Long Travel BS Thread

Okay, so before I go ordering parts and what not I'll check one more time.

I've read that both of these can work as replacements for stock Tacoma Studs:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ARP-100-7715/

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ARP-100-7718/

Question is, which one do I go with?!

 

hey guys what do you do when you try to lower your coilovers but the allen bolt is too tight to the point where the bolt doesnt strip and obviously not even move but bends your socket like those things spinning outside a barber shop! cuz this happend! i tried a regular allen key and realized its not that easy, a drill and an air gun and it completely distorted the socket when i used the air gun and the bolt didnt move at all! i WD40'd everything as well...suggestions?

 

^ what , how tight did you tighten the allen screw?

 

never touched it, i bought them like this..

 

so is it stripped?

 

nope they are fine just super tight! i wouldve thought they would strip but they actually bent my socket and the screw is still fine

 

oh ,your reffering to the allen bolt with the socket type . Try a regular allen screw with a little cheater bar or something. If you need help hit me up. lol

 

yeah i used an allen key socket for the air gun lol

 

the bolt? how?

 

Yea you cant dremel. Hmm air gun on the allen must be too much force. Maybe try heating it up if possible. The fun part is gonna be cranking them down.

 

im just gonna give SAW a call tomorrow and see if they have any suggestions or what they can do, they are almost an hour away from me so we'll see, i wanna crank them all the way down

 

On a side note ive been trying to find a metal piece like the pics below but around 3" in diameter because i wanna do my exhaust coming out of the bedside, anybody know where i could find one?

 

I'm sure a machine shop can make one. That would be super easy to make in solidworks. Then you can just send the file.

 

Wait, looks pretty simple. Can probably find it over the counter somewhere.

 

im not too tech savy like that haha ill just go to a shop and shop them the pics, now to find a machine shop near by..

 

tried home depot, this metal supply store near me, michaels(for some odd reason they seem to have everything lol), kartek and a few other offroad shops and nobody has a clue

 

they might just convince you to take them in and then charge you.

 

theres no way im paying for this haha im just gonna see what they have to say

 

Its for exhausts right? Try some muffler shops.

 

oh yeah i tried those too but i never thought of a machine shop, ill give that a try tomorrow