Your running a Taco rear axle right? Are you running spacers on the rear to match the front width?
PZ
Yes, I am running an early style Tacoma rear axle, which should be 60" wide. I do happen to have spacers, but they are only 1/4" thick, yes, one quarter inch. I did this for two reasons: 1) Align my Turtle stickers (at my axle center) with the face of each wheel mounting surface, and 2) I got them for free so whynot.
Regarding matching the front width, actually I have intentionally built the truck to have an un-matched width: My front end is about three inches wider on each side. The reasoning for this is that when you turn a corner, the rear tires follow a smaller corner radius than the front. So by having a wider front track, I am able to hug a rock through a corner with my front tire and have my rear tire also hug the rock instead of being positioned to interfere with the rock.
I had the Diamond Axle built to a FJ80 width, 63.5". I soon realized this was not enough of an offset so I am running 1.25" wheel spacers up front resulting in 66". Compared to the 60.5" rear (60.0" Taco + 0.25" spacer + 0.25" spacer), the 5.5" offset seems just about perfect for my aggressive cornering radius: The rear tires following nearly the identical line as the front at full steering lock.
To achieve this offset with my stock front axle and IFS rear end, I'd need 4.25" wheel spacers on each side which is far from ideal.
BigMike
