Gone surfing...

The glass ? It is +6 front and rear and the fronts will likely need to be widened with the new +4 kit...

 

Ok I need to get my eyes checked..
definitely jelly of the truck

 

This makes me sad. Sure I’ll ship you my bumper...$250-$3 bills each way for some welds there I shouldn’t have had to worry about in the first place.

Trucks looking good dude. How’s your little one doing?

 

He’s doing great thanks ! He’s 7 months old technically but 4 months past his actual due date now. He’s weened off of his oxygen support and up to 12 lbs now

 

Couple of small truck updates :

Installed an Artec battery box rattle canned with Steelit and a new yellow top Optima, my last yellow top was 10+ years old and finally started to swell and crack a bit...still worked just started looking like a time bomb LOL. My OE battery platform was rubbed pretty raw and had some surface rust so I taped it off, ground it all down to bare metal, sealed it, hit it with self etching primer and a coat of silver Steelit :



Got these bad boys in the mail, install will wait til the weekend. 3 piece AGM billet and Delrin CO sliders. My king sliders tend to get twisted and bind on the threaded CO body because the coils themselves twist the slider. The longer body and billet outer on these hold the slider more square along the CO :



@81Trekker has officially started assembling my new +4 kit

 

+4 kit assembly by @81Trekker

 

Jesus ...

 

More weld porn...

 

+4 kit from JD Fab being mocked up and cycled today, looks to cycle 15”

 

How much clearance between the axleshaft and the LCA looks like they are touching in the pic. That's a pretty good amount with stock orientation uniballs! Impressive.

 

sorry forgot to reply, it was a solid 1/2”

 

Mock up and final tweaks all complete, everything is on its way to powdercoat

 

I figured it was the angle and shadowing not showing it well. Thanks

 

I recognize that wheel well.

 

...and it begins

JD Fab +4 kit
JD Fab 934 cv’s
JD Fab bypass hoop kit
King free bleed bypasses and hydro bumps
JD Fab LCA tab kit
JD Fab gusseted spindles w/ double sheer steering
JD Fab heim’d slide rack steering
JD Fab Howe steering pump swap
Chopping front cross member
Widening front bumper to match +6 glass and reworking it to tie into mod front cross member
Widening rear bumper to match +6 glass
Mod sliders to fit +6 glass
Custom bed rails for camper shell

 

wait, who's making all the parts? I didn't see that in your post. haha

wtg, doing it right.

 

Progress pics from JD Fab :

LCA tab kit going in and the frame being cut out for the slide steer kit. All of the frame cuts get fully boxed in later in the install :



New bypass hoops :



New bypass hoops and my Solo double sheer kit is being cut out and replaced with the JD Fab double sheer kit :

 

More progress pics from @81Trekker at JD Fab :

In this pic you can see the new bypass hoops, new double shear kit, LCA tab kit and as an added touch they are grinding off the OE Dana chassis welds and correcting them. In addition to chopping off the low hanging front bumper cross member he is strengthening the entire front of the frame to properly support winching. First step was to plate the front crumple zone :



Here you can see that the whole lower portion of the CBI bumper has been chopped off to match the front frame chop. It will be re plated to match and integrate with the new skid plate that ties into the JD Fab LCA tab kit :



Here you can see the strengthening plate, next the OE bumper mounts will be chopped off and a new front crossmember will be installed so that the bumper will have double the mounting points as the OE set up and all with grade 8 hardware. You can also see where he has strengthened the core support mount :