Looking great!

Can you shed some light on what you did with the IFS to get that severe articulation in that cool shot above? What are the pros/cons of doing that? I have a 4 inch bracket lift up front and no matter what, there really isn't a lot of room between the bump stops (I know, I know....BJ spacers).

Curious

 

If you mean the below pic, I can probably answer that, 4" bracket lift with no bump stop extensions. Not something I would personally do. But that CV looks pretty straight for that kind of stuffage.

 

Yup, xxxtreme - that's the one!

what are the cons of this approach - for daily use, and offroad?

 

couldn't answer that, daily use I would think it's ok cus your never gonna see the bump stops that much while on the road. (unless you live in PA lol) I would think it's not a good thing to put a 4" lift on and not use bump extensions. I'd be more afraid of steering bindage/breakage specifically the rod ends more than CV breakage. But I could be wrong.

 

i also believe the sway bar is removed. it is how i got it from the PO. there are big bump stops in the back, so i cant go any farther than that. for daily use, i can take corners at pretty good speeds. no real fear of rolling with it. offroad, she shreds. at high speeds and rock crawling.

 

The switch on your dash is part of an alarm

Googled it..

UNGO Techne
http://obsoleteradionics.com/index.p...d&productId=94

 

ah. thanks man! yea the only thing left of all that stuff is the switch haha. i guess i could just rip that switch out..

 

the rest of the alarm may be stuffed behind your dash some where..

I would clip the wires and make sure the rig still starts

 

thats probably a good idea. although it doesnt really bother me haha. maybe it still works just needs to be hooked up or something... ill figure it out haha

 

rollbar is on and painted. ill get pics tomorrow. havent decided if i like it yet

 

Love the looks of the long beds! Its still pretty clean for being flopped. I think it looked better black.

 

thanks man! yea shes not too bad. the dents are starting to grow on me . i liked it black, but i hated the look of black on black, so i decided to go with something different. ill probably end up painting it again, but not any time soon.

 

Im sure if i searched hard enough i could find a picture that resembles your truck! But this was my first Toyota! I regret selling her to the moron that blew her up, but its ok...I bought her back

 

nice man! they do look familiar, but keep in mind thats the good side haha. its good to hear you saved her! i like it man

 

Your truck is looking good man, keep it up! Ill be watching .

But yeah that was mines good side to haha. Look at the back right fender.

 

wow our trucks were almost identical haha. ill get some pics up one of these days of the rollbar i slapped on. i also am getting 2 more kc daylighters on sunday, all four should be wired up by monday. i also put a new cat on should be getting her smogged soon

 

hope it passes smog

 

yea i know im keepin my fingers crossed. ive been running RxP gas kicker, got a new cat and keeping everything clean and working well. so im somewhat confident but im still worried it wont.

 

This is EXACTLY how I would run a bracket lift, if I was willing to run one. However, if you are saying you wouldn't run the bracket lift, then, yes, I agree. However, its how he bought it, and in the end, it works for him. Good score on the truck OP!

The stock set up is pathetic on how much it limits up travel. I'm sure the kits offer extensions so they don't get sued if something goes wrong. As long as they maintain the stock geometry, they can at least have some leg to stand on in court. Anyway, looks like he is taking advantage of the added room.

Especially since he is running a huge lift with only 33's. This is a great way to make use of the available room between fender and tire.

Flexing up like that is no where near the angles that the CVs see with ball joint spacers, and it won't hurt the steering.

Assuming the shock isn't bottoming, its a good way to go.

 

i am pretty happy with it overall. that front left tire is also on a piece of wood so it could have drooped a little bit more even. however, im still gonna do an sas to keep up with my buds haha. you think a lift like this is big with 33s, you shouldve felt how tippy it was with 31s! i felt like i would just roll over just sitting there lol. i dont remember if the shock was bottoming in that pic, dont think i really looked at it. i did get some 35s recently, but i dont want to put them on because i dont have much power as it is lol. but hopefully by summer ill have the sas done.