I check out E-bay every now and then, and found this guy with a 94 Toyota 4x4 truck running 36x14.50-15 Super Swamper TSL Radial Tires on stock IFS. Isn't that a big no-no? I thought the CVs and axles wouldn't handle that? Maybe because it's a street driven only it hasn't broke yet? I was surprised to see it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1994-...QQcmdZViewItem

 

depends on how you drive it. we wheeled my roomates truck on 38's, stock suspension, but 4.88 gears and welded rear diff. we only had it out 2x but never broke anything. now its getting a fj80 front axle, so no more cv's to worry about.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...23188608KuJGHu

 

I know the truck is a bit blinged out but I really like the look of it. I wonder what a fair price for something like this normally is?

 

you could go to edit post and delete it yourself

yeah 36s is a no-no on an ifs truck... it might handle it for awhile, but of you wheel hard, its going to snap an axle twig like.....

 

That's what I was thinking, so I was surprised to see it rolling around on 36s with IFS. Even city driven I think that would be a bit much for it to handle.

It's not a bad looking truck, but I'd put a solid axle in there first mod

 

That is totally a southern truck. 14" wide rims? geez

 

Yeah, I thought my 10" wide was alot

I like that dog under the truck in the first pic, it adds some perspective.

 

The IFS works fine, and it can take it amazingly well. Mine had 37s under it for 50k miles, then its had 35s ever since for another 60k miles so far. And yes it has been wheeled. There are thousands of IFS trucks out there running 35s and doing fine, no reason not to run that big a tire and wheel 'em. Do change the gears....

BUT - I also agree with some of the above posts - IF you are going to wheel HARD, or if you are just naturally abusive (or an unskilled driver...) you will be more prone to break a few parts. You will go through a few axles, and probably idler arms and steering arm joints at a higher rate. Axles are cheap and easy to replace. My first replacements of the stock parts - worn idler and steering arm and a clacking axle occurred at 211K!

Darn few people really need to do a SAS. I suggest you wait until you are wheeling hard enough to KNOW it's time to change before worrying about the IFS.

 

A friend of a friend's has 36s on his Toyota truck. I don't think he has ever had a problem with it, and he went mudding all the time. He did break something in his rear diff while cruising on his way down to Florida, but It was something they fixed on the side of the road (well, sort of--they endend up having to come back using fwd).

 

One of my buddies in high school had a toyota p/u with 36" swampers on it with ifs. He still runs that same truck with no problems, except he now has 35's. He also wheeled the hell out of that truck, the only reason he downsized in tires was because the swampers got worn out.

 

I find it to be bs that he claims its quiet and smooth...I had each each of my tires balanced removed remounted multiple times to get em as well balanced as possible and no chance are they quiet or smooth (not that im bitchin, swampers sound sweet )

 

I find it to be bs that he claims its quiet and smooth...I had each each of my tires balanced removed remounted multiple times to get em as well balanced as possible and no chance are they quiet or smooth (not that im bitchin, swampers sound sweet )

 

speaking of big tires/snapping axles...kid at school has a wrangler lifted 9" w/ 38's...hes gone through an axle front and rear (solid axle) stock dana 30's i think? i dont know jeeps very well, i just know that hes treated that thing like crap.

 

dana 30s have got to be one of the ˟˟˟˟˟tiest axles ever made, they were recalled because too many of em had broken the housing while on road either injuring or killing their passengers

 

dana 30's aren't good at handling tires after 33's or 35's?

 

i mean i think thats what it is...its a 97 wrangler i believe, so anyone with jeep knowledge is welcome to correct me...just shows how stupid most highschoolers are (im not, i bought a yota!)

 

after 30s...my friend has em under his jeep with 30s and he got hit from the side and the axle tube snapped, theres a bunch of articles about stock jeeps with d30s that broke while they were towing or got tapped or something and the housing snapped causing a wreck

 

Edit - I'm an idiot, I completely misread the thread post to mean stock lift, not stock IFS... DOH!!!! :lol

On a side note, I notice you're a Firefighter, and it seems that there are quite a few of us in the field here on the boards... am I mistaken or have you found that too?

Cheers

Dave

 

This post couldn't come a t a better time, I'm really torn between the SAS route and possibly the Downey IFS lift(3" is about as far as I want to go up)... I like IFS for the clearence in the Mud, but I know first hand how much better SA rigs crawl and just hold up in general... I've had the privilage of being a "4x4 Tour Guide" in Australia driving FJ Ute's, Hi-Lux's and Troupies, Driven a Mog or two over the last few Summers, and I've always had a Jeep in the family Driveway so I love Solid's. However, after this weekend up on Mt. Hood, I'm really impressed with what an IFS Gen1 4Runner with no lift and 31's can do (Within reason of course)... so meh... I'm a pretty damn smooth driver, so if people are of the opinion that the stock IFS is pretty durable then I'm even less WOrriedv eh...

So I guess another question is : Anyone got any experience with DOwney's IFS Lift? Maybe I should make another thread...

 

Out of curiousity what would you guys say is a fair price for the truck in question? I emailed him and he said he had the reserve set at $6700