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

Ordered mine about a week ago and they said 10 to 12 weeks.
Got this in yesterday.
Thicker than a Coors Light can.

 

Have you ordered one?

 

No but if I switch to a 3rd gen I'm seriously considering jumping in head first on this if they have their shit together lol

 

whos doin the work? I’ve been thinking about going this route

 

Be patient. Well worth the wait...this picture is with tire just off the ground enough to spin with a little rubbing and effort...

 

Been a while since I updated this thread. Been busy AF. I competed in a crawl competition last weekend and was the only IFS rig to finish the line twice unassisted. Made the second run in about half the time as the first because I knew what I needed to do. Another LT Taco on 35s turtled near the end of his first run, then made it through on his second run. And a build Honda Passport (yea that's right) broke a CV on his first run, fixed it, then completed the line the second time around (TJ wheel base on 35s). Plenty of Jeeps didn't make it through, especially on their first pass. The RCLT kit is performing well in both crawling settings and faster desert stuff. A few weeks ago I also ran the Dusy with Big Mike and the green Dirt Everyday 4Runner (no Fred tho). I tried not to pepper Mike with too many questions about lead times and production delays, but he did mention supply chain issues with a few of the kit components. What I can say is that he lives and breathes RCLT. He was constantly checking the trucks, asking how they were performing, how it felt, what differences I was noticing. I hope they get the production issues sorted, bc the kit is fantastic and, in my opinion, worth the wait (my wait was 4-5 months). Here are a few pics of the Krawl Wars 2021 event. My neighbor came out and his kid shot some drone footage of my first run. I need to edit it a bit then I'll post a link to the video.

~15 point turn to find a line that didn't push me off the ledge on the driver side. This is where the 200-series rack earns its keep. I'm able to turn the wheel with the front locker engaged much easier than before. I still try not to force it too hard, but I didn't really need to here.


Found the line and it climbed. I knew I lifted a tire but it felt stable in the vehicle so I crawled it slowly. The width helps with stability but I'm still getting used to where my tires are.


Had to eat this rock to get over the finish line. I pushed it forward from here then it rolled under the LCA/front skid area.

 

I might.
Well all but the welding.
Might talk to Stellar Built.
Liked the work they did for me recently.

 

How are those bump stop things working out?
Thanks for posting

 

Looks like a good time. How did the Dusy go? Did you have any trouble fitting the wider track width anywhere?

 

I loved every minute of the Dusy. My kind of trail and the 4Runner worked great. They didn't have tooo much trouble but definitely not as maneuverable as I was. The size difference between 37s and 40s is insane. And the green 4Runner has wheel spacers because the wheels are the wrong offset.

 

But did you see the overland gladiator just rock bounce his way through the course

That dude straight up went for broke and had some big balls hitting it that hard and fast.

 

Big balls yes. Driving skills, no. Brains, no. I was right there for that. Race staff and onlookers were jumping out of the way. He bounced off the course twice.

 

wait driving skills don't equate to full throttle rock jumps?

 

wait I think I saw this on IG somehow

 

probably, someone I follow on IG was down there posting video's. If it's the one I'm thinking of he fell down trying to get out of the way and the truck

 

Beat not babied has it.

 

Yes guys were scrambling to get out of the way iirc one stumbled because someone else was in their way

 

Looked like would be buying a new rim on the pass front. Tire exploded off the bead with a lot of force when he landed. Probably damaged a couple other things too.

 

For anyone else curious.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CWTLnhZJwTO/



lmaooo