Long Travel BS Thread

Yea just do a hoop in the fenderwell... u can fit all sorts of stuff up in there, I did mademan925's bypasses

 

Total chaos makes a bolt on shock hoop for 2nd gens.

 

http://www.chaosfab.com/2005-2015-Tacoma-Rear-Shock-Hoop-Kit-86460

Looks like it only allows a 10" tho

 

Not gonna be able to use a 12'' anyways with any SOA setup. Its a waste and an excuse to just say you have 12s haha

 

Could possibly weld the lower shock mount lower on the axle or get a shock with a welded rod eye, no idea how much success to be had with either of those, but they may help squeeze in a longer shock

Or for the cost if those hoops, buy a tubing bender and die and make his own

 

haha they are certainly not cheap hahaha

But yes, could lower the lower mount.

 

That's not true.... a 10" would be too short

 

we have a bender might just make some but asked to see if there was any similar. ill never buy TC stuff, too over priced. figured if i have 12s mine as well use them.

 

I'm getting about 11.5" out of my set up soa with the bamf kit and 12" shocks. But it took a shackle flip kit as well. The limiting factor is the leafs for me.

 

Most SOA setups cylce 10'' or so when setup properly. Your option is to have a 10'' shock and strap the axle. Or 12'' and potentially either bump the axle short or move the top mount into the bed.

 

I got the TC mid SUA in my rear and with the BAMF relocation I was able to route 12s in there. TC said that if you use their shock hoop, it is set up for 10.5 inches. I guess you could throw a 12 in?

 

our dear friend Jason also proved that the shackle flips are not worth it for 2nd gens. Unless you are very much okay with your leaf packs going negative..a lot.

 

That's because it's designed to fit bypasses on their sua setup which has about 3-4" more bump travel than an soa setup. It would clear 12's with soa. They run 10's with their sua because the way the inner wheel well tapers away from the frame rails at the top it would push a 12" shock out a little far with their sua setup requiring aftermarket wheels as well as wheel spacers.

 

Is that a bad thing
Jk but yes definitely goes negative at bump. Not the end of the world if you're doing more crawling or expedition stuff. But not good for high speed and using a lot of your up travel. I was just trying to say you can get almost all of your 12" used in a soa set up and have it function well. But there is a reason I am switching to LT and sua

 

Let me do a little clarification with @Caboose117 whole situation...

Order was placed on 4/21 - shipped out to the customer on 6/16 - 2 weeks past the 6 week mark - That is our fault

Shipment Information:

Tracking no.: 779420137142

Customer called to order a Rear set up on 6/19 - Springs were ordered the day off

Bajakits Order - PO # Jones Spring Under
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JT Tang <jt@bajakits.com>
Jun 19



to scott, Jonathan






Hey Scott,

I need to order the same spring pack you made for PO # Lopez

This is for a 2016 Tacoma 4WD Spring under kit.

Thanks

JT




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JT Tang Jun 19

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Scott <Scott@deaverspring.com>
Jun 19



to me






10-4

Customer came to pick up the rear parts and the springs were not ready...even though they were ordered.

Customer was looking for shops, in California, to do the install. Unfortunately we could not do the install but suggested a shop in Anaheim. They unfortunately did not get back to him. I don't know how you can blame us because we couldn't line up a shop for you out here. We tried!

King found a shop for him...note to everyone...we did not do the install

As for the axles...2016 Tacoma's have 2 different spline counts determined by the build date of the truck...early 2016 have a 30 spline and later have a 29 spline.

During the install, his shop called and said the spline was off. We have the 29 spline on the shelf, he came by and picked it up.

Customer had a CV issue...of course, he blamed us for it. Never blamed his installer.

Got mad at me because we did not have a trailer to pick him up. He wanted Jordan to go meet him in HB and fix it. I told him to have it towed to us and we can go over everything. He decided to take it to HB Toyota to have it checked....again, WE DID NOT DO THE INSTALL!!

He finally was able to get a hold of Jordan Brenthel and the customer brought his truck in on Monday and we did a full once over on his truck.

But the customer is still blaming us.

Just wanted to give you the other side of the story on this

 

I forgot to mention that TC and Camburg do not provide CV boots or clamps with their kits either.

They provide, just like us, the extended axle shaft itself.

JT

 

I offer mounts for 2.5"×12" remote resi capable of a lot of up travel.
Also fits 14" travel for some setups. Reasonable price and TW member discount.
https://archivegarage.com/products/taco-shock-relocation
Pics of 14" Fox 2.5's on my truck:

 

Hahaha!

Everything is done. Nothing to see here.

I just wanted to give our side when there was a lot of bashing on us.

 

Damn son thats epic...took my cv guy about an hour. Granted I just got the 3.5 TC axles so nothing crazy.