I beg to differ on the above statement....

I am not able to locate the one that i saw on a Hilux but i will show the one that is similar.



But it looks something like this...

 

So exactly where would that brace mount on a pickup? The shocks are hidden under the inner fender well and the upper mounts are solidly welded to the frame.


If you saw a strut bar in a truck it was either for a custom strut front suspension or some type of ricer bs solely for looks with no function.

 

I think i have the image in my office computer..
Here is an image that is similar but not quite
I just cant seem to locate it here at home but tomorrow when i get to the office i will find and when i do i will post it for you all to see...
It was on a 86 hilux

Here it is... I found it

I used Teamviewer to remote access my office computer and here is the pic of the bar.

A lower arm bar is an alloy/steel bar that ties the lower suspension pick-up points of a vehicle (with an independent suspension) together. It increases chassis rigidity by bracing the left and right lower-control-arm sheet metal mounting points. The lower arm bar is designed to reduce the non-pivoting movement of the control arms and to stiffen the subframe to lessen the distortion of the lower suspension, especially during hard cornering. As a result, it improves the handling and steering response of the vehicle much like a strut bar. A lower arm bar provides additional benefits in front-wheel drive vehicles by reducing wheel hop and torque steer. The bar lowers ground clearance by approximately 30 millimeters on most aftermarket installations.

 

Poseur bar that does absolutely nothing. That's not on that pickup anyway.



That's a pretty clean runner bumper conversion though.

 

off-road trucks use em in semi or fully caged trucks for added frame strength for the suspension abuse...





it would not be too difficult to do something similar to the street trucks..

 

Thanks for the post man...
I am working on something... but i have to get to some extruded aluminum and a leaf brake to make the bends that i need... just a question of money and access to an aircraft repair station so i can make the prototype, bake it in the oven to harden it, polish it and then send it off to China to get them mass produced....

I used to be an Airframe Specialist with 3 major airlines.

 

anytime bruh! ive considered doing something like this myself as well as there is lots of open areas in the trucks that could get braced up for support...

 

White extra cab sick!!!

 

my truck is mint

some what like a train on rails

 

Let's try to get together via phone this coming week...
I am excited to make this happen.

 

im down!

 

Mount it lower where the suspension is at, not the body.

 

actually, im thinking a cross tie between both now... something similar to what some of these guys runnin off-road cages have set up with a lower mount, rubber / poly isolators up top where it meets the body brace... ill have to show you guys what i mean...

 

That would work but the only actual performance gain would be to those running coilovers. If you're still running torsion bars all the stress is on them. That short little factory shock mount isn't seeing enough stress to do a damned thing to it unless you're bottoming the shock out consistently and if so you have bigger things to worry about then shock mount flex...

 

shock can move all it wants it does nothing but dampens


Convert to full polly up front will be the best bet

ps has any one got ride of the power steering box before ??? I bloody hate it

 

My 90 still has manual steering and I swapped an 11" steering wheel on it to make it steer even quicker. The power box has a slower ratio and even though I have the proper parts to convert it it makes the steering too slow.

 

Use a 16" steering wheel like the triumph tr6

 

When I get out of my freightliner I prefer to leave the huge steering wheel there, it has a 20" wheel in it.

I have an 11" steering wheel so it turns quicker. Yes I give up some leverage so it is harder to turn but the speed is a good bit faster. I love it.

 

has anyone tried running a manual pitman and idler arm on a power steering setup to quicken the steering response?

 

The manual pitman arm is shorter so it'd be slower to use it on a power box. The sector shafts are different sizes either way, the power box is larger diameter.