How the truck should have looked from the factory

[roastbeef]

haha its pretty damn sick, but no jealousy here!

houdini, i can't remember what you did with the rear. i know you had it lifted before, but now you are SOA. do you have more plans for the rear? we went SOA with the stock junk and the ride in the rear blows.

what did you do with your stock rear?

and the steering upgrade!!!! tell me abou the steering!!! haha
welcome to the sas club! its a good feeling, ain't it?

[navara009]

holy crap houdini this came out of nowhere. I loved your IFS truck and this one tops it tenfold

[OnlyOneDR]

Originally Posted by Johnnyman88

Houdini, no wonder we haven't heard from you for a while..

What ever do you mean? It was IFS on Thursday night and a driving SAS on Sunday afternoon?

[houdini]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

haha its pretty damn sick, but no jealousy here!

houdini, i can't remember what you did with the rear. i know you had it lifted before, but now you are SOA. do you have more plans for the rear? we went SOA with the stock junk and the ride in the rear blows.

what did you do with your stock rear?

and the steering upgrade!!!! tell me abou the steering!!! haha
welcome to the sas club! its a good feeling, ain't it?

yes it is. and i must say...i really like your truck. you did a great job on it and you should be very proud of that rig.

anyway....i was running a 5" calmini pack in the rear with calmini shackles. i went spring over when i did the SAS and cut off the spring hangers on the frame. mine were beat and way too big. i then replaced with some new spring hangers from front range offroad which gave me more clearnace and made things much stronger.

added a crossmember above the frame (runs about 1/2 across right under the bed) to mount the 14" travel shocks. bilstein 5150s. i have, but have not installed yet, a trac bar and the rear shackles will be replaced with johnny joint shackle mounts and shackles to take the stress off the leaf pack when flexing. basically a orbit eye set-up for leaf springs.

i also plan to install a sway bar for on the road driving.

steering....well, it already had a high steer arm installed and i ended up buying a kit from ballistic fabrication to tie it all together. will run the stock box for now...but already thinking about hydro-assist.

Originally Posted by OnlyOneDR

What ever do you mean? It was IFS on Thursday night and a driving SAS on Sunday afternoon?

could not have gotten it done without your help chris! much appreciated! not only for the work this past weekend, but the time going to get the axles, help rebuilding stuff, etc. appreciate it all!

[06_footy]

Originally Posted by houdini

That's evolution for you. Torch made it easy!

nice work bud your's is one of my favorites on here.

you need to get some money shots so we can really see what u got going for ya.

[EB_05_NISMO]

Sweet rig houdini!

[houdini]

few pictures from today. just felt like getting some good shots of the axles, brake work, stance, etc.







rear brake lines. look great and work great. thanks chris!
gas tank raised 3". ready for a new skid! shocks mounted up high on a custom crossmember. exhaust chopped off to make room for the shocks. GLO diff cover!!!!....pure beef!



new spring mounts on the frame. the old 2wd ones were too big, too thin, and almost ground off. these i like!
driveshaft is going to need about ~1.5" longer to be right. the 1" spacer works, but its not going to stay.



front is working well. going to have to cut/grind a notch into that gusset on the front knuckle to get the ubolt snug and straight. need to find some bell shackles for the rear of the front springs. don't trust the spacers offroad.



thats it....

[roastbeef]

its looking good!
does the rear flex enough to chew up the fenders? i got those 3" bulge flares i still need to put on.
what does it look like under the hood? did you have to cut much to fit the hoops in? or did you build towers?

[houdini]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

its looking good!
does the rear flex enough to chew up the fenders? i got those 3" bulge flares i still need to put on.
what does it look like under the hood? did you have to cut much to fit the hoops in? or did you build towers?

yes, it'll flex well into the fenders. gotta get some bumpstops in the very near future.

nothing has changed under the hood. the shock hoops leave about 1/4" clearance under the wheel well.

[roastbeef]

how much did you move the front axle foreward? get some flex picures up! my 35's almost touch the firewall when full stuffed and turned. im curious to see what yours looks like. i think im going to try a set of 37's when this set is spent.