hilux ifs flex

[hixi126]

hi guys just askin out of curiosity, will removing the sway bar and fitting longer shocks help the flex or is is it the same

[booflux]

It will ride better but it wont flex anything worth talking about.

[ausyota]

Your wheel travel is limited by your top and bottom bump stops and you wont get any more unless you trim or replace them, but remember your CVs can only handle so much angle too.
Removing the sway bar will let the front end articulate slightly more as the two sides are not tied together. It also does SF all to the on road handling and I found my old IFS drove better on road without it, more balanced front to back in corners.

[sloshy]

IFS and flex bahahahahahahha

[Struth]

Ball joint spacers will increase the flex, they are illegal as some will point out, but they will increae flex.

cheers

[spongerx]

Disconnecting the front sway bar makes for a more comfortable ride on road. It's definitely a lot better without it offroad. I don't carry any loads with mine so I'm not sure how it would handle with weight in the back and no sway bar. If you go this route try to avoid making any sudden manoevours that'll cause weight transfer from one side to the other and back rapidly. It makes for an interesting situation.

I've got 1" ball joint spacers in an attempt to increase the front travel a bit. I had to install shims under the down travel bump stop to limit the down travel after doing this as the inner CV would bind at full droop. So in terms of increased overall front travel they really didn't do much. BJ spacers do give you a bit of lift without you having to crank the torsion bars so much so you get some lift without the increased harshness of ride due to cranked torsion bars.

[RAY185]

I've got 1" ball joint spacers in an attempt to increase the front travel a bit. I had to install shims under the down travel bump stop to limit the down travel after doing this as the inner CV would bind at full droop.

Did you use spacers to space the diff down too?

[spongerx]

I've got 1" ball joint spacers in an attempt to increase the front travel a bit. I had to install shims under the down travel bump stop to limit the down travel after doing this as the inner CV would bind at full droop.

Did you use spacers to space the diff down too?

Nope. If I spaced the diff down a bit I could remove the shims from the down travel bump stops and get a bit more travel but I don't like the idea of my front diff hanging lower than the front suspension cross member.
My CV angle isn't too bad under normal driving conditions. I ripped outer CV boots more frequently when I had the 1.5" BJ spacers in and the OEM boots. Since then I switched to boots from www.Downeyoff-road.com and machined my BJ spacers down to 1". The boots seem to last a lot longer now. I tend to drive with my hubs locked at all times too cos I use 4wd fairly often.

[v6hilux]

I don't like the idea of my front diff hanging lower than the front suspension cross member.

Here is what you will get if you space the front diff down about 25mm. PM me if you want more info.

This image was taken with the rear diff tubes level with the front xmember. you can see how much lower the rear diff hump is;

[hixi126]

thanks guys for ya help , can you run bj spaces with a 4 inch lift tho , it would be big then