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WTB- 1st GEN Downey IFS Brace

kc15842

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WTB- 1st GEN Downey IFS Brace & Smitty Built nerf bars

Looking to buy, thanks

This thing or an equivalent has been tough to find...
 
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bought mine here for about $45 but if you can weld it would be extremely easy to build one.
(i can weld, but didnt want to source the steel as i was moving.)
 
I was excited for one sentence........
I had one on my 87 PU bought new and like the design and ease of install.

Lets hope someone has one in the corner of the garage.
 
Looking to buy, thanks

This thing or an equivalent has been tough to find...

SDORI makes one very similar to the one I had on my 89 4Runner:

SDORI is committed to to finding new and innovative ways to enhance the performance* of 1st and 2nd generation Toyota trucks and

Total Chaos makes one but it is weld on - I don't care for a weld on since you wouldn't be able to remove the diff if necessary but I also don't see why you couldn't just drill holes through it and make it a bolt on:

TOTAL CHAOS FABRICATION


I had one by Sonoran Steel that I bought used that already had the holes drilled so I just put it in place, drilled the holes and mounted it. I sold it a few years ago when I upgraded to Long Travel front setup - the Sonoran Steel brace I had didn't work with a diff drop.

This is what I had when it was on the truck:




But now I have this setup where I can't use the brace because I needed a 1" diff drop:


In action:
Blazeland Long Travel on 89 4Runner - YouTube
 
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So, with the weld in you can't remove the dif? It sure looks like you can but from the front. Am I wrong?

The type I had by Sonoran Steel - if it was welded in I would not have been able to remove the diff; the 3rd yes, but the entire diff no. I never needed to so I can't say with 100% confidance but that is what Steve from Sonoran Steel told me.
 

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