BlueCruiser84
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So real quick. Why do you get so much flex out of the front? I'm sure you've covered it in this thread. Have you done anything special?
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LOVE THE STANCE !!
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Thank you sir! Very nice to meet you as well! Hope to see you sooner than next Moab trip! Trying to make a Cali trip to see the rubicon and maybe some other trails while I'm there so maybe you could show me around!
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I believe a combination of things, first and most importantly lowering the frame mounts on the radius arms to get the geometry closer to factory/ flatter to the ground allowing more down travel with less bind, second being the slee high flex radius arm bushings allowing the arms to have extra twist with less binding, and lastly some 14in travel shocks to let it hang! Hope this helps.
duggy
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Likewise man! Thank you! That 100 is amazing, exactly what I had planned for my LX until I changed routes! What area are you from?
duggy
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YES on the tube doors! I built some for my 80 and will be building some for my 100 soon!
I'm in Houston, Texas but will be making my rounds across the US in the next few years. Ouray and Colorado are this year, Moab the next.
I'm in Houston, Texas but will be making my rounds across the US in the next few years. Ouray and Colorado are this year, Moab the next.
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Tube doors are a must! Makes the rig feel a lot less bulky and gives you such a better perspective of obstacles and spotters! Id be down for another Moab trip next year
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I put on my longer shocks to see if I could drop the top of my tires out of the fenderwell like your rig does, I'm pretty close.
I still just don't know how you do it with 40"s...
I put on my longer shocks to see if I could drop the top of my tires out of the fenderwell like your rig does, I'm pretty close.
I still just don't know how you do it with 40"s...
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Had a little bit of shock left but the coil is not pushing down any more because it's loose.
It has to be those 14" shocks you have... or water in those tires.
It has to be those 14" shocks you have... or water in those tires.
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also @GW Nugget check your tie rod contact with your radius arms, @Apounder has the Chevy TRE's up front so he wont bind. What i found when i was adding some 20mm spacers up front the other weekend is my Tie rod hitting my radius arms prevented extra droop. albeit i am only running OME L-shocks but it still made pulling the coils a pain in the arse. if i hadn't already bought a set of OEM Rod ends to re-do my steering i would have gone with the same kit as Apounder because of this!
I don't want to go in great depth on the tie rod topic due to the fact that it's Apounder thread but I have removed metal in that tie rod contact area. At this time the tie rod has clearance while twisted up. I've also been working on narrowing the control arms in the bushings area to prevent control arm bind on axle brackets...
damn you are on the slow train to a 3-link..... #JustLinkit
sorry Apounder for mucking up your thread!
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you make me jealous hahahaha
you make me jealous hahahaha
Yep this is what direction I am heading with my truck when I redo it!
