Long Travel BS Thread

Hmmm that truck was in the shop after mine, similar kit out, but I just cant see 85k

 

Lots of people run something like the total chaos hoop without a cross member. The cross member just helps with flex. If you are concerned you could always use 1/4” wall tube for extra rigidity. They’re small hoops so the extra weight/ cost will be minimal for the material.

 

Look at a members truck on here @Jerez he did something cool with dmz kit.

 

DMZ

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/white-knight-fixedtrd-build.126828/page-4#post-3706731

When I was researching similar setups for my 2nd gen it looked like the rear hangers are more likely to bend than the shock towers and those needed more reinforcement on the Defined / TC kit. Bobby at Solo told me the shock hoops won't see a lot of bending to the left or right. TC runs quite a few factory trucks this way.

 

Thanks mates!
@Dalandser that DMZ looks perfect.

 

yea I basically have the same set up as with the hoops like @Anthony250 mentioned


Tim at Dmz built the hoops and all for me a couple years back. I didn’t want anything crazy or cut the bed either

 

The build is getting closer!!!





a bunch more in my build thread!

 

@DIRT YOTA good lord man, that’s a thing of beauty!

 

Thanks man! It’s been a long and slow build but finally seeing the light at the end of this thing. Well for phase 1.0

 

You mean redo the shock mount with 14’s? Droop wise you’ll be limited by the springs

 

don’t you have a 10” shock now? You’d have to redo upper/lower shock mounts to get a bigger shock in there.

 

Sell me your rear suspension for real cheap when you redo it and maybe i will

 

I think most people don’t like it because it doesn’t cycle a lot of travel. Even with a 10” shock, the TC hoop put the shock well below the frame like in your photo, which isn’t great for SUA because you want to be able to able to use all that bump travel gained by relocating the spring. But as you of all people know, You can still do a lot of tuning with a 10” shock if it’s valved properly. It would just be harder to tune a bypass because of tube positioning.

 

Most guys look at it by cost evaluation. If you’re going to spend the money to go SUA you clearly want to optimize travel, specifically bump travel. With the amount of cost it takes to do the TC kit most guys would rather just spend a little more and get the DMZ or something else that nets more travel.

also comes down to application. You can’t equally compare an SUA kit to a SOA setup because they do different things. SUAs aren’t known to handle lots of weight well, which is something to analyze when building you’re truck.

not necessarily. You’re just limiting the travel numbers with a 10” shock. You’d have to set the upper/lower mounts in the proper position to optimize the zones within that 10” stroke but if done properly you could tune it.

 

Almost done with my not-quite-as long travel rear end rebuild. Swapped to 12" shackles, and stuffed some 11.5" 2.5 Fox IBP off a Raptor under the bed. It'll do for now, I can do until I figure out a cantilever setup. I'll be happy having a normal bed again though.

 

Any tips on torquing the bolt being the coilover? I've re-torqued everything except that one

 

Got the taco airborne 5-6 times in a row this weekend in with No issues at all afterwards.Up front I have JBA UCA’s, Kings and spaced Superbumps. Rear is DTF SUA, E30 Deavers and 16” Triple bypass kings.


Video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-oEzvHnMrxK__L4QFqz8SV0kEsAt6OCn/view?usp=drivesdk

 

Your shocks off of a 2nd gen raptor or 1st gen ?

 

You mean the upper control arm through bolt or one of the three top hat bolts?

 

What bolt are you talking about?