desertspeed
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- Chicagoland
After almost 2 years in Chicago I will be coming back to SoCal next summer and am thinking about my next build. My last rig is now in the able hands of AppleValleySlim after my son thrashed it (not happening again).
I know that this is the XJ Jeepspeed forum, but my thoughts are either building up a 96 ZJ V8 that I need to buy off of my son or purchasing a first gen Tacoma 4x4 with IFS. This is not for racing, but for heavy recreational use and still street legal so that I can go places green sticker cannot.
If I go Long Arm in the ZJ (Clayton or RE) and Long Travel in the Tacoma (Camburg or Total Chaos), the build costs will be higher in the Tacoma (coil overs), but I believe the IFS will handle the desert better than the solid axle. The LT kits out there give ~ 13" of travel up front which is a couple of inches more that the ZJ. The rear end of the Tacoma can get much more travel out of a set of Deavers and a bed cage. It just seems easier to build up the Tacoma than the ZJ, so I am wondering what I am missing.
Fortunately I have a couple of months to figure this out, but was wondering about opions of building either platform and then the end resulting capability of the rig.
Appreciate your thoughts.
I know that this is the XJ Jeepspeed forum, but my thoughts are either building up a 96 ZJ V8 that I need to buy off of my son or purchasing a first gen Tacoma 4x4 with IFS. This is not for racing, but for heavy recreational use and still street legal so that I can go places green sticker cannot.
If I go Long Arm in the ZJ (Clayton or RE) and Long Travel in the Tacoma (Camburg or Total Chaos), the build costs will be higher in the Tacoma (coil overs), but I believe the IFS will handle the desert better than the solid axle. The LT kits out there give ~ 13" of travel up front which is a couple of inches more that the ZJ. The rear end of the Tacoma can get much more travel out of a set of Deavers and a bed cage. It just seems easier to build up the Tacoma than the ZJ, so I am wondering what I am missing.
Fortunately I have a couple of months to figure this out, but was wondering about opions of building either platform and then the end resulting capability of the rig.
Appreciate your thoughts.