Long Travel BS Thread

Somebody mentioned a few weeks back a place for alignment in Temecula, anybody knows which place it was??

 

Peasants

 

Ok stupid question what do you guys use for luring ball joints and spray on the suspension to maybe keep it a little quieter. mine is starting to drive me crazy

 

Well guys I am finally ready to invest in LT. Considering that I am on the east and don't know when I will hit the west I have my rear built up with the TC midtravel SUA with 12" kings with the BAMF relocation. I know this isn't ideal for full out LT, but if the need comes I can always swap it out down the road...

Anyway I am going with the TC 3.5 race series for the front and my question is should I get kings with compression adjusters? My plan is to eventually run bypasses on the front for more tuneability and also to house the secondary hoop bracket for more strength. Im not sure whether or not having clickers on the coilovers as well as coupled with triple bypasses would be pointless and overkill? I have clickers on my rear shocks and I love the adjustability those things have though while my current mid travel kings on the front don't have clickers but don't bother me.

Sorry if I sound like a noob here, but any info is appreciated.

Coot

 

Go to Trueline in Santee. I am sure it may be a drive for you, but Tony the owner is super skilled and he owns a few prerunners and does all the aftermarket stuff with ease. Wish I was still in SD to have them do my trucks...

 

Precision alignment.

 

Triflow

 

Thanks man gunna look for some of this getting the front end dialed in next weekend as far as spongy goes and shit. soon to be hitting you up for a bed cage if you feel confident doing one might be a bit of time gotta pay off my credit card first but need something in the rear that isn't bottoming out on everything more than a 20mph bump

 

I think the more adjustability you have the better personally I would want an on the fly easy adjuster knob for certain terrains. will also help you if it's a DD. can adjust for on and off road.

 

Very true man, I decided to ask a few shops and I think I am going to get triple bypasses after my LT is installed but get them with the adjuster knobs on the bypasses instead of the hex nuts. It will make them much more expensive, but I love that on the fly adjustment like you are saying. Havvokk I thought you were selling your LT? I know my buddies all got an eye out for your stuff!

Coot

 

so weighed the truck this morning to get some custom shock valving.
its a portly pig
these are the weights with a half tank of gas (18gal cap) and no driver and in its normal DD config.
LF 1261
RF 1251
LR 1447
RR 1312
5271Lbs total. lol portly bitch.

 

I was going to but made a deal with the ol lady and now have to keep it. I'm not complaining I got a new dirtbike out if the deal but am no longer allowed to sell anything on my truck that is installed already

 

Dude im excited for you man, the damn avatar gets to stay! Wait why did you want to get rid of it? I thought you might of been looking into a new vehicle or something? I mean shit who doesn't want LT they already have?

Coot

 

Thanks

 

Yeah kinda far. thanks for the info though

 

I wonder how much my truck weights

 

I don't use mine like I was going to. I want a truck that can haul out my dirtbike and towards my trailer without worrying about shit

 

How is your front kit? Is it a dirt kings kit?

Coot

 

Alright so I'm curious what spring rate everyone is running on your 8 inch coilovers? The coilovers that I bought used came off of a first gen, and I'm pretty sure the springs on them are too light. When I first put the coilovers on and had them set with little-to-no preload just enough to hold the spring. The truck Road great but it sat extremely low. So I had to crank them up to get the normal ride height. And now they ride too stiff. I'm 4wd so preferably people without lift spindles chime in please.

How it sat at first. My concern with the ride height this low is dragging every damn rock in the desert with my skid plate


How it's sitting now.

 

You

You should be running 3.0x16x600lb coils