Long Travel BS Thread

Yeah my setup with same shocks except 16” king triples and h70s works really damm well. I can tell you what i use for valving get you close. Are you setup correctly with 12” shackles over the frame at 52.5 spread from front hanger to rear upper pivot?

Edit i also had some chatter too , i had to do some internal bypass tube adjustments , and if you dont have two spares i would highly recommend my adjustments. Pm me if you want

 

I havnt had a chance to really get airborne with mine...but with the TC SUA and BAMF relocation with rears my truck handles pretty well at speed. The truck is going into the shop in two days for the rear to get swapped, but I felt the rear could hang just fine and cycle a full 12. One thing I didn't realize is that you have to run a cross brace with the archive kit? Don't get me wrong, its a smart move either way, but I can see how that could hinder the SOA guys to a degree since they tend to have a lot of stuff in their beds.

 

I didn't think you were trying to discredit, I thought you made a statement that wasn't accurate. I was not irritated or trying to offend you, nor am I irritated now. I was responding with how important it is to have the towers either bolted to the bed, or also a crossmember between them, assuming that a customer hasn't done the drastic step of boxing in their frame rails with beefed up cross tubes between the rails. The stock 2nd and 3rd gen Tacoma chassis is a chatterbox even stock, let alone modified. When you move the shock mounts above the frame rail, you add leverage to the shock, likely making matters worse.
So in my opinion, the Archive relocation will perform different, as in better ride quality, than the BAMF or the TC or any other 'under the bed' relocation that does not address the weak stock frame crossmember.

 

Thank you, a cross brace is not required, bolting to the bed is required. But the cross brace is optional with the Archive kit, unlike others on the market. I made a simple straight bar, but you can make it jog to rear of cab/front of bed, then across.

 

I have some custom fabricated towers, I'll get some pics for some feedback. My mounts are welded to the frame using a much wider contact patch, and I have a solid crossmember at the rear of the frame (in addition to the stock crossmember.)

 

what didn't you like about that kit?

 

nothing. just saw this as an opportunity to fix my frozen cam bolts and gain some travel for a good price. just need to sell my uca/coilovers and ill recoup most of my money into this setup.

 

What spring rates are you guys running with 10" shock? the set of coilovers i got are 100/300 but to me that seems way too light.

 

At the moment I'm running 500/500 up front but want to jump up to 500/600. I assumed 2k lbs front end. The spring rate calculator works well.

 

whats what i was thinking. Im trading my rear bypasses i have now for some pure race 16" with 350/450 springs for the rear so i lucked out on that since thats what i calculated for links. keep an eye out for some springs i might have to snag or trade

 

@Evenflow has some springs. Not sure what size you are looking for.

 

no idea, front of a buggy i guess, well see how they look today if Fedex gets their shit together.

 

@FlapJack935 I have 12" 400 and 14" 450 for sale, gently used and well loved in glorious King blue

 

so ran into a problem here what do you guy think i should do ?

 

buy new axle/hubs

 

talking about the hub centric part it fit the oem hub but doesnt fit the method rim ....

 

Wouldn't worry about that part so long as it fits the factory hub. Just gonna look funky on the rim. Do you have conical lug nuts?

 

you need a hubcentric spacer. the method wheel has a larger hub diameter than stock is all. or dont worry about.

 

I wouldn't worry about it then. You could machine the hub centric lip off if you wanted, but unnecessary