Long Travel BS Thread

2 die grinder cuts vs. several hundred dollars springs......it's illogical captain......hey you get out of here with your Tundra/4Runner. JK man..... : )

 

You sucks even more now.....!

Didn't know you got a 2nd gen.....really? Already built?

 

Can you guys give me a trick on installing my axle shafts into my outer cv joint.

I've tried twice, both ttimes the c - clip gets gouged pretty bad on inserting the shaft. I've tried freezing the shaft over night to make it a bit smaller for the clip, but I feel it's so miniscule..

Have you guys just lined it up and hit it in with no worries on it getting gouged? First time I did it years ago, I don't recall the clip get gouged. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

The chrmo is actually really soft if you research it. It's ment to give and twist before other damage. Atleast that's my understanding from my readings. I've got the same shafts, but sadly I destroyed my outer joint recently

 

Usually it just pops right in? Just like one solid smack.... so I guess i wouldn't have seen it it got gouged.

 

New bed cage is done. Catches the frame at 4 points. Will eventually become part of a partial exo cage.

 

Right on! Don't see that everyday looks good dude

 

I put a small amount of grease on the clip. It holds it in place for a bit until you get in punched in. A little trick I learned from a buddy that's a toyota tech.

 

Workin on updating my kit to integrated lower uniball style.....

 

Looks good. I'm just getting started on something similar to all pros black Betty exo cage. Just having a bit of tool issues this evening before making too much progress tonight.

 

Anyone with the dmz kit that can speak to valving? I have smooth bodies currently and will probably keep these until I can afford some bypasses.

Threw about 200# in the bed the other day and went out testing a little.

Running a light tube bumper, and a simple bed cage with a single spare in the back of my bed.

Truck ride stiffer than I would like. I'm running a 10-12 flutter on compression, and a 10 on rebound.

Any ideas? Seriously considering pulling the 5th leaf down to see if that softens things up. Any suggestions?

 

So I've been looking at susspension kits for my gen 2 tacoma for awhile now and I've finally hit the fork in the road. Mid travel or full travel? Where I live currently (southern California) I would get use out of a LT kit but if i decided to do LT I could only do it up front and would run a TC SUA setup with shock hoops in the rear (I have a shell and sleep in the bed) if I ended up moving out of california (looking towards Arizona, Utah, colorado currently) would I still get the full use out of the kit? Or would I be better off with some new UCA'S and coilovers up front and a TC SUA kit in the back? My biggest fear is that I'll invest in mid travel and just regret it and want LT or that I'll go LT, move out of the desert and not get to use the LT kit for what it was made for and would have been better off just going mid travel. Been looking at the Baja designs, camburg, and TC kits.

 

There are plenty of people on here with LT that use it for more than judt blasting through the desert. I would vote for LT if you can afford it

 

Full droop. 14.5 up 15.5 down

 

That is pretty damn sexy.

 

Oh man. Off the top of my head I know it's my second shim of the piston. Fairly small and I believe it's .010

 

Probably too late, but a hose clamp around the clip works awesome.