Oh yeah, those are some sweet pics. That yellow runner has some serious a arms. Definitely inspiring.

 

Oh sorry,Glassworks and Hannemann

 

Cool. I think those are probably the hanneman ivan style flares. I like how they are angular while still maintaining some curve. They look evil.

 

I will be getting the Ivan Stewart kit to. I love the look of it. They do look a little evil.

 

What are you doing for clearance in the rear???
Protrux told me they are working on a kit for our trucks in the back.
Personally I want to keep it stock. I don't plan on getting spacers for the back either. I don't mind the front and back track width being wider....whatever.

 

I am going to put on the Long-Travel Deaver pack(in my sig) in the rear. I think I am going to either try to make the Pick-up sides work, or I might have to cut up the rear fenders .

 

Actually you could get some replacement sprinigs and get a short 2.0 resivor shock, like a fox or bilstein 7100. You wont have to cut any holes or anything. On a truck I saw he was getting around 14" of travel with the shocks under the bed, he had a bar running between the frame to mount the shocks to. I dont know how much stuff is under the cargo area but its just a thought.

 

That's pretty much what I was planning. I just want replacements and then I will lay the shocks down like normal. I don't plan on jumping it or anything. I mainly want the long travel kit for articulation, traction, and a lift with "real" ground clearance. My trailmaster kit is just as good as a body lift.

 

That is why I want to keep my 4wd. I want the best of both worlds...4wd off-roading and racing.

 

Now me on the other hand, I'm going to ditch the entire bed and have the back all caged. I already have l/t in front. I'm going to run dual spares, fuel cell, etc.. I will hopefully be getting a new car later this year to be a daily driver so my truck will be a play/race vehicle. And if you are running coilovers you might want to run an engine cage instead of just hoops. What I'm running are basicly hoops with a bar running between the hoops so they dont cave in.

 

They run a chance of caving in?

Oh you mean when the springs(coilovers) are Attached to the hoops.

Normal shocks wouldn't be enough to cave it in.....would they?

What year is your truck? X-cab? Give me some stats. What kit do you have up front? Are you 4x4?

 

If you are running just socks, hoops will be fine. But with the coilovers the hoop becomes the main support for the suspension. Since the coilover acts as a spring and shock all the force is transfered to the hoop. I actually have a 1997 ford ranger x-cab 2wd with the camburg coilover system and the deaver prerunner pack and bilsteins out back(for now).

 

Cool suspension. How much travel are you pullin. Those rangers get some sweet numbers. Especially with coilovers and a 4link.

Not that I care, but what are you doing on a yota site with a ranger?

 

probably around 16" in the front, but I'm looking to get an '85 pick-up or 4runner in the near future. Going to make it a rock crawler.

 

Cool. 85 is a good year for the crawlers....which makes em tough to find.
Obviously your not against fabrication. You can always do a solid axle swap on a 86-89 4runner or truck for 2,000.00 I though about doing this but I think the long travel IFS suits my needs more.

 

He may also be here since he is my bro. The toyotas can pull some good numbers. They can also get more travel in the rear than the Rangers can w/o heavy modifications.

 

I've been told that the rear travel is more important than front travel on the rough terrain. What do you think????

 

Well you need the rear travel so can keep the power to the ground, and you need front travel to steer. I would like more rear travel so you can keep the car moveing in the terrian. I will prolly have 5" less travel in the front than the back. The other plus for more travel in the rear would be, that it will helps the truck from going end over end.

 

End over end is bad.

 

End over End is bad!