Rear Shock relocation thread

A litttttllle bit of negative is ok.....no leaf is "designed" to go negative

 

adding to my stock width theory I will use or attempt to use a lower shock mount from and older Toyota pickup and weld a top mount this is a older pickup set up you can see that the shocks are reversed from a Tacoma so I should be able to use the right lower mount with no modifications and still be a Toyota partheres a stock Tacoma yet again not my pics just googling pictures to get an idea

 

Currently have 5100s in the rear with a 1.5 progressive AAL and the overload leaf in. I provided me 2in of lift. Was wondering if I relocated the shocks to l l in the way that boxrocket did, will it provide more travel or do you guys think that the stock leaf pack and AAL has already reached its max droop?

 

you would need a different leaf pack either order one or build one with some good chevy springs its much cheaper that way

 

You can do a shock relocation with an AAL but can't run a 12" travel shock. Probably max would be a 10", not worth it to relocate if you aren't going to get a new leaf pack

 

I see. Yea eventually I would be getting a new pack. But was just thinking of maybe relocating and running the regular 5100s for time being. Then maybe move up to all pro standard leaf pack in the future.

 

5100's you have now? They are different upper shock mounts between OEM versus relocation

 

Yea. 5100. I was looking at purchasing either the trail gear or all pro u bolt flip and all pro shock mounts.

 

Solo Motorsports rear shock relocation kit on a first gen... i looked so hard when i was getting ready to order and couldn't find any pictures.

 

what length shock is that?

 

10", mounted it at full stuff and just drooped it out from there. Solo designed this kit around the Deaver J59, or seems to have, as the spring runs out of droop 1/3" before the shock does.

 

Those mounts are so clean, but the do defiantly limit how long of stock you can put in there. I got a 13" with mine.

 

Do the tires not rub the shock body when you stuff them up into the wheel wells?

 

I was going to say without a ubolt flip those look really close to the hub..

 

Mine hit when at full stuff. His do look tucked closer to the frame. But is that a 2.5" shock? Look pretty big.

 

Yeah does look like 2.5"

 

They're 2.5's. No rubbing that I can tell. The 3.5" backspace seems to do the trick.

 

What difference does a u-bolt flip make?