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

@81Trekker I didn’t see tracking for mine. Did you still want to plan a time for me to come down for the slide rack and pick up my other stuff?

 

Can’t stress this enough. Quality of life off-road is off the charts with the Howe pump. Its one of those mods you wonder why the hell you took so long to do it.

 

What about if you only do lite mountain trails for the most part? Where would you prioritize this mod compared to like going from mid-travel to long?

 

My opinion would be if you went up in tire size regardless of which suspension route you go.

 

Is that true only for a certain generation of Tacoma? I have a first gen, running 35s (and long travel) and I still have the stock pump... I mean it hasn't failed obviously so what is the huge advantage?

 

This. If it came down to only keeping one thing from JD mods, the Howe ps pump and slide rack is the one. Incredible. Bump steer what? Yea. Do it.

 

The Howe pump kit that JDFab did is for the 2nd gen. There is constant and jarring feedback into the steering wheel while off-roading and hitting shit with the stock pump. That is all gone with the Howe pump. It also lightens up the steering effort dramatically. It use to be work steering this pig in the dirt…now it’s just an enjoyable ride.

 

I’d do this pump if I was driving a mall crawler. Do this….drive over a speed bump a little faster than normal and see how the steering wheel jumps in your hand….now imagine that never happening again. Now imagine going down a dirt road at speed and never feeling the wheel bumping around in your hands. It takes the work away.

 

Can you achieve this albeit to a milder amount with ONLY the pump? Can't dive in with both feet till I win the lottery.

 

The reason I went with JDFab is not only for what they offer. They are one of the few out there that I would trust not to push something just to make a sale. As Harry said if you do one thing to a Tacoma the Howe set up is at the top of the list.

 

I drive a class 9 with no power steering and the stock Tacoma feels like butter.

 

I ride a beach cruiser with no motor and my YZ450 feels like a rocket ship

 

Pure Gold.

 

Yes the pump kit by itself will be enough. The slide rack is another level of fixing the weak rack problem not so much related to what the pump does. The pump is a quality of life issue.... the slide rack is a luxury item

 

Correction. The slide rack is a necessity if you play hard. The pump is a necessity if you enjoy not having your hands numb from feedback. The summer before the slide rack I broke 2 racks on 315's. Fast forward a year and I'm on 37's with the slide rack and pump and zero broken racks pushing the truck harder than ever. Once the rack its self is booted, this will be an absolutely bullet proof setup. The lack of boots is literally the ONLY short coming of the slide rack.

 

Havent been on in a long time.
The tear down starts tonight.

 

It's unfortunate because this is literally the only reason I didn't buy it. Everything else about it is awesome.

 

I’m limping things along until it all comes apart. Then I intend on pulling it all out, and figuring out a solution on the bench. Just too damn hard with it in the truck to dick around with building stuff.

 

That's what I want to hear. I'm not running 315s yet, or really plan to any time soon, 34's will probably be the turning point of whether I want this to become a toy only, or keep it streetable. Also comes down to whether I get a gas getter to daily. But bump steer has been stupid on this since the beginning even on stock tires. I'm only on 33s now, and I finally ditched the sway bar so the bump has only increased. (I know, super unimpressive )