1st Gen on 37's, Long Travel. Completion Date: TBD

Getting there, slowly

 

Not as far as I'd like...

 

Can anyone help me out? The uca is hitting the reservoir hose and I can't turn it enough to clear with out the fittings hitting the upper spring perch

 

Fixed the ^ issue

 

After way too much bs the passenger side is done with the driver soon to follow

 

The suspension hasn't settled down all the way yet, but passenger side is all but finished

 

Don't think that top mount on the shock is correct. The bolt needs to be roughly parallel with the axle the UCA rotates around.

 

It is, I called solo motorsports to confirm that this is the correct orientation. The upper mount can rotate around the misalingment spacers

If i run into issues ill need to get a new reservoir hose so the upper mount can be turned to its original position, but for now i just need it to be drive-able to work and back. It doesnt have appropriate bump control either, the stock bumps need spacers to do anything the way they are mounted currently so it'll only see street use till everything is corrected, but thanks for the advice

EDIT: See the following posts, i changed the orientation and fittings so now its inline as stated here

 

She lives, need an alignment, but the car parked behind doesn't run so I'm stuck in the garage for now

 

That shit is so wide! Looks sic! Nice work. You have any pics of the suspension now that it's sitting on the ground again?

 

ya, 83" outside tire to outside tire

I can go and take some more, it will come down a bit after i take it around the block because it hasnt settled yet, still basically at the height it was on jack stands

 

When do you get to jump it?

 

need to fix the bump stops first, either get the tc spacers or make my own to space the stock bumps down or get air bumps sooner than later

 

More pics per request

 

Hell yeah! That came out awesome! Did you repaint your frame?

 

Only the parts where I ground the paint off for welding, it was just that dirty that a wipe down did that

 

Well no alignment shop anywhere near me was willing to touch my truck, so i used jberry's method and set an alignment used angle finders and tape measures.
Also have new reservoir hoses on the way so I can swing my shock body more forward and pull some preload out because it sits way up there and i cant get it lower without hitting the coil nut (again...)


Photo taken prealingment

 

those are the solo spindles right?

 

correct, the 3" lift spindles

 

Finally time to change the reservoirs