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It's pretty far above the tie rod because of how high the diff is. This is full bump with the diff vent touching the frame. The bracket will be just in front of the diff cover bolts and the bolt will be at the lower inside corner of the frame...

Good point, I'll check that. Looking at where the diff comes close to the frame on full bump I had planned to move the panhard mount forward an inch so the diff won't contact it. It's an inside the frame mount so I doubt the tie rod will hit...

Thanks!

I set the motor and transmission in to get an idea where the new mounts would live. I wanted to raise it up some from the previous LS and it ended up I had to! Using the stock L86 AC compressor with an adapter manifold angles the ports right at...

Shifting ends and working on the front. I wanted to raise the front coil towers so I could go back to the harder spring combo but also lower the front end. I also didn't like where I put the bump cans and I wanted to move the steering gearbox...

I didn't see it on their site but that sounds right. Something like this is what I've always used, many options on Summit or Amazon...

At the moment of typing this I'm tinkering with the 60 dash. Test fitting, measuring, and a lot of standing around staring while thinking of future electrical connections that might need to be accessed.

Pulled the bed off, hopefully for the last time. Welded in some support channels under the floor, hit it with some primer and then seam sealer. I’ll spray the center section with Steel It and put it back on for final welding. Also finished...

Maybe, I have 3/8" rod I was going to use for that purpose but the top edge of the Aqualu door is heavily rounded so there's not a great way to attach an upper structure to it. I have 3/16" sheets of aluminum I was planning on cutting to make...

Got a bunch done the last two days. I finalized the forward/back location for the quarter panels and got them welded to the sill....so dimensions are set now! I wasn't super happy about the 2" angle bracket that I used to make a front rail. It...

2 steps forward, one step back. The tub I bought to cut in half ended up being worse than I thought. Lots of rust repair has really slowed me down. Today I made some progress and got the rear corners replaced, the driver side wheel well replaced...

Rear frame is pretty much done. I'm going to add an inside the frame panhard bracket on the passenger side just in case I end up needing it. It's sitting very low in the rear because the jack pivot point is letting the coilovers jack up the...

Working on where the tank will live and how to mount the rear sill since I don't have a stock rear frame to work off of. Tank needs to come down 1" so it doesn't hit the sill, so I'll have to scoop the frame where the fill neck is. Tight but...

Thanks! Just wish it won't take me a year to finish.

I threw one of my 38's and the top side on to get some inspiration! Got the old spring perches off and the truss tac'd on the axle to start figuring out where the springs are going to live. Unfortunately I have a lot of rust repair to do on...

Selling both sets of doors as I update my rig to the later model. The full doors I bought used and they had some bondo on them but were pretty nice. I sprayed the outside with Raptor liner and ran them for several years. They will NOT come...

Full and half doors for sale