Oahu Members Thread

Ivan and Rick have been MIA all day.. They could have at least posted updates.. lol..

 

Make sure the ground for the winch hooked up right.

 

Damn who let the octopus out!

I think their playing aroun somewea testing the new setup.

 

Tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock.

 

older gentleman drives it. always at bk parking lot by costco

 

Yep. Always. Never dirty either.

Anyway, Just finished cleaning up. Not sure why it took so long. Came nice tho. Freaking rear shocks are massive! Post a few pics in a bit.
And WTF?!?! Nobody showed!?!? I had a full cooler of beer, I brought out chairs and shit. Was gonna put together the race track too.

 

I would have come if I had a mode of transportation...

 

Gotcha! But before you order drop kit, try and run with it off for a few weeks, it's free to try! And if you decide you gotta keep it then I think you shouldn't need the drop unless you plan on going off-road. If you go off-road and flex it out then you might get some binding.

I didn't know until a half hour ago when I checked this thread that you were still doing it today! I thought you guys were waiting until next weekend! I even have my rear bumper back on for now, so I could have been in my tuck

 

Call them or shoot an email. They will send small stuff priority flat rate or first class if they can. Way cheaper.

 

this. whenever ive ordered small stuff, good companies have been able to ship by flat rate

kurtis at AP even got my UCAs here for likw $20

 

Heres some pics. I'll let Rick tell you guys how the install went. He had a few small bumps...
Stock coil is all distorted from too much preload!

SECKS! More ICON stickers for Ricks truck

Puny bilsteins! ICON shaft is almost as big as the stock body.

Superbumps look great with that leaf pack and U bolt flip There is also an angled shim under there.

Had to drill holes in the frames to mount resis. One of the unforeseen bumps. Rear shocks did not come with instructions...

He gained an inch of lift in the rear, so 2 inches over stock, we set to same in the front for now, but gained nearly 2 inches of precious down travel, and over 2 inches of down travel in the rear.

 

Iven...thanks for all the help today! Im freaking beat and I'm sure you are too!! All the lifting and wrenching and cutting and cranking and...fill in the blank...lol I can tell you from just the short drive home, the ride is hugely better...and that's just on the street!...lol The steering is really tight though as I'm sure the alignment is F'd up Hopefully remedy that tomorrow. And replace those 2 stripped lug nuts...haha My wheels didn't fall off on the way home, so it's all good

Yeah guys...there were coolers full of iced beer of which I did partake (Many!)

Iven used his high speed camera as my Note 3 is marginal, so more to follow!...

Sampler:

 

Once again...beaten by Iven...LOL!

Oh yeah... the passenger sticker on the UCA was removed...lol

 

looks good!

You don't really notice shock sizes until you lay a set of 2.5"s next to stocks, lol

 

Damn... Truck porn.. lol

 

Oh and heres a free tip for you guys that have to drill into your frames. The frame is not some hardened metal at all. Just need more force. If you don't have a magnetic base drill handy, then get some rope or in this case paracord, make a loop close to what you want to drill, about the same distance as your drill, then get some kind of lever and put it inline with the center of drill, or as close as possible. Just need some leverage on there. Only took 10 seconds to drill a 3/8" hole. Uni bit/step drill helps a lot too. Just use slow RPM, and make sure you are pushing straight with your lever. Didn't even use oil.

I have to do this quite a bit when I am machining shipboard.

 

now go rub some oil on your shafts so they don't rust....


don't be like me.

 

do you want to build a snowwwmann!

to say the least

 

Pictures are hard. Maybe you can personally show me how.. I'll thrown on my sliders and bring it over for a drilling lesson for the bottom bolts. lol.. steaks and beers.. lol. Plus I can pick up a tow harness relocation while I'm there..

 

I'll come to the next one if I can hop in with someone...I'll bring the beer