American Motorsports is a rip off

I went to the shop and had a talk with Brian about the kit. It looked stout and a good upgrade from TC or JD's 1st gen kits. The price is great out the door or installed especially for those of you who don't have the room to do the fabrication install it yourselves.

I still see the R&P being an issue, hopefully Brian solved some of the stress problems with his partial upgrade at this point (further R&D to be made in the future).

Now, I'm not sure how many of you 5-lug guys on this forum actually beat the shit out of your trucks but I for one am ready to put this kit to the test. If any of you interested in seeing how this works out on a built truck, I will be running this (hopefully soon) in the near future and can give feed back on it.

 

What happened to developing a kit with ESB Mike?

 

ESB:



It will get done eventually I hope, but finishing it to where it needs to be is a long shot. The steering is the number one issue and I dont have a donor truck to use nonetheless want to use mine. It's too much down time at the moment and headache to get it done at this point.

 

I'd like to stop by your shop. I work in SD so I doubt you arent too far out of my commute. Maybe we can talk a future kit for myself. My truck is my play truck so it can sit for a while. I'm pretty rough on her so the front is going to need some loving soon. This is from last weekend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GsxZFyhO7k&feature=youtu.be

 

So Alex (battlescars) came by the shop yesterday to make sure a coilover and bypass will fit in between the upper arms. perfect fit

 

Almost got it on its wheels today, but not quite there yet. Just finishing up some minor details and taking pictures for a detailed instruction packet to include with the kit, but Im Super happy with how things went together. Very easy and smoth. Here are some pics of todays progress.

 

Ive finally got my kit 100% complete and im super stoked on how it turned out, here are the kit details.

96-04 Toyota Tacoma 5-lug long travel kit
6in over suspension kit
18in of wheel travel
removal for 2 weak points on the 5 lug, upper arm cross shaft and spindle
utilizing ranger hub to keep the 5x4.5 lug pattern, with the ability to change snouts to 5x5.5 lug pattern if you change the rearend.
replaces stock caliper with 4 piston caliper for improved preformance
coilover and bypass side by side

2-upper control arms
8-upper control arm mounting tabs
2-spindles
2-lower control arms
2-tierods with 7/8 heims
2-steering clevis
all grade 8 hardware
stainless steel brake lines
2-wilwood calipers with brake pads

Kit price with all parts listed and included $4000
limited time offer ***free installation***

 

Looks awesome

Price seems quite fair for a kit with 18" travel, full steering kit, brakes (calipers, etc). Can't wait to see what you come up with next

 

that thing is awesome!!!! now how about one for an 01-04 pre-runner....
that kit should also be posted up on race-dezert will def prob get a lot of hits

 

Thank you guys.

jblaze805 i have long travel kit for the 01-04 prerunners just need a truck to work on. I have a great idea for those trucks too. Let me know if you want to prototype a kit for your truck. Ill give you a great deals.

 

daaaamn why did you have to go and tell me that....i want to lt my truck so bad but i know once i go lt theres no turning back....maybe in the near future, but i'll def let you know....cus ur kit looks beast!!!!

 

That kit looks good!

 

Good stuff Brian , looks beefy as hell, I just talked to ya on the phone a min. ago..


Wished your kit was out a month or so ago before we started Ryan's 5 lug



Doug



heres a pic of Ryans 5 lug, went from 4.5" under stock to about 4" over......

 

Is it sitting on its feet yet?

 

drove it last night and it rides like a caddy.... Super smooth and responsive, ill post up pics after dinner. I need to download them from my camera.

 

more to come

 

Holy cow that is wide. Adjust that camber! That look more than 6" over each side

 

Its not that much wider than your jd kit, espically with your fab tech spindles that also increase your track width.

 

im getting it aligned tomorrow and ill have some better day light photos for you. Ill also be heading to laughlin this weekend for its first shake down run. So ill report back to you how it handled and more pics.

 

Ah, I see you decided to head out to Laughlin. Have fun, Brian! Let us all know how the kit works out.