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Post by scotts90ranger on Sept 26, 2009 0:40:39 GMT -5
picked up a 6" superlift for under $500 minus shocks, one leaf spring is slightly tweaked, we'll see if it's repairable... but still not a bad deal for a good set of brackets and stuff...
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Post by scotts90ranger on Nov 15, 2009 21:03:53 GMT -5
got the explorer power lumbar seats installed the other day, much nicer to drive, it actually holds me in the right position so I don't sit all sideways killing my back, now I just have to hook up the power to the seats to get the pumps working...
pulled my AC pump out of storage, will hopefully get my OBA hooked up in the near future, have a helium tank that I salvaged from the neighbors recycling... it'll be painted before it ends up under my truck though, pink isn't my color...
still getting things together for the lift, getting closer, I think I'm going to add coil spacers under the springs to give me a little more tire clearance
for the future, probably next summer, I'll put extended radius arms and swap to jeep coil springs, get it set up so it can wheel with authority, there's people out there with mild modifications to the setup I am planning and are getting 20" of travel in each front corner...
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Post by scotts90ranger on Nov 22, 2009 23:19:31 GMT -5
I just pulled the axle out of my explorer and put the 3.73 limited slip axle I had in the garage into it, now the 3.55 open axle is in my garage waiting for me to strip it of all it's brackets and get it ready to be set up for my truck, got the 5.13's for the rear axle on wednesday, should get the rest of the gears, parts and the locker next week, things are coming together!
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Post by scotts90ranger on Nov 25, 2009 3:41:47 GMT -5
aussie locker arrived today, should be able to strip the tabs and everything off of the 8.8 on friday
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Post by scotts90ranger on Dec 8, 2009 2:34:33 GMT -5
gears and locker are in the rear axle... need to put the brakes together now...
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Post by scotts90ranger on Mar 14, 2011 2:08:28 GMT -5
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Post by scotts90ranger on Mar 19, 2011 5:16:47 GMT -5
I modified the title to make it more applicable...
Lift is done, truck is in my driveway for the first time in a little over 2 weeks, fender trimming tomorrow.
Speedo is WAY off but I like how it drives other than needing more caster.
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Post by scotts90ranger on Mar 23, 2011 1:33:35 GMT -5
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Post by blk01ram on Mar 23, 2011 1:50:39 GMT -5
Looking good. I wouldn't worry too much about your tires sticking out. I remember you were looking for flexy fender flares. Throw a set of removable mudflaps on the back that cover the entire tire and you should be fine...that is unless the cops in your area are super strict. My tires on my black truck stick out about 3" on rear and a little more on the front, haven't gotten pulled over for it in the 3 years I've had the tires on the truck. **Knock on wood** I have a set of mud flaps on the back, but there is still a lot of spray that comes off the tires. I've had Washington County Sheriffs drive behind me and they haven't pulled me over yet.
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Post by scotts90ranger on Mar 23, 2011 2:04:26 GMT -5
Thanks
yeah, it's not quite as much as I expected, I was going to make some removable flaps... down here in Salem, and the amount this thing will be driven it shouldn't be too much of an issue
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 16:52:54 GMT -5
Looking good.... Make sure you check those suspension mounting brackets often! Found all of them loose on my Bronco one day.
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Post by popeye on Mar 23, 2011 17:16:38 GMT -5
hell your tires dont stick out. put mud flaps on.
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Post by scotts90ranger on Mar 23, 2011 21:24:07 GMT -5
we cranked the hell out of them plus used nyloc's on everything, but yeah, was going to keep two 3/4" wrenches in the tool box... time for a test run in the near future.
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Post by scotts90ranger on Mar 28, 2011 23:58:48 GMT -5
Got the alignment straightened out with the new 4* bushings, steering wheel is even straight...
Fixed some running issues and broke the EGR valve in the process so I created another, block off here we come!
shake down run at sand lake on sunday...
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Post by scotts90ranger on Apr 20, 2011 22:16:07 GMT -5
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