Long Travel BS Thread

any pics of 1st gen tacomas with your bumper... other than the pics on your website?

 

I have that same set up on my rear and i can guarantee that it will come no where near keeping up with the front end. But regardless a very nice truck just curiouse as to why the rear, I'm sure it will end up coming back to you for at least a shock hoop with some 12's

 

Doh! That makes better sense!

Please don't take my comments as a knock towards SDHQ. I love your work, just giving my thoughts on why MT vs LT in this case.

 

cantilever?

 

This truck is for sale clear across the country in South Carolina now so unfortunately we will probably never see it again (it was one of my favorite builds) but I can assure you that it did just fine out in the desert the few times it went out.

What Icon rears do you have? From this picture in your build thread it appears that you have the older non rebuildable 2.0s

This truck has the larger 2.5 RRs which have almost twice the oil capacity of the 2.0. This in turn keeps the shock much cooler longer after prolonged use in the desert. In addition they feature an incorporated bump zone the last inch of uptravel slowing compression to prevent hard bottoming out.

 

none taken what so ever

Its certainly a possibility, but again comes down to what the customer wants and needs.

 

Find us the for sale link for that bad boy, I wanna see the price tag.

 

<3

 

Good read for those that want racecar travel and 4x4 at the same time:
http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/showthread.php/85055-What-Front-drive-train-used-in-PRO-4

 

Ahhh i didnt see the 2.5 and was unaware that my rear shocks were not rebuidable, good to know. Well all in all that is a beautiful truck good job on the build.

 

anyone off hand know if a FJ wheel with a 315/75 will fit on the front of my truck without a wheel spacer?

 

are the FJ wheels like a 16x7 4.25" or something like that?

well i guess I can use it on the rear and just swap the rear to the front if anything happens. I should be fine cause I am planning on a 1.25" rear spacer so it should work with the FJ alloys.

 

better pics to come during the day

 

For the 1st gen guys rear LT, what did you do with the Hieght adjusting brake valve next to the frame? My buddy just installed 50ts and shocks are in the way of the valve.

 

My shocks are set center more enough to clear the valve

 

^ me gusta those icons!

 

Can king add those adjusters to bypasses also or just their smoothies?

 

Mine cleared because my lower shock mounts are so far off the back of the axle, but yes I still just took it out anyway. For about $70 you can actually control how much rear brake you get. That stock valve goes to a maximum of something like 37% of brake power and the aftermarket ones go up to something like 60%. I can actually feel the rear wheels bite now but not enough to lock up