Fab shop recommendations / list

[Doubleggregg]

Piggybacking on the post below about fab shop recommendations.

I have been around a little while, i do have friends in the industry but like everything its sometimes easier to not mix business with friends or just that friends shops are always slammed (for a good reason).

I am looking for a recommendation on a fab shop preferable north county / IE. Well rounded, trusted could be a side gig guy who does it out of his garage shop or an established shop.

leaf spring set up, roll cage fabrication, fuel cell cradle, seat mounting, type place. i dont have a tight time table, i do have a budget though so if it took a few months to get the job done i am fine with that too. Also, i was thinking about taking a week off work to help do all the initial bitch work / demo work.

Gregg

 

[the bodj]

I'm totally blanking on his ig name, but there's a guy that was on DR and does work out of his front yard in National City I think? He had a white ranger he was building, and then a 2000s f150 but he sold that too. Let me think and find his ig

Edit: @Dzrt_ranger on instagram.

 

[Cleandezert]

Piggybacking on the post below about fab shop recommendations.

I have been around a little while, i do have friends in the industry but like everything its sometimes easier to not mix business with friends or just that friends shops are always slammed (for a good reason).

I am looking for a recommendation on a fab shop preferable north county / IE. Well rounded, trusted could be a side gig guy who does it out of his garage shop or an established shop.

leaf spring set up, roll cage fabrication, fuel cell cradle, seat mounting, type place. i dont have a tight time table, i do have a budget though so if it took a few months to get the job done i am fine with that too. Also, i was thinking about taking a week off work to help do all the initial bitch work / demo work.

Gregg

think we can get a 2 for 1 deal? lol

 

[badlinesgoodtimes]

Just off the top of my head these are all forum members with Shops

@Hi-Desert Motorsports https://www.instagram.com/hi_desert_motorsports/ Yucca Valley

@NODNARB BTF Fab https://btffabrication.com/ Upland

@juberafab https://juberafab.com/

@the_fablab_ https://www.flfabrication.com/ Simi Valley

@85Yota - TT motorsports - https://www.tt-motorsports.com/

 

[badlinesgoodtimes]

Brace yourself... Fab shops are coming....

 

[the bodj]

Shoot, well if this is places to do work outside of SD as well, I'll play.

@bodjbuilt on instagram. Located in Simi Valley

 

[85Yota]

I don't currently for the next year do any work on customers trucks besides the one in my shop and the Ranger that's coming back next.

 

[desert_steve]

I don't currently for the next year do any work on customers trucks besides the one in my shop and the Ranger that's coming back next.

Tommys "Feet finder" page is finally starting to pay off. Atta boy for thinking outside the box!

 

[85Yota]

Tommys "Feet finder" page is finally starting to pay off. Atta boy for thinking outside the box!

ONLY CANS. SUBSCRIBE.

 

[Giant Geoff]

Beau SIK1 Solutions Lake Elsinore, Shop

Rusty baptist, wildomar

 

[Doubleggregg]

Beau SIK1 Solutions Lake Elsinore, Shop

Rusty baptist, wildomar

One of the projects i need to get figured out is installing that 64" leaf conversion kit i bought from you a couple years ago on my 4runner.

 

[Giant Geoff]

You just have to have a wide enough axle to get the spring onto the side of the frame. You need at least 7 inches on each side in between the tire bulge and the frame.

The front mount sets the wheelbase, but I start with moving it 1.5” forward from the bump stop because the arc of the spring will flatten out and push the axle back through the travel and then I just preload the rear frame mount back once majority of the parts are marked up.

 

[Doubleggregg]

You just have to have a wide enough axle to get the spring onto the side of the frame. You need at least 7 inches on each side in between the tire bulge and the frame.

The front mount sets the wheelbase, but I start with moving it 1.5” forward from the bump stop because the arc of the spring will flatten out and push the axle back through the travel and then I just preload the rear frame mount back once majority of the parts are marked up.

I have a 7" wider 9" axle housing that i am going to be using. to match my front which is 3.5" per side wider so my front end is also 7" wider than stock

 

[Giant Geoff]

I have a 7" wider 9" axle housing that i am going to be using. to match my front which is 3.5" per side wider so my front end is also 7" wider than stock

You’ll need 7 inches on each side, which is 14 inches total. Put wheels on the 9 inch you have and measure in between each tire then subtract your frame width to the outside then divide by 2 and see what number you come up with?

 

[85Yota]

You’ll need 7 inches on each side, which is 14 inches total. Put wheels on the 9 inch you have and measure in between each tire then subtract your frame width to the outside then divide by 2 and see what number you come up with?

Can you run the 64" springs off mounts under the frame like toyota leafs or do they need an inverse shackle to work correctly?

 

[Giant Geoff]

Can you run the 64" springs off mounts under the frame like toyota leafs or do they need an inverse shackle to work correctly?

You cannot run it under the frame unless you add an extra thousand pounds of weight to smash the spring down to a proper ride height.

I do have a different front pivot that puts the spring underneath the frame and still has the shackle on the backside running upward for this much arc, this way you can run a narrower Axle.

 

[85Yota]

Inboard the spring hangers and shackles. Inside of the frame. Lol

 

[Giant Geoff]

Inboard the spring hangers and shackles. Inside of the frame. Lol

Not in board, Tommy. More in board, meaning the front is underneath the frame rail and the back is still outside the frame rail you know like the 2nd GEN Tacoma and Tundra.

 

[85Yota]

Copy not parallel frame rail crap.

Remove factory frame, replace with box tubing off inside to mounts leafs off of and not need a super wide rear axle. Not cheap to pay a fab shop to do it but easiest way to run them with the parts you already have.

 

[4xFoorOffroad]

I’ll link a couple Tacos using the 64 kit.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/1st-gen-on-37s-long-travel-completion-date-tbd.237989/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/02-double-cab-build.209588/