Inukshuk
Rising Sun Member
Adjusted the washer nozzles on my 100. They are triples! So much better!
Oh man! Please share more if you haven't already!Adjusted the washer nozzles on my 100. They are triples! So much better!
I have triples as well. Used the washer nozzles from a 1st Gen Scion xB. Bought them new at the dealer, cheap fix and works SO much better on my 80.Oh man! Please share more if you haven't already!
The other big limiting factor with up and down travel on the 100s is the lower ball joint. Apparently it will give way if it is forced to flex too much. That is most likely what was limiting the down travel to about 25" with the LCA free hanging. This is one of the reasons that Timbren doesn't recommend changing both front bump stops on each LCA arm. It can allow for too much compression which then causes too much up travel and can take out the ball joint.So here are some numbers from installing new Nitro UCA. Last week i adjusted my torsion bars a bit since I was getting more droop with longer shocks. I didn't measure with the lighter tough dogs in there though, which is too bad. All measurements are center of hub to wheel fender.
Sitting with OEM UCA
DS 22"
PS 21.5" (need to fiddle with torsion bars to still level this out)
Front jacked up both wheels off ground OEM UCA
DS 24 1/8
DS 24 1/4
UCA out lower arm free hang. This would be max hang limited by shock length I imagine.
DS 25 5/8
PS 25 1/4 (maybe not as much because torsion bar not as loaded?)
New Nitro UCA with large bore tough dog shocks
DS 24 3/8
PS 24 3/8
So the new UCA added about 1/4" droop on their own. I got more added droop from the longer shocks. Again I don't remember exactly but I think jacked up was 23 3/8". Which means the combination of longer shock and nitro UCA added about 1" of down travel. This is pretty significant for the limited travel of the IFS 100 series. I should note I do have a dif drop so shouldn't destroy CVs too fast. Now to dial in front ride hight and then I will get an alignment later this week.
Pic of added clearance with nitro UCA:
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Do you know your measurements? You have older nitro uniball? And extended icons rightThe other big limiting factor with up and down travel on the 100s is the lower ball joint. Apparently it will give way if it is forced to flex too much. That is most likely what was limiting the down travel to about 25" with the LCA free hanging. This is one of the reasons that Timbren doesn't recommend changing both front bump stops on each LCA arm. It can allow for too much compression which then causes too much up travel and can take out the ball joint.
Thanks for taking the time to post this. Quite interesting to get some additional data points.
Where did you get the vinyl to do this? I have been thinking about doing something similar on my 100
Amazon, where else?Where did you get the vinyl to do this? I have been thinking about doing something similar on my 100