Body and suspension lift are done
04-25-2005, 01:59 PM
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Body and suspension lift are done
1” Body lift from 4crawler.com (Thanks Roger)
Lifting the body, putting the 1” blocks, and the steering shaft extension was a piece of cake, took me about a 3 hours, taking my time. To install the front bumper, was a pain…took me forever. I got the 1” bracket for the cosmetic bumper, but the 00-02 have an inside bumper “the real bumper” and have couple options to lift it, after trying to figure it out how I was going to do it, I just bolt it to the stock position in a little angle. I was able to bolt the two bottom bolts, but not the top one. I’ll take some pics later. If you get a 1” Body lift you can install the inner bumper in the stock location.
OME Suspension lift
OME N91S Front Shocks
OME 881 Front Coils
OME N86 Rear Shocks
OME 891 Rear Coils
Installation for the rear was very easy. The front was all right the hardest part was to compress the OME881 coils. It took me about 8 hours to installed the whole suspension. I borrow the spring compressor from AutoZone.
Wheels
Centerline Hellcat Style 34, 16x8 Polished Aluminum Rims. I think backspacing is 4.5 the tires are BFGoodrich Mud Terrain KM size 285/75/R16.
The rig looks hot, love the OME suspension and wheels, but I hate the performance. I knew that after putting those big heavy wheels I was going to loose some performance, but I never thought it was going to be that much, I can always fix that
Lifting the body, putting the 1” blocks, and the steering shaft extension was a piece of cake, took me about a 3 hours, taking my time. To install the front bumper, was a pain…took me forever. I got the 1” bracket for the cosmetic bumper, but the 00-02 have an inside bumper “the real bumper” and have couple options to lift it, after trying to figure it out how I was going to do it, I just bolt it to the stock position in a little angle. I was able to bolt the two bottom bolts, but not the top one. I’ll take some pics later. If you get a 1” Body lift you can install the inner bumper in the stock location.
OME Suspension lift
OME N91S Front Shocks
OME 881 Front Coils
OME N86 Rear Shocks
OME 891 Rear Coils
Installation for the rear was very easy. The front was all right the hardest part was to compress the OME881 coils. It took me about 8 hours to installed the whole suspension. I borrow the spring compressor from AutoZone.
Wheels
Centerline Hellcat Style 34, 16x8 Polished Aluminum Rims. I think backspacing is 4.5 the tires are BFGoodrich Mud Terrain KM size 285/75/R16.
The rig looks hot, love the OME suspension and wheels, but I hate the performance. I knew that after putting those big heavy wheels I was going to loose some performance, but I never thought it was going to be that much, I can always fix that
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04-25-2005, 02:07 PM
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If I re-gear my rig, what are the new gears I have to go with? 4.88?
I’m not sure what gears I got now, but I think I have a 3.3 / 3.42 gears.
My Vin plate A/TM #s:
A01A/A340E
Do I need a PanHard Drop and Parking Brake Bracket?
What is the speed rating for the BFGoodrich Mud Terrains?
I need to do an aligment, but before I go to any shop, where should I take it?
I'm in San Diego.
My tires are rubbing against the Upper A-Arm. I guess, I can shave them a little, but if I do that, am I going to have any problems?
I’m not sure what gears I got now, but I think I have a 3.3 / 3.42 gears.
My Vin plate A/TM #s:
A01A/A340E
Do I need a PanHard Drop and Parking Brake Bracket?
What is the speed rating for the BFGoodrich Mud Terrains?
I need to do an aligment, but before I go to any shop, where should I take it?
I'm in San Diego.
My tires are rubbing against the Upper A-Arm. I guess, I can shave them a little, but if I do that, am I going to have any problems?
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04-25-2005, 02:36 PM
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How can I post pictures?
I used [IMG]link[/IMG], but I just got the links.
The pics are hosted in my pictures\yahoo
I used [IMG]link[/IMG], but I just got the links.
The pics are hosted in my pictures\yahoo
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try posting them in www.imageshack.ws
04-25-2005, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Rollindamud
try posting them in www.imageshack.ws
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04-25-2005, 04:49 PM
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If I re-gear my rig, what are the new gears I have to go with? 4.88?
I’m not sure what gears I got now, but I think I have a 3.3 / 3.42 gears.
My Vin plate A/TM #s:
A01A/A340E
Do I need a PanHard Drop and Parking Brake Bracket?
What is the speed rating for the BFGoodrich Mud Terrains?
I need to do an aligment, but before I go to any shop, where should I take it?
I'm in San Diego.
My tires are rubbing against the Upper A-Arm. I guess, I can shave them a little, but if I do that, am I going to have any problems?
I’m not sure what gears I got now, but I think I have a 3.3 / 3.42 gears.
My Vin plate A/TM #s:
A01A/A340E
Do I need a PanHard Drop and Parking Brake Bracket?
What is the speed rating for the BFGoodrich Mud Terrains?
I need to do an aligment, but before I go to any shop, where should I take it?
I'm in San Diego.
My tires are rubbing against the Upper A-Arm. I guess, I can shave them a little, but if I do that, am I going to have any problems?
Speed rating, look up on the tire sidewall to find out:
http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/Tires.shtml#SpeedRating
Tire rubbing, a wheel spacer 3/16" to 1/4" would fix that as well.
For new gears, to restore to stock effective gearing, take new-tire-size / stock-tire-size * stock-gearing = new-gearing.
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04-25-2005, 06:06 PM
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pix work for me, looks great! follow rogers link and get ready for a few more dollars to disappear from your wallet! if you decide to change wheels you can get them with the correct back spacing to eliminate the rubbing issue with the 'a' arm. 4crawler.com has a pretty comprehensive site with lots of info, dig around and you will find more info on just about anything you could want to do!
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I have the same problem with the a-arm rubbing, I grinding some of it down, but it still get REALLY close when I flex. And that's without airing down.
So I'm probably gonna go with 1" wheel spacers. Just make sure you get the one with studs, no slip on spacers.
looks hot.
So I'm probably gonna go with 1" wheel spacers. Just make sure you get the one with studs, no slip on spacers.
looks hot.
04-25-2005, 07:27 PM
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Front bumper installation pics
I have to trim the a piece of the outter bumper bracket to be able to bolt the bumper
I have to cut I little piece of the stock bracket to be able to fit the bolt that is going to hold the outter bumper
Only the bottom two bolts are holding the inner bumper
I have to cut I little piece of the stock bracket to be able to fit the bolt that is going to hold the outter bumper
Only the bottom two bolts are holding the inner bumper
