Long Travel BS Thread

Yeah I just wanted them clean enough in the respect of
Why not clean up the simple stuff so they don't degrade
Or become harder to get in and out of that tube haha

I mean for what we paid for all the shocks on our trucks why not take care of them

Especially the 2.5 bumps
That extra cost just for the Gucci and overbuild aspect makes me want to take care of them

 

The OCD is strong with this one - it is with me too lol

 

Yeah I have every intention of pulling all my shocks off the truck every 12 months to clean and "service them" if not sooner

And I clean the truck hardcore detail once a month

 

The yearly prep is something a lot of people say to do and I'm guessing less actually follow through with. Props!

 

It's the whole military part of my brain man
Detail oriented.

You can crawl in the mud for 2 months during an op and make your rifle just absolutely disgusting
But the second the heat is off and you have down time you are groomed mentally to immediately start cleaning and scrubbing to make sure it will continue to operate and have a long service life.

The way I treat my vehicles
My clothes
My bills
It's the same way.
Do what you gotta do
Get nasty and dirty and have fun
But you're only doing yourself a disservice if you aren't cleaning up after and checking for things to do maintenance or repairs on.

It's also why I sometimes go overboard on my build requirements.
Like doing 2.5 bumps instead of 2.0's
Or doing finned reservoirs instead of standard ones. Or using chrome moly for the bed cage.

 

Just gonna throw this out there..not sure if anyone cares but..the cadmium plating is only on the inside its what gives them the smooth surface for the orings to ride on. The outside likely has cladding to protect the aluminium (almost any aluminum you buy has some kind of cladding). That thin layer of cladding can be rubbed thru and then you start getting the dissimilar metal corrosion that can be seen on the outside bodies of your bumps.

 

The bodies are cad or zinc plated chromoly. Only the anodized parts are aluminum.

 

Hmm and that is stated in the very first sentence. Score me 0 for reading comprehension. Thxs.

 

Everytime I put King bumpstops into the cans I put silver antisieze on bumpstops, helps anti rust and getting stuck, Ive had to use a 10 ton press to get some rusted stuck bumpstops out of cans before.

 

Holy crap.
Yeah I was thinking about a marine grade silicone.

That's the east coast problem
I deal with water way more than you guys do haha

 

There was some condensation on my windows when I got out of work a half hour ago. Pretty bad stuff, shouldn't have driven the truck in such dangerous conditions

 

No windshield wiper life

 

Agreed, there is some water like substance falling from the sky right now in SoCal. Winter storm 2018, We will rebuild.

 

I love those memes every time I see them

It's been raining on and off here for the last month basically every day and when it's not been raining it's been snowing haha
So everything on the truck is gross

 

I'm good with this rain stuff. I think they do it right on Mars.

Oh yeah, what would be the best place to get a 90* fitting for my King coilovers? I need the hose to pretty much point straight up.

 

Sounds like I left the desert just before the storm. That wind was not pleasant though.

 

man this thing is sick, got one this weekend helped out alot. had to learn how to drive my truck again the thing just want to go haha

 

fyi - tricky thing with King's is that they are pipe thread so you can't just clock fittings in unlimited directions

 

I saw that on another forum. I guess I could just order some from them / DSM or modify a generic one to fit the way I want...?

 

Yeah I had the same issue.....the OEM King’s you can clock in any direction though.