Long Travel BS Thread

Ill keep the stock tank too with 4 link, it will be moved were the spare tire was

 

Almost finished with shock towers, what do you guys think?

 

I hope you plan on connecting to the frame in a lot more places

 

are you gunna plate the frame while you are at it?

 

They will connect the cage to the frame, how is yours connected to the frame?

Yup, where lower links mount and bump stops

 

6 places

 

I'm trying to wrap my head around those massive plate shock mounts, but can't come up with anything. Gargantuan is an understatement.

 

Got to be honest this whole trend of plate shock towers has me completely baffled....

 

Nice, how are your shocks mounted

haha, they are massive shock towers

whys that?

 

Shock Vaults, as it seems.

 

Mine will be chopped off beginning of July when my bedcage is redone.

 

What's wrong with your bedcage?

 

Nothing wrong with it, just not ideal to tie into the cab cage.

 

What distance are the dmz guys running from the inner face of the drum backing plate to the center of the lower shock mount? I am trying to fit 3.0s with the lower mount centered on the spring perch and already notched the frame about 1-1/8" and still need to kick the shocks out towards the tire to clear so I'm thinking on moving the lower mount closer to the tire? How close are you guys setting it up? Don't want to catch the tire on a bypass tube in gnarticulation

 

with my 2.5x16 triples, i am 5 and 5/8 inches from back of drum at the housing to center of lower shock mount.

 

Wheels with less backspacing would give you a lot more room to move out toward the tire, but would make the truck wider as well.

 

I am running Kmc beadlock wheels with 4.5" back spacing, I moved the lower mount about an inch closer to the wheel and it clears better with plenty of room between the tubes and tire. I was basing my mount location from pictures on DMZ's website to try an do a similiar bed cage without loosing much bed space but looks like with 3.0s it is a different story lol

 

Seriously

3" on my set up.

 

Most guys run a 1.5" spacer on the rear to help with clearance as well. I did with my old DMZ setup with 2.5"x16 bypasses. It does take some work to run those big 3.0"s.