As promised some pics of my SAS with coil setup:

http://nl.msnusers.com/yotapics/saspics.msnw

 

lookin good, any specific reasons for going with coils vs leaf springs ?

 

Yes. All my Hiluxes (except for the two 2WD's) had leaf springs. After some 7 years of faithfull duty with my last Hilux and a newborn son I needed more comfort and a 4 seater. I did a lot of wheelin and my back started killing me. 10 years of motorcross did't do me any good also. My joints start to squeek.

And I wanted something different. Sets you apart from the crowd.

And I had three of these front axles in my shed. For free.

 

now that's cool!

 

too bad you live way across the pond or id offer to buy one off you

 

Now you just need to get rid of those A/T's and get some real shoes!

Looks good though.

 

I see a front swaybar on there. Hope you have disconnects.

 

Lookin' Good!

Anyone else notice whats missing from the front axle?

 

I have an electric disconnect in the rear and hope to make on for up front. Not that its really needed. I still have enough droop with the swaybar to extend the shocks to the max. And thats 6 inches at least, works for me.

As soon as I have some money to spend, the first things to go are those weeny 31 A/T's. And the rims.

And yes, the front driveshaft is missing. If you look close to one of the pics you can see a large dent in my sump. My front diff fits in there exactly, if you know what I mean. The high pinion diff is in fact too high for me. Or maybe I need more lift. I still need to rotate the axlehousing or remount my carrierarms, so the flange of the diff will point down about 1.5-2 inches. That will align up my driveshaft properly up to the flange of the gearbox. As soon as that is done, I can measure the exact lenght of my front prop shaft. It now is like 4-6 inches too short.

 

I noticed that "custom-formed" oil pan, too. Shouldn't be too hard to make it all work, though. I vote more lift!

Keep up the good work!