Long Travel BS Thread

ahh.. no i thought you picked up that kit from happy smiley.. sorry don't know everyones real name

 

Oh haha nope surfermatt

 

i know... i just don't want to deal with mailing racks back and forth when i inevitably break them you know? although landon's rack from there has worked great.

 

my truck isn't LT but I just got my replacement track from them.aside from UPS sucking at their jobs it was easy and the new rack looks good so far. I'm installing it on Sunday

 

they sent a new one out for you then you sent it back right?
i just am having a hard time depending on a small independent business accepting a completely destroyed rack under a warranty that doesn't cover "misuse". usually speed bumps dont rip your rack in half haha
someone making minimum wage gives far fewer fucks than someone trying to keep their business afloat you know?

 

Absolutely,. I was just throwing it out there as an option. You wouldn't know if they would take it back until you actually tried doing it.

 

Yeah i've heard good things about rack doctor otherwise.. just wish i didn't chew through them. Should stop once i adjust everything and hopefully make a slider soon.

 

Probably missed this somewhere, know it was brought up, but this is really more of a problem for 1st gen's right?

 

I've cracked two racks...but for other reasons..

 

Yes.

 

Sweet, thanks.

Love simple answers

 

Here we go...
The kits geometry is not responsible for the rack breaking.
1st gens and tundra rear mount racks take a beating because of location of the rack and the leverage the suspension has on them.

Tundras are big ass trucks usually run with bigger tires, even more stress on that poor lil rack.

 

His truck was in an accident that twisted up the sub frame and the rack mounts. It could definitely be geometry in his case.

 

Could be.
But it's not because the TC kit has some terrible geometry putting stress on the rack.
Stock frame pivots and stock spindle pivots, connect the dots, shits all the same.
All I'm saying.

 

Oh not at all! The TC kit is not the problem

 

Yeah definitely not the kit's problem... pretty sure its a combo of being strapped too long and my toe changing when the tie rods came loose and a combo of bump steer and heavy ass truck landing into a rut tore the rack in two

 

What does your truck weigh?

 

hey guys. this is probably a newbie question but cant really find anything on it so, i have 2.5x8 king coilovers and 2.5x12 king smoothies, no one local charges them, a local utv shop will but only 300 psi. that enough? still trying to find more but anything would help guys, thanks

 

IIRC King uses 150 on their non race series shocks? So they should be able to, just droop the suspension while filling them.

 

Worst case, swing by El Paso and I can help you out lol we wanna go testing this weekend so we'll probably have everything with us as well.