Long Travel BS Thread

I don't really have any axle wrap issues, but then again I should put a gopro back there and actually check out what's going on under load.

 

On my taco it was only ever when I stomped on it
But
When I went SUA it felt way more stuck to the ground which was great

 

That's a great example of why I have never understood when some crawlers will say up travel doesn't matter ? IE: I see rear set ups all the time that severely limit up travel ( like that dirtlifestyle youtube guy we went round and round about last year ) some folks said fitting a 37 or a 40 mattered more than up travel and they have to bump it to clear tires blah blah blah was not important for crawling. Imagine that truck in that video hitting his bumps after 3" of up travel ...he would have rolled it - you don't articulate without up travel you dirt sky dirt sky

 

Does the jd fab kit have to run its shock setup to be proficient? Or can a well placed shock relocate yield the same results? Assuming all geometry is worked out during install?

 

you should PM @81Trekker he is very familiar with many of the other kits and could probably tell you if you could use your shock towers and / or shocks

edit - I thought you already had another shock relo kit

 

I did my own shock relocate with his kit. You can achieve the same results.

 

Thats what im thinking.

 

No, I have a custom bed cage and running 16 in triple bypasses, I know Braedan ran 16 smoothies and a bedcage on his original set up

This was the day I drove it home from JD fab, and before I added some wheel spacers to clear my bypass tubes.

 

As long as you know how to set up and cycle shocks, it doesn't matter what you use, but with the JD towers, you know it's gunna work without any hiccups. I also found that JD's weld on towers give a lot more shock clearance than other shock relocations I've seen/installed.

And yeah, on my JD kit I ran 16" IBP smoothies with a custom bed cage. Worked great, but no need for 16's, it's just what I had.

 

It is nice that the frame stiffeners are already integrated with their towers. That’ll probably be the next thing youll want to adress when things start working better

 

I want to do donuts outside of desert camp in my stock 4runner. Would it maybe be easier to do this with one wheel swapped to the factory spare with dunlop drag radial, for less traction? Open diff, so I'm thinking no additional concern there. (265/70r17 atiii sl)

further comments on driving on sand / intermediate with mismatch drive tires?



yes. I am conflicted about new tires, e load, 33s, all the while considering donuts. Alright, my camp buddy told me to just come out stock.

 

Friday already boys. Can't believe the work week is done!

 

Gonna be out in JV the 17-19th chasing the race car around if anyone wants to come hang out

 

Please tell me this is in response to the previous comment.

I'll be in Baja doing race support things for the 1k.

 

Nice that sounds like fun too. And yeah I hope that was about the other comment too.

 

I would not recommend mis matching tires for the sake of doing donuts around camp. if you've got 33's already, the mis matching tires may handle poorly in sand or other loose terrain.
If you'd really like to spin the tires, I'd buy some cheap road tires to throw on the back. Or another car. But know that you'll have minimal traction everywhere else while off pavement. Your buddies and neighboring camps may also resent you after the first dust storm you create.

 

It's a friday post. I have stock size tires. Just wondering. Surely somebody tried swapping on their factory spare for this, is it full size spare tire for the tacoma? We'll see how much downtime I have at camp. My buddy did instruct me to bring goggles and neck gaiter.

 

I hope that guys not serious. Just what we need. More Darrell’s in the desert.

 

Just don’t end up on your side or roof