Long Travel BS Thread

Be careful with all the high pressure lines obviously, the skids had to come off, and i know the steering shaft was a tight fit. i actually didnt do mine, my buddy did but he was texting me while working on it saying it was a pain. He's a chrysler tech so it was his first Tacoma rack to replace


How are you liking the defined kit?

 

I like it a lot, I just need to add the extra leaves to get some ride height back. It handled great though. I had a lot of weight though so I could see how the guys who run around with empty beds would say it is stiff.

The lightest I had the bed was 15 gallons of fuel / water (120 pounds), plus the plate bumper and full size spare at the very end of the truck. Handled very well at that weight.

Heaviest I had it was all that, plus another 300-400 pounds in roof top tent, ice chest, rock climbing gear, etc. Had some bro lean going on but still handled well.

It carries weight pretty well, doesn't sag as much as stock would.

 

Yeah mine has 3 extra leafs in it now, un loaded its stiff, but tool box, and spare and gear it doesnt lose much height and rides good. i'm glad that kit worked out for you.

 

You buy defined's leaves to add in or did you go elsewhere?

 

No it was the HD pack and a company out here rebuilt them

 

Haha, the pranks you can play on your.little brother when you have a powdercoat oven.

 

That's great lol!!! What if he likes it

 

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that is awesome haha

 

I'll just leave this here.... Probably belongs in the WTF thread

http://www.race-dezert.com/classifieds/index.php?ct=prerun&md=details&id=54896

 

Yuck.

Although it wouldn't be too hard to fix assuming the links are set up correctly. Remove the DB lift, reposition the bumps, put an appropriate spring on that coil and it would be a drastic improvement.

 

rack really wasnt bad at all.. that i thought was the easiest part. just un bolted my bumper and had all the room in the world to work on it. just took a 17mm to removed the driver and passanger side bolts, along with a 17mm for the lines, 12mm for the colt that attaches it to the column and then a little bit of luck sliding the rack out.

rack its self took me about 2 hours, the pump i got is where i found all my problems.

 

That's good to hear, I've done the pump before so I could probably knock out the whole thing in 5 hours or so. NAPA is ordering my replacement pump, covering it under warranty.

Thanks for the wrench sizes too, will pick up some flare wrenches for the lines.

edit - ah shoot I keep forgetting that you're a 2WD 4 cylinder. I bet it will be much more of a battle for me to get mine out.

 

check this out. pretty much what i followed. i had enough room so i didnt have to cut the driver side bolt 1/4 shorter. other than that, its pretty damn easy. most annoying part was having to unscrew the pressure lines an 8th turn at a time


http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...tacoma-steering-rack-bushing-replacement.html


edit: and i only went to step 5. my new rack came with bushings.

 

Jasmine behind the wheel from toady..

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T8JGG5_GHrI&app=m
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=poXLwcQSdMk&desktop_uri=/watch?v=poXLwcQSdMk

 

lucky SOB, what # springs are you running up front?

 

They are #700 Kings on my Fox C/O's

 

What's the consensus on led bars with a good balance between price and quality? I'm looking for a 6" dual row to replace a headlight on a dual sport bike, and although I'm willing to spend on it, I'm not sure if i can justify rigid prices. Any thoughts?

 

LED bars are a total rip off for price/performance. Its just everyone has a hard on for them.

HIDs are still king by far for price/performance point.

I have halogens, LEDs, and HIDs on my truck now. Nothing comes close to the HIDs.

but for a motor cycle..might not be bad. The thing LEDs suffer from mainly is they don't have the range due to the smaller optics vs the larger housings of other lights.

So really LEDs i like to use as flood/fill lights for around the truck. HIDs for distance and halogens are like both but not as intense.

Just my opinion after using and installing all 12 or so pairs of lights on my truck.

LEDs im sure WILL catch up in terms of performance and price point..but not for another 5 years at least id guess.