Florida B.S. Thread

get on pirate and start looking for used components... ou could build your rear set up for $1100... id avoid leafs

 

Think leafs will do just fine

 

Well my current suspension needs to be replaced. Shocks are bad, bushings are done, shackles are surfaced rusted like crazy, hangars are meh lol. I don't know what's so bad about leafs, but I've seen some gnarly RUF amd chevy 63 setups, if it came like that factory, I don't think there'd be an issue lol. I want something I can use that's effective and cheap while I can work on getting the setup I want together. Because like I said, it's gonna be awhile, like...years lol, before the truck will be where I want it.

 

I'm saying if you're going to spend that much, you could build what you want...

but i found these on Pirate . look like they'd work for the rear with leafs. then again, i don't really know much LOL

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/misc...-offroad-racing-reservoir-shocks-10-11-a.html

 

you do realize how cheap it is to RUF and chevy 63 right?

 

negative, i came from the diesel world where everything is expensive

 

just these kits......with shocks, $2800 with shipping, it will most likely be closer to $3,000, which is already 3x what my ENTIRE RUF and Chevy 63 setup would be. and this is for Air Shocks, not coilovers

https://www.trail-gear.com/TG/Trail...cks/i_0_0_337/_110179-1-KIT.aspx#.Vze6g5ErKUk

https://www.trail-gear.com/TG/High_...3-Link_Kit__OEM_/i_0_0_335/_300377-1-KIT.aspx

 

could someone could build you a kit, isn't it mostly dom tubing?

if you build your own it wouldn't cost nearly as much, but if the chevy stuff is easier, works, and is that much cheaper I'm all for it .

 

- Chevy 63s - $50
- Chevy 63 conversion kit - $220
- RUF (Rear up fronts) - $70ish (depending on the price of the 2 sets of leafs and if I use my current rears)
- Bilstein 5125 14" shocks - $79 each
- Histeer (which is the most expensive piece and is required with lifting, so links would need it anyways) - $400
- shock hoops - $60 per set, need 2
- lower shock mounts - $20~

----- ~$1300 rounded up with some extra things

I think that's majority of it, probably another $100 in other parts im not thinking of right now

I dont know honestly, I think it is. not too sure how much less it would be because those kits come with everything

 

thats pretty cheap i guess, well with trail gear I'm sure you're not only paying for the steel, you're paying for the fabrication, and the name.

 

that is true lol, but my welding skills are not up to par for welding things like that just yet. I welded my exhaust up and it was extremely mediocre at best lol. Id feel more comfortable buying something already fab'd and not have to worry about it. BUT there isn't anything wrong with seeing how much it would be to source parts out and put a kit together. it's just convenient to have a kit you can just click add to cart and it shows up at your door haha

 

dude i get it, I'm just cheap as hell lol

 

lol, I want to build this thing the right way with links front and rear, it's just gonna take awhile before i can lol, so in the mean time, I'll do the RUF and Chevy 63s for the time being

 

oh and dont forget everything else I want to do lol

- exocage
- front stinger bumper integrated into the cage
- winch
- 35x13.50r15 Toyo MTs on 15x8 steelies
- gears and lockers front/rear
- Tcase adapter for the new trans I'll eventually install with the 3rz thats going in, in september so i can use my gear driven tcase
- dual Tcase adapter for dual cases
- lower gears for both the RF1A gear driven TCases
- 3 link front
- 4 link rear
- 14-16" shocks all around or coilovers
- lights

Motor Wise
- turbo for the 3rz and all it's essentials
- cam
- upgraded internals depending on what I do with the turbo


I think that's most of everything hahahaha

 

@FlyinRyan893 that kithen fab work looks good hahaha

 

At least go 15x10s lol

 

anybody going to citrus on may 20th? is there a thread or list for that meet

 

Allenfab I Pm'd ya about the sliders for install tomorrow. Text me cause my son is sleeping in our office tonight and I won't have access to my computer and my I-pad dohickie is dead.

 

I have a set of 15x10s that the old swampers are on....I dont like wide wheels haha, 15x8s for lol

 

just gotta find my phone now sorry been