Long Travel BS Thread

Are these wires really long? Like long travel?

 

Lol, you'll get more responses in the lighting or electrical threads. Most of us have lights but I can say myself I know very little about wiring, its a pain to me

 

There is an electrician or 2 in here ,you got good info already so no need for more.

 

Haha well if the light works when you click the button you did it right. Thats my electrical knowledge

 

I did it.

It seriously sucked and I hope to never do it again lol

 

Are those wires going directly to the lights or to a relay? They shouldn't be carrying current in from the battery to the cab which they will be doing if you didn't put a relay in the harness. That's enough power that could start a fire and therefore you'll need a relay in the circuit. If you do have a relay and you have the positive, negative, and ground wires there, then ground out the ground wire to one of the bolts already used to ground in the interior - usually by the kickpanel down by your feet next to the door. The other two will hook up to the two prongs on the switch and like said before you can trial and error to see which goes where - it's a coin toss so it shouldn't take too long to figure it out.

The switch I used had a wire that got power from the interior fuse panel, a ground, and the wire that went to the relay to feed it the small current that opens and closes the light circuit.

Watch these videos and it will be hopefully way easier to understand wiring up lights. Also here's my aux lights wiring writeup:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/anthony-y-el-burrito-blanco.372728/page-4#post-13547645





Also buying a few soldering tools makes your wiring way more reliable - using

$18 alpha fry, Assorted 24637 AM31406 Cookson Elect 40/60 Electrical Rosin Core Solder, Size

flux core solder

$8 SummitLink 415 Pcs Black Assorted Heat Shrink Tube 10 Sizes Tubing Wrap Sleeve Set Combo

heat shrink tubing, and a wet sponge (I stick a wet rag in a used yogurt cup) to keep your iron tip clean will make soldering a breeze and you'll never worry about running out of length to make it to a ground etc. I use a $4 and a $5 they get the job done no problem for the light gauge wires we use for this stuff.

 

There's a group buy trying to get off the ground for Bora spacers if you can wait a little bit. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/bora-wheel-spacers-prep-feeler-gb.449952/page-11#post-17732572

 

Got any of those YouTube videos how to wire your truck up like a race truck?

 

Posted this in my build thread, thought you guys would get a kick out of it. Glad I kept my bed lol
And a few pics of the truck since I finally got it home:

 

I’m digging that strap set up on the spare. Got a link for who makes it?

 

Do you have a link to your build thread?

 

Shit man I forget the brand. Something similar to this:
https://www.polyperformance.com/pol...HBAH1PUlFpQGceZ3q6RFpk0sI_peDfHgaAlOGEALw_wcB

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2011-pyrite-mica-lt-build-bs.310050/

 

PRP Seats has one. That's where I was plainging on picking one up from.

 

Appreciate it brother...ordered!

 

lol I'm going to have a lot more experience in a few months when I start wiring up all my stuff. I think this is the general route I'm going with unless I get a good deal on a solid state relay block:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/poor-mans-relay-box.532401/#post-17068912

Along with a battery / alt / starter diy big 3 upgrade.

 

Hey Guys, I picked up a DTF SUA kit and am looking for some beginner info on how to install. The guy at DTF will not respond to phone calls, emails or Facebook mssg’s so I’m coming to you all. I live in Denver and will mainly be daily driving and blazing Rocky Mountains trails along with occasional trips to Moab. Won’t be hucking this thing 6’ in the air (for now).

I will be building a bed cage (similar to DMZ’s) with 18” either 3.0 or 2.5 triple bypass kings. I have the E30 Deavers.

The questions I have is, with the deavers, do I just need to maintain the factory hanger locations when I weld on the new ones or is it different? Is there different pro’s and cons to a 25 or 30 degree angle for the shocks? Where is the preferred shock tab mount location on the axle as far as top, back or lower?

Any other advice for the install you guys can throw at me would be much appreciated!

 

Anthony is busy all the time plus sometimes leaves the states for races down south for a couple / few weeks at a time on occasion. @Basikbiker would probably be a person who could give you some advice. I believe he had the kit on his truck before linking it.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/basik-built-taco.296798/

I sold an axle that Anthony used on his truck with the kit to @chasecamper who could maybe take some pics of how everything's set up on the axle.

Edit: Here are all the pics I've got of the axle: