Long Travel BS Thread

They are a pain in the ass. Best you can do is buy the aluminum tool that holds the shock body. You can usually fit it in between the bypass tubes one way or another. Put in in a clamp (tight). Crescent wrench and a cheater tube off the top cap. That still may not get it either, so have a torch ready to heat up the cap and body some.

They are a bitch. They use off permatex not real loctite on them, so they are super gummed up.

Did 8 of them recently for a trophy lite. It was an absolute pain in the ass. Every single one had to be torched to just the right amount of heat. Too little and it wouldn’t move. Too much and you can eff up the finish. No way around chewing up the body a bit and chewing the cap a little bit.

 

I found out my problem with the lowers rubbing on the tire... the front heim needs to be twisted two times for the rubbing to go away and I have -4.5 backspacing on my method nv. I’ve smashed on my methods and have never had a problem so imo I think they look the best and they perform well too. My next set is definitely gonna be the bronze once I paint my truck magnetic grey

 

I havent heard of it , not really worth it , just buy whats meant for the truck

 

Can you put 10-19 4runner front oem kings on 3rd gen tacos?

 

If you have a welder anything is possible. But I believe so, someone else was asking that yesterday. I think the conclusion was that the resi mounts might be different.

 

Yes, but 5th gen Kings come standard with a 550# coil. Provided resi mounts will be different as well iirc

 

thanks man

 

Now where's the fun in that?











It's perfecly sensible advise, but this is the wrong thread for that

 

Plus do you really want ford parts on your Tacoma? Gonna bring the reliability down.

 

She all charged with nitrogen now. ADS recommended 150 psi at full droop so I’m running with that for now. But holy bypasses Batman the noise they make is loud. It’s a constant slew of popcorn-popping sounds with the ADS tubes... I love it.



There’s still a couple inches more droop left too.

 

Bypass clicking shouldn’t be too bad for street use, especially without a cage. I do notice it offroad though.

 

Long time lurker but figured since everybody seems to be doing dmz installs Figured I would post some pics. Still need to plate the outside frame and make mounts for the bumps. Just waiting on my driveshaft to be done and to finalize pinion and put the bed back on the truck

 

Love that bed cage! It fits with a bed on there?

 

Nice looking cage. What are those extra bars at the tailgate end of the bed for?

 

Thanks, ya fits with the bed. Was running it with some smooth body 16s and a 12 leaf Deaver spring over pack for the last year

 

^^^ bed side supports

 

Looks good. Love that rear tooooobe bumper.

 

That's a good point

I've got a local custom spring guy, so it will be close to F150 geometry, but not quite.

The whole purpose is to pull 12" to 14" of travel and carry 1800# in the bed. That's just not happening without going to a wider leaf.

 

Have you called deaver? I’m sure they could work something up. Not sure who your spring guy is, but I’d at least get their opinion on it.

 

Thanks man kinda threw it together with a oem hitch I had laying around, so it bolts on and I may have it for sale soon depending how I sort out how I mount my spare tires.