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johann_peralta

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  1. I have this sitting in my garage if you're interested in it. It's the subframe blocks of a 2" sfd.
  2. Hasn't been touched since unfortunately. Between doing my thesis, BioChemistry, Physics and my Biology classes, I have no time to spare. Hopefully after graduation this May i'll have a decent break to finish the rear. On the bright side, I just bought a new welder to help with this project, so that ought to make it go by a little faster than the front end.
  3. Installing the same exact one on mine^^ brother ordered it for his tacoma, but there was an error in the production so they are sending him another for free
  4. Yesterday I stripped down the rear end completely, and you are absolutely right. Im gonna need to lower the brackets. Maybeeeee not the lowers but the uppers are most definitely going to need to be moved down. I didn't realize how far back the brackets were. In my head i saw them as about 2 feet further forward, but in reality the uppers are like a foot away from the axle and the lowers maybe 30"+-. the links in the front are probably 45" so this is a huge difference. Time to change my approach to the rear end.
  5. Your points are very good. Im going to have to lay down under it it for a while taking measurements and seeing whats the best course of action.
  6. I really would like to use the stock brackets in the rear. A lot less work involved for me.
  7. They are originals form certain countries only. Many have imported them to the US.
  8. I put the jack stands under the car (right on the rail, in front of the lower trailing arm bracket). the back wheels are barely off the ground... So i'm either gonna have to put a foot of wood under the jack stands, or get ones that are a foot taller. Either way, its pretty annoying. Rear currently has 2" lift coils. The goal is to see if I cant get ahold of longer springs that fit this. That or longer springs and weld on a spacer.
  9. I saw some numbers/letters on the inside of the corner extension piece the other day. Ill try to get a picture of them as they might help find out what this bumper came off of originally.
  10. Got the car out and back into the shed so I can get working on the rear end. Really would like to extend the current 4 link with sleeves, but another part of me says heim joints all the way around... IDK yet! Here are a few pics I took while moving it around. Also, if you have any ideas/suggestions for the front or rear end, id love to hear them. Constructive criticism is great. I want to do a pinion brake setup.. but we'll see
  11. no because the rear axle was and is still the lowest part.
  12. The brackets themselves only took maybe an hour to make and 30 minutes to install. Yes. in order for mine to work, i relocated the control arms down 3-4". So when i dropped the diff down another 3-4" they stayed at the same angle.
  13. A 1-1.5" wouldn't work for my design. It has to be no less than 3ish inches. I don't have any pics
  14. although i am running a sfd, it wasn't related or installed because of the sfd. it was a lift i built, mocking an f150 crossmember drop lift. my diff is dropped 9-10" total. the only thing i ran into was the trans support crossmember. i notched it out a little bit and then the driveshaft cleared fine. depends on the type of suspension you are running
  15. I made a diff drop a few years ago for my r50. its not blocks. Its two brackets that bolt into the 8 diff bolts ( 4 on each side). Its a 3-4" drop. I did it because after the lift i made for my pathfinder the cv axles were a little steep. the diff drop brought them back to near parallel to the ground.
  16. Gonna try to use the stock location on the axle, i'll post some pics as soon as I get them setup. Looking like they'll go up onto the rail.
  17. Well here she sits "done". I need to go back to trim & adjust some little things, paint the links and some brackets, double check everything is tight, etc... I broke the radiator while cutting the brackets for the steering box off the rail, so once I get a new rad in, it'll be hitting the backyard for a test drive!
  18. I made a diff drop that was 3-4". it isn't giving me any lift, but with my suspension it was necessary to keep the CV axles flat. It may fit also as a POSSIBLE replacement for the 6 subframe blocks in the SFD application. Not sure the consequences of having the CV axles and control arms at a different angle however. Maybe they'd hit the control arm? maybe not. Someone should try them and report back.
  19. I'm looking for a used set now. Maybe 35-40". Whatever comes across first.
  20. got the rollers on today. Used the 5 to 6 lug adapters to get the r50 pattern to work. Figured if i'm going to use spacers they will be done right. Loktite and torque wrench. Upper links all set up, and then got rid of the jacks! Finally on its own weight! Tomorrow i'll finish the bottom links and the trackbar bracket hopefully. Drilling the knuckle and pitman arm to run heim steering also. Those are 235/65/15 incase you are wondering.
  21. welded up a tube inside the coils so that the top end cant wiggle around or fall out for that matter. The spring's rubber pad thing (I forget what the part is called) slides over the tube snug as a bug in a rug. Also made some brackets for the bumper since the old ones were total junk (can see how the old welds burnt through the metal right above the eye's hook). Luckily I had a piece of 1/4" sheet metal laying around. Got the airbag/intake back in and re installed the bumper. It's a TJM bumper that came with it when I bought it. No others markings on it other than the sticker on the top right, so not too sure what it was for originally. Im gonna flap the front middle piece of the bumper and paint it over. Once I get the winch mounting plate ill install the 12k winch I have in the trunk.
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