DANGER: stRanger thread

ok, time for some annual spring maintenance. I need to do something with my steering. right now 9" of lift and 35s isn't condusive to stock steering. just post any ideas and suggestions and I'll comment later. I was gonna tell some of my ideas, but I just resized all the pics in this thread and now I'm late for class (thaxton, please resize the pic you posted... or just delete it :flipoff2: ).

other things over spring break will hopefully be clutch and frame repair. I initially bent one of the rear rails some in clayton last year. and last weekend I made it worse when I drug 2 trucks out of the mud (why I hooked to the already weakened side, I really couldn't tell ya).

make the steering now that you'll eventually use if you're gonna do an SAS. get rid of the :rainbow: TREs and get some tubing and heims.

that's the basic plan... I've obviouly seen plenty of this, but will get back to those of you who have built it before. might have to go get my buddy down at vilas to do some work for me. :D

flatbed design has been in the works for a few month. my design is similar to the one all pro offers for toyotas. other than just a little more time and energy to fab, any cons of this type of design?

That's a pretty good looking kit, and easy to throw together, but expensive, and doesn't include the diamond plate. I'm sure you could coax one of our frienders with benders to help you build one just as nice, and you wouldn't have to worry about trying to retrofit toyota-specific aftermarket parts to something other than a toyota (ahem)
There's a thread in the pirate yota section with just flatbed pics...if you haven't looked at that, it's a good place for ideas

If you do like that you might as well make a tailgate too cause its almost closed in allready. I'm sure tying all your **** down on a regular flatbed would get old fast.

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Originally posted by BigRedFord04
make the steering now that you'll eventually use if you're gonna do an SAS. get rid of the :rainbow: TREs and get some tubing and heims.

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those TRE's sure are gay, all street legal and DOT approved, how homo...

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Originally posted by uglyota
That's a pretty good looking kit, and easy to throw together, but expensive, and doesn't include the diamond plate. I'm sure you could coax one of our frienders with benders to help you build one just as nice, and you wouldn't have to worry about trying to retrofit toyota-specific aftermarket parts to something other than a toyota (ahem)
There's a thread in the pirate yota section with just flatbed pics...if you haven't looked at that, it's a good place for ideas

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no, definitely not buying that one. all kustom fab. that's just a good pic of the basic idea.

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Originally posted by BMFScout
those TRE's sure are gay, all street legal and DOT approved, how homo...

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you know, i ACTUALLY had never considered that....i must not care....oh well...thx for the education. :cheers:

this thread's got a few good ones
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...hreadid=164867

are you still shooting for the SAS?

yeah somewhere down the road. problem is I got this real nice setup with 4.56s and detroits and if I did the SAS I would not have 4wd until I matched gears in the new axle and still be out one locker.

what ttb you got in there... is it a 44?...because if it is the gears and locker are interchangable with solid 44

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trying to get some work done today. anyone who wants to drop by is free to do so, byob. wouldn't mind some extra sets of hands.