I successfully completed a sas on my 89 yota, and thought it'd be cool to get the dual shock hoops. problem: there's only one slot for a shock absorber on each side of the axle. Im assuming thats how its supposed to be I just want to know if I need to put something together and weld it to the axle so I can fit both shock on each side. any ideas of what ya'll did?

 

any reason you're wanting to run dual shocks?

and please don't say "cause it looks cool"...



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haha ^ yea please dont say that!

 

There is only one lower shock mount for a reason.

 

I know dual shocks are more for the heavier rigs but theres some pretty intense wheeling going on in the boonies from here. I just wanna get something on and the rides a little rough right now if you know what I mean

 

lol, a second shock isn't going to make it ride any smoother; hell it'll probably make the ride WORSE on a light truck like a Toyota

 

just get some 5100's or big black cock shocks, probably more shaft than you will ever need but seriously, dual shocks are ghey. Those two I suggested can be (order them from marlin or another yota vendor) or are (BBCS) valved specifically for a toyota. If you want your truck to ride like a sherman tank, then by all means, go for it.

 

the dual shocks make my 85 ride rough

 

yeah the shocks apply resistance to the movement of the axle

more shocks = more resistance = rougher ride because the truck bounces with the axle


you want a smoother ride, take the shocks off completely

it sounds like you've been hanging around some mall-crawler friends and taking advise from them

 

no just got a good deal on the set up

 

lol, not you, the OP

 

ahh got ya. got ya

 

not looking for a smoother ride just lookin to jimmy rig em on

 

But yeah on these trucks you see running dual shocks mostly, it's usually like on lifted F250's and 2500 Chevy's and what not; they're 4 times the size of a Toyota, and respectively a LOT heavier. It's harder to control all that weight from swaying side to side during corners or up and down and floating after hitting bumps, sometimes too much for the resistance of one shock to handle, so they just double up the shocks to double up the resistance, therefore making the tuck easier to control. It wont make the ride any worse on a big heavy truck like that because it has the weight behind it to counteract the extra resistance from the shock. Now, maybe if you installed a big deer-orphaner bumper and filled it with cement, then dual shocks might help you but otherwise, dual shocks on a Toyota isn't going to do a single thing for you... unless you chrome them... then maybe you can win a trophy at a car show or something...


and why would you just want to "jimmy rig" anything on your truck? I think I'm missing the point of this now...

 

uhh why has this not been posted, pics of you truck or it didnt happen

 

superbleeder I see your point exactly. I bought the duals made for a yota just thought it was a good idea at the time thats all.

 

okay okay, I'm not bash'n, lol, I'm just saying I don't see the point

the only dual shock setup I've seen was on a Blazeland long travel IFS setup

 

yea but i think he made that an option for the more hardcore guys...with the heavy front bumpers and such going 75mph out in the desert lol

 

cool thanks

 

Man I don't even know where to begin, you couldn't be more wrong. First of all the point of dual shocks has nothing to do with street ride, nor does any off-road mod. If you want a good in between suspension just keep it stock. The point of dual shocks is to get rid of the coil-over, that reduces bounce not the other way around. When you hit a bump it absorbs the shock, thats why they call em shock absorbers, the coil springs bounce the truck back and throw you into the roof. Speaking of ghey, I wouldn't want to put shocks called names like that on my truck!

Anyway, to answer the original question of the post: You need to weld in different brackets, thats why most guys don't do it, they prefer easy stuff like spacers and adjustable coil-overs