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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 09:35 PM
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NICE!
Take some pictures of it in the snow.
I am STILL waiting on my TG kit. Good God I am impatient. I almost ordered it but I ended up taking this girl out to dinner - $200.00
Damn! A minor financial setback that I have to recover from. lol
But it was worth it...almost.
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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Sweet build! So how does the SFA ride compaired to IFS. This is one of the biggest things that has me leaning towards long travel......

p.s major mods like this are so fun!!
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 09:41 PM
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I love how the sfa rides

Much firmer ride that my old ifs, only complaint is ifs i could haul arse over uneven roads if i wanted to and it was smooth, now i have to go slow, which is safer in the end.

another thing is the turning got worse. Parking in tigtht turns is FUn.
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by toyospearo
NICE!

But it was worth it...almost.
Almost is only good enough for horse shoes and hand grenades.

or something like that.
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 09:46 PM
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I know... almost is a tricky word. Women are complicated
Tell me about the parking in tight turns. What do you mean? Is it in conjunction with your locker or just the SA itself that makes it "fun"?
I have totally changed my assessment of parking situations now that I have my rear locked. It is almost scary at times
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 904_runner
I love how the sfa rides

Much firmer ride that my old ifs, only complaint is ifs i could haul arse over uneven roads if i wanted to and it was smooth, now i have to go slow, which is safer in the end.

another thing is the turning got worse. Parking in tigtht turns is FUn.
Damn, well I guess thats a leaf sprung SFA for you. I don't know if I can give up the ability to haul arse on the rough roads, and hit the odd jump every so often...

What steering radius? My tires rub
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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The locker is fine, the turning ability of the truck sucks, thats all, its not HORRIBLe, jsut a bit worse than ifs. it will take some getting used to and then i won't even think about it.
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Jay351
Damn, well I guess thats a leaf sprung SFA for you. I don't know if I can give up the ability to haul arse on the rough roads, and hit the odd jump every so often...

What steering radius? My tires rub
Jay, now that they have speed enforcement on all Hydro and forest roads you will not be able to speed anyways.

With my SFA I have been able to go just as fast on the logging roads as I did with a IFS. The only real difference is I'm not replacing idlers after every trip! I find that the SFA rides better on logging roads than the IFS did as long as you stay off the bump stops.

Once you have the SFA set up good and get use to how easy it makes the trails that were challenging before its a blast.

The only complaint I have with the SFA is the height, even with the V6 and a 3" sas swap kit the truck is huge. I'm working on getting it lower this spring.

904: I did not notice any change in turning radius, maybe I just did not remember what it was like with the IFS lol.
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Wheelingnoob
Jay, now that they have speed enforcement on all Hydro and forest roads you will not be able to speed anyways.

With my SFA I have been able to go just as fast on the logging roads as I did with a IFS. The only real difference is I'm not replacing idlers after every trip! I find that the SFA rides better on logging roads than the IFS did as long as you stay off the bump stops.

Once you have the SFA set up good and get use to how easy it makes the trails that were challenging before its a blast.

The only complaint I have with the SFA is the height, even with the V6 and a 3" sas swap kit the truck is huge. I'm working on getting it lower this spring.

904: I did not notice any change in turning radius, maybe I just did not remember what it was like with the IFS lol.

Who says I sped on forest roads I save that for the roads haha, smoother run ins to jumps..

That stupid idler arm issue will be bugging me this summer. I forsee me ordering a few sets of bushings from the stealer...

Im sure your truck will settle a little more, at least i hope so. If I where to sas mine I would use the 4" kit, that along with my 3" body lift might result in a high rider...
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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Picked up some 36"s tsl sx's today. for my wheeling set.



Wheeling tomorrow.



They need to be balanced badly. They Vibrate like crazy.

The hum off these suckkers is amazing..............

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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by 904_runner
Picked up some 36"s tsl sx's today. for my wheeling set.



Wheeling tomorrow.



They need to be balanced badly. They Vibrate like crazy.

The hum off these suckkers is amazing..............
Congrats!! Reminds me of this truck I am always under........
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 07:12 AM
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I really want to do that partial exo like you had in the beginning. From the bumpers with the tubing to the sliders. etc.
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 04:35 PM
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 04:45 PM
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SO UNBELIEVABLY COOL
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 05:52 PM
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Your power steering pump sounds like mine.
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 05:54 PM
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nice.
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 4rnr
Your power steering pump sounds like mine.
The steering box also leaks a lot.

I probably need to redo the whole system.
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 08:01 PM
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HOLY FLEX BATMAN !!! Thing looks good, Me thinks you should exo it while ya still can
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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Im still daily driving it so not right now
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