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05-20-2004, 01:49 PM
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Those kits are designed for the desert but how would they handle the rocks? Ive always thought an SaS was the best option, but now I'm not so sure. Anybody tried one of these long travel kits on rocks and trails? The obvious down sid to these kits are the the added width but with added width you get stability... Then there is the tundra cv thing...
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05-20-2004, 04:41 PM
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-Austin,
We are testing the limits of the Total Chaos LT kit on our 4WD Tacoma, as of now I can report that the added width is great, it makes side hills much safer and reduces the odds of a roll-over. BruceTS has the same kit on his 4Runner and he is also testing it out pretty darn well. Our Tacoma is limited right now by stock gears and open diffs. but with so much droop on hand, you hardly ever even lift a tire and cause wheel spin. IFS is very capable, CV's are proving to be the weak link, but if you drive smoothly broken CV's can be reduced dramatically. We are currently looking into some beefier options for the front drivetrain. We also just installed a complete Donahoe stock width kit F&R on our xtra cab 4WD TRD Tacoma and it is incredible! As things sit live axles are working the best for extreme rock-crawling but I think in the near future all but the gnarliest terrain will be conquerable with IFS. I will keep you guys posted as we make progress. If you want to learn a lot about long-travel IFS read the series of articles we have published on offroad.com here:
http://www.off-road.com/toyota/proje...ate/index.html
we also publish the articles to our website here:
http://www.trailslesstraveled.com
-Sean
We are testing the limits of the Total Chaos LT kit on our 4WD Tacoma, as of now I can report that the added width is great, it makes side hills much safer and reduces the odds of a roll-over. BruceTS has the same kit on his 4Runner and he is also testing it out pretty darn well. Our Tacoma is limited right now by stock gears and open diffs. but with so much droop on hand, you hardly ever even lift a tire and cause wheel spin. IFS is very capable, CV's are proving to be the weak link, but if you drive smoothly broken CV's can be reduced dramatically. We are currently looking into some beefier options for the front drivetrain. We also just installed a complete Donahoe stock width kit F&R on our xtra cab 4WD TRD Tacoma and it is incredible! As things sit live axles are working the best for extreme rock-crawling but I think in the near future all but the gnarliest terrain will be conquerable with IFS. I will keep you guys posted as we make progress. If you want to learn a lot about long-travel IFS read the series of articles we have published on offroad.com here:
http://www.off-road.com/toyota/proje...ate/index.html
we also publish the articles to our website here:
http://www.trailslesstraveled.com
-Sean
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