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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 11:51 PM
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Anybody have one? I'm just curious how the transfer to the rear looks and if it is still torsion beam or not.
Old Jul 4, 2006 | 01:34 AM
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or,,anyone know if any toyota toy (sr5) or tundra or whatever model suspension parts will bolt on to an xb?

Body lift??

I want a 4x4 xB!
Old Jul 4, 2006 | 02:46 AM
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um ok good luck with that
tundra parts. any truck except for the honda ridgeline is a body on frame chassis type. the xb is not body on frame...... it is unibody.
Old Jul 4, 2006 | 02:50 AM
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Nobody has any pics!? Waah!
Old Jul 5, 2006 | 12:47 PM
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find a old suzuki samurai, stretch the frame a bit and drop the body of the xb on it, with some mods to the floor pans/firewall. should be about as easy as pie :}
Old Jul 6, 2006 | 06:35 AM
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It's been done but with a BroncoII frame. Can't find the pics though.
Old Jul 6, 2006 | 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by jethro_b
It's been done but with a BroncoII frame. Can't find the pics though.
87 jeep wrangler frame sitting in my back yard for some reason unrelated to this topic...............

they dont call me redneck for nutin
Old Jul 6, 2006 | 03:35 PM
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Someone sent me a picture last year in my private messages of the Toyota bB awd rear suspension. If I remember correctly it uses a solid rear axle with a triangulated 4 link. It also uses a coil-over shock/strut setup in the rear that uses the same upper mount as our shocks.

Maybe if I find some time I can try and dig through my messages to find the pic.
Old Jul 6, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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Yeah it would be great if you can find it and pass it along.
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Courtesy of dghotlava...



Time to brush up on your Japanese.
Old Jul 6, 2006 | 09:24 PM
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Wow it's complicated.

I wonder what a RWD bB would handle like.

Thank you!
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i should no have seen those..... soooo many ideas now.......

what would it take to get an LS1 between the front fenders?
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Originally Posted by RedneckwithanxB
what would it take to get an LS1 between the front fenders?
Time, money, shrinkray.
Old Jul 7, 2006 | 05:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Max
Originally Posted by RedneckwithanxB
what would it take to get an LS1 between the front fenders?
Time, money, shrinkray.
I was gonna say a welder some steel and a plasma cutter
Old Jul 7, 2006 | 05:11 AM
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its gonna take a few things to get that motor in there





a lot of this



and a dash of insanity
Old Jul 7, 2006 | 05:18 AM
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^^^^^^^^^^^^

You forgot the crowbar............
Old Jul 7, 2006 | 05:19 AM
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a little panel massaging and maybe a new trans tunnel
Old Jul 7, 2006 | 06:48 AM
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just whish that there was a turbo-diesel avail....can you say 50+ mpg??
Old Jul 7, 2006 | 08:17 AM
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well, what about a duramax turbo deisel??? now that i have seen the rear suspension!
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