First attempt at building a LT kit

So how much travel are you getting?

 

Like 3 feet but I use my dick measuring tape


12.75" Bumped & Strapped

 

you fabbed your front bumber right man if so how much would you charge to fab another

 

wouldnt your kit be concidered Mid travel? only 12.75" of travel bumped and strapped, you could not get 14-15-16" inches ??? still good job taking on a build like that, your truck still looks good

 

everyone thinks differently about long travel and mid travel. personally if the upper and lower arms are longer than stock thats long travel IMO.

most production kits thats 3.5 wider per side only get a little over 13

 

Some think so. Next kit is gonna be long travel for sure

This^^^ Plus mine are only 2.75" over perside

 

just a question, good job anyways

 

If you have anymore don't be afraid to ask

Thanks for the compliments!

 

so when is this new kit going to be started? real world time, not when you would like to do it haha

 

ohh im not, i love asking questions and calling people out on their bullsh*t

 

Done by august or bust

You must be from DR lol

 

Sorry if this has been addressed already but:

- Did you use mild steel or 4130 plate?

- What MIG wire? ER70S?

- Are those LCA spindle adapters hand-cut plate?

- Planning on using thicker wall tube for the LCA pivots next time?

 

Sorry if this has been addressed already but:

- Did you use mild steel or 4130 plate? Hot Rolled 3/16 & 1/4" mild

- What MIG wire? ER70S? I can't recall Its been so long since I last bought wire. I'll get back to you on that.

- Are those LCA spindle adapters hand-cut plate? Yes I cut them out of 1/2" mild and plated them with 1/4"x1" 4130 on its side but before that I used a 2-5/8" hole saw and a drill press to cut a hole the same size as the uniball cup.

- Planning on using thicker wall tube for the LCA pivots next time? Yes .25 wall tube or 1" uniballs either way I'm still going to wrap them with 1/8" steel

 

Thought about 4130 next time? You probably used ER70S-6 since it was mid steel. That 1/2" plate must have been fun to cut and hole through, haha! And yeah, beefier pivots would make a whole lot more sense.

I asked about the wire because I'm wondering about MIG welded 4130 suspensions with no heat treating/stress relieving. That's probably what I will be doing.

 

4130 is nice but since I wont be heat treating it I'll just stick with mild lots of shops build LT kits out of mild steel with no problems. I cut that 1/2" with a 4.5" grinder and a cut off wheel lol yeah lots of blade carnage also my drill press needed a new belt so it took about 15 mins per adapter of just strait drilling and lots of cutting fluid

 

1/2" with a cutoff wheel??? are you Chuck Norris?

 

Does your hole saw still have teeth? haha

Landon, do you have experience MIG'ing 4130? I hear ER70S-2 is a good wire

 

lol with a HF grinder at that.

 

ive used ER70S-2 Tig rod but dont think i have use the mig spool

 

yup hole is still fresh just no paint left lol

Just go slow about 400-500 RPM and lots of cutting fluid