Read shock relocation?

Who makes 05+ Tacoma rear shock buckets/hoops/brackets? I have 10in travel icons with Allpro 4in expo packs which was ok till I did my shackle flip now I need a 13in travel to take advantage of my new found droop...I know BAMF has buckets made but I don't want to run rear spacers my truck is very wide as is..

 

With any towers or hoops that place your shock outboard of the frame and raise them up you will have to run spacers.

 

Several people I know have Inboarded there rear shocks ... I run a 17x10 rim with a -24mm offset so there not tight to shock at all if a hoop or bucket hugged the frame closely I think I would clear ok

 

You can't inboard them properly without cutting through the bed, if you angle the shocks like this / to fit them under the bed it kills the effectiveness of the shock. A 24mm offset you are still going to hit the shock body before full stuff. Grab a 2" cardboard tube or a 2" PVC pipe and go flex your truck to full stuff and then try to insert the tube and you will see the problem =when you build a hoop you will see that the wheel tubs of the bed angle out toward the outside of the truck so the top of your shock hoop will be flush against the tub but the bottoms of the hoop will stand off the frame a bit and as a result your shock body will be off the frame quite a bit ?..hope that makes sense basically your shock will not be tucked against the frame like it is stock. Trust me I know from recent personal experience. ( see photo )

 

That's a very nice setup you have how big of a wheelspacers are you running to clear shock at full stuff? Did u custom build yours?

 

1 1/4" spacers but I am considering just swapping the axle for a tundra or similar to gain the width and disc brakes. The rear hoops were built by Dirt King here in San Diego. Here is a better idea of the shape and size of the hoop :

Edit : I have around 6" of lift and those are 14" shocks

 

Nice I'm at about 4-5in of rear lift

 

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