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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 08:47 PM
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long travel suspension

what company do you guys perfer for a long travel suspension for a 93 4runner??? and one that one kill my wallet
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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Any long travel IFS suspension is going to kill your wallet.

Downey makes good products, as to Total Chaos fab
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 08:54 PM
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well i no its gonna kill my wallet but im not trying to get the most expensive one out you no??

and i have heard nothing but good things about downey and am really look into that
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 08:56 PM
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downey has great customer service. i've been very pleased with them in the past
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 08:58 PM
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Is Downey even considered LT?
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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Total CHaos hands down
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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ok i was looking at the downey and that is about 13 inches of travel..
is that lt??

what do you guys consider long travel??

i dont want anything really huge cuz im not gonna be doing and big trail but i am gonna be doing some..

anybody have action shots with downey suspension??
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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i kinda want it to take it out in the sand and jump small jumps nothing big.. is 13 inches enough??
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 10:09 PM
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Stock your lookin at 6.5...if your lucky and have the clearance for that with whatever size tires your running...

Yes, 13 inches is deff long travel.

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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by afnf_life
.. is 13 inches enough??
I bet she runs in terror actually.

Long travel IFS is going to cost as much or more than SAS.
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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Long travel IFS is going to cost as much or more than SAS.
and be more 'street' friendly
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 10:41 PM
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Why not just weld up your own control arms?
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt16
Long travel IFS is going to cost as much or more than SAS.
When I was on my SAS whim I compared the numbers of an SAS Vs. LT.
With upgraded axle shafts which arent necessarily necessary The SAS was 200 bucks more IIRC

So yeah, your basically dead on with that


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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by abecedarian
and be more 'street' friendly
I can't deny that, i've only ever driven a solid axle truck, never a long travel. You are almost certainly right, but its still going to break the bank which is what the OP wanted to avoid.
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 12:06 AM
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well i was looking at downey and its somewhere between 3 to 4000 for 13 inches of travel.. if i ran 33s with that suspension will that be enough travel for an o say medium size jump nothing really big
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 12:14 AM
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<a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i37.tinypic.com/b3spoh.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

i hope this pic shows up lol

but do you guys think with the downey suspension with 13 inches of travel could handle something like this??
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 12:14 AM
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dang the pic did show up lol
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 12:16 AM
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 12:16 AM
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ok could it handle something like this
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 12:17 AM
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beat me to it. God, that looks like a flying elephant to me. Thats a solid axle truck, not IFS long travel.

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