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Offroad TechDiscussion pertaining to additions or questions which improve off-road ability, recovery and safety, such as suspension, body lifts, lockers etc
I have some good news. The one thing was if I wanted Poly or OEM bushings in the A-arms. Then over the course of some dialog with Cali she was asking if I had upgraded my steering yet because my posts on the FBG were positive and they wanted to reinstate trust with there customers. I told her I had a ProForge with 4Crawler brass bearings in it but that I had a unit on order from Austin Sytsma who resides in Canada and makes a keen looking unit that puts the TC unit to shame both in design and price. TNA wanted to throw in an extra idler arm with my order that they had in stock to appease my patience and understanding. So I elaborated that my son is looking to get a WIY kit when they are ready to be ordered and that he would need an idler too. So they have thrown that in and aloud my son to make payments on his WIY kit and have offered it to him at a discounted rate I might add.
I am still wresting with Synchrony bank that is behind PayPal Credit to remove the refund dispute and reinstate my charge on my account and let TNA know that this is now clear and that they can ship me my grey powder coated A-arms and my sons WIY and an Idler hopefully in one shipment. I anticipate a resolution for early next week and perhaps will receive the order by next week end!
Cheers,
Andrew
Last edited by Andrew Parker; 02-09-2021 at 08:43 AM.
I’m currently not running a steering stabilizer, hadn’t planned on running one with the blazeland setup as I feel it drives fine without one. If I do plan on running one I’ll probably end up picking up a cheapo from rock auto. I was told I’m fourth in line!
Peart130,
My OEM unit was spewing its oil guts out and I found a nice cheap OEM replacement on eBay for way less than $50. It came with hardware to address the OEM end with the taper in the center link hole. The shaft is uncovered but well protected from things by the skid plate. The only time this thing is really any good for anything will be when backing down a hill you didn't make it up and a front tire gets caught on a rock and pulls the steering wheel out of your grip. A moment to remember to back down with thumbs out of the spokes.
Cheers,
ATGP
My rig doesn’t see a whole lot of highway driving. I will drive it to work most days (about a 15 minute commute) especially when I don’t want to wait for my duramax to warm up. I also drive it to the trails around here (Bend, Or) but the longest highway trips are an hour or less one way. Anything longer than that, I tow it.
Haha, I drove mine from Wenatchee to Salem for fun, I usually drive across the state for ski trips so hopefully I can get the tracking better than what it currently is
Nice! That would be a long drive in my first gen 4Runner. You should let us know when they send you tracking / when you get your kit. They kept telling me mine would be ready to ship by 2/14 but obviously that didn’t happened. I’ve been told “probably next week” for two months now.
Unfortunately I have yet to receive work on my kit, hopefully not far out. I haven't contacted either alex or cali this week either, as I have been busy.
After reading Andrew's post (among others, thank you for the info!) on the FB page I think I'll be finding a welder and preparing my frame for the LT kit, and get started on my rear springs. Should keep me busy until the kit comes!
My kit arrived last Friday on April 16th. Great packaging double wrapped Son's WIY kit on Left. TNA installed poly bushing on arms. TNA Idler arm is a nice addition. Full droop with low profile bump stops Full stuff with low profile bum stops. Awesome progressive angle as shock and A-arm approach 90°s. Full Stuff with 31"s gets 1" of fender clearance and 11 " of wheel travel measured form tire to fender! Full Stuff Full Lock no rub? Clears by this much! Blazeland installed and drove it to work
I ran some ProComp coils super tall and makes the drive shaft u joints unhappy when there is no load in it. Put some Eibach's with DayStar spacers as you see in the picture. They are a bit stiffer but not quite as tall and the drive shaft is happier. But I really like the softer spring rate on the ProComps and might grind the top to at least flatten out the top coil and get a tad more sag from it in an unloaded condition.
I ran some ProComp coils super tall and makes the drive shaft u joints unhappy when there is no load in it. Put some Eibach's with DayStar spacers as you see in the picture. They are a bit stiffer but not quite as tall and the drive shaft is happier. But I really like the softer spring rate on the ProComps and might grind the top to at least flatten out the top coil and get a tad more sag from it in an unloaded condition.
Thanks for the quick reply! Did you make any changes since last year?
I had old man emu or ARB torsion bars in the front when I did the initial Blazeland installation. But after I bounced her in the desert last year the 11 to 12 inches of ground clearance at the cross member was not retained after the trip so they were getting twisted too far with the low profile bump stops. I have since received my SwayAway's and the roll center is back more to normal when it was all stock with the lift producing 11.5" for ride height at the cross member with 31" rubber. I also fitted a T-100 anti sway bar and recently figured out a way to incorporate my OEM 91 sway bar links to the T-100 bar with a couple of pieces of angle iron as adapters. I'll add some pictures of this when I get home tonight and update.
This was with ProComps in the rear and OME torsions in the front. I think they may have already sagged a bit as this was day two of the trip out near Ocotillo Wells.
Last edited by Andrew Parker; 06-30-2022 at 09:10 AM.
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