2007 + 3" Tundra Leaf Conversion - By Savage Fabrication Intro Pricing in first post

I don't recall at the moment, but are the MCM shackles 2 piece or 1-piece?

 

i dont know

 

90% sure they're 2 piece

 

Well, I'm glad this is an option. I just installed a new set of alcans and wish I had just waited a couple more months.

 

sorry to hear that, the option isnt going away.. so when you are ready!

 

good to know, and thanks brother

 

Cool! Well, I'd lose money, but maybe I'll think about selling my alcans. As much as I tow and haul crap, this would be worth it.

 

honestly it would be! BTW may need to pick your brain on OVtune stuff... i may have just purchased one today LOL

 

Cool! It's a process getting your truck dialed in, but damn it was worth every penny

 

I ran for 6 years without a locker, I've never had to turn around just because I wasn't locked LOL As for winch, I've needed it exactly 3 times in the 4 years I've had it. I've used it on other trucks more than I've used it for mine haha

Bruce answered a lot of this but I'll expand. MT spring over and LT spring under are two totally different setups and the parts dont transfer. Different length shock and different mounting points for those shocks. Different shackles, different spring plates, different axle perches etc etc etc.

I've run both setups. I've also spent a bunch of money on adding a front bypass for MT only to rip it out and install LT. Bottom line is if you think you're gonna end up LT spring under, then dont waste money on MT spring over parts.

That said, if you want to save money, MT spring over can be designed to perform very well. A good set of bypasses and a good set of leafs can go a long way.

LT is titties though...

Those Alcans will sell in a heartbeat

 

Ok, I'll concede on the locker, but as for the winch... if I go out wheeling/camping with my wife and we get stuck just ONCE, then it's all over.

Plus, my U748's are still running pretty good. I'd like to get the full 1.5 years of expected life out of them.

 

if you're solo your brain is you largest recovery tool. After that, I've used traction boards a few times. The only times Ive needed a winch were on black diamond rock gardens like john bull

Not trying to talk you out of a winch, I'm just saying that its one of the last tools I look at when I need extraction. Besides, a lot of time you wont even have an anchor to winch to....

 

True Dat!

 

I'm just happy I was there for one of the times you actually needed your winch. But there were possible alternative solutions like a little nudge from behind or a massive "jack the truck up and stack a shit ton of rocks" operation.

 

yeah true. I dont count that as a winch was mandatory situation. Even if I was by myself I could have hilifted a wheel and put a big rock under it or something.

but if I was solo I wouldnt have been in that canyon to begin with haha

 

Argh.... So Confused as to what I should do here... I'm sure I'll get these at some point. Should I just bite the bullet and get them now? I know I'm asking the wrong crowd here. Plus, Deaver isn't even making the MT leafs yet, correct?

 

And this pack is for LT only... correct Bruce?

 

Jeff will make anything you want.

Yes price is for MT or LT. We'll get you a u bolt flip kit instead of the regular SUA spring plate

 

Ok... Well I went out to my truck to investigate a little. Looks like the MCM shackles are indeed two-piece since there is no center "connector". Also, it looks like my leafs are completely flat w/ my current bed-rack.

Shackles:


Leaf Springs:

 

Get us some good pictures of the axle perch where the leafs rest on top of the axle so we can see how much clearance is around the leafs

Those shackles will work. Just need to add the bushing faces to space them out a little for the wider bushings

How close are you to SD??

 

Close enough!!

 

You need me to do the install i can do that for ya!

 

yeah those leafs are no bueno!

 

So I'm looking at $1400~ for 3" spring hanger, shock mount relocation and, shackle. Bout 5k after springs and bypasses for the ultimate SOA MT setup... Not a bad price.

 

yeah relocating the shocks can get you like 14" on a SOA setup With bypasses and bumps it will run really well

 

yeah and for a few bucks more, full LT! LOL but the "upgraded MT, will allow for great suspension travel and ride as well as ability to tow etc.

 

gotta do that Ubolt flip kit with this setup!

 

Damn this thread.

Just check, my springs are beyond flat. And of course I have the one piece coach builder shackles.

 

The thing that's keeping me from going LT is the increased track width. I'm not going to be moving back all the way to CA. I will be close to open desert, but not quite. If this was a Tacoma... I wouldn't bat an eye at LT, but I barely fit on trails now. Had some quad riders give me shit the other weekend, even though it was a multi-use trail.

 

well shackles are easy enough to replace