anyone have the downey front truss? hows it treating you? is it worth it? got p[ictures of it installed?

 

Bought one a long time ago and it didn't fit! The bend in the bar wasn't quite right and the tube hit the rear of the front diff. Truck was stock at that point. Couldn't mount it lower down without drilling new holes in the truss. Called to check part number. It was correct. Went to their shop to compare it to another one, same problem. Got my money back.

Anybody have one fit without modding it????

 

I put one on my '90 Extracab I had before the 4Runner.
It was a pain to put on, and did not fit correctly until I did some redrilling.

Once installed though, my alignment was dead perfect for the 100K miles that on the rig before its death.
It did its job.
Also had the rear truss on.

 

I recently put one on. Drilling the truck was a pain but the truss lined up perfectly. Worth it? Guess it's one of those things you will never really know if you were going to have problems or not. I figured $50 was cheap protection.

 

what kind of mods did you have to do? how hard was the drilling?
got any pics of the process or the after product..
pahydrohead, still have the one you bought? ill buy it from you .. i have a 92 4r

 

So do they all not fit? Is this a problem on Downey's end, or is it just a random problem? Do you all feel that this is an important mod?

 

seems like a look pretty 50 dollar insurence mod..
looks pretty..
and is one of those you never know if you need/needed it.. till; you break what you have..

 

That makes sense...especially since you don't really wanna mess up your frame

 

If you have a tire/wheel combo that stick out the side,then you need a front truss!You'll never know you bent your frame until you go to the alignment shop,or it eats your tires up!Without proper instalation they will not fit right

 

for those wondering. heres an image of a didfferent truss installed (welded) not bolted like the downey

 

anyone know where i can find a truss for the very front?

 

You don't need one for the front 'cause it came with one from the factory.

Here is a picture of mine after about 8 years of abuse. You can see a few dents in it, and over the last 6 months I really beat the ÅÅÅÅ out of it. I'm convinced that it is the only decent product Downey has ever produced.

 

So it was worth the money to you? Did yours install correctly?

 

You can have my used one for $10+ship from 80013 if I can find it. It is already drilled, so you'll have to drill your frame to match. It fit OK. It got beat up at the low point a lot, but it might have saved some frame bending too. sometimes, under torque, the diff would hit the bar. never really hurt the diff, but it did make a clunk now-and-then. Frame stuff doesn't matter now because I chopped all those parts off.

 

i know about the front factory one.. but i have a gash in it that the rock from hell put in it..
the rock from hell tore my undercartriage up.. its been almsot 1000 bux so far reparing what it did...

 

I got one sitting in my garage if anyone wants it. 20 + shipping and it's yours. It's not new but it's not beat up either.

email me.

 

yeah.. ill take it if you have a pic.. why did you take it off?

 

I got it from a guy and never got a chance to put it on....went SAS instead.
I'll see if I can take a pic for you tonight.

 

Put me in line too.

 

Nope, I gave it back to Downey and got my money back.