square body ranger bodied on 22s

got any pics of the lift

is it just me or is there no camber?

Keeping 22's under the factory sheetmetal is IMPOSSIBLE with any camber whatsoever when laid out. Atleast that's what I got from all my measuring.

Truck looks SICK by the way................ I LOVE the custom fabbed independent rear. Stock height bed floor and layin rockers, that's how it's done....

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by TOWNLOWKeeping 22's under the factory sheetmetal is IMPOSSIBLE with any camber whatsoever when laid out. Atleast that's what I got from all my measuring.--------------------------------------------- I think the last couple of builds ive seen from josh and kevin, they build trucks pretty much without camber. For example, the Tacoma on 24's or the Tacoma on 22's... I think they are stepping the game up one ride at a time. Cant wait to see the finished product of these builds!

its better to have no camber on any bodied truck cause i know on mine i drive as low as i can everywhere so the no camber helps with that and geting it layed under stock sheet metal

It's definatley a badass truck. Makes me wanna build a square body ranger so bad. I know no negative camber is always something people comment about....but zero camber change is actually a negative characteristic of a frt suspension. There needs to be some camber change. If there isn't...it leads to poor frt wheel traction on everyday driving and poor tire wear. As the wheels aren't hugging the surface of the road the wheels are constantly on edge because the tire surface is parrallel to the vehicle...and the vehicle is not always parrallel to the road surface. So as you corner and the trucks rolls...the ouside wheel doesn't camber in and hug the road...it turns up on it's outside edge and you end up with 10% of the tread actually on the road. So camber change is very important...and that's not even mentioning tire scrub...which will wear out a set of tire in a heartbeat.

thanks for the comments guys. and yes your are correct about the camber it does have camber remember in the pics the front end is not adjusted and finished. i built it and the tacoma on 22s with caster and camber adjustments the spindle has the same as factory spindle inclination. the way i think about susension is that factory is the best it can be designed those guys went to school for along time and know what they are doing. i leave it exactly the same as factory i just make the arms longer or shorter and the point of camber i move up so it camber where i need it to. and the thing with tire being in contact flat with the road all the time yeah its important and caster is important but usually its the most important on cars or trucks in hard cornering and higher speeds how ever always should be taken into consideration when building front suspension and also on independent rear suspension. all independent rears should be setup essentially the same as a front independent both should have some toe in you can say about .120 per side is what i go off of. same in the rear. the caster change is the hardest thing to setup in front ends so that on hard cornering it maintains the correct degrees through the suspension cycle and turn radius together.  on a lighter note i could go on about this but i dont have enough energy. thanks for the coments tho guys i appreciate it for sure 

and about the bed floor idea i thought of that awhile back i wasnt sure if it would work. in person it looks wierd because i am used to seeing body dropped trucks with no bed floor or and raised bed floor and mine just looks fake kind of to me. the wheels and tires look like they are just stuck in there the 22s look really wierd because they are so big and the center of the hub is so far above the bed floor. i am just excitied to get it done i have about 40 hours total in building this truck and got about 20 more to go. i talked to the powder coating guy and he said he can get me in next week so i have to finish up the sheet metal so i can get the cab and bed and front clip to powder and finish up a few frame things and off to powder it goes. the cab is going to be bare metal with a translucent candy black on it. the surface will be grinded and swirled with little hidden things grinded into the metal. i am getting every part of sheet metal coated even the underside of the cab and bed inner and outer fenders and the complete interior of the truck. i am curious to see how it comes out the dash came out really awesome i think the picture on my profile does it no justice in person it looks crazy. anyways thanks for the comments guys and keeping me going because i get burned out for sure. also we will see about the rear steering wink wink do be surprised if one day soon it has rear steering. 

I can't wait to see the rear steer. Nice truck! u only have 40 hrs wrapped up in building this truck. That's amazing with all the fab work. Great job.