After showing my ladder last night to LCP, it was time to fix a problem I've had since last summer. Details:
Bracket holes based on originals as a template (duh), used aluminum I had laying around:
Wanted to avoid dissimilar metal contact and/or cut down on brackets rubbing paint, cut strips of this as a pad/barrier between body and brackets:
Installed pic - bottom bolt now ~1 1/4" lower than it used to be, much closer to matching overall stock height of tailgate when lifted this way....fits just fine, gate shuts without any issues, etc.
Hard to tell but the bolt furthest from the camera was the one that was denting the roof. It's now resting above the roof by at about 1/4". Problem solved....
- Gobi ladder (love it) additional weight was too much for oem struts, swapped out with McMasters like numerous others.
- McMasters, if you don't know, are slightly longer than stock (~1.5" from memory but don't quote me). Extra lift rotates the tailgate higher up and one of the installation bolt/nut combos for the Gobi ladder was forced into the top of the LC - denting the roof. Small but into the paint now with very small rust spot....gotta fix it!
- New brackets were something I knew would fix it but hadn't done anything about. Here they are....
Bracket holes based on originals as a template (duh), used aluminum I had laying around:
Wanted to avoid dissimilar metal contact and/or cut down on brackets rubbing paint, cut strips of this as a pad/barrier between body and brackets:
Installed pic - bottom bolt now ~1 1/4" lower than it used to be, much closer to matching overall stock height of tailgate when lifted this way....fits just fine, gate shuts without any issues, etc.
Hard to tell but the bolt furthest from the camera was the one that was denting the roof. It's now resting above the roof by at about 1/4". Problem solved....
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