Long Travel BS Thread

How do you prep the surface? Scotch Brite the zinc ??

 

I'm assuming that's cerakote?

 

Yeah just roughed them up with sand paper and / or scotchbrite.

 

Yep
Oc custom coatings in Orange County

 

Any place that does Cerakote will do it. Just have to tear the shocks completely down.

 

Yep
I prefer guys who coat firearms to do my coatings on anything

But the jet hot guys do a great job too with a quick turn around

 

Take the valve out of the resi, and use a brass rod to set the piston. Or be fancy and buy a section of threaded rod so you can push/pull the piston.

 

FOR SALE

LS3 out of the 6100 truck. Runs fine. Swapped it out because everyone says we have to after 3 races.... lmao...
$4200 obo located in So Cal.

 

But but... Does it get 30 mpg?

Wouldn't mind an NA V8 tacoma, that's a great engine.

 

Yeah right, that would be wishful thinking. We get a whopping 3mpg's and an approx. range of 165 miles with our 64 gallon cell

 

Should do better in a taco, right?

 

Absolutely yes, and you should be the one do the swap

 

Very tempting. But motor swap crosses the line of "things I'm not doing from the Taco frame as a starting point". When I get my tube chassis built I'll be in the market.

 

LS ftw. So much more enjoyable than the 1gr. Plenty of power and gas mileage (with a t56 at least)

 

If you're buying I'm in.

 

I already have mine, ha. LS2 though and not in the truck. Thought about it

 

got methods, how do i drill them out for my 5/8" studs? just a bit and drill? dumb question

 

I believe that’s what @dirtaddiction did on his old truck. Apparently he’s not on here anymore. Maybe use a drill press to at least make sure they’re straight. Otherwise find a machinist that has better tools for the job, but honestly I think a drill press should suffice.

 

gonna call some shops tomorrow and see, shops around here are cry babies, thats why i got rid of the RGs cause they all complained about redrilling the lug pattern.