Does anyone make unbreakable rear trailing arms?

[alhang]

A long time ago and in a landrover, I had the misfortune of almost being stuck on a snow and ice covered trail in Connecticut after a stock rear trailing arm bent and sent my rear driveshaft into a rock, snapping it in half. Luckily someone in our group had a spare and I made repairs and made it home. I replaced them with ones made by rovertym and not only were they 1/4 inch steel with reinforced plates, they were angled to give higher clearance. Is there a 4runner equivalent?

Pics attached for reference. The metaltech or the rokmen pro seem like the strongest I've seen but none of them are angled. open to suggestions.

Thanks,

Al

 

[Inv4drZm]

Angled designs don't work as well when going for maximum droop IMO. Doesn't give the best clearance between the axle housing and the link for lots of droop.

I highly doubt you're going to break any of the aftermarket lower links.

My brother whipped this up for the FJ's. The same parts fit our 4Runners:
Lower Link Comparison Guide - Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum

 

[alhang]

that post you put up answered all of my questions, please thank your brother for me too. looks like one company made the design i like but went under (wild west offroad) as far as droop or travel I think it depends on a few factors. they do tend to bind on certain designs but on the rovers at least we could max out 14" travel rear shocks. Here's a shot of a truck with those same arms during some fork lift testing.

 

[alia176]

I'm a low budget guy so on the 80 series I stitch welded up an angle iron along the length of the rear LCA. It's been getting beat on for about ten years and still holding strong. So, I think I'll do the same thing for the Runner rear LCAs. They ain't pretty but very functional for my budget.

When I was in the RRC scene, I used to have Rovertym rear trailing arms, just like the ones in your picture. They epitomized the concept of "beef"!!!

 

[alhang]

Yeah, the original owner of Rovertym lived near me in VA. I used to go by the shop all the time. I still have the first set of rock sliders he ever made, gonna try and fit them to 4runner, they are probably 80lbs a piece 5/8's and 1/4 steel.
I like the price of the toyota aftermarket parts, but some of it isn't as heavy duty.

 

[bagelsjustbagels]

Metal Tech 4x4 makes some BEEFY mother effers.

 

[alia176]

Yeah, the original owner of Rovertym lived near me in VA. I used to go by the shop all the time. I still have the first set of rock sliders he ever made, gonna try and fit them to 4runner, they are probably 80lbs a piece 5/8's and 1/4 steel.
I like the price of the toyota aftermarket parts, but some of it isn't as heavy duty.

I remember that Disco, it's been a while. The owner, can't recall his name, maybe John was it? We partied at MAR one year when he brought some moonshine :bluejump:

Anyway, your statement isn't totally correct, there are plenty of beefy aftermarket for Toyotas, may not be for the 4Runner/120 chassis however. You're coming from a Disco so the Landcruiser is the platform that you ought to be comparing for beefy parts. The 120 chassis aftermarket is slowly catching up in the beef dept. The 120 chassis isn't as heavy so making super beefy/heavy parts isn't really a priority for most vendors I suspect.

I'm currently in the middle of building sliders for my '03 and it's going to as light as humanly possible.

 

[gm350reratliff]

I also recommend Rokmen arms. I run them on my 4th gen and they are stout.

 

[alhang]

I remember that Disco, it's been a while. The owner, can't recall his name, maybe John was it? We partied at MAR one year when he brought some moonshine :bluejump:

Anyway, your statement isn't totally correct, there are plenty of beefy aftermarket for Toyotas, may not be for the 4Runner/120 chassis however. You're coming from a Disco so the Landcruiser is the platform that you ought to be comparing for beefy parts. The 120 chassis aftermarket is slowly catching up in the beef dept. The 120 chassis isn't as heavy so making super beefy/heavy parts isn't really a priority for most vendors I suspect.

I'm currently in the middle of building sliders for my '03 and it's going to as light as humanly possible.

Yeah, his name was John Bradley-Smith. Real nice guy, if you were at MAR we've might have met. I'm pretty sure I was like one of the few asian guys there, lol. You're right, I kinda realized there's like a handful of rover companies, and the toyota market is huge with a larger spectrum of parts being made. Please post updates when you're done building your sliders.