Yeah I never intended to run a cat back was just gunna leave it at the muffler but when I had a shop make a tail pipe they left it at that crappy angle so I will be replacing it soon. I had a horrible experience the other day though, and let the flaming begin. I could not get it in alignment for the life of me, it would look good go around the block and the passenger side would be horrible. So I went for a 10 minute drive and my balljoint seperated from the spindle and the lower A-Arm somehow and popped the spindle way out and broke my 4th CV axle. So the good news is, I found out why it was getting into a proper alignment. Nothing broke no one was hurt, already got my new CV axle and Balljoint installed and for driveability, it drives better from my driveway alignment then my el-cheapo tire dealerships alignment. Getting it aligned by a true alignment center wednesday.

 

looks awesome thats the same path im headin...looks great dood!

 

Yup, looks good.

Regarding , it's not as good as it may seem.
Let's see, we went up 3" and dropped the front diff 1 1/2" so we have a net gain (on a part that can and will hang up off road) of 1 1/2".

Now, if we had done a 2" bl, we would not have had to drop the front diff, we would be able to push the xfer case and tranny up 2" and we would have been able to raise the gas tank up 2".
Net, we would have ended up with more ground clearance, and with a touch more, roughly the same amount of flex and a lower COG......





Fred

 

About ground clearance, my body line is 26 1/2'' off the ground, my tranny crossmember looks to be about 20ish but I didnt get a chance to measure it.

 

When you get a chance, measure the ground to:
- Crossmember
- Front diff
- Fuel tank

We seldom hang up on the body





Fred