Florida B.S. Thread

Alright so time to start saving up and putting the 93 Yota 4x4 to some use.
I'm thinking maybe go up to 38s? Maybe 40s with some/lots of trimming?
All-Pro has a nice lift but its for solid axles and mine has IFS.

Opinions? Suggestions?

 

http://www.trail-gear.com/bumpers

save up for a Trail Gear bumper, personally i don't like AP

http://www.trail-gear.com/ifs-eliminator-kit

I recommend this

 

DOO ITT!!!!!! raise that ***** up!!!

 

Then to find a solid axle somewhere...I'm not made of money

 

Fink I would stay with 35s or smaller on toy axles.

 

X2 unless you upgrade the axles and gears... and gusset the housings......

 

pretty dead tonight huh fellas


how about some progress pictures to liven the mood.....

got the new axle and wells/tires on










almost done....and not too far off from the original drawing

 

Good progress Colin. What kind of axle did you put on it?

Fink,
I doubt that ifs could handle those tires and you'd need some seriously huge drop bracket lift to even dream of clearing them.

 

We just finished up Alex's front lift. Yep, we spent all day just on the front and didn't get to JK's sliders. I feel bad having him come over here and not getting to put them on.

I can't say I've seen any suspension quite like Alex's. It was a coilover but it wasn't. The shock dropped out from the middle and the coil stayed between the bucket and lca. Needless to say, it was quite the experiment trying to get it to work. We fiddled with the idea of putting my old springs in there but I thought they might be too high of a rate and too long.

 

well, everything premade either wouldn't work, or was insanely expensive, so i had to get the axle beam, spindles, and hubs all separately and cut/weld it up myself. the axle beam is 2''x2''x1/4wall box tubing. the spindles and hubs are rated for 2500 lbs each, so 5000lbs total. a little overkill since i won't ever load the trailer that heavy, but that just means the axle will fair better if it hits rocks or other stuff wheeling.

here's the spindle pressed intot he tubing ready for welding. it's on facebook, but i can't remember if i posted it here yet or not

 

Props for making it yourself, that's awesome and it looks beefy as hell.

 

take any pictures. i remember looking at her suspension when we were wheeling ocala.....it's a crazy setup for sure. it working alright now though?

 

No pics this time. Too many "hmmms" to think about that.

I hope it's working alright, it seemed to support it's own weight when we took it off the jack stands.

 

the other reason for making it myself was that it was a 2 week turnaround to have the trailer shop here make it, and i really wanted it for my long drive home. it looked dumb witht eh big structure on it with 17 inch tires

many other parts of the trailer will break before the axle now though. not sure if that's good or bad yet though.

 

Considering you're not going anywhere with a broken axle I wouldn't say it's a bad thing.

 

true..... i think the leaf spring bolts and the ball coupler are the weak points right now, which is ok, because i have extra bolts, and the coupler assembly will be swapped out shortly

 

Apparently even grade 8 bolts aren't too hard to bend. Alex's truck is very stubborn.

I may have asked this earlier but I don't remember, are you going to go with a pintle hook?

 

snap bolts on her truck?


i was going to use a pintle, but for a good setup, i was coming up with a price just under $200
they are super strong, but not great for highway driving, so i'd have to swap out for a normal ball and coupler when i do regular towing.

i figure i might as well go for the max-coupler for an extra $30, and then i don't have to swap out for highway driving since there isn't any play

 

We bent a grade 8 bolt prying on the lca to squeeze the spacer over the coil. It wasn't a bolt off her truck fortunately. It was one I had laying around from an electric scooter. It was basically the axle of the scooter.

I remember you showing us that max-coupler thing but didn't realize you decided to go for it. That's slick. Get a locking hitch pin and you're set.