control arms for my long travel
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control arms for my long travel
hello all. some might know about my long travel project. i got the lower arms made up and extended. i need to make a jig to start producing an exact copy of the lowers....but longer.
anyone that can find a dakota in a junkyard or maybe have access to some 2005-2006 lower arms that i could use for making the jig. ill pay for shipping both ways and for your time....
i still havent figured out the pricing if i were to sell the kit. the front is just about done and the rear will be a breeze....it will include some reaming of the spindles and possibly some cutting and welding of the upper strut mount to be replaced with a longer strut and a beefier mount.
but anyway yea. my dakota is my daily so i cant take the stock arms off for jig and R&D purposes because i need to get to work...
thanks
anyone that can find a dakota in a junkyard or maybe have access to some 2005-2006 lower arms that i could use for making the jig. ill pay for shipping both ways and for your time....
i still havent figured out the pricing if i were to sell the kit. the front is just about done and the rear will be a breeze....it will include some reaming of the spindles and possibly some cutting and welding of the upper strut mount to be replaced with a longer strut and a beefier mount.
but anyway yea. my dakota is my daily so i cant take the stock arms off for jig and R&D purposes because i need to get to work...
thanks
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actually new control arms dont give you lift. and lift doesnt give you width.
the higher you go with stock control arms the shorter your width is. thats why im extending them 3" on each side. and it will use some long travel coilovers with reservoirs similar to fox or king....but more in MY price range..which is a local company for me called FOA
and im doing away with balljoints and using rebuildable uniballs and heims for the steering end...and with the coilovers i have picked out. it will be about a 6" lift from stock....and you cant reuse the coil spacer.
and since my truck is 2x thats what the kit will be for only. prerunner and race truck guys have 2wd but the 4wd class has custom made 4130 chromo axles in the front....so maybe once i get this kit on the road. someone will use it and make it for 4x
the higher you go with stock control arms the shorter your width is. thats why im extending them 3" on each side. and it will use some long travel coilovers with reservoirs similar to fox or king....but more in MY price range..which is a local company for me called FOA
and im doing away with balljoints and using rebuildable uniballs and heims for the steering end...and with the coilovers i have picked out. it will be about a 6" lift from stock....and you cant reuse the coil spacer.
and since my truck is 2x thats what the kit will be for only. prerunner and race truck guys have 2wd but the 4wd class has custom made 4130 chromo axles in the front....so maybe once i get this kit on the road. someone will use it and make it for 4x
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I see, you have a 2 wheel drive. And if you want to keep your balljoints at proper angles and lessen the angles of your cv joints you do have to widen the front with longer control arms. I do understand what your saying though. I mean thats the reason I dont put on a 5" spacer on top of my strut and call it good. My cv joints would bind, and my ball joints would last about 1 mile, not to mention alignment problems. Good luck. I love pre runner trucks, but in Co. I need the 4x4.
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