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sounds like we'll have to get on the trails here soon to test out the new mods

 

did you get the promotion deal?

Buy any one (1) ARB Air Locker, locking differential and receive
one (1) ARB Compact Compressor (part number

$241 CKSA12 Air Compressor Compact On-Board 12 Volts DC, Designed Exclusively for ARB Air Lockers Locking Differentials

CKSA12) absolutely
FREE!

-OR-

Buy any two (2) ARB Air Locker, locking differentials and receive
one (1) ARB Hi-Output Compressor (part number

$323 CKMA12 On-Board Air Compressor High Performance 12 Volt for Air Locker Differentials and Tire Inflation

CKMA12) absolutely FREE!

Offer Valid: March 1st - May 31st, 2013

Promo Code: SPRING2013PROMO

 

Sounds like a plan!

I did get the

$323 ckma12 on-board air compressor high performance 12 volt for air locker differentials and tire inflation

ckma12. Only did the shock mounts because Scotty at addicted ( local shop) thought that I might need them if I do a u bolt flip. Guess we might find out otherwise when it gets up on the lift.

I was hoping you would say that

See I just prepaid through addicted. I will have to tell him that I should have some free stuff coming or at least a discount! Hopefully he is cool about that...

Edit- not sure I would qualify for that anyway since I wanted the bigger compressor. I guess I could have got the small one free, and then bought the bigger one, and then sold the smaller one

 

Is Scotty at addicted right? If I do a u bolt flip on my second gen, will that require me to put in new shock mounts? I haven't had a chance to look, but I didn't think that the u bolt bracket and the shock mount had anything to do with each other, other than they are close to one another. What about new bump stops? Will a u bolt flip make that tougher?

 

Got the skids on finally

 

Nice Job Travis!
Those look great.. Definitely wanna see in person. They seem to provide plenty of clearance...

 

Yeah we need to quit talking about it and actually meet up one of these days. I definitely lost some clearance in places, but what I lost there I gained in confidence that I don't have to worry about clearance so much anymore... to a point

 

You around this weekend? We can try and setup a quick meet & greet / beer:30 session on Fri Sat or Sun with some of the NoCo folks... We're supposed to get hit pretty hard with snow on Sat though...

 

I'll be in town until Friday afternoon. After that I will be going up to my cabin in Redfeather. If you have Friday off, maybe we can meet up in the morning at some point

 

They look awesome man! Did the hardware come with the skids or did you buy it seperately? Are those tamper-proof bolts?

 

Came with the skids. They are stainless Allen bolts. Not the strongest, but you can't find grade 8 with the rounded top like those. I will probably end up replacing a few

 

No worries then Travis...
I'm working today, so we can try and meet up in the next couple weeks.

Have fun up at your Cabin!

 

Addicted offroad called and they will be getting me in to do the locker, u bolt flip and maybe bumpstops next week. Would like to do the shackle flip while its there, but I don't think my rear shocks are long enough to make use of it.

Going Saturday to take some measurements and buy steel for my sliders. I hope we can start cutting pieces at that time too. Need to get these done before Moab, really the spring in general, otherwise that will be my limiting factor.

 

I found some wheels that I couldn't pass up. The only reason I got them is because I also found some lightly used tires for basically 1/2 of the new price. So all in all I got the wheels and 5 255/85 km2s for the price of 5 new km2s!

 

Nice! Those are good looking rims. You'll have to post of pic of the new wheels and tires.

 

Thanks, I have always loved those wheels. They will look good for a while, before I start banging them up on rocks! Thats why I made sure to get the flat black ones anyway, they will be easier to touch up with some rattle can paint once a year or so. I will post pics when I can. I was just getting ready to message you to thank you for the offer to get me the deal on tires. If I hadn't found such a smoking deal on these, I would have taken you up on it this week.

 

I can't blame you!

 

To do a u bolt flip (like the all pro u bolt flip kit) you do not need to relocate the shocks. The shocks are mounted to the axle. Generally you only need new shock mounts if you are doing a shackle flip, and you need longer rear shocks too.

There's a few ways of doing bump stops, but I did timbren bump stops on all pro flip kit. Worked great together.

 

Yeah I think the dude at the shop thought I said I wanted a shackle flip when I said u bolt flip. I hope that if I have them do their bolt flip kit that I can still do wheelers or timbren bumps. How urgent should new bumps be with my current mods? Are they only needed if you flip the u bolts?

 

Oh yeah the locker got pushed back until tomorrow no biggie though. Can't wheel until next weekend anyway