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Check with SROR, I think he makes a similar style. Some people cut and turn their cats also.
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ClemsonCruiser
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Yeah SROR would have been #1 on my list, but Jim isn't taking orders any more until around May time frame he said do to over welming orders.......... he said he needs the time to get caught
thanks for all the help fellas........ I just ended up going with the Q78 I couldn't resistI think they will be fine as I will running them only a few times a year and likely they will never see the highway
I wish I would have thought about Ralph Hayes before I placed my order........ I might give him a call here in a second and see what he can do maybe I can cancel my other order
and yes I scored a set of FZJ 16x8 rims that these will be going on...... I will have to see what issues I am going to run into until I get them mounted; I am running OME 2.5" mediums so I already plan on 1" spacers and extended bump stops plus caster correction and I assume longer brake lines...
go ahead and get slee's blue bushing and landtank's template. Trust me.
ClemsonCruiser
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thanks for the heads up Alex; I ordered the bushing form Lance.... I assume they are OME I hope they are up to the task; guess Slee would have been better
Will look into lanktanks templateLuckly since the 80 will only be wearing these shoes a few times a year at best I can handle a few miles of sketchy steering/handling....... hell I imagine it will drive like a caddy with those 36" TSL's compared to the ride of my SOA FJ62 with no shocks..... and not to mention my front brake only 40; needless to say my past cruisers have shown my disregard for highway safety
the 80 should still be a breeze compared to the others
and it looks like I am going slider less, Hanna is on a 4 week wait as well on their sliders.......... Oh well guess I will go ahead and put in an order with MT and just be patient and get the ones I wanted to start with..... I will just have to be uber careful wheeling the 80; If I damage Mary Ellyns 80 it will mean castration for me
You can always follow me. I will show how not to hit the big pieces of gravel on the roads and where to drive for the smoothest ride.
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ClemsonCruiser
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hehe....... you do know handle a cruiser on gravel roads I'll give you that
.......... just don't let Mary Ellyn find out we have a cabin for that weekend
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Have you looked at georges design for sliders? thats whats on mine, you could probably get templates printed and do the welding pretty quick.
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Agreed. That's what i have also. I'm about to get some tubing added to the outside to give me some steps and a rub bar. BUt as they are now, they're pretty stout.
JP, I have j's and an ARB loaded with a 12,000 winch and i needed the blue bushings. When i was with a medium front spring and stock front bumper (ride height was about the same as now) and the supplied OME bushings, i still was behind on caster.
The reason i think landtank's template really helps is it compensates for axle-on-axis rotation. It really helps prevent driveline grrrrrr. Just ask me how i know about all that garbage that you don't want to even start messing with.
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Agreed. That's what i have also. I'm about to get some tubing added to the outside to give me some steps and a rub bar. BUt as they are now, they're pretty stout.
JP, I have j's and an ARB loaded with a 12,000 winch and i needed the blue bushings. When i was with a medium front spring and stock front bumper (ride height was about the same as now) and the supplied OME bushings, i still was behind on caster.
The reason i think landtank's template really helps is it compensates for axle-on-axis rotation. It really helps prevent driveline grrrrrr. Just ask me how i know about all that garbage that you don't want to even start messing with.
Mine have a tube added (getting pretty beat up and passenger side starting to curve)....I am planning on cutting them off and adding new ones like metaltech.