Fitting 35’s with minimal trimming NOW ADDING LONG TRAVEL AND 934 CV’s

Maybe once I pick up another daily, because that is a can of worms. I have a whole lot to learn about swing set geometry before I even consider attempting it.

 

Harry is the best with being honest straight forward and will not talk you into more than you need and YES can work with you on doing it in stages. What and when.

 

I didn’t need a 12k JDfab front end but here I am

 

I might end up close to 14K including the rear and wheels and tires. If you have the time others are always moving up. For me, Wheels were Kasnerds Method 701's, Tires new from North County Tire and Wheel, Rear springs (J66)were from a previous build Harry did then I refreshed them. Trying them gives a really good base line to make a decision what might work better for me if these don't work out. Most likely would be Deaver H70HD when I go spring under. But for now I think these will work well. Shocks were Zach's take off's then Harry had Fox service them. Upper arms are new but picked them up from another who decided to go LT +4. This process takes time but it might not be any worse than the long lead times with new.

 

I am getting a tundra rack from basikbiker. People have said they are pretty solid. Have to do some fab work to make it work but doesn’t seem too bad. With Jd fabs double shear steering kit seems like a pretty solid option.

 

So I am clear, there are no steering upgrades available for the 3rd gen at this time because of the oil filter house if being in the way, correct?

 

I was kinda making a joke but…..
I already went down that road with my dual shock mid travel setup.
This time I did it right. Put all the good shit on in a 10 month time frame. LCA pivots , slide rack, Howe steering, inner fenders, +4 kit with new coilovers and secondaries. Have had the DMZ SUA for almost 3 years. It’s finally turned into the truck I didn’t even know I wanted. Im down to getting a fabbed 9inch rear end which will eliminate the last weak link….or transfer it to something more expensive but whatever I’m gonna do it soon!!

 

Had this talk with Harry a while back about the tundra rack with lower pivots, high chance the tie rod will contact the coil over with the arms moved forward. That is if you're not using the factory inners.

 

From what I understood is you still use Tacoma inners and outers as it’s a good weak link for the rack. I didn’t think about that though. I eventually want to do jd fabs lower pivots. How to you get a hold of one of his slide racks?

 

Still a daily driver? I'm right at the point where I'm in between deciding where I want this to eventually end up. Foresee it being a dd for at least another 2-5 years. I mostly just upgrade things as they fail, and the LCA's are next at 85k miles. and I think that's where I may split off from mid to long travel setup...

 

Just call them. And honestly, I would rather no weak links. The slide rack is stupid solid. I've stuffed my 37's hard several times this year and I have yet to knock anything out of alignment.

 

I'll find out soon. The tundra rack gets moved forward a bit from the OE rack location also.

 

I think I'm just going to commit some time to figuring out how to boot the driver side of the rack with the slide rack. It would solve all my worries

 

If you find a way, fill me in. Because I sure cant figure out a good way that doesn't require replacing boots constantly from being pinched. And I sure wish I could.

 

Even if it's not 100% sealed, it will still keep most of the shit out, which is probably what's going to end up happening, but I'll see what I can come up with. Maybe nothing, dunno yet

 

I think not being fully sealed is probably worse than being open. At least with it open you can blast the crap out for the most part

 

It’s not really a daily driver as I vanpool into work. But it is my main mode of transportation outside of work. But I could daily it if needed, hell it’s better on the street now vs when I bought it IMO. I do have 2 other vehicles I can use when needed if goes down for repairs. But I never built this with the intent of it being a trailer queen. Though that could change someday too. Lol
The daily.

 

Yeah I’ll call them and ask some questions. If I could keep the factory mounting locations I would definitely prefer that.

 

You're right though, but I'm expecting some of these builds to end up a tacoma cab on a tube frame by the time some of them are 'done'.