Marlin Crawler's New Rock Crawling Long Travel IFS Suspension System (#RCLT)

PR is 90% of good business. No/Bad PR means no customers. The other 10% is having product that is in demand.

 

Lol I have been stalking this thread for a while since I have sold my truck and I’m glad I did t hold onto it waiting for this kit to come out. Sorry for all who are still waiting though.

crazy even the dirt lifestyle guy on YouTube bought a Tacoma and really wants this kit and he’s a Jeep guy. Crazy how they have sooooo much interest and people willing to drop crazy amounts of money on them and it seems like they are dragging their feet. Might have pre maturely announced this product to the world.

 

It will be available soon, or maybe sometime this year, or maybe next year, or the next year, ORRRRR??? WTF....

 

At least there have been some recent updates and a new YT video today. But we shall see.

 

Lolz

 

Yeah. This is the wrong thread for anything about this product. Go to his build thread

 

Looks like Big Mike is updating and answering questions on his own build thread about it. So I'd move over there if you want to know more.

 

Hello everyone! Have I got some incredibly long overdue updates for this thread. First, I'd like to post a preemptive TL;DR: Pre-orders are starting next week with the first kits planned to ship by late next month. This weekend I'll be sending a final update to those who have submitted to our RCLT HD webform. Pricing and remaining details: We only have one more item to figure out and will post info to our site next week before opening pre-ordering.

And second, I'd like to say how the patience and kindness of those still waiting for RCLT HD has been entirely undeserving and I am so very sorry for our broken promises. The backlash we've caused is justified; I'd do the same in other shoes. The biggest hold-ups have been the MarRack (minor) and the one-piece CNC billet lower section (major). My final/production designs were completed Jan 2020 with most P/Os fulfilled last April (literally thousands of parts collecting dust), issues with machinists really took flight, finally charmed by our third. Excuses don't matter anymore; I learned lessons in managing dependencies and the importance of Plan B's. Obviously the delay has cost our company opportunity and face, and negatively impacted other areas.

Nevertheless, we stayed with it and never gave up in finishing something no other company has done before, doing so even as an initial product offering into a new industry for us (IFS). We could have wet our toes with a run-of-the-mill UCA kit but went full YOLO straight out the gate. This was not easy. This was incredibly expensive. I clearly understand why this has never been accomplished before. We've experienced production hell before but this had many uncontrollable factors and was the most drawn-out and frustrating project I've ever been a part of. But we did it. We kept our head down. We hammered through. I am very grateful to be the one delivering this revolutionary product bringing Rock Crawling for the first time ever to the Toyota and Lexus IFS community!

As @Slashaar mentioned I've been pushing to get my build thread updated. This is because I've stated on FB and that I have completed the coolest and most innovative thing I've ever seen done to any daily driven Rock Crawler, and I can't post photos of the Production RCLT HD installed without exposing just what the hell I'm on about so I'm looking to finish updating my thread this weekend.

In closing, everything is green-lighted for the first time since I began this journey, so any unexpected delays from here will only be in terms of weeks rather than months. Hold on to your butts: We'll be taking orders for RCLT HD next week!

Regards,
BigMike

 

Here come recent highlights from my build thread:

Installed the Final Prototype for use at KOH (crossed the finish line in 10th place), Page 53 Reply #1,044








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Displayed the Final Prototype on my Tacoma at KOH, Page 53 Reply #1,048





Shared a video from KOH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD4SdVZwoDI

 

RCLT HD Final Prototype on display at CAL4WD Convention, Page 54 Reply #1,056




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RCLT HD Final Prototype on display at the Adventure Expo, Page 54 Reply #1,067












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My "HOLY GROUND CLEARANCE BATMAN" post where I compared RCLT HD + 40s to a SAS + 40s and discussed what RCLT HD can do that a SAS can't, Page 55 Reply #1,081



Shared a video from the 4Wheeler Adventure Expo, Page 55 Reply #1,083

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5TYTa9FJw0

 

Explained detail of how RCLT HD has broken my 37 years of four wheeling experience, Page 55 Reply #1,086






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Took a pretty badass pic one afternoon, Page 56 Reply #1,109




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Am now achieving 14.5" of front suspension travel with 40s from only +2.75 length arms, Page 57 Reply #1,130





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Took the final prototype through our local Red & Coyote trails twice in a weekend, Page 57, Reply #1,132





and shared another video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEry4P6KH4M

 

Finally two more things:

A couple days ago I updated the RCLT HD Product Page with the following 8 images from the Final Prototype:

















And an impromptu video of various short clips related to the new images

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atX2nzo-tFc

 

And beings I won't be able to update this thread for a while since I have a sh*t ton of marketing and install instructions to finish, please follow my Facebook posts which are easiest for me to post for the time being: .

For example, two days ago Yesterday I and today I In conclusion, I am extremely proud of the final design and truthfully it's the only one I feel 110% confident for public use. On my build thread I compared the prototypes in terms of market viability as Version One a 0 out of 10, Version Two a 4 out of 10, and the final version an 8 out of 10. Looking back, for this to be true, then the Production Design is a 15 out of 10 with the LCA much stronger and the Knuckle extremely much stronger (see above image). I can't wait to see these out on the trails across the States! I am definitely gonna become emotional the first one I see out in the wild!!

I'll follow-up here to announce the start of Pre-Orders and again when kits get picked up by UPS. Thank you to everyone who has helped make this dream and invention a reality!

Regards,
BigMike

 

I’m going to go with the “yeah right” response to this and seeing will be believing. I suppose the taco box had the same issues and the mar rack fixed it as well.

good luck if waiting on MC

 

woke up to the email of preorders starting today

 

Big countdown for a button to sign up for updates

 

What’s the total cost of this system ?

 

That counter already went to zero. I saw it at 22 minutes then went back 25 minutes later and all they did was add a description.

 

prolly 6-7k for the arms and everything that moves, maybe 2 k for rcv shafts cause... long travel, and maybe under 1 k for the rack anddddd not including what ever long travel coil overs....of course this is a guess

 

originally i expected 10-15k. but with prices of everything going up i bet it will be north of 15k