Long Travel BS Thread

I was surprised when I set up my camburg kit, with stock towers and their bypass hoop & oem bumps tops cut off, it actually cycled 16” metal to metal with shocks in. I have it set up at 15” strapped and bumped to be in the safer zone and account for some hydro bump pad wear.
Pretty much spot on for 50/50 up and down travel too

& before you ask, no I don’t have pictures

 

Is this 4wd or 2?

 

2wd. Should specified. Nothing unreasonable

 

Figure I would ask here since most you guys are welders.
I'm wanting to do a roof cage for some lights and wondering the best material and diameter to use. I had a gravity pro 6 a few years ago and it was baller and easy to install but I just prefer the look of a light cage with some 7 inch HIDs instead of the leds.
I would use the same style brackets that most light bars use in the drip rail and then run some support rods to the center of the cab to support the middle.
Are these made of solid round bar or small diameter tubing?

Looking for something exactly like this...
Used my fancy new phone to impose that light bar on my truck as well.

 

When I had mine. I used 1" .120wall. 1.25 could be used where the lights mount to.

 

Yeah, 2wd is a different game. Add CV’s in the mix and watch your hopes and dreams disappear!

 

Would likely be the easiest to find a fabricator that has 1in dies for the bending. Could go pretty thin like .095 or with a bit of structure even .065 or smaller OD tubing but it might be hard to find someone that will do quality bends with smaller/thinner tubing diameters

 

Has anyone done anything greater than +4.5" on a 4wd Tacoma? I would love to see something crazy like 20"

 

20” over no problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8DOgRCRf9E

DTF, Quixotic, (2wd only each) and Wickedly Dumb Creations (no shade to their unsuspecting buyer - victims).

Solo XLT and @Basikbiker ’s home fab get the biggest 4wd numbers.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2011-pyrite-mica-lt-build-bs.310050/

https://forum.badlinesgoodtimes.com/forums/the-local-legend.71/

 

New daily just in time for some more truck shit

SUA and rear frame box kit is getting installed in a couple weeks

Then it's going to sit for a couple months, and then eventually get "backhalfed" in late August

I'm excited

 

how wide you trying to get?

 

Wicked Creations makes a +5 kit but STAY AWAY

 

It's impossible to have absolutely 0 bump steer unless the spindle pivots and the frame pivots are parallel (uca and lca exact same length). You can get super close, but absolute 0 is not mathematically possible. but a definition of "minimal" would be nice, as it's a bit vague.

 

Mine will be around +8 per side and should get close to 20" 4wd. Track width will be similar to that of a +3.5 kit. It's a lot of work though and probably not worth it...

 

If you need 4wd with that much power you’re probably rock crawling, hill climbing, or going to be stuck no matter what!

 

You crack me up dude. There’s my numbers. But please, tell me how it’s not possible again….

 

Run it on cad man

 

Mostly bolt on right?

 

Pretty much! I've been following really detailed instructions too.

 

Its definitely possible to get a minimal number in a full custom tube chassis application for the range of travel. The last chassis I built we were able to get under .3deg total toe change over 28" travel. And that shows up as a little over 1/4" movement between the tread on a 37" and that was extremely good.

Getting the tierod in line with the lca in front view, and normal to the wheel in top view will get you there in cad... then you have to make that perfectly lol