The Lair

How bout you clean that Bilstein a little. It doesn't look as nice as the Kong.

 

aren't they suppose to by in a box on their way to B? or were those the fronts? its hard to keep up with all the changes on this budget build

 

Yep!!

Those are the fronts. I really need to mail those out.....

 

Cross posting what I learned today.

PSA: If you’re going to be running any sort of shock relocate, get the poly bushings if you keep stock shackles.

This may not be news to all, but I was blown away how much stock bushings limit droop. I jacked my truck up, unbolted the lower shock mounts and let it droop out. It was right inline with the b110 at full droop, just like my friend aith the same leafs and stock rear hangers. I was really disappointed I didn’t get the extra droop like advertised.

Then I noticed my shackle angle (this is full droop)






Those bastards should be horizontal. So I loosened the bolt holding the shackle to the hanger. Drooped all the way out to horizontal, which lowered tires another 4” or so. I was so damn happy.





Again, this may not be news to all but I wanted to share.

 

Obviously all over my head, but it's still way cool, and helps me learn.

So now the leafs are functioning correctly? What does that mean for up travel?

 

It just means I’ll have a full range of motion!

The bushing in the shackle (that part on the back that pivots) was binding up. It’s OEM and the OEM bushing isn’t designed for that large of a range of motion. That’s why loosening the bolt “fixed” it.

The real fix is to replace them with polyurethane bushings (like what’s in our JBA) so they don’t bind. I have some ready to go in.

 

Ahh cool! Thanks. So what if I replaced my bushings? Or anyone did?

 

The only people to really benefit from it would be those that relocate the rear shock and have a bunch of extra travel over stock. You wouldn’t benefit any, but nothing bad would come of it.

 

Good to know. Thanks.

 

I see you have the Christmas decorations out for Christmas in July. Damn Randall you are early homie

 

Gotta be prepared homie!

 

You guys and your avatars trying to confuse us old folks

 

Taco Sauce To The Rescue!

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/02/us/oregon-snow-taco-sauce/index.html

 

went to get gas, got stuck in some snow and fell asleep? wtf haha how does that even happen hahaha

 

Don't forget to get them nitrogen filled! Mine say fill to 150 psi

 

I would think helium would add more lift, no?

 

Hey Randall @EatSleepTacos , if you don't mind, I'm inviting a sorta new guy over to ask some questions about trail suspension improvements. @emmett is his forum name.

 

Better for water crossings