trailrunner vs. prerunner
May 23, 2007 | 09:05 PM
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May 23, 2007 | 09:08 PM
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I'm 4wd. I had the front diff replaced with one that had gears and a limited slip when I had the kit installed.
May 23, 2007 | 09:13 PM
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Wtf? I thought you need a diff to have locking/limit slip gears...
Let alone, gears at all!
I thought IFS 4wd wheels get power directly from the tranny.
Opposed from the Tranny, to the Diff, to the axle..
Let alone, gears at all!
I thought IFS 4wd wheels get power directly from the tranny.
Opposed from the Tranny, to the Diff, to the axle..
May 23, 2007 | 09:47 PM
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wait so how do you figure out how to route the tubing im very interested in making my own a arms. so it looks like you just extend the ball joint from the stock position. how do you figure how long they need to be
May 24, 2007 | 05:46 AM
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May 24, 2007 | 06:31 AM
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Thats how the rear axle gets it power. The front gets its power from the transfer case.
May 24, 2007 | 06:54 AM
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Hey norcalsvx i have the 26 downey t-bars and are to still for flex but good for high speed and I want to do both. are the OME bars stiff enough to do like 50 offroad without bottoming out and do they flex alright? thanks for your help. maybe well meet up at greenhorn sometime.
May 24, 2007 | 06:58 AM
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Here is an old pic of my truck from when I first made the LT kit.
I literally built the kit and hacked up the fenders and drove it to Mexico with zero test time and went to the San Felipe 250 a couple years ago, drove a lot of offroad miles in a foreign country. I didn't have any problems but a thrown alternator belt.
Specs:
*Home made upper and lower a arms
*3.25" wider per side
*Strategicly placed low profile droop and bump stops
*Made of .188 wall DOM gusseted with 1/4" and 3/8" plating
*10" stroke 2.5" dual rate King coilovers with remote reservoirs
*TC lower uni-ball conversion
*TC shock hoops
*16" of wheel travel (front diff removed to not be limited by CV's)
Total cost was less than 2K (mostly shocks $1300)
In the last couple years I added the TC idler arm. I gusseted the center link and pitman arm and switched to heim steering and 62" Deavers. I wish my digital camera worked so I could take some current pics as a lot has changed. 280K 22RE.
I literally built the kit and hacked up the fenders and drove it to Mexico with zero test time and went to the San Felipe 250 a couple years ago, drove a lot of offroad miles in a foreign country. I didn't have any problems but a thrown alternator belt.
Specs:
*Home made upper and lower a arms
*3.25" wider per side
*Strategicly placed low profile droop and bump stops
*Made of .188 wall DOM gusseted with 1/4" and 3/8" plating
*10" stroke 2.5" dual rate King coilovers with remote reservoirs
*TC lower uni-ball conversion
*TC shock hoops
*16" of wheel travel (front diff removed to not be limited by CV's)
Total cost was less than 2K (mostly shocks $1300)
In the last couple years I added the TC idler arm. I gusseted the center link and pitman arm and switched to heim steering and 62" Deavers. I wish my digital camera worked so I could take some current pics as a lot has changed. 280K 22RE.
May 24, 2007 | 07:02 AM
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it will probably never go on. its there for the cool factor, plus the truck wont come till like 2010
I really like yota82's old truck, i would like to do something similar but will probably do a 3rd gen truck.
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May 24, 2007 | 07:08 AM
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May 24, 2007 | 09:45 AM
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Ah, I knew we had something in common, I just forgot what it was. I was raised on desert runners. Lived in SD till about 96-97. So I love the desert scene, but the rock scene is a bit cheaper and more common around this neck of the woods.
May 24, 2007 | 10:41 AM
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yea i lived in alpine for 25 years and down in OB for 3, i've been wanting to check out some nevada dunes pretty soon
May 24, 2007 | 01:15 PM
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some good info for greenhorn
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...=555261&page=3
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...=555261&page=3
May 24, 2007 | 04:56 PM
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I thought so. I got scared for a minute because i wouldnt have had the tran case re-oiled for years. haha
Does anyone know anything about the Fabtech Ivan Dan LT kit? Are they good, bad, ugly? I am looking into them and want to know everything they include?
May 24, 2007 | 06:09 PM
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Is Fabtech still making the Ivan Dan kit?
Off the cuff I think its the suspension parts but not the fenders or shocks...
I ferget if it has the weld on shock hoops or thats an "accessory" item.
I recall it was basically the "extended a arms and lower strut rod parts"...
Isnt the info on the fabtech site?
Off the cuff I think its the suspension parts but not the fenders or shocks...
I ferget if it has the weld on shock hoops or thats an "accessory" item.
I recall it was basically the "extended a arms and lower strut rod parts"...
Isnt the info on the fabtech site?
May 24, 2007 | 06:43 PM
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No they are definantly not BFG Baja's. I dont recommend that tire for regular people. They are expensive and are a race tire, the tread is soft, they have horrible tredwear, and if you park your truck for a day or so they develop really bad flat spots that will jar your body until the tires heat up and become round again. Oh yeah, did I mention the price?
There is a thread from a couple months back called "Pick your favorite BFG tire" that I ranted about them too. No I didn't have 4WD in that pic.
There is a thread from a couple months back called "Pick your favorite BFG tire" that I ranted about them too. No I didn't have 4WD in that pic.
