Dexter the 16' Taco Thread

now its time to connect the lower control arm and ball joints back to the spindle
**(kinda pain in the butt, hardest part about this lift but its do able)***
so i used the weight of the truck and and a jack stand to push the control arm up
then a ratchet strap to pull the UCA and spindle down to bolt up the ball joint - 19mm
****now is a good time to tighten up the lower shock bolt with the weight of the truck on the new suspension*****

 

then bolt up the swap bar back in place,

 

now with the suspension all finished and tightened up
***dont forget to tighten and torque down everything***
Lower control arms, ball joints, upper & lower shocks, and swap bar

now for the Diff drop, its pretty straight forward, unbolt the 2 big bolts, pull the diff down a litte
slid in them big aluminum spacers and bolted them down. easy peasy

 

then i bolted up the skid plate using the new hardware and the spacers so that the skid plate would clear the diff drop - 12mm

 

and she's all about done!!! just need to mount up the new wheels and she's ready to roll
that down travel is crazy!!!!!!
****kidding the tire isnt mounted yet**

 

and now i got the poser shots!!! and the lift is finished
wasnt too hard at all, i'd say i spent about 4 hours on the lift

 

great write up! Thanks!

 

hell ya!

 

your profile pic made me laugh haha, awesome lookin' ride bro!

 

There is no one richer than lower enlisted living in the barracks

 

Pshsh I haven't lived in the barracks sense I was a private 3 years ago.

I'm a just a married (but no kids) E4 living off base in Washington DC with a BAH rate at $2250 a month and my rents on $1,000, so I'm a lot "richer" then lower enlisted in the Barracks and I have a part time job too and I rack in about 28 hours a week there too, so I'm definitely living good, all my friends think I sell drugs, that's why my profile pic is Pablo Escobar. But I dont, I'm just good with my money

 

Its Pablo Escobar off narcos on Netflix

I'm hardcore into that show right now

 

I was referring to you buying and building that f250 right after basic lol. I loved living in the barracks when I was in; I rolled out of bed at 6:20 to be in formation by 6:30...no waking up at 5am to fight traffic through the gates to make it on time by 6:30.

 

hahaha i know I started watching it like 2 days ago and can't stop

 

Ya season 2 just came out a short time ago, season 1 was awesome.

 

That true! But with my new unit we do PT on our own so I just show up, work my 8ish hours and I'm out, it's nice being in a special unit, you get special privileges

 

Reminds me of my time back in 1st and 19th SF Group. Never felt like being in the army. First name basis, etc. We did still have to show up to formation though.

 

Yeah its nice, we don't have any formation because I'm the only army personal in my section, I barely see my leadership, maybe once a month I'll see my SGT, but it's nice being free.... it's like I'm a civilian

 

FT Myer! I used to work there.

 

Nah Pentagon! But I do my grocer shopping on ft myer I live 1/4 mile from it