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05-26-08, 02:35 PM
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Lifted!
Can you tell? 2.5" OME on 30" tires.  33" Super Swampers on the docket, but not for a while. Oh yeah, no "pretty filter" this time - I actually washed and waxed the beast. The hood turned out to be a different shade of red.  Oh yeah, rides nicer too.
Summary: Don't believe the 'MUD members who say a lift will "only take three hours" to complete. It took Ryan seven hours to finish, and he is good. Had to use the acetylene torch (twice) to burn the pin bushing on the front passenger's side, a 30-ton press to flatten the pin "flange" out again, and a belt sander to remove the hardened bushing on the pin. We both took turns with the silver slapper to finally get the pin out.  And this was a lift that went well.
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05-26-08, 02:49 PM
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Looks great Dave.
7 hours is not too bad. My fastest was 3 hours to put emu on my FJ60 where the truck was one owner and rust free but my 79 FJ40 the lift took me three days to put on because every fastener was a fight!
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05-26-08, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by colangut
Looks great Dave.
7 hours is not too bad. My fastest was 3 hours to put emu on my FJ60 where the truck was one owner and rust free but my 79 FJ40 the lift took me three days to put on because every fastener was a fight!
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Thanks! It probably wouldn't have taken nearly as long if we weren't reusing the pins. If I had new pins we probably would've been more medieval with the existing ones.
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05-26-08, 03:35 PM
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She looks great! And thats a good time too! Any one who tells you 3 hours is full of it.Took me a weekend doing a 73 and the same for a 71. I did not keep track of beer breaks or stopping to eat. It's like Rachel Ray and her 30 min. meals they don't let you know how much time was spent on prep.
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05-26-08, 04:49 PM
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Needs bigger tires!
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05-26-08, 05:29 PM
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Needs bigger tires!
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05-26-08, 06:17 PM
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Quote:
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Needs bigger tires!
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Bastards, the two of ya!
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05-26-08, 07:04 PM
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I think the tires on my Prius are more manly ...
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05-26-08, 07:15 PM
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I think the tires on my Prius are more manly ...
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You OWN a Prius?
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05-27-08, 06:34 AM
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Looks great, Dave. I have some spares from my Honda Civic that you can have to replace those tires...
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05-27-08, 06:38 AM
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It's not just a Prius, it's a babe magnet!
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05-27-08, 06:45 AM
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Looks great, Dave. I have some spares from my Honda Civic that you can have to replace those tires...
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Put 'em on yer own friggin' truck! That makes three of you now on my sh*tlist.
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05-27-08, 08:08 AM
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The 31s on my truck aren't much bigger....btw. Just with the lift, yours "look" smaller.
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05-27-08, 08:15 AM
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Just with the lift, yours "look" smaller.
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I know. 
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05-27-08, 11:59 AM
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Looks sweet, Dave! I think I need to follow suit...but only after I get my brake situation finished. Something about safety being a priority or something...not clear on that
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05-27-08, 12:16 PM
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Looks sweet, Dave! I think I need to follow suit...but only after I get my brake situation finished. Something about safety being a priority or something...not clear on that |
Don't forget about the safety of being able to straddle tall objects on the pavement!
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05-27-08, 12:30 PM
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Looks good Dave. When do you think you will get proper size tires?
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05-27-08, 12:34 PM
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When do you think you will get proper size tires?
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Oh Dale, not you too.
Whenever the lets me. Maybe if I explain how ridiculed I am on 'MUD she may feel sorry for me.
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05-27-08, 12:53 PM
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Don't forget about the safety of being able to straddle tall objects on the pavement!
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Dammit...now I have no argument! My tires are even more  than your's...so I'm doubly screwed!
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05-28-08, 06:19 AM
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Dave, don't let them push you around, your tires reach the ground, just like theirs.
And guilt has driven many a decision, maybe your wife will relent.
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05-28-08, 06:37 AM
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Quote:
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Dave, don't let them push you around, your tires reach the ground, just like theirs.
And guilt has driven many a decision, maybe your wife will relent.
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Finally, the voice of wisdom and reasoning! Thanks Dan!
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