Topic: gettin sassy

[conter4x4]

hey there i am getting ready to do a sas on my 98 tacoma  for my chassis fab project in school and was wondering what size shocks everybody is running with their sas tacos?  ill be putting in a set of trail ready front and rear leaf springs.  yeah i know im on a marlin board and writing about trailready springs but their cheaper and i mean cmon who out there wasnt a broke college student at one time or another lol.  oh and anyone go to wyotech?  lol.  thanks for the help

[alwayzbroken]

Trail-gear?

[jimbo74]

you could go post on the traitor-gear website. they probably have some type of supprot for their products

that said, in the front, i have seen peopel use 10,12,14 " shocks

[Tallchevy]

Welcome fello Tech'er. I went to the original WYO Tech in Laramie in 89  Since your new, you probably don't know the story so you will get neg response about Trail-Gear products here on  Get what fits your budget for your rig & start a thread showing the progress of your build. Your in the right place. Good luck 

[iNfErNaL]

You mean Trail Gear?.Normally you want about 6" of shaft showing,what size springs are you running?.If you're running 4 or 5 inch you wanna go with 12s and if you're running 6 inch go with 14s.Also it depends on how high you go with your shock hoop.I've seen people use 14" shocks with 3" springs,they just cut into their inner fender and stuff the hoop as far up as possible.A 10" shock might be a little to short for you,hope this helps.

[Crawler677]

hey man, i just got accepted to wyotech, will be goin there in ocotober.  which campus are you at?

[conter4x4 [OP]]

congrats man!!  im at the laramie campus although ill be leaving in june lol

[TacoStewie]

WyoTech is a joke, i hope you have a better time than i did. what axle are you going to use with your SAS for your taco?  i would not worry to much about the shock size untill you find your ride height then you order your shocks. 

[Crawler677]

WyoTech is a joke, i hope you have a better time than i did. what axle are you going to use with your SAS for your taco?  i would not worry to much about the shock size untill you find your ride height then you order your shocks. 

sorry to get off track, but what were your woes with wyotech. im going to be attending the blairsville BTW.

[TacoStewie]

where do you want me to start, it will take about an hour of your life for me to tell you what i think

[weirdtimes_7]

I thought those school's where supposed top be top school's to go for auto mechanics... what's wrong with it TacoStewie???

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[TacoStewie]

i will have to start a thread cause i dont want to jack this one

[jimbo74]

I thought those school's were supposed to be top school's to go for auto mechanics

they are good schools, however in my experience, the people that come out of these schools are golden spoon children. they get out into the field and basically try and make everyone feel inferior. some of the students actually know their stuff and are good people, but most are i know everything because i went here and you dont because you didnt....

on another note, back when i was a tire monkey, i had an ASE certified mechanic ask me how to change the rear drum brakes on a customers car, they didn't know how and had never done it.. this is of course passed the ASE test saying they were competent in the field

[brainlessfool]

back when i was a tire monkey, i had an ASE certified mechanic ask me how to change the rear drum brakes on a customers car, they didn't know how and had never done it.. this is of course passed the ASE test saying they were competent in the field

Boy, you could start a thread on this topic! ASE, WYO teck.  winners and lossers.

[weirdtimes_7]

I would personaly like to see a thread started on this, i was thinking of going to that school after the military...

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