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The stock trooper lengths aren't that strong anyways. If you are setting up a custom suspension, you're going to want something adjustable, and probably with better flex joints. Make some new links from .250 wall dom, it will be worth it.


I hear you on adjustable links and all, as I'm building an air shox L/A on my Grand Vitara, RE joints and S/S hi-misalign heims on moly tubes (buddy doing the welding on those).

This is for a tight-wad, budget build on a Samurai. We watched a Trooper with an Old Man Emu lift, and were quite impressed with the flex the set up had, out of the box.

That got us thinking, a total budget build, with a cap of, get this, $350, including DoucheTech pre-runner shocks. Junk yard coils and tabs and such cut in the shop with the plasma. Links at the pick-n-pull are $4 each.

These Trooper arms seem plenty long for the task. Using some suspension tech formulas, once we know the lower length, we can start snooping for donors for the uppers.

Considering the weight difference between a loaded Trooper and a stripped down Sammy (under 2000#), they should be fine, and he can always carry a trail spare. We could always weld some angle down the top side of the length to reinforce them.

Anyone have these measurements? Please, please with sugar on top?

Yankee Tim