Squeaky Penguin's 2nd Gen Build - Take 2

Almost done with my dual Viair 425c install. Waiting on an 1/8npt adapter for the pressure switch, and then I need to decide what I want to do for switches, and I'll permanently mount the relays on the firewall.

It was a tight fight getting both compressors in here. Had to remove the unused welded on bracket, and relocate that little electrical thing to the firewall. Very pleased with how it turned out though.

 

Are you scavenging shit off the old truck or all new stuff?

 

All new. I only have a single Viair 400 on the old truck, so this should be better than double.

 

Compressor install done minus a switch. Airs up a little 265 from 16 to 32 in a minute and half without the engine running, and thats at my house at 6,700' ASL. So I'd call that a win.

Also added an A plan ram mount and a ram mount adapter for my FTM400 faceplate. Might change up the arm to get it back a little further.

 

I had to use a double socket arm there on my Garmin to make it even with the ball instead of sticking out.

 

In Sedona riding bikes, but snuck in a broken arrow hot lap.

 

Damn that looks awesome!

 

Alcan leafs + ubolt flip + super bumps + poly shackle bushings w/grease zerks. Just waiting on the foxes and the rear should be done. Thanks @Night Eagle for the help!






So happy to be rid of the bro lean.

 

White Rim Trail last week reminded me that I'm an idiot and didn't even put on superbumps or anything before the trip fully loaded and ... my bump stops are polished now.

Why the Alcan vs Deaver or other?
Are you planning on the Hammer/BAMF hangers at some point?

 

They were quite a bit cheaper than the Deavers, especially being I picked them up. Also got them built to my exact specs, which doesn't exactly fit in one of the Deaver U402 stages. Was also happy with the Alcan's on my 1st gen, so had no qualms on buying another set. Looked into the Icon's, but I think I would be on the upper limits of what they're good for, and Dakars are a no go, besides that didn't really look into other options.


Not planning on replacing the shackle hangers at this point, not the goal of this build at the moment. If/when I bend the stock ones playing in the rocks, I'll swap them out.

 

You will bend the pretty fast. They aren't quite warm butter but they are thawing butter.

 

I wonder if Archive Garage would do a group buy and we can all do an air-chisel MOD day since that's the hardest part of removing the old hangers…

 

I don't plan on slamming the whole truck down onto the shackle hangers like you did on behind the rocks.

It's not as bad as it's made out to be.

 

They only got bent a little bit that time. It took a couple years to get really bad. @teamhypoxia has the worst I have seen.

 

Getting them off really wasn't that bad. When Brett and I did mine the first one was the hardest because we were figuring it out. The second came off pretty quick.

 

I'm ignorant regarding spring pack builds. What kind of info did you provide to Alcan, exactly? Amnt of lift, shocks, quality, droop needs? Alcan seems like a good, local option I wouldn't mind looking into.

If you ever pursue a group buy with Archive, I would be in for hammer hangers.

 

Best bet is weighing your truck, including front and rear axle weights, and giving that info to Alcan. That's what I did on the 1st gen. For this one where I don't have the exact weight as I'm not done building, I gave them an estimated guess on how much weight over stock I would have. Hopefully I got in the ballpark.

Then just tell them whatever lift amount you want.

Travel/droop is determined by the spring length, so no changes can really be made there.

 

Got tired of waiting for my coilovers, so got a bit of a head start on my front suspension. Spindle gussets and SPCs are in. Will wait a bit longer to see if the shocks show before diving into the lowers, cam bolts, and limit straps.






Also got the compressor and Ham finalized.

 

coming together nicely so far

 

Thanks Bob!

It's so much easier when you know what you're doing and know what the end goal is.