that's crazy that you did all that on the trailer! looks good though, i like that quad as well, takes me back to my younger days

 

where is all the mud. its a shame all that work and you dont even know if it works.
P.s. B?s rules thinks you did it on the trailer. lol

 

what springs did you use in the front and back?

 

judging by that little TG5"F decal.. they are 5 inch Trail Gear springs..

good quality shizzle my fellow nizzles.

awesome build !!

 

ok so i know its been a long time since i have been posting anything. Since the last post i have installed a TG rear bumper, U bolt flip kit, and been working to save up more money to buy the final parts to finish up the big things. plus i have been trying to figure out why my runner leans to the right by about 3". Pics soon to come

 

my rig leans too but only when i turn in my drive way it stays leaned to one side drives straight though........

 

hey did you weld the 1/4" spacer on your driver side SFA perch I dont see it in the pic??

 

yes the spacer is there. i think first i will try to swap the rear springs from side to side and see if that changes anything. second i will weld a 1/4 perch on the right side. cant figure out anything else to do.

 

ok so i made a trip up to Mt Rainier Nat. Park to go check out High Rock and didnt make it due to snow and the fact that i went by myself so i didnt want to get stuck. here are some pics....

some more with the rear bumper

the bridge of DEATH...JK

 

Little bit of news today. Went out to bobby longs house yesterday. Got me a new set of longfield super axles. Talked with him a little about whether or not to run an arb locker and what he thought of that. BTW he sold me the axles and hub bearings for 600.00.
Such a nice guy. He was very nice and gave a tour of his rock garden and showed me all his cool toys. But in HIS opinion he dosent like arb lockers and says they are a piece of brown do do. He has detroits in every thing and says to run them instead of an arb. Just him saying that convinced me to drop the arb idea and roll with a detroit. The guy knows what he's talking about. Anyways im super stoked to have his axles and am one step closer to having a bullet proof wheeler.

 

Sweet. I wanna head up there soon too.

So does this mean your gonna wheel with us soon?

Did Bobby mention why he didnt like the ARB's and why he did like Detroits??

 

Yes. he has used arb's in the past and he said they seem to break alot. the hoses get ripped off the axles. the compressor seems to always be running and getting hot then shutting down. he likes the detroits cause they will kinda unlock when turning but mainly the reliability. he has used them in all his rock crawlers and never had problems. thats all.

 

ya get this thing wheelable already so we can go out for a snow run this winter when i do my swap

 

What u-bolt flip kit did you go with? I assume the spring plate fits the width of the 63" chevy's well?.

 

yeah i ordered the flip kit through cascade off road where i live. not sure what brand he ordered in. its made for chevy springs though.

 

How does it drive on the road is does it feel sturdy at interstate speeds?

 

What a small world....I just saw this rig out by my moms place a few days back. Guys let me tell ya its a real 4R. I was the next house over workin on mmy 4R and I could tell it drawfs mine with all my lift.
Anyway nice work!

 

where is the front d shaft? got one yet. i had to make mine and this winter am going to a high pinion diif so i can drive faster in 4

 

Blake what does having a Hi pinion have to do with being able to go fast in 4wd?

 

cause my angle off the t case is like 38 degrees at ride height and if i go too fast ill toast the u joints or rip[ it apart. if i had a hi pinion diff i would knock 10-12 degrees off, ps i dont run a cv even a 85 clearanced one would bund a little im single joint on both ends, 2nd gen runners have a little bit longer finger on the yoke that hold the u joint and can run at an extreme angle without binding compared to first gens which had shorter fingers on the yoke