How many would be interested in a replacement upper a-arm with a joint to allow more droop?
replacement upper a-arms
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so just longer shocks by themselfs will not give any more droop? its the A arms that limit it?
me, prolly not, I can't be messing with this Cruiser......much more
me, prolly not, I can't be messing with this Cruiser......much more
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a arms
With shock unbolted there is not much more droop available. I am also curious to see how long our upper ball joints will last with the increased angle. Total Chaos Makes some pretty cool long travel setups for tacos, tundras, and minis and even less commonly modified vehicles like Nissans. They also do standard sized replacement upper arms with a "unibal" joint for high angle, allowing much more droop. They even do these arms for the 03+ 4runner. When I spoke with them they said they may be able to do these if there was enough demand. I doubt there is in the US though. You sure have done quite a bit to your truck that you need to leave stock. I have this problem too.
Carl
With shock unbolted there is not much more droop available. I am also curious to see how long our upper ball joints will last with the increased angle. Total Chaos Makes some pretty cool long travel setups for tacos, tundras, and minis and even less commonly modified vehicles like Nissans. They also do standard sized replacement upper arms with a "unibal" joint for high angle, allowing much more droop. They even do these arms for the 03+ 4runner. When I spoke with them they said they may be able to do these if there was enough demand. I doubt there is in the US though. You sure have done quite a bit to your truck that you need to leave stock. I have this problem too.
Carl
now I don't know if this helps, but I heard once the A arms on a 100 are the same as used on a Hino truck, "maybe" there are different sizes of A-arms for the Hino's?
I am still not confinced that the steering rack would tolerate the added travel very well. Might work weel but need to engineer a lot of steering linkage modification as well. If it work well I would be interested.
Just my prior experience with extended travel Tacoma it keep blowing the steering rack.
Just my prior experience with extended travel Tacoma it keep blowing the steering rack.
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Yes
Yes this may be an issue as well. Not necessarily looking for long travel, maybe just 1" or so more droop
Yes this may be an issue as well. Not necessarily looking for long travel, maybe just 1" or so more droop
I think before we mess with our A-arms and the like, I say we nag ARB to no end for L-series 100 shocks for the rear just like they have for the 80's. That 2-inch droop in the rear will help a bunch!
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L-shocks in rear
Not positive, but pretty sure 80 series L will work. Comparing OEM 80 to 100 rear they are nearly the same dimensionally. As for the front, there is not much more droop with shock unbolted.
Not positive, but pretty sure 80 series L will work. Comparing OEM 80 to 100 rear they are nearly the same dimensionally. As for the front, there is not much more droop with shock unbolted.
