,000 winch?

 

[ARB_USA]

Is that a VR10,000 winch?

Yep

 

[ARB_USA]

All bolted up. Just need to trim the inner fender liner and bolt up the under panels. :wings:

 

[Ramjet]

All bolted up. Just need to trim the inner fender liner and bolt up the under panels. :wings:

That is a thing of beauty. :Wow1:

 

[sandcrawler]

With Old Man Emu suspension, no need for aftermarket upper control arms or differential drops.

When our engineers design a suspension system, their first goal is to improve ride quality over factory both on and off road. Once they achieve this, they increase the ride height to the point just before after market components are required such as new control arms and differential drops all while maintaining that better than factory ride quality.

And on a side note about designing Old Man Emu suspension. When our engineers are prototyping a system, they build special take-a-part shocks that allow our engineers to re valve a shock within a matter of minutes and will rework the valving until the ride quality is achieved. We have thousands of different rebound and compression valving options to work with. :Wow1:

great information, thanks! it's good to get confirmation from ARB that stock UCAs are ok and that a diff drop is not required. when you say "3-inches of lift" however, does that mean 3" both front and rear? meaning, is it equal front and rear, retaining the factory rake? or is it more in the front, to level it out? also, i always thought that ~2.5" of lift was generally accepted to be the limit before potentinally risking stress to factory components...

thanks very much for documenting this build in such detail. it's a great forum for customers like myself to get good information before making purchase decisions.

 

[jsmarine]

Time for some of those IPF HID spot/driving lights!

 

[kingpin748]

Bigger pictures please.

 

[silversx]

With Old Man Emu suspension, no need for aftermarket upper control arms or differential drops.

When our engineers design a suspension system, their first goal is to improve ride quality over factory both on and off road. Once they achieve this, they increase the ride height to the point just before after market components are required such as new control arms and differential drops all while maintaining that better than factory ride quality.

And on a side note about designing Old Man Emu suspension. When our engineers are prototyping a system, they build special take-a-part shocks that allow our engineers to re valve a shock within a matter of minutes and will rework the valving until the ride quality is achieved. We have thousands of different rebound and compression valving options to work with. :Wow1:

have you tried to do an alignment yet? I can't see how you can not add after market UCA..

I have the OME 884 springs and shocks up front on my 2011 and i get about a good 3 inch lift..

at that height.. there is no way to get alignment into spec without UCA.. currently I have -0.5 caster!!! and +.9 camber .. waiting on my light racing UCA to come..

just wondering if you guys are ok with alignment specs out of whack.. i mean when NEGATIVE 0.5 caster when factory range is 2.9 - 4.4 caster

and also these are exact same springs that are used for FJ and 4th gen 4runners.. i know suspension is same.. but how much test really went into the 5th gen and these components besides the "will it fit" test??

don't get me wrong.. i'm very happy with my OME suspension.. but with such a big lift even with 884 springs.. i don't see how adjustable UCA is not needed