Long Travel BS Thread

Here is Rjs pic again. It is correct but doe not tell you the front would be on the right.Also looks upside down but whatever.


Not the best video but gives you an idea of what Aaron and Anthony are talking about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O503jIPFrUg

 

Well here is another thing to think about, when you have traditional shackles and you hit the gas it raises the rear end right? So if your shocks are mounted on the front of the axle, when you hit the gas it droops and extends the shock, the axle trying to wrap is compressing the shock. Isnt your shock kinda useless now for using it to control axle wrap? If the shock is off the rear, the shock extends on accel because of droop, AND it extends when trying to fight axle wrap, instead of fighting each other

These are just theories but I have my shocks mounted about 7" off the back of the axle (TC style) and I have zero axle wrap

 

I do have to remove the bed to weld the Built Right shock towers onto the frame and cut holes in the bed.

But shit Im not going to wait for bed sides. My front is still stock so I wont be wheeling to hard.

 

So your shock mounts vary do to shackle set-up. Makes sense

 

painting bedsides suckssss, they never come out as good as expected

 

x2! So sick!

Didnt you see this thing in person?

I bet he runs the baja then takes the kids to soccer pratice in that thing

Looks pretty good to me, dude!

 

it looks good i the pics, but theres dark sports when you look at it from behind, you like my new level-ish ride height? ahaha

 

haha yeah man, i met him out in the middle of the dez randomly. it's a pretty sweet setup.

 

did a quick little gorman trip today and i hit my valving right on the head i think for how i drive! super stoked that i didnt fuck anything up rebuilding them yesterday..

two questions

where can i get my shocks charged at for future notice?

and where are you guys mounting your race radios and antennas? can i mount the antenna on my bedcage? i got a spare light mount

i may be getting one via good deal

 

you didnt drive in gorman with no nitro.... right?

 

right..

they were charged withen 15 minutes of me finishing rebuilding them

EDIT:

im stupid
but not that stupid

 

haha ok just checking lol...i know here in sb its really hard to find someone to charge them. if it was easier i would revalve right now.

 

Dirty Dangler in Off-Road again

 

Exactly. The tires rotate forward and, equal but opposite reaction, the axle rotates back

That is the perfect video to explain it

 

How can I fix my bedside paint!? Its super spotty and really rough in some spots ...the paint is darker on the rough spots ...I know I had enough colormatch paint , maybe I should have used lighter primer?

 

Im not going to lie, it doesn't look good at all but it is a truck. It looks quite a bit darker and not evenly coated. If it were me I would probably sand them and start over.

What primer did you use? Don't the bedsides come pre primered?

 

They come with a gelcoat ...dark grey duplicator primer ...I'm gonna complain to duplicator and see if they will give me paint for free haha

 

EDIT: Not worth it.

 

Try a white primer

 

could be worse...............