Build Orange's Neverending Scrap 80 Build (the s is silent)

[AgentOrange]

Supposed to be finishing build and your painting, just clear coat it like that.

I’m doing a bit of everything at once lol

 

[Broski]

Sterling is bolted in under the 80 now. Got hubs and bearings on last night. Tonight is making brakes work and adapt to the Toyota lines. Then this weekend is to figure out the AntiRock so I can drive this thing too
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I frenched mine through the frame

 

[Broski]

Haha looks like you did similar

 

[Firemedic831]

Only thing I would suggest is to make you link rods more vertical .

 

[Broski]

Only thing I would suggest is to make you link rods more vertical .

Ditto

 

[Firemedic831]

Even if you have to drill a hole further back its going to make the anti rock work much better

 

[Broski]

Shorten the link rods and put the tabs on top of the axle

 

[AgentOrange]

I frenched mine through the frame
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I think it was your photos that made me think of doing that. I went through almost exactly where you did.
I will make the links more vertical tomorrow for sure

 

[peesalot]

OK, time to quite tinkering and get back onto raffle ideas, priorities mate.

 

[AgentOrange]

OK, time to quite tinkering and get back onto raffle ideas, priorities mate.

Fair enough. I'm going to send you a bunch of ideas. The wife took it seriously.

Last night I got the trimming done that needed to happen and sway bar links more vertical. It's never ending little things that are eating me up now

 

[peesalot]

You let peer pressure get ya, I think the arms were fine FWIW

 

[Firemedic831]

You let peer pressure get ya, I think the arms were fine FWIW

The arms were fine. The rods not so much .

 

[peesalot]

Oh, I see, you cant just thread them down, you have to cut them down.

 

[AgentOrange]

Oh, I see, you cant just thread them down, you have to cut them down.

I can thread them down a bit, but to really make them correct, cutting them down a little was the way to go. Now they're almost perfectly vertical, and I can stil adjust them a bit when I get to driving it and wheel it

 

[peesalot]

I think I lost nit charge in 1 shock ):

 

[Broski]

You let peer pressure get ya, I think the arms were fine FWIW

FWIW
General consensus are for best results arm should be level to the ground at ride height, and the link rod should be vertical
And after all, this is a form where we try to help each other.

 

[peesalot]

Yes it is

 

[AgentOrange]

FWIW
General consensus are for best results arm should be level to the ground at ride height, and the link rod should be vertical
And after all, this is a form where we try to help each other.

I went against the arms level at ride height opinion. I set them as level and midway through articulation. I have more droop than compression, so at ride height they angle up a bit

 

[AgentOrange]

Got the bed and tailgate back on the Tacoma. Tonight it’s finishing the wiring and putting in the tail lights.
Also got everything together on the 80 and drove it for the first time in a few weeks. It feels really good and ready to go now. Couple little things I’ll do to it first though

 

[Firemedic831]

I think Peezy said he wants to do a night run up old sluice to show off his new set up Be good for the Crunch Taco. Before JV.