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Details on the custom bumper?
Rhino 4x4 Front Bumper
Does anyone here have experience with Rhino 4x4 front bumpers here in the US? I was a bad influence on my buddy and convinced him to buy a 200, and now he's being a bad influence right back sending me links to stuff I want to buy for mine :hillbilly: The Rhino 3D Evolution bumper is my...
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I think pics look deceiving, I’ve left a gap for flex and tested it out.
Only Custom Sliders I’m in the middle of building. The front bumper is 200 Series ARB without the hoop.
When you add weight, Bumper and winch to front, the Hydraulic pressure in the system has to increase to give back the ride height to compensate for weight. This kinda stiffens the ride and puts extra stress on the AHC system. I have disassembled and tested the stock springs and AHC Pressures and am getting my first set of custom springs made to take the stress and extra pressures off the AHC. Guy says 3 weeks to build them.
When I’m satisfied they work I will build custom rear springs to compensate for rear bumpers load and tire carriers.
Lots of time and research in this project to get it right!’ Lol.
Sliders are very solid. The AHC Globes will have a skid plate covering them from below.
Work is in progress at the moment.
@mcgaskins would love to hear more about the rear setup on Greg's megalex! How did he lift if 4" to match the bracket lift?
Are you coming to LCDC by chance? Honestly it's hard for my non-mechanical brain to understand exactly what he did, but he fabbed up bracketry to raise all the points up higher basically. The rear axle almost appears to have truss built to facilitate the higher positions, and I have to admit it seriously drives like a stock truck. All the AHC controls still work as stock too - height adjust, dampening, etc. I can try to get some more details, but if you are coming to LCDC that would be the best way to check it out and see how it all works!
@tbisaacs To piggyback off Matt: As part of the bracketry, he also revised the shock mounting points in an effort to give them slightly better geometry to fully articulate and make them less susceptible to being struck by rocks/obstacles. The bracket compensates for other changed angles due to lift.
If you ask Greg, he'd say the current setup is just proof of concept to demonstrate that it works and retains the full functionality of AHC. I'll be the first to admit when I first heard the idea, it sounded half-baked but Greg did some serious homework and has a repertoire of technical knowledge, experience, and skills. There might be some revisions in where he relocates the swaybar upwards. The LX setup puts the bar, and more specifically, its mounting points below the axle so they are prone to being hit. If the swaybar setup more resembled a LC, the mounts and bar would be tucked up around or above the axle. There were some other small items he wished to improve but all along the lines of just tidying bits and pieces up as overall he seemed very pleased.
As Matt said, it retains the ride of a stock truck. It's crazy. It's still plush and comfortable, especially on road. Off road, I'd say it's largely the same, as comfortable as any higher end LC setup. When he selects 4lo, he puts the height back to neutral since the extra lift of the high setting actually limits up travel and makes the ride more harsh. That said, when we came to steeper ledges, both up and down, he could select the high setting to get additional approach or departure angle, thereby allowing him to take more challenging (or at least steeper) lines with less likelihood of scrapping the front bumper or dragging the rear. Generally, the suspension was set in the sport/firmer dampening when being wheeled as the comfort setting didn't play well with higher speed bumps and just allowed for too much of a wallowing ride when you're already on aired down 37s.
If you ask Greg, he'd say the current setup is just proof of concept to demonstrate that it works and retains the full functionality of AHC. I'll be the first to admit when I first heard the idea, it sounded half-baked but Greg did some serious homework and has a repertoire of technical knowledge, experience, and skills. There might be some revisions in where he relocates the swaybar upwards. The LX setup puts the bar, and more specifically, its mounting points below the axle so they are prone to being hit. If the swaybar setup more resembled a LC, the mounts and bar would be tucked up around or above the axle. There were some other small items he wished to improve but all along the lines of just tidying bits and pieces up as overall he seemed very pleased.
As Matt said, it retains the ride of a stock truck. It's crazy. It's still plush and comfortable, especially on road. Off road, I'd say it's largely the same, as comfortable as any higher end LC setup. When he selects 4lo, he puts the height back to neutral since the extra lift of the high setting actually limits up travel and makes the ride more harsh. That said, when we came to steeper ledges, both up and down, he could select the high setting to get additional approach or departure angle, thereby allowing him to take more challenging (or at least steeper) lines with less likelihood of scrapping the front bumper or dragging the rear. Generally, the suspension was set in the sport/firmer dampening when being wheeled as the comfort setting didn't play well with higher speed bumps and just allowed for too much of a wallowing ride when you're already on aired down 37s.
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Won’t make it out this year. Maybe I can bribe someone to crawl around underneath and take some photos
Finally got my 35s on!
A tip less 90. I got the tip a couple days ago but haven’t attached it yet. Sawed off the resonator in the fall and leaving that as long as I did unfinished was a mistake. Put the 90 on last weekend.
Got the tip on. Shiny!
That’s a 4” outlet 3” inlet.
That’s a 4” outlet 3” inlet.
I finally have time to post some pics of my new LX.
From new to wheels, tires, sensor lift and blackout of all chrome but front bumper.
From new to wheels, tires, sensor lift and blackout of all chrome but front bumper.
