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Curious as to where the keys were purchased? I need to do the same thing.New keys arrived today. Going to see about getting them cut tomorrow.
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Please post if you end up with the ARB base rack as this is what I have been looking into getting (and wouldnt mind checking it out first). I havent come across anyone with it yet. It reminds me a bit of the Front runner roof rack but lower profile and I like the mounting rail around the perimeter. My wife daily's ours and her one criteria is that it be able to fit through the Brown Bear carwash on Broadway......its currently getting close to not fitting on 33's with a lift lol
OME 865 coils to help with the extra weight. ~$200 helps a ton.Picked up a CVT MT. Hood.
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Lowered it with a winch and watched the truck sag down an inch.
Time to start saving for a new suspension. Might see if I can piece something together in the short term.
Happy to say starting issues were resolved with the new reman starter.
With the RTT up top the driving experience is much different. Getting used to it but much more too heavy. Wonder how much a new suspension would help with that vs currently.
Need to firm up a tent mounting solution for the top.
Currently have some Yakima bars mounted to the factory roof rails and then the tent mounted to WEW brackets (which are really nice).
Ultimately would like to have a ARB Base Rack but cost is keeping me from jumping in on that. I have other Cruiser mouths to feed that haven’t have been fed in a while.
Part of me wants to remove the stock rack and make mounts then add extruded bars across it. But right now everything is reversible to stock and that would add a more permanent aspect to it.
Picked up a CVT MT. Hood.
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Lowered it with a winch and watched the truck sag down an inch.
Time to start saving for a new suspension. Might see if I can piece something together in the short term.
Happy to say starting issues were resolved with the new reman starter.
With the RTT up top the driving experience is much different. Getting used to it but much more too heavy. Wonder how much a new suspension would help with that vs currently.
Need to firm up a tent mounting solution for the top.
Currently have some Yakima bars mounted to the factory roof rails and then the tent mounted to WEW brackets (which are really nice).
Ultimately would like to have a ARB Base Rack but cost is keeping me from jumping in on that. I have other Cruiser mouths to feed that haven’t have been fed in a while.
Part of me wants to remove the stock rack and make mounts then add extruded bars across it. But right now everything is reversible to stock and that would add a more permanent aspect to it.
Looks much better with those wheels. When I got my 100 I was kinda bummed at the wheel selection. With the 5 lug there just isnt a very good 17" wheel selection.Before:
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Take a look at Steve! Spent a couple hours playing with the suspension to gain back some height from the RTT and drawers. It’s like he has been hanging out with the Bang Energy crew at the gym for leg day!
This is a “left over lift”, just like taking chili cooked yesterday and has been building flavor over night, some things are best the second time around.
Steve got hooked up with a set of 3” lift 80 series progressive Dobinson rear springs! These had been run in a buddies truck for a while and he ended up swapping them out for another set of springs for his 80 series.
To level out the front we added a little extra twist on the torsion bars. We marked (starting position on the Mount, nut and socket) and cranked the OEM Torsion bars 5 full rotations on both sides. This ended up netting out to a 3 in lift in the rear and 2 in in the front.
We used the RTT as a point to measure along front and rear on the top ensure we were even on an iPhone level app. If you didn’t have that, you can use the top line of body cladding on the side to help check. Starting measurements from the ground to the fenders are also great starting reference points. Some considerations for torsion bars: over cranking them will limit down travel, you may need to re-align the truck after modifications to the torsion bars.
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Wasn’t the biggest fan of the 18 wheels from a tire and sidewall perspective. But the deal for KO2’s and 18” LC wheels was to good to pass up and they do look much better.