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

Don’t strap your shocks. Hit something gnarly and blow them out. Be a man.

 

Sure, but the skills required to assemble and weld the LCA kit and a cage are vastly different. One of these jobs could be done by a fair amount of us with a welder in our garage/shop, the other I would only trust to a few guys on this whole site.

 

Have you seen the 4x cage yikes. Even I'd be worried in it. Nice one on the short jokes though.

 

Hell I almost fucked my truck up trying to dive into the 62 swap with little foresight (because I was excited and impatient). More or less I tried to pull everything apart and the leaf spring bolt seized in the bushing sleeve (as per always it seems...) and I had my truck stuck on jackstands till I could figure out how to cut a grade 8 bolt out and put the truck back on its wheels. Did I mention it was pouring rain when the forecast said it'd be sunny....
Anyways TL: DR it's easy to rush into these big projects and get in over your head if you're not careful.

 

I can never resist. One of these days we'll get a photo at Windrock and it'll look like

 

The only other way to weld the top of the tubes besides leaning and lowering the legs through the floor would be to cut the roof off. Just raising and lowering the cab wouldn't get it. That's also why it's not for everyone just like all the other stuff they sell its much more advanced. You can either make things for the masses or you can make things for the true enthusiasts. JD is geared more towards the latter.

 

Just put cores in the mail and ordered 934 axles. Here we go.

 

No I mean the gusset for the piece of frame that connects to my he motor mount
I jumped my truck and it caused the motor mount the tear the frame

 

On the 3rd gen???? Cuz I've jumped mine a ton and never checked. LOL

 

very common problem with the 05-07’s the motor mounts were one of the frame changes made in either 07 or 08. i used solo motorsport motor mount gussets but the minute i opened the box felt stupid for spending the $ because i could have just templated and cut them out of plate myself. just three simple pieces to box in the motor mount that’s all it is.

 

Finally got around to making a new skid. Really like how it all flows into the pivots. Once I do the LT and likely fiberglass I will build a new bumper and do the tuck.

 

this is slick as hell. Need to remember this.

 

I’ve got some kinks to workout but first shakedown with the 2.25 kit was a success.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ4Z7H9D1tA/

 

How big of an improvement in ride quality? Sure does flex nice!

 

Are those roost guards for the rear shocks?

 

Yes they are. I was going through a set of shafts a year from rock spray. I cut down some old flaps I had and it seems to have solved the issue.

 

Very cool. It took me one trip out with my new shocks on a long gravel section to start trashing mine, and since then I’ve been using some generic shock boots that I cut to ride height. Been on for the past 5 or 6 and have been working out very well. Doesn’t take much to start pitting them.

 

This is exactly why I’d never offer a WIY cage, I’d end up spending half my life on the phone trying to explain to people how exactly to do it and even still most will get in over their heads and then I’ll be to blame

 

Over the mid travel kings, on road I can’t tell a difference aside from the body roll due to 500 lb coils vs 600. Off road, it’s great. Articulates so easily with these butter soft coils as well as soaks up the little bumps. Gonna have to give it more time for a better determination off-road. Overall though, the kit is well worth it.