Benefits of Solid Front Axle

South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Utah all have sections of highway with 80mph speed limits Texas has some 85mph ers too.

 

Surprised nobody mentioned the Autobahn

 

I don't mean to come across as a dick but it is a lot of work. The cutting and welding is the most straight forward part. The rest is a lot of measuring, tweaking, and planning.

There are a lot of questions to be answered.


What are your goals for the truck? What do you use it for?

What kind of wheeling do you do? Mud, rocks, sand? What percentage of driving is on the road and offroad?

What is your max tire size?

What axle are you going to run? Are you going to stick to Toyota axles? if so, are you ready to swap the transfer case for a passenger drop axle? Do you have a heavy foot? Is the factory rear strong enough to keep up with your tire size and driving style or are you going to swap it as well? Is your stock master cylinder going to work with the brakes on the new axle(s)? What kind of brake lines are you going to get?

What kind of suspension are going to run? Would you do leaves or a 3 link setup?

What kind of steering box are you going to use? Are you going to run a hydro assist? Or are you ditching the steering box and traditional linkage and going full hydraulic steering?

Do you have another vehicle? Are you prepared to have your truck taken apart for an extended period of time?

Are you prepared for the possibility that you can put it all together and be disappointed by how it drives on the road? Are you going to live with it or are you ready to continue spending time adjusting things?

 

Those are incredible questions. Thanks. I understand how much work is it, but I haven't thought about all those questions. Thanks for those!(And no you didn't come across annoying.) Thanks.

 

I plan on using it as a daily driver. But yeah, I see now the shear amount of work, and how perfect it needs to be. So I probably won't be making the swap.

 

Yeh not worth it if it's a DD. Comfort wise and road stability the IFS is better.

 

Kinda hard to drive from our house in the states to Germany. Why bring it up.

 

They'll finish that bridge any day now

 

The question was “Where is it legal to drive 80 MPH plus??”.

 

You will also have a totally custom vehicle that you will be solely responsible to troubleshoot and maintain, so you will need to have like an 8/10 on the mechanical aptitude scale for that. I have an SAS tacoma, I built it myself with one of those evil flux core welders that drives fine at 75+ mph. Saying that I wouldn't want to deal with driving a SAS tacoma everyday if I didn't rockrawl as a hobby. I love driving my truck and it drives great for what it is, but it is a PITA and I'm always tinkering with something. My truck isn't a DD but I could use it as one if I wanted to. Mostly a toy/drive when it's nice/hardware store truck now.

In summary if you are depending on someone else to build it, maintain it, and don't rockcrawl/offroad, don't waste your time, money and frustration on a solid axle swap.

 

I was there 10 years ago and there were just a few unrestricted Autobahns remaining. Could be fewer now.

 

Good point man, thanks.

 

Well.... There are shops capable of figuring it out depending on where you live.... but I'd expect to pay $250/hr for labor

 

This is for all vehicles? it should be nation wide .