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B!tchin! cant wait to see this build progress. you gonna be reinforcing the frame and shock hoops right? i'm sure you been talkin to nick about it lol.

 

Oh nick has been helping me for the past 3 or 4 months lol. Nick is a VERY nice guy, and very helpful! I would always recommend him! As for the build right now, yes, the frame is getting plated with 1/4" Steel (I like overkill :thedevil: ) then a lot of reinfocing with the tubing!

Im as anxious as you are guys!

 

Remember when you mount your shocks that you will have more drop travel with a long travel kit that your stock arms so be sure to mount your shock low enough so you arent limited by you shock when you throw on some new arms. Although with some 10" shocks I doubt you could mount them high enough to have to worry about that. lol

 

Im going to be calling/texting you non stop for the next 3 days or so :hi: :lol:

 

you should put your sway bar back on after installing the c/o's ha

 

I removed my sway bar after I installed my Radflos and the ride is great but on high speed corners like on ramps and you hit a bump my truck gets alot of sway and you really have to concentrate around corners. The body roll is so much fun around corners though feels like a built truck lol. After I install my traction bars I am going to try and remove the bar again but until then the drive up I 17 up and down the mountain needs the sway bar for those corners or I just go too fast to hear my truck echo off the mountain.

 

Not possible, my bumper mounts to the sway bar mounts. And that would defeat the purpose of the C/O! haha

 

So your bumper pretty much is your sway bar then lol?

 

Cant wait to see pictures of the install.
I want to do a shock tower and grind off the stock coil bucket just so I can mount my reservoirs on them!

 

Ill tell you, cutting off the coilbucket/bump stop took the longest, i was using a grinder with a cut off wheel and it was working great, very fast, just couldn't get to certain parts, so we broke out the torch! :teeth:

 

Ya i have thought about doing it just need someone that can weld it up.
My stock coil bucket is all trimmed up to make room for the droop and my external reservoir hose wanted to rub on the drivers side so I ground out a knotch so it wouldn't rub.

 

I was joking about the sway bar haha.

and ya bro, i miss the drives up the 17 to flagstaff in my old truck with the banks catback. haulin *** around the slow drivers and scaring them with the banks.

 

I was thinking about some D rings for the rear, im very happy with the front as it was my first shot at fabricating. Thanks for the compliment

 

More progress!

Well, i finally got the rest of the coilbucket cut off, and all the grinding is done, the mounts on the LCA for the shocks have been removed, and the coilbucket has been ground down to just the frame. Just need to cut the 1/4" plate to shape and weld it in, then on to the actual shock hoop!

 

that'd be so fun to hack off the coilbuckets.

 

I hated the damn things.... Installing shocks was a B*TCH. It put a smile on my face taking that thing off.

It took about 3-4 hours to take it all off and grind it smooth, but im happy with the result.

 

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nice... my pops would be so pissed if i cut my whole coil bucket off...lol. he yelled at me for trimming it up to remove contact! Can't wait to see how this goes!

PS: nice tow strap :rofl:

 

No work today

This is where bringing the truck inside wouldve been an advantage. But theres too much Sh*t in the way!

 

Ok today its suppose to be sunny, and i get an extra little jump on it! Hopefully i have enough time to get one side finished, its definitely going to be unique ill tell you that..

 

I started to get bored while waiting for the welder tank to be filled, so i started cleaning and painting. Looks purty.

Im liking what its gonna look like!

Got the shock hoop bent and tacked in, just gotta make the tabs for the shock and weld her up and paint her.

 

Lookin' good... maybe after you're done practicing with yours, I'll bring mine down for you to practice some more...

 

I always tell people, ill make you anything for the right price :teethmast

And i just had a CST Spindle lift and 2" spacer, with stock shocks. Nothing special.

 

i have no idea how that last pics gonna work...lol. what did you have under the front end to begin with i can't remember

 

Getting the tabs made and getting the metal for the rest, then im all set! Im leaving tomorrow for a 5 day trip though, so this build we have to be put on hold!

 

Finally got some more work done today, spent about 6 hours on it, got the tabs welded in and the shock in place, starting to look good :teethmast

Looking very nice!

 

now thats sexy:eyebrow:"idhitit2:

 

hey Lt, I've got a source for a complete setup of Grade A shock mount bolts & washers w/ lock washers for ya... I'll snag 4 of them this week and hopefully have my T up n running so I can swing by and check out your handy work in person this weekend...