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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    No kidding. My coils at 5.5” of lift with @landtank caster plates look like this: And people are welding these on with Gary’s rig on 38s as reference material…
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    Did you get this fixed? That a ton of forward rotation on the coil perch. I thought those arm drop brackets were supposed to give proper pinion rotation on a 2” lift. That’s an absolute mess, tbh. These things need to be shown in the vendor threads for these products so that people can see...
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    I'd ask that question to a general audience. I have some of the originals that were predrilled to the FOR Gen II kit, and I ended up a bit off in pinion angle (you're aligning pinion here for a CV shaft, caster increase follows). So I have one OEM and one OME bushing in each arm, the OME to...
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    At the expense of stating the obvious...it's already off, so you don't have to do anything. Those are the best decisions :rimshot:. Also, one way I always thought about this was a reason I like having a built 4x4 for highway/urban use. There are times when the best solution is to bail to...
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    Leave the front off. Look at your pics :smokin:
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    So you got almost 4" out of them, but when weighted down you are saying it's really stiff. Meaning the ride is harsh, or it just doesn't compress much over bumps, or...? The HD makes sense for ride height (you have that extra body lift now), but the transition to 320 lb/in may be too much...
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    Did you get the medium or heavy version?
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    I just bought a set as well. I need to rebuild the PS (I tend to alternate because both will bleed into a two day project and there's never the time) and hope they keep things tighter. Let us know what you think as you use them....
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    I did that same thing years ago - the body is designed with a visual rake so when loaded it looks level. I still have no clue why 80 series suspensions are designed to kick up the rear, because the natural rake in the body gets ridiculously accentuated and it looks stoopid. Level...
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    Perfect example. Is the front strap limited at all? Maybe some tools there to balance to the back, but hell, you know way more at this point than I do. I never got off the web in 3-linking :).
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    Having seen some of his vids and pics, I think there's some proof here that a well designed 3-link is "in" the box (out of the box in my view is when you can't make the geometry work without say mounting the upper arms inside the cab)...at least offroad. I'm so familiar with a more restricted...
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    I wonder if that is a bad thing, though. In some of my old posts, I muse about converting the rear to leafs while 3-ilnking the front. The idea being that the 80 is too heavy to be an unrestricted slinky, so you really need one end with some resistance as articulation increases. People...
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    I know you've seen this thread, but figured I'd link it for the followers here as it is a perfect example of what an unbalanced 80 looks like in the before pics. Tall, tons of shock travel, tire constantly off the ground. And then starting to try to find control arm solutions to re-balance it...
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    My front swaybar occupies a garage corner with an occasional spider. The rear just has Slee extensions to bring it back to stock alignment. But you need good shocks to run that way - my Fox need a charge I think after about 80K miles :hillbilly:
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    Yes, restricting the rear somewhat, both with swaybar and not just dropping it out, will better balance to the front. If you just let the rear fall out, the front has no reason to work. Now the slinky coils match up to the longer shocks so you have active spring motion through the entire shock...
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    Front end can't use it, so you are further disconnecting the rear from the front. It's the same reason you want the front swaybar removed and rear attached - some resistance from the rear can help balance flex to the front. It is also easier to keep the shock travel in the middle of the spring...
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    Thanks for the welcome, glad the history has been of some use. I've read through (and enjoyed) some of your thread here as well as the slinky thread. I think you've been through what I would have warned you of with OME :D. I think you've been through enough paces to advise what's working and...
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    You already answered your question if you add one word. I FIFY above :). Your answer is 80 series, 4" lift, 37" tires, 5.29 gears, and a properly tuned suspension. I think this video perfectly shows the strengths and weaknesses of the 80, as well as the weaknesses of loud spotting... There...
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    Here's a thread of mine to get you started: Tacoma DC Shaft Installed - Unusual Result? The direct bolt on flanges are from one side of the two-piece shaft from an xtra cab. It's a double cardan, so would be used with caster plates pointing the pinion directly inline with the driveshaft. I...
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    Builds GW Nugget's Family Haulin Lx450 build

    Yes, you should be able to run without one. The other point, at least as I have experienced, is that the radius arm design is more effective in reducing sway without a swaybar at 4" (and greater I would assume, but have not tested) than lower lifts, probably due to arm angle geometry. I also...
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