Long Travel BS Thread

Vatozone parts? Or Marlin or Toyota? Seems everyone having problems is buying shitty parts and hoping for OEM performance..

 

They were the oem ones. Then when those went too, I decided I wasn't paying that again for the second time (in however long it was) and I got Oriely ones. Either way, I am yanking out the Elocker and getting rid of it.

 

Buy it from a junkyard.

 

Alright guys, I (like most people) hate the risks of spacers, but I'm going to run them in the rear to match my +2 kit. Can I get a vote on whether or not to do 1.5" or 2"? I've seen people run them both... not sure if going to a 1.5" would really be that much safer...

 

1" would be plenty for a 2+ front. I run 2" and havnt had any probs but I have a 5 over kit up front

 

Did someone on here have giants dd link kit for sale? Thought I saw one a while back

 

You're not gonna notice an obvious width difference?? That's good to hear that yours are still holding up though!

 

Most people wouldn't notice an inch difference.

 

Yeah they get less stress than that fronts do...

I'm just kinda OCD about it. I really don't like the look where the front is sticking way out and the back is normal.

 

I knew an old farmer in Oregon, and he wasn't an offroader other than his daily work, and he told me one day that he always put a half inch spacer in the front of his trucks. He said that for some reason it would track better than when he didn't have them. I tried it and it seemed to make driving offroad easier.

 

I don't know if there is any real scientific merit to it but logically it make sense.

 

I ran 1.25'' spacers for a little over a year with my old +2 kit without any issues.

 

Tell that to my ex.

 

Just make sure you get quality hub centric spacers and properly installed you won't have any issues

 

Look familiar lol

 

really really weird, but when my taco was stock, i put wheel spacers on the front and it made it noticeably smoother. i think because my shocks were real stiff (billy 5100s and eibach coils) so by putting the spacers on it, the tires had more leverage against the shock, and made the truck ride a MILLION times smoother. craziest thing how much of a difference it actually made....
for what its worth, i dont run spacers anymore... LOL

 

Point exactly. Don't buy lug centric. And don't use steel wheels haha.

 

Ohh i learned something today

figured there would be a proper term for it!