Long Travel BS Thread

they also give you more clearance during full compression so you dont scrape the shit out of your skid plate when you land on rough terrain

 

thanks man, the pic is from last weekend when a bunch of TW peepss hit up rowher flats near santa clarita

 

yup, that too

 

I always get the pucker effect when i hit a nasty whoop that launches me and I see some gnarly rocks where im gonna land

 

yup... you're in the air, just waiting for bad shit to happen...lol.

 

You still got those f55 for sale? Are they are direct bolt in?

 

i forgot to say he just bought a ford raptor too so i think the building on that tacoma might slow down as he changes stuff on the new toy

 

That sick taco and a raptor lucky bastard

 

I'm trying to picture it in my head, but why aren't there lift spindles made for 4x4's?

 

one of the points of lift spindles is that they give you lift withough changing the angle of your upper and lower control arms.

on a 4x4, changing those angles also means changing the CV angle. since that's really what we have to worry about, if you're going to change the angle, might as well jsut do it the simple way with a regular style suspension lift. plus, if you look at the hub position on a lift spindle, the cv would have to somehow go through the LCA to get that low.

however, in the expedition world, they have portals. portals are essentially the lift spindles for 4x4s, even though they aren't actually a spindle. they are a grear box that attach to the hub area and transfer the drive duwn to a secondary hub. works kinda like an outboard engine if that helps. they are very big with the land rover community, as solid axles in general. of course you could fab something up, but i'm not sure if they make portals for IFS

here's a picture
see how the center of the hub is lower than the axle shaft


and here's how they work

 

nope, i sold the f55's on dez rangers a month or so ago...

the f55's are a 61.5" leaf pack and are not bolt in. the J59 pack is the bolt in deaver pack for the 1st gens

i hate your friend.

 

Thanks for the explanation. I'm pretty familiar with portals, as HMMWV's have them. Great for a couple extra inches of clearance but pretty complex components.

 

Oh you know about a bajillion inches but strapped at a moderate 24"

 

Pretty much the same thing as a VW bus w/reduction gear transaxle

 

MORE INFO

who built it? wheres the truck? I wanna see it in person. so bad

 

shoot me a pm with any questions you got ill be happy to ask whatever and give as much information as i know

 

stock rear ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BLhQw2xUvo&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

 

X2

 

^^ you get to see it here soon cuz ur front bumper is gonna be to same specs as this and its at the shop

 

I like that bumper it justs need to be a little higher in my opinion.