San Diego BS Thread.

Sweet titties! Turn on ECT Aim for the right and gun it!

 

You and @itaro can be twins!

 

At least Eskimo Brothers...

 

Would you really want to be eskimo brothers with a guy who has a monster sticker on his bumper?

 

No! Not me but @itaro & @Iftheshoefitz03 can.

 

Down in Baja recruiting for TW

 

That’s the difficult part, a lot of trails are only one bad line choice away from “shit, I should have had sliders.”

They are cheap insurance really...

That was a fun trail. Not much potential for damage. Definitely would run it with someone though just in case. Haha

 

Getting some good, ethanol-free gasoline! Mexicans love Tacomas (and Hiluxes)... Toyota Numero Uno!

 

That looks like a hill for me where I need to get speed and radio "GTFO my way!"

 

I’d be shocked if your truck made it up!

 

There are a lot of hills people have shit their pants on only to see me with a lot of speed charge up. Big tires + speed + locker = good time. But coming from you, I'll have to say I'd probably make it 3/4 of the way lol.

 

Anyone have a lower? Happened to a buddies truck

 

Fuck. How does that happen?

@oni06 @Drainbung @Speed Freek @glorifiedwelder
Maybe one of these guys

 

Must have cracked on John Bull or something.
Broke in his driveway. Is dirk king the only stock replacement lca ?

 

TC makes an OE replacement.

It’s obviously a beefed up version and expensive.

 

^ What he said.

I read a thread the other day (wish I saved it now) talking about the various stock length lowers. You have Dirt King or TC.

The thread came up because the TC Race lowers position the lower unit all in such a way that it limits your turning radius until you hit it enough times that it notches the welds on the lower arm and makes room.
This isn’t the case with the non race lowers or the DK arms. If I remember correctly he said had he’d known this he’d have chosen DK.

 

Sorry don't have my stock lowers anymore. I left them with @glorifiedwelder when he replaced them with TC LCAs.
Passenger side was bent so that was trash but if I still had the drivers side Id give it to you.

 

@anthony250f


Here is a post I made in another thread about replacing my LCA.

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So I replaced my LCAs earlier this year because I bent the passenger side spindle and LCA and here is what I learned.

Both TotalChaos and DirtKing make fantastic products but I happened to go with TotalChaos Race Series stock length LCA so this is based on that experience.

1) They don't work with shocks that used bushings. You shouldn't have a problem since you already have Kings but I didn't know this at the time so I had to replace my shocks.
2) The lower ball joint attachment needs to be modified (ie grind off the stearing stop that ends up resting against the LCA when at full lock)
3) At first your steering radius will be greatly reduced. Over time the modifed lower ball joint attachment and the LCA will clearance themselves (basically removes softer metal on the weld) and just that little bit of metal removed greatly improves turning radius. I think its still a bit wider than stock but now I don't really notice it much.

Here is the LCA freshly installed.


Here it is after driving home. You can see its just starting to clearance itself.


Here it is after a couple more days of driving



The non race series install instructions don't mention the need to modify the lower ball joint attachment. This is because those LCAs use an adapter that puts the lower ball joint attachment above the LCA.
See instructions here.
http://www.chaosfab.com/PDF/install/accessories/86500.pdf


Now if you look at the Dirt King LCA they add a steering stop to the LCA and you don't need to modify the lower ball joint attachment.

In short you can't go wrong with either product.

 

The TC issue is mostly on their race series for both stock length, +2 LT but not so much on the +3.5 LT kits.
The +3.5 kits from what I have read actually decrease the turning radius.

The reason its an "issue" on the stock length and +2 kits is because the part of the LCA that goes to the uni-ball on the lower is thicker/wider then how dirt king makes them. At least thats what I get from looking @ pictures. I haven't actually seen the dirt king lowers to compare.