Long Travel BS Thread

How come? The coils on my 2.5x8 are 18", and the new 600# coils I ordered are 18" as well. I've always been curious of the difference between 16" and 18". Obviously a longer spring would have less preload?

 

anybody have some 6 x 500lb coils for dual rates

 

http://www.race-dezert.com/classifieds/index.php?ct=wheeltire&md=details&id=92159

 

My king 2.5x8 coilovers had 18s and were loose with the collar all the way up

 

8" SAW and other shocks with an optional external thread top cap and cone style lower spring retainer are too short for an 18" spring without preloading the coil to put it on. So you use a 16"

If you start getting into 650-700 lb spring rate on 16" coils, be careful as you can't put much preload in the coils or the springs will fully collapse (coil bind) before the shocks do.

 

I have a winch and a front diff and my coils are sagging bad so there like 1.5" of preload and it needs more...I have no clue what coils are on it

 

Maybe my old rear coils will work? I think they were 16" but i forget, I think they're still at the shop

 

600lb ?

 

A longer spring of equal rate would still need the exact same amount of preload. Spring rate is spring rate regardless of the length of the spring.

 

There is a group buy for a 50 inch lightbar and brackets made by Trac.

 

anyone running a swaybar on their LT? I have a 2" kit, and was thinking about how nice a swaybar was when I had one 3 years ago. I want to try to find a stock swaybar, mount it up, and fab some extensions that mount somewhere on the spindle. I would make the extensions bolt-in so I could still disconnect it. Has anyone tried this and is it possible?

 

So you want to limit the travel of your new long travel suspension?

 

if you want a swaybar for a 2" over kit... you probably shouldn't have gone long travel

 

I hated the sway bar.

 

I threw my sway bar in the trash before I got long travel. Best mod I ever did.

 

LoL

 

Anyone have a t100/tundra axle shaft laying around?

 

^ Does that still have the swaybar attached?

 

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