Fitting 35’s with minimal trimming NOW ADDING LONG TRAVEL AND 934 CV’s

So what are you guys doing for the radiator support pretty much falling apart on the 3rd gen? Mine is strait up fucked and the fender isn't even close to aligned anymore

 

Waiting on the JD inner fenders then will build something off that. Others are patching and welding the cracking. Most of it all is one off stuff.

 

Patiently waiting for JD to drop their inner fenders. Probably will replace the core support. I’m going back to oem body and radiator support mounts. Moving as much weight off the core support and inner fenders as possible. Work on stiffening up frame twist which I think contributes a lot it. I’m on a 2nd gen though. @Airdog ripped his out and placed with tube.

 

Yes the weight and frame twist are 2 big contributors. My battery is moving to the rear and every non essential thing is coming off the front. The other part is tackling the frame twist.

 

With the inner fender kit you will be able to keep your battery up front. the integrated battery support and battery tray looked super beefy to me. I could be wrong but the inner fenders look like they are made out of 10 ga plate...so roughly 4-6 x thicker than the OE inners.

 

I want to clean up the engine bay some as well. Trying to shift some weight around a bit. Yes you are correct the JD inner fenders are way more than adequate to hold the battery.

 

Would running the poly bushing on the radiator support and the front cab mount accelerate the cracking as it forces the body to flex with the frame? I tried to take some pics but its hard to get a angle that shows anything

 

Potentially but........I've seen the same damage on trucks with stock bushings. I think the biggest contributor is how hard you push it.

 

Way to hard for not being long travel. Lol

 

You can weld a plate in back of that area and stop the cracking there. Won't stop the cracking else where though. 3rd gen doesn't have as much sheet metal down below the headlight but it can still be beefed up. This was my 2nd gen from a couple years ago and never got any more cracks below the headlights.

 

Poly seemed to accelerate mine.

 

Same. I did the poly fronts about a year ago. Had some cracks but nothing major. Then I did the cab mount relocation and it's now getting ripped to shreds

 

I’ll just leave these here...

 

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How much modification to the original structure was needed to facilitate the bolts?

 

You just cut the old shit off right after the seam, match drill some holes and bolt it in

 

I only asked because there looks like a bit of tube steel there that i assume is your cage coming through the fire wall that it's partially bolted to.