85 Red X, My son is now cancer free!!! Back to wheelin!

[yota_krawler]

no go on the runner.

[THK Matt]

Just sheetmetal right now, and finally did the front axle widening kit, but found that my hub gear is broken. So Im gonna be getting the longfield hub gears hopefully next week....

Bunk deal.

no go on the runner.

Well crap, keep lookin.

[ToYocRawleR]

yeah, im not tdoing it this weekend or next though.... im busy moving and cleaning up yhe old house, you thinkin about getting a group together?

Yea maybe we always go up the sat after thanks giving to get trees,  Im probably taking my powerstroke up which is gay but whatever...

[ontherocks]

snow is comin, we gotta stomp it this year. we dident get a chance this last year

[Thomas P]

i know i did my share of snow bangin' last winter you should join up with us this winter for sure

[ontherocks]

oh yeah, i did a good bit myself. its a plan.

[86bobbedtoy]

updates man. updates!!!!?

[Thomas P]

ok, got my longfield hub gears in, gonna take her out for the first trip tomorrow with my new widening kit, bearings, and hub gears, also the first snow run of the year (if it snows anyways, theres none yet) i hope to verify this with pics! you will be able to tell the pics are legit since my new body parts are now freshly primered

[86bobbedtoy]

pimp. hope yall have some fun
it should be that slick muddy snow, if any
Id roll but I gotta drop the wife off in sac
ah it will just give me more time to get stuff done.
hope to see some pics, yall takin 2 rigs right?

[NorCalToy]

how was it?

[Thomas P]

i know i know pics tomorrow i dont have the time or the soberness tonight.......

[Thomas P]

I guess my gallery should have some pics in it huh? Tree hunting pics, new widening kit and starting the bodywork......


New stance

[86bobbedtoy]

nice
man I love your tires, Im jelous

[LilChief87]

what are those 42s damn

[wampum]

lookin ill homie!
what do you think of the 2WD bed?

[Thomas P]

thanx guys, yeah 42"s on toy axles  the 2wd bed is awesome, it was nice to strap the tree down with..... I put the 2wd bed on my old truck and missed it when i got this truck, i cant wait to get my truck painted, instead of runnin around lookin like a hillbilly with 3 different colors

[LilChief87]

hell  yeah nice what color you guna go??

[yota_krawler]

you mean colors.... lol He is doing red, black, and three shades of grey!

[yota_krawler]

thomas, can you tell a widh difference or is it just like when you had wheel spacers on?

[THK Matt]

wow!


i want 42's after seeing your truck haha. one day.

[Thomas P]

i didnt notice any differences, except my brakes work better, as far as stability is concerned it seems the same, anyone know the width of stock toy axle with 1.5" spacers compared to same axle with the widening kit instead of spacers? too tired to search.....

[lilbuddy]

i didnt notice any differences, except my brakes work better, as far as stability is concerned it seems the same, anyone know the width of stock toy axle with 1.5" spacers compared to same axle with the widening kit instead of spacers? too tired to search.....

With 1.5 spacers its 58.5"

With the sky I THINK its 58"... I think it only adds 1.25" of width.....

I also am sure of that because it says it matches the width of the rear end on an IFS truck which would be 58"

[Thomas P]

thanks for the tech info chris, i kinda roughly measured it by picking the same spot on all 4 tires and i know its far from accurate but i ended up measuring the front an inch and a quarter wider than the rear, im gonna have to take my wheels off to get a better measurement

[wampum]

does adding width to the front reduce the turning radius? or does it make it better? or neither?
-I'm a noob by the way.  The answer to this question is probably common knowledge.

[lilbuddy]

thanks for the tech info chris, i kinda roughly measured it by picking the same spot on all 4 tires and i know its far from accurate but i ended up measuring the front an inch and a quarter wider than the rear, im gonna have to take my wheels off to get a better measurement

Not a problem.

Haha yeah the only way to really tell is measure the WMS of both.

[THK Matt]

does adding width to the front reduce the turning radius? or does it make it better? or neither?
-I'm a noob by the way.  The answer to this question is probably common knowledge.

depends on how you add width.
if its on the axle itself, as in spacers or a widening kit, then your stability increases and and so does your flex somewhat.
if its by changing the backspacing on a wheel then you get both of what adding to the axle does... but you also change the scrub radius.

[toyotanner]

now thats how you get a christmas tree in style

[wampum]

depends on how you add width.
if its on the axle itself, as in spacers or a widening kit, then your stability increases and and so does your flex somewhat.
if its by changing the backspacing on a wheel then you get both of what adding to the axle does... but you also change the scrub radius.

Yeah I understand the stability and whatnot, but I am just trying to interpret by putting your wheels out further does it affect the truck's ability to turn sharp? because it seems that after adding IFS wheel hubs to my truck, that I can't turn as sharp. would that make sense? 

[THK Matt]

yeah that makes sense.... thats where your scrub radius comes in to effect.
thats why moving the axle forward helps as well as tubbing the firewall.
the wider your over width is without moving your axle forward or modding your firewall, the more you loose in turnin ability.

[Thomas P]

now thats how you get a christmas tree in style

haha thanx, it was more fun anyway, and my heater is better than in my 07 tundra, it melts my face!