Slodgetto's Green Dragon 4x4 Conversion Build

Lol yeah... I'll know in a few days if they'll settle enough

 

so wait what happened that your CAa and cvs are at such bad angles? you bump up the spring perch? new coils? because of the bushings?

 

Hey Silas if you want to put a diff drop on your truck let me know. I still have mine from the swap.

 

Yeah, I was only sitting at 2" of lift up front with the billies and eibachs on the bottom level, so I bumped them up to the middle perch to theoretically gain 1 more inch of lift.

 

Thanks, man, but I think I could make one pretty easily with a few washers

 

I wish there was a .75 notch. That woulda been much much better. 1" on the billies with the eibachs really makes close to 4" lift or more cause the eibachs are so long.

 

how are you only at 3" of lift? those things are supposed to be 3 with a bumper

 

When you do a lot of wheeling it puts a lot more stress on them, wearing them out quicker.

 

Well ya I got that, but it dropped a whole inch? He hasn't even had em that long.

 

I don't know what to tell you, that's what happened though.

 

Don't forget 1/4" skids. Heavy shit right there.

 

1/4", no big deal

 

Yeah, I wish there was a .75 notch as well....

Don't know what to tell ya, but my hub to fender measurements (of course keeping in mind that I've removed 2") were consistently 1-1.25" shorter then other guys with the exact same front set-up.

I've had 'em for about 2 years, now..... and a 2nd gen had them on his truck for about 8,000 miles (I'm the second owner), I've got a lot of weight up front, and I wheel in the rocks a lot which means a lot of cycling...

 

Three things I notice in this thread.

1. It's still IFS.
2. See #1
3. ?????

 

Getting stuff done. With Tom's help, got the CB tuned today! Got some nice numbers with the 3' antenna with 1.2 at ch1, 1 at ch20, and 1.4 at ch40.


Updated Moab List:
1. Replace upper and lower control arm bushings--DONE
2. Preload front coils another inch--DONE
3. Alignment
4. Rebuild Spare CV axles and obtain more spare parts--in progress
5. Oil change--in progress
6. Change Gear Oil--DONE
7. Re-do rear bump stops to create more forced articulation (i.e. move bumps inboard several inches)
8. Spare tire Mount
9. Rock Lights
11. Install CB--DONE
12. Tune CB--DONE
13. Diff Drop--in progress

And for reference, my hub to fender measurement was 25" at the lowest setting, and they're at 26.5" right now... which puts me at 3.5" of lift. I think it just looks like more since I cut out 2" form the fenders... So I'm hoping they'll settle a half inch once I get the skids on and after a few more days of weight on them to get 3".

Once they settle, and I get a diff drop on, I think the CV angles will be plenty acceptable for manual hubs. But yeah, they ain't great right now.




rawr

 

I'VE PUT TOO MUCH MONEY INTO IT AT THIS POINT. I'LL WAIT A FEW YEARS, RESEARCH EVEN MORE, AND BEGIN TO SAC ANOTHER TACO TO KINGDOM COME THE DAY I DRIVE IT HOME.

 

Yeah, you'll probably be fine once you get skids on and a diff drop in.

 

and I'm in love with the new stance. Finally level!!!!!!!!! haha

 

Haha nice, can't wait to see this thing.

 

you're fucked

manual hubs ftw, wish i had some