Long Travel BS Thread

Interesting to say the least

 

shorten your bumpstop....a lot

you too!! shorten that bumpstop..... control the bump zone with the bypass and only use the airbump for the big hits(like airborne and the oops kind of bumps)

 

if you have 16's, and from the looks of your bedcage(level with the top of the bed) with the shock mounted ontop like that I would be skeptical that its setup correctly. looks like your shock bottoms out too early. axle mount should be a bit lower

 

I think he has 14s. No way you could go on top and have the shocks that height in the bed

 

Isn’t that all the travel they advertise it for?

http://www.chaosfab.com/2016-2017-Tacoma-Mid-Travel-Rear-Suspension-Kit-86450-HD

 

16"

 

Correct
But with new hangers and shackles it can perform more. At least to my understanding

 

Are you sure it was cycled?

 

yea I wouldn't go out and "test" it out like that.....damage those pretty new shocks of yours

 

Yep
At current set up
I get 11-12" of travel
Which obviously means I still have unused shock length
But my limiting factor here on travel isn't my shocks it's the SUA set up.

The designed intent was to put shocks in that matched anything I would ever do to that truck short of trailing arms, which I won't be doing any time soon.
The shocks and bed cage can grow with the truck as I upgrade other things in the rear suspension such as new hangers and shackles or cutting my frame.

 

at ride height how much shock shaft is showing? and how much up travel do you have to full bump?

 

After the debacle with my front suspension "issues" the truck has been picked over with a fine tooth comb by
Erik Moore of Moore metalworks
Ryan at kibbe
Tommy at TTmotorsports
And Kellan meadows at Envy

 

I’d like to see a pic of it at full bump showing the shock shaft

 

Mind you it's 1am here lol
I will check tomorrow for you with a measuring tape and pictures

 

The only way to do that (as my tiny brain is aware) is to purge the pressure out of my shocks and bump and I currently do not have a way to recharge them.

If you can teach me a simpler way I will take pictures tomorrow

 

If Erik set it up your good to go. If kibbe did then your probably pulling 39" of travel. It's a win win!

 

I know! Gonna shorten it to 2.5 or 3" stroke hopefully in the spring once I buy a nitrogen set up and am not busy every single weekend. I think I am currently booked every weekend through New Years with plans or travelling

 

2.5 or 2”

 

Ya I plan on it. Just trying to get it all setup and then will work on shocks and bumps etc

 

Erik is the one who built, installed, and cycled the whole back end of the truck
While jarrod did all the slave labor install on the front

That's also why I say stuff like "if my installer/fabricator can build darron parsons truck he's good enough for me"