Here is a ProComp / Blazeland combo. Its just a mock up for testing some different shock configurations so not everything is bolted up. The shock is a 10" travel and the upper shock mount is a shock tower I built way long ago to restore the factory bayonet tabs the Downey double hoops required be cut off.

 

Here is another pic. This time I was mocking up for a coil over coversion. Note the lower shock mount on the arms is missing.

 

Thanks for the info and pictures BlazeN8. The Coilover conversion looks awesome.

 

cr@ves4wheelin, check out race-dezert.com and dezertrangers.com. You are bound to find a good quality, true long travel setup thats used for about as much as you will pay for that blazeland stuff.

 

yeah the smashing of the bracket into the ground wont happen.....maybe with TC's kit but i dont think it would with blazelands kit, it gains more travel by lift and width not by increasing the uptravel...you would have to cut off your bump-stops and move them up to achieve bracket smashing into the ground and if your worried about IFS strength get an IFS brace and some LCA braces that go to the tranny x member...my bracket lift came with the LCA braces

 

You can also do a bunch of other bracing, too.

 

mines gonna be braced for sure lol

i don't plan on jumping it, but if i do the longtravel, it could see some mild jumps LMAO

 

The most recent issue of 4WD Toyota Owner has photos of a pretty intense lift on a black Taco that has a drop-bracket lift and a TC Caddy kit.

 

Seems like you could go with a lot shorter shock, 10" is a waste?

I have this much uptravel on my SAS and thats mild.



I dunno... bracket lifts do weaken things alot considering the stock IFS of a toyota is weak to begin with. The rear lower control arm brackets bend and tweak FAR to easily. You'd really need some rear truss's and a cross brace for the rear brackets if you seriously wanted to jump the truck.

Just out of curiousity why the larger T-bars? This have something to do with the added leverage the longer arms provide on the arms?

 

Well here it is....... a Blazeland / Trailmaster combo kit! Tires are 37's...... and looks like a body lift too. More details to follow as they come in.

 

is it me or other than the LCA's the IFS has more ground clearance up front running the same tire size? Remove the body lift on the IFS and they look like they'd be the same height body wise. Looks like the frame is also higher on the IFS as well. Maybe by 3 inches? Center of gravity problem ???

 

thats a nice pair of trucks.

 

those tie rod angles just frighten me though

how often does he eat through idler arms?

 

sweet, i like it. seems like you've made a pretty good LT kit, but i'd be real hesitant on my own rig to put LT on top of a bracket lift with those wide-ass 37s - does he have some sort of traction bars behind that bracket lift to keep things from taco-ing on itself the first time he decides to jump it? also looks like those t-bars are cranked pretty far too -- how much down-travel is expected with that much t-bar crank? i can't imagine you'd be able to use all that up-travel unless you're jumping it or adding some weight up front (bumper+winch).

 

I'm with travis on that, those are harsh angles, for the CV's as well.

I like what blazeland offers...good bang for your buck, but I'm not a fan of control arm extensions, their just plain weak. I get that they are most likely more appealing to wheelers who just need the travel v. people who are launching and putting their truck to the limits.

Its just comforting to know when your hard on your truck that your sitting on one piece moly upper and lower control arms...but again its a really good deal for the blazeland kit

 

if anyone remember the scott eliinger name?

he custom MADE a LT kit, when he still had 4" drop bracketry kit installed in the front end.

this was in the late 90s. IIRC he even competed in the FOUR WHEELER TOUGH TRUCK CHALLENGE with that setup...

 

So let me get this straight, you're trying to say that stock a-arms with bolt on extensions are stronger than 4130 chromoly? Not saying it couldn't take a beating, but cmon its 2010...weve come a long way since then haha

 

Just a side note, Congrats to BlazeN8 on the awesome article in Off-Road magazine featuring his LT. The article shows great detail how those guys build their LT to the highest specifications. The Off-Road guys even put the truck through it's paces and it did not break. (They are infamous for breaking things on their vehicles)

 

Hey was that the article with the white truck with stock rims? "LT for under $1000" That was a good article. If so, my cousin was in that issue too, he owns central coast prerunners here in SLO county, it was the white tundra.

On a side note, what was up with the LC engineering 22RE build? they showed 2 pics of it on the dino as a 22R with a carb and all...strange

 

I have the blazeland kit at home. im waiting on my tbars to come and my rear lift kit and a few other things before I can install everything. these lowers are freaking strong, their not 4130 but they are very strong.