Here are some pics from my buddy's shop, they are doing a SAS to a Tacoma. Just thought I would share as they build up this taco that will be locked fr/rr, and on 37's.

the Taco






The sliders


Test fitting


tacking the rear bumper. After this, we're gonna start on mine!!


plasma cuttin!

more plasma fun!

 

when it's all done it will look similar to his own tacoma.

 

IFS came out today.

stripped

cutting


left side done

 

1 more side to cut


IFS NO MORE! (look how clean that plasma cuts!)




before

after

 

The plasma part is fun and easy, it is grinding off the old stuff which tells the true tale of the quality of the outfit.

What springs, axle and hangers are planned?

 

Hey. I am the guy in the picture doing the plasma cutting. Yes, I can't agree more... the worst part of a SAS is grinding down the remaining IFS crap and the welds. At least I have two 7" angle grinders, so that speeds it up a bit... but they get really heavy after only a few minutes. All of the SAS brackets (sans the shackle hangers in the front) will be fabricated by myself. I will be making all of the stuff today, so hopefully Mike or I will have those up tonight or tomorrow. The best aspect of this SAS is the d44 came from North Carolina, so it was so easy to get the inner knuckles off... mine came from northern Indiana, and they were so seized. We ended up having to use the hydraulic press to get them off. Anyway, take care.

ah, we're using the standard rancho 44044s in the front and chevy 63"s in the rear. In a few months I will be doing a 3 link coiled setup in the front, and 4 link triangulated setup in the rear... leaf springs are simple but suck, plus the ride really sucks.

 

Nice Job guys! Can't wait to see it done.

Jutty

 

Must not have spent to much time in the easter beach region where I live. Are you gonna coil that axle or use another axle to coil. If you leave the IFS upper coil mounts the FJ80 axle lower mounts line up perfect but it recquires you to either swap cases or flip the housings and remount the 3rd member on the opposite side. I'll be coiling my when my new front end arrives next month

 

That thing is sweet Can't wait to see the other one

 

Hey all! Yeah, i love my truck, though that pic makes it look weird. It's like a fish eye lens or something. It makes it look like the rear is squatting low. Notice the HEep in the background?!?!? The customer wants a leaf sprung rig because it's easier to maintain. I have been wanting to do a coil over setup before I even did my SAS. I was planning on doing a 3 link in front (i've seen guys do a triangulated 4 link in the front but it's just too messy, there's no room up front for all that!) and a 4 link the rear... though with this crappy indiana weather, i'd be going through heims once a month! Once this truck is done, we'll be back to making bumpers... I hope to have a rear 4runner bumper ready for production in the next few weeks. Anyway, take care!

 

some grinding done

 

Front bumper made to hold a winch, tacked, with some grinding (it's not fully finished)


side view


rear view

 

37's!


37's next to Brenton's 35's




37's next to my 33's

 

sweet pics. Keep them coming as work progress'

 

Supahonkey, whats up with the company website? It asks for a password and all that, is it just for employees, or is there something to see?

(sending email too).

 

i love seeing these pictures and the progress ... that is going to be a sweet taco when it's done!

 

OK got to the shop today and here are the resulting pics.

Those 37's are HUGE.



You shoulda seen that axle before it got cleaned up!
The axle isn't ready yet, as there is still some welding to do on it. This was just a test fitting.

 

Front bumpers, which will soon be made for other tacos, and 4runners!


Rear getting ready for the chebbies.



That's all for now!

 

If I ever get my leaves on I'm gonna have to come visit you kids at the shop!

 

Why not try a 4/5 link? I just did one on my Tundra. From the looks of the two factory suspensions, the Taco setup is nearly identical. Just curious why more folks don't go for the link type suspension.