Good luck to you! Just remember that metal will have a fraction of its structural capabilities once you bend it back. Consider a cage or Exo!

 

Starting to gather parts before I start tearing everything down.

3" axle wideners because I can't afford a custom housing.



And Ballistic Fab adjustable coil and shock mounts.



Ordering all the suspension and steering components through Ruffstuff

Also getting a set a flat high steer arms from Front range off road

Still trying to keep this somewhat of a budget build haha.

 

ohhh yeeaaahhh. Looking forward to the axle build! He came out with those right after I finished me axle.

 

Yea, I'm stoked to use them. +3 short side shafts are $109 from TG and their custom length shafts are just under 200. I'm going to sell my stock length 30 spline shafts to make some money back.

Just ordered some 1.25 heims from ruffstuff for my links, 7/8 heims for steering, and 7/8 heims for panhard.

 

Are you using the standard highsteer arms? Im running the ruffstuff 7/8 steering and the heim on the passenger side arm touch enough when turning all the way driver, that I had to adjust the turn stops. But if your running links, you should just be to run the tie rod bottom of the arms like RBX. .

 

I have the older all pro arms that are a little shorter than standard high steer arms, so I'm not sure if I want to use them. I'm looking at the front range flat arms to clear everything.
Once I get everything mocked up and check clearances, I'll go from there.

Also, I have a buddy who wants to buy my high steer setup, so I can put that towards the flat arms.

 

Ruffstuff parts.

The plan is to run the 1.25 heims at the axle end, poly bushings at the frame end on the lowers and 1.25 on both ends for the upper.

 

ohhh shiny.

 

So much for being low budget now. There really is no way to stay cheap when doing links haha. I still have so much parts to buy, not to mention fab time. Next big purchase will be a rogue fab bender. Should be a good investment.

 

Big boy shiny lego's!!

 

Dont yet?