Long Travel BS Thread

I was gonna try to copy this one at one point, hence the cutouts in my stock bedsides, but I eventually changed my mind and will do an interior cage at some point. Expo isn't going to do too much in the name of saving bodywork and the interior cage will be much safer for a higher speed incident

 

A buddy of mine rolled his FJ in Baja at highway speeds, 1 1/2 times down an embankment. While the interior cage was made out of 2" tubing there were no cross bracing, no diagonals, virtually no gussets--just an A and B pillar with connecting tubes. There was zero deflection in the cage. This is what got me thinking about roll over protection and that an exo cage would provide adequate protection. Plus, my un-protected head wouldn't be flopping around banging interior roll cage.

 

exo would be fine if its done right, and saves the body

 

...and a hell of a lot less road noise if it is your daily too

 

https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/pts/d/race-runner-sway-way-30-shock/6622651927.html

Race runner sway a way 3.0 shock - $900 (Riverside)

 

I know they’ve been around but are they increasing in popularity all of the sudden?

 

I really like this one.

 

Made progress... inner frame boxed and capped...lower and upper link mounts located and 60% burned in.... next is building the wishbone

 

Man that's tacky.

 

Decided to squirt gun the rear instead of tig?

 

...yea dirty ass frame and it being a hundred and fuck outside... squirt gun all day lol

 

I don't blame you to switch back to mig. Looks like a fuck ton of welding to do.

 

Yea and theres ALOT more to do lol

 

Looks like you went with really long uppers. What's the percentage of upper vs lower?

 

They're just about equal length lowers are 54 uppers are like 52

 

Just ordered the last big piece tonight too ugh... the swaybar..... I swear pulling 100$ bills out your pocket and lighting em on fire is about the same as linking a truck lol

 

I can imagine! I'm doing that and I'm not even linking. I'm wearing out that magnetic strip like it was a rented mule.

 

Just installed the TC cam Tabs. This was a long 12 hr day from start to finish. Now, trying to find an alignment shop in Salt lake that isn't scared to align an LT truck or upsell me some steering rack bushings!

 

I like the spindle/ brake stands. I'm always fighting having them in the way or trying to hold them up with tie downs somehow