Long Travel BS Thread

Yet you left the bed mounts...are you really putting the stock fiberglass bed back on?

 

Yes this is still my grocery getter

I have a 86 that is gonna get the works.

 

Tube is so mainstream lol jk

Looks great dude!

 

Tubes are for the 99%

 

Looks good. Have you put a tire on and fully articulated the suspension to make sure the tire will not rub? Looks like the lower mount is pretty far out on the axle.

 

I have not, but I guess that is what I am paying people for.

But this is custom fab, and they are only 50% done so far so there may need to be tweeks made.

 

I pay myself in beer and tug jobs

hahaha

 

X2 when my rear end was all said and done and the wheel went on, there was a huge "oh shit" moment haha. But luckily i had a set of spidertrax spacers that did the job perfectly.

 

Gotcha. You would be surprised how much it articulates. I am running temporary 2.0 and noticed a slight rub after taking the truck out for the first time after installing them.

 

I'm headed by there at lunch today so I will mention it!

 

Curious why they put the shocks off the top of the axle? could have got those towers way lower and lessened the side load leverage on the frame

same here, shea's 2.5" just barely touches at full articulation.

 

Don't know

Just posting pics

 

maybe less axle wrap idk but im curious to see this set-up in action

 

off the top would do nothing for axle wrap, off the side would. Its not a bad design i was just wondering why they did it that way

 

ohh my bad

 

Yup. That's why I mounted mine on the inside of the frame rails. I couldn't figure out how you guys were mounting them on the outside of the frame and not getting rub under articulation. Then it hit me, they do rub,lol.