1. Welcome to Tacoma World!

    You are currently viewing as a guest! To get full-access, you need to register for a FREE account.

    As a registered member, you’ll be able to:
    • Participate in all Tacoma discussion topics
    • Communicate privately with other Tacoma owners from around the world
    • Post your own photos in our Members Gallery
    • Access all special features of the site

BAMF 2nd Gen and 3rd gen rear shock relocation kit.

Discussion in 'Bay Area Metal Fabrication' started by JLee, Aug 6, 2012.

Page 32 of 61
  1. Aug 7, 2018 at 3:40 PM
    #621
    freddy2923

    #621
    freddy2923 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2016
    Member:
    #175901
    Messages:
    1,127
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Freddy
    Phoenix, Arizona
    Vehicle:
    2015 Barcelona red Tacoma trd or
    Pretty much stock, just a light bar and a avid off road bumper guard
    That would be great :headbang:
     
    freddy2923, Aug 7, 2018
    #621
  2. Aug 7, 2018 at 7:05 PM
    #622
    hoarder23

    #622
    hoarder23 Truck fell over

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2012
    Member:
    #84787
    Messages:
    12,756
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Shay
    NJ
    Vehicle:
    15 Pyrite Mica DCSB Sport
    Scratches
    Driver's from the rear
    IMG_20180807_203555.jpg
    Passenger from the rear
    IMG_20180807_203605.jpg
    Passenger from the frontIMG_20180807_203624.jpg
     
    hoarder23, Aug 7, 2018
    #622
    freddy2923[QUOTED] likes this.
  3. Aug 7, 2018 at 7:17 PM
    #623
    freddy2923

    #623
    freddy2923 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2016
    Member:
    #175901
    Messages:
    1,127
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Freddy
    Phoenix, Arizona
    Vehicle:
    2015 Barcelona red Tacoma trd or
    Pretty much stock, just a light bar and a avid off road bumper guard
    Have you ran into any problems with up travel? Yes I know this kit is designed for down travel.
     
    freddy2923, Aug 7, 2018
    #623
  4. Aug 7, 2018 at 8:55 PM
    #624
    hoarder23

    #624
    hoarder23 Truck fell over

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2012
    Member:
    #84787
    Messages:
    12,756
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Shay
    NJ
    Vehicle:
    15 Pyrite Mica DCSB Sport
    Scratches
    I haven't jumped my truck but between normal road driving, rock crawling and high speed dirt road action I haven't felt like the available up travel inhibited me.
     
    hoarder23, Aug 7, 2018
    #624
    freddy2923[QUOTED] likes this.
  5. Aug 7, 2018 at 9:15 PM
    #625
    freddy2923

    #625
    freddy2923 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2016
    Member:
    #175901
    Messages:
    1,127
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Freddy
    Phoenix, Arizona
    Vehicle:
    2015 Barcelona red Tacoma trd or
    Pretty much stock, just a light bar and a avid off road bumper guard
    Don’t plan on jumping my truck either haha but thanks for the info:thumbsup:
     
    freddy2923, Aug 7, 2018
    #625
  6. Aug 8, 2018 at 10:05 AM
    #626
    JLee

    #626
    JLee [OP] The Man! Vendor

    Joined:
    Jul 20, 2010
    Member:
    #40461
    Messages:
    19,563
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Jerry
    Benicia, CA
    Vehicle:
    02 Extra cab SAS Linked front and rear
    I lost track thousands of dollars ago.

    Who said this kit was designed for down travel? If installed properly you should have about a 50/50 split. Leaf springs are the up travel limiting factor.
     
    JLee, Aug 8, 2018
    #626
    Gunshot-6A, Bentrodder and 05tacomabro like this.
  7. Aug 8, 2018 at 11:12 AM
    #627
    freddy2923

    #627
    freddy2923 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2016
    Member:
    #175901
    Messages:
    1,127
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Freddy
    Phoenix, Arizona
    Vehicle:
    2015 Barcelona red Tacoma trd or
    Pretty much stock, just a light bar and a avid off road bumper guard
    From be pictures posted looks like there’s only 4 inches of up travel
     
    freddy2923, Aug 8, 2018
    #627
  8. Aug 8, 2018 at 11:19 AM
    #628
    JLee

    #628
    JLee [OP] The Man! Vendor

    Joined:
    Jul 20, 2010
    Member:
    #40461
    Messages:
    19,563
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Jerry
    Benicia, CA
    Vehicle:
    02 Extra cab SAS Linked front and rear
    I lost track thousands of dollars ago.
    It's between 5" and 6" with the lowers set about flat but you can rotate them down for even more down travel. Also most lifted Tacomas with a spring over don't get much more then 6" of up without over arching the leaf pack into a negative.
     
    JLee, Aug 8, 2018
    #628
    Gunshot-6A and freddy2923[QUOTED] like this.
  9. Sep 13, 2018 at 12:42 AM
    #629
    heffer

    #629
    heffer Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 22, 2009
    Member:
    #21580
    Messages:
    1,223
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Jeff
    Los Angeles
    Vehicle:
    '15 Magnetic Grey 4X4 TRD Off Road
    Icon Extended Travel, SPC control Arms, OME Dakars, B110's
    Question for you guys that have gone to a place to get this welded on. How many hours of labor should I be expecting to pay for someone to weld up the mount for me?
     
    heffer, Sep 13, 2018
    #629
  10. Sep 13, 2018 at 12:48 AM
    #630
    bullaculla

    #630
    bullaculla IKA fabrications

    Joined:
    Oct 14, 2012
    Member:
    #89002
    Messages:
    8,155
    Gender:
    Male
    Da big big island!
    Vehicle:
    2013 MGM DCSB Tacoma 4X4 TRD Off Road
    All pro 3 link SAS kit, Diamond axle, kings on 37" MTR/K
    Looks good, but have you cycled it? Might be the angle, but it looks like the bump stop will barely be touching when the shock bottoms out. And those superbumps are soft and will pankcake pretty flat. Might need a spacer under the bump.
     
    bullaculla, Sep 13, 2018
    #630
    singletrack_ftw and inesshell like this.
  11. Sep 13, 2018 at 6:35 AM
    #631
    inesshell

    #631
    inesshell blah blah blah

    Joined:
    Aug 2, 2011
    Member:
    #60986
    Messages:
    7,164
    Vehicle:
    All stock Superwhite 10' AC
    welding doesnt take much time, its the grinding down the welds that take the longest. Depending what he has for equipment it can range from 3-5 hours
     
    inesshell, Sep 13, 2018
    #631
  12. Sep 13, 2018 at 6:55 AM
    #632
    JLee

    #632
    JLee [OP] The Man! Vendor

    Joined:
    Jul 20, 2010
    Member:
    #40461
    Messages:
    19,563
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Jerry
    Benicia, CA
    Vehicle:
    02 Extra cab SAS Linked front and rear
    I lost track thousands of dollars ago.

    Add about three hours to that if done right with braking the leaf pack down and cycle the suspension It's a 6 to 8 hour job.
     
    JLee, Sep 13, 2018
    #632
    SMKYTXN, Bentrodder and inesshell[QUOTED] like this.
  13. Sep 13, 2018 at 7:00 AM
    #633
    inesshell

    #633
    inesshell blah blah blah

    Joined:
    Aug 2, 2011
    Member:
    #60986
    Messages:
    7,164
    Vehicle:
    All stock Superwhite 10' AC
    here is my install from last weekend, fun stuff

    ZB4Tx63Pf8Yydudz9dsFhtD_CWmt5f4NHfHHx2Y-_1bde7c23f11cb3cdd215ba140cf5ac82f41312c8.jpg
    Y3VXfZXDjTpxQbd4to97hVB9oNy7NdH00x5xsARi_c116746e5084d6b282d3a9d0cd6fc7f7185add4f.jpg

    with the guards on
    toO9pOiVTpfgXqsyB-X-1kQWCI7DlLjRmvFQJpCJ_7ea97087d92ab822ad7bcd27fe09bb298f475071.jpg
     
    inesshell, Sep 13, 2018
    #633
    seoulja99, Arcticelf, bullaculla and 4 others like this.
  14. Sep 13, 2018 at 11:59 AM
    #634
    heffer

    #634
    heffer Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 22, 2009
    Member:
    #21580
    Messages:
    1,223
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Jeff
    Los Angeles
    Vehicle:
    '15 Magnetic Grey 4X4 TRD Off Road
    Icon Extended Travel, SPC control Arms, OME Dakars, B110's
    Perfect.

    Thank you. I wish I knew how to weld. Lol
     
    heffer, Sep 13, 2018
    #634
  15. Jan 3, 2019 at 8:19 AM
    #635
    gordi

    #635
    gordi Only had a wheel fall off once

    Joined:
    Jul 16, 2013
    Member:
    #108373
    Messages:
    2,901
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Josh
    North Idaho
    Vehicle:
    2011 DCSB trd sport
    Fox 2.5 extended travel, dakars, rear 5125 255/80/17 cooper maxx ST
    Has anyone here installed a Fox rear shock with the relocation kit. If so what part number?
     
    gordi, Jan 3, 2019
    #635
    05tacomabro likes this.
  16. Jan 18, 2019 at 4:28 PM
    #636
    SixthSnail

    #636
    SixthSnail I have no idea what I'm doing

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 2014
    Member:
    #139599
    Messages:
    13,291
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Matt
    Los Angeles
    Vehicle:
    '14 Tacoma Sport
    See Build in Sig
    Gotta get better pics, but it’s on!

    C81C6041-AE88-491B-B3B8-A5AB99DFD07D.jpg
     
    SixthSnail, Jan 18, 2019
    #636
    SilverSurfer, Arcticelf and Rayien like this.
  17. Jan 18, 2019 at 6:40 PM
    #637
    heffer

    #637
    heffer Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 22, 2009
    Member:
    #21580
    Messages:
    1,223
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Jeff
    Los Angeles
    Vehicle:
    '15 Magnetic Grey 4X4 TRD Off Road
    Icon Extended Travel, SPC control Arms, OME Dakars, B110's
    Are those 2.5’s?
     
    heffer, Jan 18, 2019
    #637
  18. Jan 18, 2019 at 6:42 PM
    #638
    SixthSnail

    #638
    SixthSnail I have no idea what I'm doing

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 2014
    Member:
    #139599
    Messages:
    13,291
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Matt
    Los Angeles
    Vehicle:
    '14 Tacoma Sport
    See Build in Sig
    Nope just the usual 2.0 part
     
    SixthSnail, Jan 18, 2019
    #638
    heffer[QUOTED] likes this.
  19. Jan 31, 2019 at 10:59 AM
    #639
    Jultepod

    #639
    Jultepod Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 3, 2015
    Member:
    #171306
    Messages:
    618
    Gender:
    Male
    Oahu, Hawaii
    Vehicle:
    2013 Gray Tacoma TRD
    K&N cold air, Exhaust, rims and tires, 3" king extended travel coilovers and total chaos UCAs, rear diff breather mod, CBI off-road ditch brackets with Cali raised LED pod lights and painless wiring harness, 4xinnovations rock sliders, cab mount chop.
    Ok this is probably a stupid question but fuck it. After 2hrs of googling and reading 5pages of this thread I can't find a good answer.

    So what is the point of the shock relocation? I have been looking into it and the kit plus longer kings are about the same as kings in the stock location. But I figured longer shocks are better so would like to run this. Just not sure what its purpose is and is it a better option over stock location and why?
     
    Jultepod, Jan 31, 2019
    #639
  20. Jan 31, 2019 at 11:04 AM
    #640
    MJonaGS32

    #640
    MJonaGS32 MJ on a GS

    Joined:
    Apr 14, 2009
    Member:
    #15949
    Messages:
    12,401
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    MJ
    SF Bay Area (East)
    Vehicle:
    07 LT 4x4 DCSB 6spd Vagabond
    Drifter wedge camper, Dual battery, OBA, ARB locker, 4.56 gears
    The point of the shock relocation is so you can fit a longer shock in there. A longer shock will give you more travel when flexing
     
    MJonaGS32, Jan 31, 2019
    #640
    Jultepod[QUOTED] likes this.
Page 32 of 61
To Top