Long Travel BS Thread

Should take less than an hour to flop the UCAs.

If that is too hard / too much, save yourself some prolonged heartbreak and just sell the kit now. If you use the truck for what the kit is built for, expect problems that far exceed this.

Not trying to be a dick, just straightforward and honest. If I knew what I know now, I'd have a stock truck and a Polaris RZR. But I didn't - and I've learned a lot in the process. Some of it the hard way.

 

anything with the rust inhibitor goodness

 

This^

 

I use this stuff after a couple of coats of primer. Works great. http://www.eastwood.com/extreme-chasis-black-satin-finish-set.html.

 

got this thing rolling. making the rear shock towers now. what do you guys think? tundy rear end not spacers lol yes i know the bumps are close. i need to adjust the ride height

 

Welding the gussets on isn't where the cost is. The fact that we need to completely pull apart the suspension, prep the are to weld, and then reinstall the kit is where the cost is. If we were doing the installation it would have only ran a $100 or so to weld in the gussets while everything was apart.

 

BAM!

 

My thoughts exactly.

 

You probably should have had dirtking install the kit....lol

 

I know I know I fucked this whole project up haha I'm glad I did it though I learned alot now to give it to you guys to do the work correctly. Guess I'm just mad at myself for failing

 

you already put it together, mise well fix it yourself dude.
it wont be that hard!

 

Yeah man we all had to start somewhere. Learn from your mistakes

 

Lord knows i have made plenty on my truck, but from every mistake, you learn something.

I bet now you will double check what side the arms go on before install

just like how i have learned to proberly torque and thread lock the lower ball joints.... LOL

 

I'm new at the long travel stuff. For the last year I've been stalking and taking notes from here and other builds. You learn a lot from everywhere. I've taken so many snap shots on my phone of a bunch of tips of what to do and not to do. If it wan't for these threads there is no way I could do the stuff I've been doing. I appreciate the info.

 

Yea man my truck has been a series of expensive lessons. I love it though.

Next build will go so much smoother applying lessons learned. I always try to share those lessons; so that maybe some other new guy will not have to go through what I did.

 

Thanks guys I appreciate all the help and I learned alot of what to do and not to do with this install so at least I tried I'm having them do it because they have to pull it all apart to get the gussets on there the guys at dirt king are awesome and a huge help with all questions regardless how stupid highly recommended

 

Truck looks good! anymore pics??

 

I haven't been around in a long time, but I have a question for the Gurus. Is it possible to use a kit like this:
http://www.lowrangeoffroad.com/chevy-spring-swap-kit-ultimate-low-range-off-road.html

As a base to swap to 63" Chevy springs?

 

That specific kit wouldn't work with you because your frame tapers in. Would only really work with a pick up or first gen