alright well i will look into picking up some metal stock to make the extensions stronger, as for the rear shock mounts it is a stud kit. The stud is drilled all the way through the metal pipe and has a welded washer to prevent movement. I dont think they will move too easy. And as for the issue with catching logs and rocks with the extension i cant really do anything about that. I am going to be lifting it in the future to run 35s but this wont be until tcase gear and a SYE so ill just play it safe on what i approach. Thanks for the input anything else lol?

I see what sir lance is talking about on your shocks.  How thick did you say the round tubing is? One way I see to change the shock setup is to take the round tubing out and put a 2'' or 2 1/4'' x1/4'' thick wall tubing and cut out the bottom section so the shock will slide into the tubing. Then drill a hole through the tubing and run a bolt in it, through the shock and out the other side of the tubing. this would let you have a 1/4'' thick plate on both sides of the shock for ''double shear''. does any of that make sence? I am not saying there is anything wrong with the shock set up now or you need to change the set up, but if you do need to fix or change anything in the future you might consider doing it this way. I have seen a lot of rigs running no shcoks and dont care to.

haha yeah, I didn't really like the shock setup, but since I widend the stance on the toyota axle i had to come up with something. I still got to see how she felxes. If it works I will run it, and worry about changes down the road/after the wedding,  ,

its not that the bolts will move persay, its a metal fateage thing, take a coat hanger and band it back and forth a  bunch of times, it will be ok for the first little while, but eventually it will break in half. same sort of idea, the studs will flex, so will the edge of the pipe that the stud goes through.

i built my first sas kicks (my wifes and mine) rear shock mounts like you did, as well as 2 friends of mine. all 4 trucks broke within the first 5 trips or so down the logging roads hahahaha.

oh, and watch for cracking at the bottom of the extention where you welded your spring hanger on. the hanger may want to rip off over time.

-Lance 
 

I was stripping down my fj 55 land cruiser and noticed it has a similar shock set up as yours but they used angke iron and not round tubbing. It is a factory bracket and I see no issues with it. maybe you will be in good hands.

cool, i talked to some of my buddies that have run this setup on jeeps and yotas and had no issue, but we will see what happens. Oh an i droped off my high steer linkage to have it shortend and the fabricator gave me the idea of taking some card board cut outs  down to tacom steel and having them laser cut out some 3/16 steel pieces to strengthen the extensions. The pics bellow show what they will look like. It will run along the eextension and then onto the sidekick frame. There  will be two on the outside, and two 90 degree ones that trace the inside of the extensions.

have you taken this thing out yet?

ya, I thought this post was dead, but I did post these same pics in the Regular Forum, but here ya go.

SWEET SO, how is it?

I love it... The only complaint is I used the sidekick power steering system which makes this thing turn slow. It feels like I turn the wheel forever before I actually turn.  Also ride quality from IFS to SAS is a doozy. lol