Drew02a's Build from South Texas

I have them front and rear. I initially bought them for tire clearance and for the wider stance's reduced chance of rollover. The only side effect was that they look sweet!

 

Well hell if as long as it is working out who cares.

 

you can tag out i'll be waiting at the turnbuckle sorry my buddy is watching the wrestling ppv here at my house this shit is hilarious but the chicks are hot

 

That shit just looks so fake when you watch it.

 

hmm... I think you need bigger tires now.

Looks good, can't wait to see if it tips over! It's so HIGH

 

get high then look at it

 

I am high...

 

sorry drew this is what happens when your gone for a day

 

Truck looks great Drew!

 

Truck looks awesome Drew. I bet you cant wait to go test it all out.

 

I definitely don't want bigger tires. I'd have to re-gear again, and these skinny tires are so light and awesome.

These pics were taken with the sway bar on. I'll get WAY more flex with it removed. Then it won't roll so much.

I'm sure you know the feeling

Thanks for letting me pick up those bars the other night. I think I'm gonna take the rack with me to Long Ranch so I can mount a tarp off the back of my truck.

 

We should go back & box in the opening where we cut the frame. Maybe just leave a drain hole.

 

I don't think boxing it in will add anything. The drop bracket is supper stout and ties into the rest of the frame really well.

When I went to go get my (lifetime) alignment done at Firestone, the guy said I must have hit something REAL big, lol

 

Where are you ordering your Spidertrax from? I want to order mine today. I'm going to call the place where I order them from to make SURE they have them in stock, so I don't have to wait forever to get them...

 

I got them in Andy's group buy.

Boo to swampers on my DD

 

Ok cool, well I didn't have the money then, but I've got it now, so I can finally order them!

 

I finally organized the pictures of the epic RCD drop bracket lift installation that took place at Keith's shop on Saturday.


Rob and Keith getting it done while I assemble the new shocks



Rob cutting the crossmember with the grinder



All done and ready for paint



This is the dirt that came out of the crossmember, lol



The rear drop bracket going in



Comparison photo of the old spindle and new



Suspension assembled. That is one long coilover assembly. Once assembled I compared it to the 6" spacer setup I got from Andy Both measured 28", so I went with the new ones so I'd have a bigger shock volume.



All done, and a little dirty. Maybe I should wash my truck more often Measured ground to fender at the wheel center line. It was 44" front and 43" rear, but the front has settled a little already.



When I got home I decided to paint these chrome bars black



Also installed the skid plate. It kinda suck that it hangs down 2" below the bracket, but it's better than leaving the diff exposed. For comparison I measured ground clearance font and rear. In the front, the drop bracket is 14" off the ground and the skid plate was 12". In the rear, the axel tube is 14" off the ground, and the diff is 10".

 

Forgot to mention, I put a 3/4" spacer on top of my coilovers since the kit was supposed to be 5-6" and my rear was already at about 7". At first I thought I might have to take it out because the front was about 1" higher, but it has settled and is level now.

I'm really happy with the results. This kit lowers the diff more than it lowers which means I can get the best possible ground clearance. I plan to get a custom skid plate so it's smooth front to back.

 

^^^Awesome! Looks good, can't wait to see it in action this weekend!

 

Looks great Drew.