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ok...so I cut and drilled my parts and got my friend to do a little welding, then took one of those 3M scotch-brite type pads and roughed the metal up a tad, then spray bombed them black....heres how you know you have a problem...when you drag your fat @$$ under the truck on the drive-way and install them in the dark while laying on your back on the ground.
So I used 2inch flat bar for the base and I replicated the 4.25 inch center to center bolt hole on lengths about 5.25 long. Then while over at my friends I robbed a couple sections of 3inch square "tubing" which I cut down to make it about 1.25 tall (think two sections of C channel), somewhat in the style of the picture above. I used daystar KU09014BK single stud bump stops that are approx 3inches tall, by 4.5 long * 2.5 wide.
I was determined to get them on there this evening before the forecasted rain here tomorrow. I did have some concern with making these things too tall, I guess we'll see how it goes, I think daystar or energy has another bump stop of similar design but about 2inches tall. I had to give it enough room to accommodate the single stud mount, but I guess I could have cut that down a little if I would have been motivated. We'll see how it goes and I can learn and modify from there if what I made needs changing.
Normally I don't plug stuff from wal mart but I bought a cheapo battery powered LED light from there a few weeks ago and it works well, puts out a lot of light and its larger than the little pen light things...and it will not burn you and has a magnet made into the body for mounting, its in the style of a shop light. Get one..it will reduce your use of profanity..
I'll post a pic up later...These bump stops appear to me to be progressive...so I'm not too concerned about intial contact with the axle...I did not get a good look this evening...but feel free to post up comments if you think something could be improved or changed. Basically as noted I'm just wanting to control wheel upward travel into the wheelweel...just trying to reduce that travel a little bit or limit it to some degree.
http://www.amazon.com/Daystar-KU09014BK-Single-Competition-Style/dp/B004IARR9A
So I used 2inch flat bar for the base and I replicated the 4.25 inch center to center bolt hole on lengths about 5.25 long. Then while over at my friends I robbed a couple sections of 3inch square "tubing" which I cut down to make it about 1.25 tall (think two sections of C channel), somewhat in the style of the picture above. I used daystar KU09014BK single stud bump stops that are approx 3inches tall, by 4.5 long * 2.5 wide.
I was determined to get them on there this evening before the forecasted rain here tomorrow. I did have some concern with making these things too tall, I guess we'll see how it goes, I think daystar or energy has another bump stop of similar design but about 2inches tall. I had to give it enough room to accommodate the single stud mount, but I guess I could have cut that down a little if I would have been motivated. We'll see how it goes and I can learn and modify from there if what I made needs changing.
Normally I don't plug stuff from wal mart but I bought a cheapo battery powered LED light from there a few weeks ago and it works well, puts out a lot of light and its larger than the little pen light things...and it will not burn you and has a magnet made into the body for mounting, its in the style of a shop light. Get one..it will reduce your use of profanity..
I'll post a pic up later...These bump stops appear to me to be progressive...so I'm not too concerned about intial contact with the axle...I did not get a good look this evening...but feel free to post up comments if you think something could be improved or changed. Basically as noted I'm just wanting to control wheel upward travel into the wheelweel...just trying to reduce that travel a little bit or limit it to some degree.
http://www.amazon.com/Daystar-KU09014BK-Single-Competition-Style/dp/B004IARR9A
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