Bigdady

Very nice truck, You guys in Cali got it going on as far as places to wheel.

fyrfytrryn

lookin good buddy.

kelly1450

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/...ps738479e6.jpg

kelly1450

Roark

You swapped in Ford Explorer leafs? What modifications did you do to make them fit properly?

kelly1450

You have to move the front hangers forward like 5 inches, I moved the rear about 2 inches but it may not even be necessary if a longer shackle is used

The reason I chose this setup is the front mounts dont hang low like the chevy springs even though they are longer than factory toyota springs by quite a bit and the explorers are spring under from the factory so they come with a nice amount of arch. Over the past few years I have been quite pleased with the explorer springs and would definitely do them again.

chukarhunt

iTrader: (1)

Sweet ride! My goal is the same as yours, an all around capable rig. I just bought an elocker, need to get it installed. I will have to look into the explorer springs! sounds like a great alternative.

twistedyota

iTrader: (1)

Nice looking truck

kelly1450

Since I kept on breaking fiberglass camper shells I decided to build my own camper shell from scratch and then tested it on the Rubicom and the Mojave road, it works great, details can be found in link below.

http://www.expeditionportal.com/foru...g-camper-shell

kelly1450

I just noticed that on the pic above if you look in the truck you can see me struggling with the steering wheel, doing the Rubicon in a day without power steering will sure tire you out! I do still prefer manual steering though.

Also, thanks for all the complements, the truck has come a long way

here's another from the Rubicon