DJM 2nd Gen C-Notch Tips

Here are a few tips to make your C-Notching experience less painful.



I ground down the rivets that held on the factory bump stops flat. Even then I could not punch them out of the frame even with an air chisel. I drilled out the ones on the sides. I left the two underneath in the frame and just ground them flat. I sprayed all bare metal with black Rust-Oleum. Using the supplied template I lined it up using the existing bolt holes and marked my cuts. I used a Sawzall. To make the horizontal cuts I used a cutoff wheel to make a slit just big enough so my Sawzall blade could fit then finished the cut with the Sawzall. It's better to make the cuts a little bigger so the plate from DJM will slide right into place. Clean up the cuts with a grinder and paint all bare metal.



I bolted up the plate from DJM using the existing holes and supplied bolts, drilled pilot holes, then drilled the 1/2" holes. Buy 2 new 1/2" drill bits (one for each side). New bits cut a lot faster. Using lubricant when drilling helps as well.



Tap the threaded hole for the bumpstop before installing it. The powder coating makes it difficult to screw in if you don't clean it up. If it's difficult to screw in stop and clean up the hole. If the bumpstop gets stuck it will be difficult to remove. It will just spin in the polyurethane. Good luck!

 

And loc-tite that bump in too, nice job.