All ground smooth. Now I have to wait for some parts.

 

nice work greg, i like where youre heading with it! what happened to the stickers? those were the best part....

 

How you liking the new ride man? Sorry man but the stickers had to go. I'm not a sticker fan.

 

I got all of the rear brackets cut off and ground smooth. I also took a trip to pull a part and got some F150 springs for the rear.

I got my wheels the other day. I needed to get some motivation so I mounted one of the wheels. This is with the frame right around 24". The truck still has a 2" body lift also. It will be coming out later.



Now I'm just waiting on more parts so I can move forward. I can't wait to get this on the trails.

 

new ride is doing great, it's quite boring to drive but thats actually what i was going for. the truck looks great man, i am really liking what youre doing with it.

 

Thanks.

 

I got some parts today.

Anyone need gears installed in a 9.5 LC E-locked Diff. These are the washers needed to set BL and CBPL correctly. There are 23 and they are kind of pricey.


I also got my front housing in. Still trying to figure out how to do the right spring perch. I didn't think that far ahead of I would have moved the third over a couple inches.

 

I got in trouble with the GA tag people. :rolleyes: They sent me a letter saying my tag could not be printed because it had an offensive meaning on it.

 

I've been working on the rear suspension and I think I got it all dialed in. Tell me what you guys think about the tire placement. The body will be coming down 2" (body lift coming off) and these are pictures of the tire fully stuffed.




Here's a picture of the stance. This is with 4.5" BS wheels. I may run 1" spacers on the rear axle to better match the front 66.5" width.


My plan for the shackles it to go thought the frame. I had to cut the body mount a little. I'll brace it after everything is done.




Here's the front spring hanger.

 

the rear end looks really good

 

What Leaves are you running?

 

Ford F150 Rear Springs out of a 1993 Extra-Cab. They're 4 leafs with an overload.

I ended up moving the rear front hanger back an inch.

 

I am thinking about switching to leaves but i don't want to lose too much Height. I want it to match the front unloaded so that when I hang my spare off the back it is sagged just a little.

 

Updates?

 

Just been working on it. It's super hot here so it's hard to get motived to work.

 

Understandable, I live in southTX and you have to wrench in the morning or after 7pm...its just too dang hot during the day

 

Ha, I used to live in Austin, TX for 20 years before moving to the CO mountains. Very windy up here though.

 

Subscribed. Looking good.

 

bump, hows the progress coming?

 

done yet? did you use the TG or sky frame shackles for the front?