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JamesDean91

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What are some good long travel system out there for the 3rd Gen runner/taco crowd?
I'm only finding total chaos systems and they seem way wider then I would like to run. I got an idea of getting another runner or not doing a solid axle swap.
 
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If 3.5" over per side is to much. then really your only other option would be to do a bolt in coilover, hydro bump, with a limit strap, total chaos spindle gusset, uniball upper arm, plate the lower arm in and run the solo motorsports lower uniball conversion.

also camburg, solo motorsports, im sure blitzkreig has something or would make it, and giant makes an ibeam conversion.

Craziest long travel runner i've seen

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Don't think 3.5 would be that bad for some reason it looks like people are running about 4.5-5" wider each side. Could always compinsate with backspacing also.
 
TC makes a 2" over per side for 05+ Tacomas & 4th gen 4Runners, but not for 3rd gens and 95-04 Tacomas. The +4" over or more kits like Engage Offroad and ESB race kit (no longer in production) are the really wide ones.

Honestly like Zooroadbaja said already, a beefed up extended travel shock + UCA's (Aka mid travel) with spindle gussets is really all that's left. You'd also probably want the coil bucket gussets if running the spindle gussets and hydro bumps. 3.5" over is around 13" and mid travel is 10" I believe. Probably have to run fiberglass fenders with the 3.5" over kit too. I've seen some of the Tacoma guys running hydro bumps off the stock LCA too. All depends how far you're willing to take it and how much money you have to spend. That being said, I wish I could afford LT!
 
I would kill for a +2" Long Travel for our trucks. The existing kits are obviously phenomenal but I think it would be great it you could possibly avoid the fiberglass and would not gain that much width for use on tighter trails. +2" would be my dream setup.....
 
I think most of the kits out there go 3.5 for cost effectiveness of using tundra axles rather than custom axles.

You could try blazeland, they make kind of a janky kit for 2nd gens. Maybe they do 3rd gen too?
 
Coastal616 said:
I think most of the kits out there go 3.5 for cost effectiveness of using tundra axles rather than custom axles.

You could try blazeland, they make kind of a janky kit for 2nd gens. Maybe they do 3rd gen too?
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Iv seen the blaze land kit in person and it works perfectly for what the guy uses it for. He's actually the guy trying to talk me into long travel and not a solid axle swap.
I hate the look of the glass fenders and would much rather opt for a better lca and uca with 1.5-2" on each side.
 
JamesDean91 said:
Iv seen the blaze land kit in person and it works perfectly for what the guy uses it for. He's actually the guy trying to talk me into long travel and not a solid axle swap.
I hate the look of the glass fenders and would much rather opt for a better lca and uca with 1.5-2" on each side.
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Haha I actually JUST emailed the guy who owns Blazeland a couple days ago asking if he was or would be making a similar LT setup for our trucks. He said he isn't and won't be in the future. Bummer.
 
LOL, well there you go. I'm not a fan of the glassworks 4runner fenders, so I'm hoping that some of the early tacoma fiberglass fenders will work without having to do all the grille/core support swapping stuff that the conversion front guys do.
 
rickashay said:
Haha I actually JUST emailed the guy who owns Blazeland a couple days ago asking if he was or would be making a similar LT setup for our trucks. He said he isn't and won't be in the future. Bummer.
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Bummer indeed.
I think our biggest hurdle is cv. Nothing a custom rcv couldn't fix but the cost of one is spend then if we break can't really thrown a stock cv in to limp it home.
 
Coastal616 said:
LOL, well there you go. I'm not a fan of the glassworks 4runner fenders, so I'm hoping that some of the early tacoma fiberglass fenders will work without having to do all the grille/core support swapping stuff that the conversion front guys do.
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And I thought I was the only one that felt that way about them! I think the Tacoma 3.5" flare 3" rise Glassworks is the better looking fender. I'd imagine it would fit since people have installed 95-04 tacoma stock fenders, but the side markers and hood is the big question mark I think.
 
Dezert4Runner said:
And I thought I was the only one that felt that way about them! I think the Tacoma 3.5" flare 3" rise Glassworks is the better looking fender. I'd imagine it would fit since people have installed 95-04 tacoma stock fenders, but the side markers and hood is the big question mark I think.
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I think if you stick with the early ones it has to be close, the one with the shark/whale teeth looking grille is different.

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I will try it soon enough and post up the results.
 
Why not just solid axle it and run a coilover? Im not sure what your end goal is and what you're using it for but Jeepspeeds haul the mail. And with a solid axle you kind of get the best of both worlds.

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Trying to get a low ride height and a good amount of compression travel is almost impossible. I have an FJ40 that I am slowly building. 42in Pitbull tires on 1tons....24.5in frame height with almost 7in of compression travel at ride height up front. That required cutting the front of the frame off and tubing it out....but I am fighting the upper link trying to make not so sweet love with the header/exhaust. I am not saying it can't be done but good grief it's a sh#t ton of work! Besides ifs rides better.lol
 
Jedrattle said:
Trying to get a low ride height and a good amount of compression travel is almost impossible. I have an FJ40 that I am slowly building. 42in Pitbull tires on 1tons....24.5in frame height with almost 7in of compression travel at ride height up front. That required cutting the front of the frame off and tubing it out....but I am fighting the upper link trying to make not so sweet love with the header/exhaust. I am not saying it can't be done but good grief it's a sh#t ton of work! Besides ifs rides better.lol
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Ya that sums it up...I've done and owned a few solid axle swapped toyotas, it really ruins the truck for anything other than rock crawling. I love IFS for FSR's and general exploring. Unless you are cutting out the firewall and shoving the motor back, you are right it is very difficult to get decent up travel without having a tippy monster truck.

What I don't like about toyota IFS is the CV's, and the crappy 7.5" front diff. I just bought a spare/parts 4runner today and my next project is to see if I can make a Ford F150 8.8 IFS diff work somehow in it.
 
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