Builds Manglers "Flying Egg" Resto-Build (5 Viewers)

[amitbh234]

@Boston Mangler did you buy and install the Dr. KDSS shorty bracket or the regular one for your suspension job? If the regular one did you use the top hole or bottom hole?

Crawled under the car today to inspect my panhard bar and lca rear ball joints and noticed that with the shorty bracket my pan hard bar isn’t exactly level. Not sure if it has to be exactly level to the ground or if the adjustment with the “shorty” bracket is enough for the lift with my Bilstein standard springs. Would love to get your feedback/see some pictures of your rear setup.

Also turns out one of two bottom bolt heads holding the bracket was missing so when I looked closer there seems to be a broken bolt in there which my shop didn’t tell me about. I’m sure they’ll fix it once I point it out and take it in but goes to show you can’t trust any work but your own these days.

 

[Boston Mangler]

@Boston Mangler did you buy and install the Dr. KDSS shorty bracket or the regular one for your suspension job? If the regular one did you use the top hole or bottom hole?

Crawled under the car today to inspect my panhard bar and lca rear ball joints and noticed that with the shorty bracket my pan hard bar isn’t exactly level. Not sure if it has to be exactly level to the ground or if the adjustment with the “shorty” bracket is enough for the lift with my Bilstein standard springs. Would love to get your feedback/see some pictures of your rear setup.

Also turns out one of two bottom bolt heads holding the bracket was missing so when I looked closer there seems to be a broken bolt in there which my shop didn’t tell me about. I’m sure they’ll fix it once I point it out and take it in but goes to show you can’t trust any work but your own these days.

I used the shorty and it all lines up great.

Stock, it’s not perfectly level regardless so there’s nothing to really compare it against, but rides without issues

As for the broken bolt, that sucks

But if I remember correctly, during install, one of the bolts was a bit too short for my liking, and didn’t get many threads engaged, so I sourced a longer one.

That might be your issue

And yes, it’s dang near impossible to find trusted mechanics that will do a job proper nowadays, hence why I do, or at least try to do everything myself

 

[HighRanch]

Well.. Finally got the wheels back from the powdercoater and couldnt be happier.

Had them coated to match the inner gray of the grill and they nailed it!!

DISCLAIMER: If powdercoating forged wheels, its a special process as to not change the metalurgy of the wheels. Standard process can alter it. I had these done at www.ecppowdercoatinginc.com which does many of the Baja trophy truck forged wheels and never had one break. Good enough for them, good enough for me.

Now to figure out proper center caps.

As of now, the 3rd one (but with the sombrero painted to match the wheels) is my favorite.

Yes, i know she needs a bath

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Any chance you have the code on this color match? Thinking you used Prismatic and would love to see if I can get the same color for my Magnetic Grey LC.