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Old 12-06-2015, 03:56 PM   #21
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I didn't think a rav4 could possibly be cool. Thanks for proving me wrong.

You have a local guy that makes U-jointed shafts? Any more info? Talk us through the install. What are the shims and O-ring for?
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Old 12-10-2015, 11:09 AM   #22
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Installation is pretty easy, you get rid of the outer bearing in the axle, that is where the Oring goes and you use the shims to set the center of u-joint into the center of c-hub/knuckle rotation. This way the axle stays sealed but the shaft has room to move in case of ujoint binding, so nothing gets damaged. But you would have to be really creative to make the shaft binding. The same guy makes some cool custom parts for steering, which give you awesome steering angles. Here is his web Dopl
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Old 01-04-2016, 03:26 AM   #23
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Made some footage with 360 swivel mount...


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Old 01-12-2016, 05:56 AM   #24
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Details of the camera mount





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Old 03-12-2016, 01:40 PM   #25
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New longer shocks:



New steel beadlock rings:



And finally new paint/sticker:

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Old 03-18-2016, 08:09 PM   #26
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the red part on your camera mount looks like a robinson throttle bar
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