Cantilever Rear Suspension Anyone?

How's this for a long travel rear suspension solution on the 5th gen without having to cut holes in the cab?

Pretty sweet! This guy is reporting roughly 14.5" of rear travel.

 

That is insane, very ingenious & gorgeous. I am jealous. I wonder how street manner would be different.
Ryan.

 

I believe it is.

 

need more stimmy checks for this

 

I'm thinking pillow, depending on the setup. But the sprung shocks would be preload and then there's compression speed and rebound, can you say ADJUSTABLE? Very cool setup. Is something like this meant for a certain class of offroad race?

 

The main goal is to get long travel out of your rear suspension.

In order to do that, you need longer shocks (and some other things).......but the 4Runner doesn't have any room for longer shocks unless you cut holes for them into your cab. You'll see a lot of tacomas with holes cut in their beds to accommodate longer shocks.

This cantilever set-up uses to cool geometry to fit longer shocks placed horizontally so you can achieve long travel without turning your body panels into swiss cheese.

Pretty cool stuff, especially for those of us that have an SUV with an enclosed cab!

 

That cantilever set up is sweet.