First SAS, Checking my work. "Rear Lift added/Fixed DONE!"

[twistedtoy92]

go with the sky kit

[zippo]

go with the sky kit

So its been ordered. So with that kit, how much shock shafy should i have exsposed with hard springs and a little light weight on the truck?

[twistedtoy92]

inch and a half or so.....

[GJToyotabug]

id say five inches would be plunty what travel shocks are they?

[twistedtoy92]

never mind, i posted that way too tired, I had drivelines on my mind..... I agree with GJToyotabug, mine are right at that.

[GJToyotabug]

lol even if your talking about slip yoke id do more. when i build my crawler. im going to build it with 5" of slip showing and 7" left in  that way if a manage to twist up leafs and scoot the axle forward or break the front bracket off i'll keep from damaging my yoke to much or slipping apart. but its also going to be nice because i'll have a drive line shop to build them at by thetime i need to build them

[twistedtoy92]

yeah, but with a stock slip and chevies in the rear inch and a half of compression is all I need on mine. BUT I'm putting a long slip set up like that soon.... mine settled more after removing a leaf, I should have made more measurements on the rear, I forgot about the weight of the bed and a full tank plus i didnt want to set my axle any further back.... but i had to use my stock rear driveline with duals since thats what i had and couldnt afford driveline work..... thats why I snapped my rear u joint at the dunes when i got her hoppin...... bound up......  pretty poopy

but any way dont wanna hyjack this thread!!!!

[GJToyotabug]

me nither but Pm me when you get ready to get new shafts i can hook you up

[twistedtoy92]

me nither but Pm me when you get ready to get new shafts i can hook you up

really??? that'd kick ass! 

I wanna see this rig rollin!!! I love frame up builds all nice and clean........ Have you came up with a name for you rig yet??

[zippo]

i am going to have my stock shaft modded by "high angle drive line". front and rear.

[zippo]

So i inboarded the rear axles. 5.5 inches shock shaft exposed. Thanks for all the input. Anything else anyone see i need todo to the frame? As far as i can tell its DONE! on to powder cleaning, painting, assembling etc... oh what fun. Overall it looks a little short, but i do have 6" of lift.

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[GJToyotabug]

see how it flexes might have to flip the mount

[zippo]

It flexes good. I just flexed the driver side and with no problems got 8" of upward travel on the driver side, without even coming close to tapping the shocks out. It flexed more then i thought it would! It was smooth and seems to cycle nicly with no binding.

If i flipped the mount i would prolly be at 7" out and 5" in the shock on my 12" shocks. i Guess i could put some 14"ers on it. but i think that would be overkill.

[GJToyotabug]

really depends on where max droop is id say full droop leave 3/4" shaft left in and use the rest of it for upward flex is what i would do

[zippo]

I wanna see this rig rollin!!! I love frame up builds all nice and clean........ Have you came up with a name for you rig yet??

I dunno yet. Any ideas? It will lime green when it's done, so prolly just go with that. I dunno.

really depends on where max droop is id say full droop leave 3/4" shaft left in and use the rest of it for upward flex is what i would do

So i cut what i did out. the more i flex it through i wasn't using much of the shock. Also i hated the single tab shock mounts that came with the Sky Kit, so i ordered some from marlin, that way i can weld them on all 4 sides. I am in the process of redoing it...  Will post when its done

[Toyospearo]

Looks great!
Nice work!

[luvyota]

good job it looks sweet

[chim]

Nice clean work! Well done!