Long Travel BS Thread

i decided im gonna go the smart way

 

the RIGHT place to be spending money on a desert truck is in safety Not glass or a paint job or even shocks. You can have a center mount front end and linked rear but when you crash and cheaped out on your cage and you either die or are fucked up it it will make you wished you had invested the money.

 

Flowmaster 40 modified with a 2" holesaw through the baffles dumped under the cab.

 

Says the guy without a cage. Wanna borrow my bender?

 

hahaha +1

 

Anyone have some dimple dies they would be willing to "rent" me?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dimp...temZ260821156679QQptZLHQ5fDefaultDomainQ5f100

You can get a lot done with a single 1.5" die, for $79.99 it would be hard to rent for that.

 

what do you guys think about this?? i jewed him down to 200 shipped. 22 gallon fuel cell. .......

he doesnt know the brand, he said the rist on the side is just surface and is perfectly fine. he said has bladder, foam, amd mounting brackets. measurments.... 26 wide 17.5 tall and 17.75 depth

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1 3/4" .120 wall USA DOM is $5.17 per foot at http://www.industrialmetalsupply.com/Locations/Phoenix-Metal

 

is it stamped USA?

 

Im not sure what the stamp says. I just called and verified, they said it is made in Minnesota

 

hmm.....

mm....
im confused, im going to go to the shop sometime this week and go over more details

 

Yeah she looked it up on her computer. She said the origin of the metal is Minnesota. So I would assume that means its USA DOM. Im confused too. Good thing your going first I am going there today to get some plate. I will see if I can get a photo of a piece of DOM

 

yeah dude that would help alot.

 

That's an RCI budget cell. New the 22 gallon ones are $212. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/RCI-1222C/

I used to work for Fuel Safe, and saw first hand the beautiful flameballs RCI's make on impact, it's spectacular. We're all on a budget man, but consider a used fuel safe cell or an ATL sportsman at least. You can pick them up used for pretty cheap on RDC.

 

^^^ thank you alot logan thats the information i was looking for!

 

i didnt know your truck was stock at one point...lol

smart man

 

I've seen some LT trucks with what looks like positive camber on the front wheels, is this to compensate for the angle of the wheels changing as the wheel travels up? Are there suspension designs that are more or less prone to camber changing as the wheels move?

 

thats usually from the i-beam long travel trucks "dirty hooker lt"

why its like that i have no idea

 

Global warming..thats why..haha j/k..