Both are about the same price....both are auto (not ag splines) which is good...one is made in China and one is made in Japan...thats about all I know about em other than quality control issues I have heard about with the TG units. I believe this has been corrected though.....

 

So I finished everything up... finally! I ended up clearancing my ifs double cardan joint and made a square ds, all for about $20!!! After greasing it up I took it for a test drive and it made NO noise whatsoever. I even got it up to 50mph without any vibrations (none at 50 either). Needless to say, I am happy with how it turned out.

I was also able to take a run to hollister with some friends to test everything out! I love these flexy springs!!! Thanks TG!





good times...

 

That is how it is supposed to mount.

 

ya... what he said

 

so beautiful!

 

are u saying it would be less efficient going in the other direction?i never got deathwobble or anything.just trying to figure out why its supposed to go the other way.ive built lotsa trucks but yota is the 1st ive done that the stabilizer went to the draglink and not the tierod.

 

I am planning this same swap 4in front spring 5in rear springs with a 6in shackle on a 90 22re 4runner. Is there any tips or tricks or if I had to do this again I would of (blank) type of advice you could give me would be greatly appreciated. I hear all kinds of measurments for the rear to place the wheels center of fender well(what did you end up doing and why) like John Gabriels 4Runner from Trail Gear said he mounted his rear shackel mount 6in in front of the end of the rear frame.

also pictures is greatly appreciated


Thank You in advance

 

Make sure your shackle angle is where you want it BEFORE welding and I did 6.5" from the back of the frame for my rear shackle hangers. Which turned out great for me! Especially using the 6" shackles.

Thanks guys for the comments!

 

Thank You for all info and nice detail on your build keep up the progress .

 

a little update...

better pics of the MC rear bumper and CB antenna mount
(you can see on the drivers side where the bumper smashed into my tailgate... that's before I did the "recommended" weld )



and finally got the TG sliders welded up...


washed and purty... for now

 

nice runner, it should look really good once the springs settle and its not so tall.

 

ya... I hope to upgrade to some 35's eventually when the wallet allows

 

Dang, so the weld really is that important... thats really good to know.

looks awesome dude!

 

For those who were asking, I did not take any pictures in the process of making the square front ds. I was somewhat in a hurry... But I will post up some better pics of how it turned out.

 

YeloSub7,

Great job on getting the work done yourself (with a few friends). Now you know what it takes, and you know every inch of your rig....so when something breaks on the trail, you can figure out how to fix it.

Great build up.

 

Yup! Thanks Steve!

 

some wheeling up in the sierra's

what the locals call the rock pile

 

some pics from hollister... in the jungle

the not so good

better...

 

bumping to say very nice build and also your pictures of the steering linkage and box relocation have helped convince me to do this also in my build. Had some trouble finding good pictures of this and yours are great.

 

Looks awesome! Nice Job. I'm really curious as to what you did with your front DS. I still cannot get full flex with the ds i'm running. I read the post a page or so back, but pictures would be really helpful. Looks good!