Thank you - very helpful! I had an exhaust shop build my current cross over, but they weren't able to get a tight radius on the bends due to a limitation of the bender. I think building my own exhaust is probably the way I'll have to go. Going to do this after I rebuild the frame mounts and belly pan. Thanks again.
Check out columbia river mandrel. They offer a variety of reasonably priced "kits" for building an exhaust as well as pretty much any bends you'd want.
Got plans for a rear bumper or shortening of the back end of the frame?
No, Stan's bumper will be going back on for now and with the auxilary tank there isn't much room to be had there.
A few years down the line when I no longer need the FJ as a part time daily driver the rear setup will be changed all together. Longer wheel base, rear frame will be chopped off and a custom one made up to better accomodate a trailingarm/4link setup and a fuel cell inside. Really need more uptravel in the rear (currently only 5" up and 10" down) to better match the front setup in the long run. For rock crawling the 3 link is suitable, but more uptravel is really needed for the high speed stuff.
Didn't realize all the limitations with the FJC frame and crossmembers until we started trying to fit the 3 link in there as no one had posted info on them previously. Hopefully this build has helped showcase some of the rear end issues for folks down the line.
Didn't realize all the limitations with the FJC frame and crossmembers until we started trying to fit the 3 link in there as no one had posted info on them previously. Hopefully this build has helped showcase some of the rear end issues for folks down the line.
Thats exactly why mine isn't with me any longer. After laying underneath it with some "respectably, professional" fabricators, we couldn't envision a reasonable way to link it in a manner that would improve the suspension geometry without moving the fuel cell.
I wasn't willing to go to your level, glad you have the balls to go that far...
Thats exactly why mine isn't with me any longer. After laying underneath it with some "respectably, professional" fabricators, we couldn't envision a reasonable way to link it in a manner that would improve the suspension geometry without moving the fuel cell.
I wasn't willing to go to your level, glad you have the balls to go that far...
Balls and smarts are two different things . My haphazard approach of trial and error (or I guess finding the reality of the situation vs. advertisements) on both the front and rear suspension hopefully showcased what all the various products truely offer. Doing more due diligence ahead of time, as it sounds like you did, would have mitigated several of the issues.
In the end its just one approach to building an FJC. I can definitely better appreciate some of the other builds out there like SDHQ's and why they made the modificaitons they did and why others have gone different routes. As long as the info helps folks in the end its worth the added costs I might have gone through. I know threads like your Lefty install and budbuilt tummy tuck were quite informative and helpful when I started tearing into the FJC. Hopefully, folks have get some similar value out of the misc. information I've tossed out or can at least allow for more educated decisions.
If not at least it provides for some entertainment in cutting apart an FJC
thanks, I'm still considering the 3-link route. It would still be my DD and hopefully improve my rock crawling ability. I'm not into the high-speed stuff down here in the south.
so, that and the tummy tuck are probably as far as I'll (plan to) go with my FJC. When/if stuff starts breaking, I may change my approach to the build.
I wish I had the budget to do this to my GX470! Amazing!
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"apparently I just need to play with it until it feels right... "
Just like aviation pre-flight check lists, I'm going to need a pre-obstacle cheat sheet on the steering wheel to figure out what ratio I'm in, whether ADDs actuated or not, vsc turned off, etc. Thats normal right
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. My haphazard approach of trial and error (or I guess finding the reality of the situation vs. advertisements) on both the front and rear suspension hopefully showcased what all the various products truely offer. Doing more due diligence ahead of time, as it sounds like you did, would have mitigated several of the issues.
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