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

How often do you guys tighten up the emf joints on the upper and lower control arms?

 

You talking adding to the bedsides to make them wider?

 

jd fab UCAs and king 2.5s just went on

 

No, I still gotta install my bedsides. Been putting it off. I’m talking about the gap from the end point of the bumper to the end point of the flair on the fender like below.

 

Ah got it. Yeah I hate the way that looks too. Mine was the same. I have cut fenders so I just tried to taper them a little so it looked better. Still isn’t great though.

I was going to say if it was the rear instead of adding you could have just flared the stick bed a bit. Took a page from my stanced days and used a baseball bat to pull the bed out. Got a 2” flare that way.

 

Something along the lines of this. Obviously more than one way to achieve similar results. My bolt on Pelfreybilt sliders interfered with the frame brace so I cut and modified. Welded the back leg straight to the frame brace. Technically still “bolt on” but I have no intention in taking them off again.

 

Love the new SUA frame brace and shock mounts

 

Has there been a change to the plate at the top of the shock mount?

 

No, I made custom ones for this truck

 

groundhogs day again… @81Trekker

what would be the main deference in your nylon rack bushings vs the energy suspension poly ones?
Mainly wondering about material, as I know yours comes with shanked bolts.

 

Well the energy ones are crap to begin with. Better off with whiteline

 

So, I’m assuming I probably need to call the shop for this question, but if someone has the spring under kit sitting in a box waiting for shocks, what would need to be done to get the frame brace.

 

Did read that the ES ones deform quick. Now I’m reading that whiteline ones have spotty fitment lol
By process of elimination, I think I’ll go with jd’s ones and a Napa lifetime rack

 

where did you read this? Not sure if I missed it in this thread. I've had the ES bushings... junk and lots of problems... replaced with whiteline and 1/2" grade 8 bolts and reamed sleeves...and it was like magic - all my steering issues were gone (had rack shifting laterally as well as clunking in steering wheel but never any play in steering). I'm curious to hear what is the spotty fitment of Whiteline - if it has to do with the bushing itself, or the sleeve being loose on the 11mm shank of the oem rack bolts.

 

It was in some other thread I read, from like 2019 or something. The bushings were loose in the rack or something. Just one guy it seemed

 

There are two different size bushings in some racks for whatever reason. Our kit includes both bushing sizes so it will work no matter what you have

 

Actually making new ones for mine right now. I’ll be landing tube from the cage on them and had to clean it up. It’s not that involved to make nice fitting ones!

 

Thank you to Harry for answering all of my questions through the installs and everyone else with advice throughout. I don’t have a forklift that can lift each corner so dirt pile pics will have to do. Can’t wait to get it out for some fun in the woods, but loving it so far.

 

What did you go with? Pivots, UCA, & SUA?