LSK race long travel.

I'm doing a wide-body set up as well and I'm trying to do my rear end first what do you guys suggest to do to get the wide stance I believe the Tacoma rear axle is about 70 in long and I need something around 78 to 82 in I believe.
what do you suggest tundra rear end or T100 rear end what kind of axle is the best

 

First gen tundra, t100, and 2nd gen taco axles are the same width. Some internet sources claim they’re like an inch and a half different but I have a 2nd gen Tacoma and first gen tundra axle to measure and got roughly 66 1/4” wms to wms. You shouldn’t measure the tires and wheels in your measurement since everyone has different wheel size and offset and tire size. Most 2nd gen guys run wheel spacers unless they step it up to a custom fabricated axle.

 

yes my axle is 65 in and I can't find anything right now that exceeds it

 

Definitely not an inexpensive route to take but GenRight uses axles from Currie at 70" wms-wms. I imagine Currie, Dynatrack and Diamond could all take care of creating something wider for Taco's. If I down the road decide to go LT at plus 3.5 each side in the long run something from any of them I think would be a good choice. Then of course there are also plenty of DIY suppliers.

 

right on man thank you for the information thank you so very much.

 

While this kit is awesome and can take whatever you can throw at it, the flimsy core support unfortunately can not. Problem solved though!

 

Any more updates from the core support Devin ?

 

Is this actually a kit or a one off?

 

Yeah core support is finished. Turned out great. The truck does vibrate more with my solid motor mounts but ‍Race truck i guess? Hahaha

Had to trim the inner fenders, last time out in Johnson valley I was at lock and hit a bump and caught one. We were going to go with hood pins not knowing if factory hood latch would work but it did. Upgraded the factory trans cooler to a new B&M one and moved the horns over to passenger side. Part of the old support was used for the bottom of the headlights and also for the light bar. Where the new support meets the side supports was welded to each other now so if I need to take the front clip off it is 8 bolts for the assembly and the the 4 holding the radiator on and I would need to release the A/C line and the whole thing comes off. Only had part is the back of both headlight needed so there was a hole that was was then patched on the back of the headlights so they would fit with the new support.

 

It is an actual kit, it is now up on LSK's website.

 

Looks great! I love the new radiator and coolers. Definitely taking notes for my truck...

 

Just wanted to throw this out there for people who were thinking about the LSK kit and possible big brake kits. The LSK race kit first of is fantastic, they did move the abs sensors to the back side of the spindle I believe due to location with the steering link and also to protect against things hitting and damaging the abs sensors. I was so worried about making sure the calipers were going to clear the wheels I didn’t even think about the sensors. I purchased the SOS 6 piston stoptech kit and the abs sensors do hit the bracket that mounts to the spindles. I have posted pics below. My fault for not double checking everything, but just though for anybody that is thinking about doing big brakes with the LSK race kit.

 

such a dope truck!

 

What did you do to get the big brake kit to work with the LSK long travel spindles?

-B

 

The shop I had it at Kaizen off-road had to modify the speed sensors. So he cut the plastic connector ends off the sensor and the harness side. Hardwired the wires straight to the pins on the sensor and then used high temp glue to make sure no moisture got in, and shaved down the mounting bracket a little. I’ll see if I can grab some pictures later

 

Here are some pics of it on the truck.

 

Damn that's a TIGHT fit!

-B

 

Quick question for the OP, I have been looking into this kit, and I was curious if limit straps would need to be added? Its interesting that the kit does not have any tabs on the LCA for this.

 

There is a tab on the backside of the lower control arm for a limit strap. It does not give you any top portion for because there are so many different set ups. I have actually changed mine from the original post. The first set up was with an 11 inch single strap that was non adjustable. I have since switch to the TMR adjustable with duel 10 inch straps to fine tune the limit of droop. Kaizen really helped dial that in and make sure that the tie rod ends were not binding at full droop.

 

Good to know, thanks. How do you like the kit so far? Any troubles that need tweaking? Lower mounts holding up pretty good?