So i was going to do this the easy way and just order these from one of the few vendors that had them, but after a phone call to 4wheel parts who didn’t stock anything in the size I wanted, and two phone calls to Toytec who were too busy to take the order over the phone, and quoted me more for shipping than it ended up costing me to make my own, I figured it would be easier and cheaper to do just that… make my own top out spacer.
I started by boring some holes in a couple pieces of scrap aluminum.
Then rounded them out on the mill at work.
I wasn’t sure on an exact size at this point since I hadn’t pulled the strut out of the 4runner yet. Back at home i pulled the struts and actually measured them. Time to reduce the size …..
First one was done entirely on my bench top lathe:
After i had the exact size i wanted it was easier to to trace the rough size measurements to the second piece and trim it on the bandsaw before finishing it on the lathe.
almost done ….
little time in the drill press and:
Had to stop by Gold Mountain and test out the new clearance up front.
