Whats up everyone, my name is Travis. I am from San Diego and I am a big Toyota fan. Check out the trucks I've had. This to this The corral at one point
those are some sweet rides man! welcome to the site. were you on dezert rangers? thought i may have seen your last prerunner on there as well. i think ive seen a few of your trucks around town as well..... what part of SD you live in?
Thanks for the welcome. Yeah I have been on DezertRangers since 03' I live in the Blossom Valley area, just east of El Cajon One of the reasons I love these trucks is how cheap I can find them. My current truck is worth more than all my others combined, with mods. None were over 2k. Plus this is about 8 years worth of trucks. I used to a lot more, I worked at iShock at one point too. I am selling my bike for Toyota parts now. Thanks, My Aunt passed away a few weeks ago and we are shuffling around some vehicles in the family. I may inherit, my Mom's 87' regular cab. I am planning to put it on the ground, lets trade some knowledge/fab. Your truck is awesome man.
thanks, and i would love to learn about building prerunners. i love working with tube. i talked to a vendor at work who builds them in his spare time, he said he could show me some stuff, but i haven't seen him since.
do you work/own american trailers? i work on trailers, but they're big ones, ranco, lufkin, eaglerock, landall, cozad, trailking and so on. the company is superstition trailers.
My Father in law owns the company and my wife runs the office. If you can do tube work you can get going on a prerunner. You can save a ton of money with your fab skills, but there is no way to get around expensive parts like heims, uniballs, shocks, etc.
There is actually a new company that has hit the market that is very affordable in scale to what's out there. For years a typical set of front coilovers for a Toyota desert truck (race, pre run, play) has been up over a grand. There is a new company called FOA, that has cut down on machining costs to produce a similar shock at a much more affordable price. I'm talking 5-$600 range for a set. There is less pre load adjustment (machining threads - lowering costs), however, the internals are interchangeable with King shocks, which are more than proven.
is pre-load where the suspension is almost bottomed out while driving, then when it jumps the suspension comes down and absorbs the shock?
Preload is the tension you put on the coil/spring. Basically, zero preload is the unsprung length of the coil. Coilover shocks have a threaded body, that allows a collar to be tightened or loosened to adjust preload. As you tighten the collar you add preload. The shocks I am talking about, have less threads so the preload adjustment is not as precise. It requires you to be more accurate in valving and in spring choice, but the pay off is a much more affordable shock.
