Long Travel BS Thread

less backspacing= tires stick out further

 

http://vimeo.com/53673455

 

Myself and a few of my buddies have the steel bead locks on our crawlers. Never have any problems with them..

I orderd them through Tech Tim at pirate4x4 and was able to pick them up at the warehouse so I didn't have to pay for shipping

 

I dont know how allied is but if you go thru the right person you can get them cut to the BS you need. I was able to do that thru Method and get them @4.5 BS

 

So I never cycled for limit strap squish when I first put the front kit on, then it realized the buckles might bind into each other at full bump, I did a coil swap and cycled the arms when it was torn apart and it was for sure an issue. Thats what i get for mounting them so far up the arm, that and too much stretch. oh well.
Here's my band-aid solution. Running it.

 

Simple, yet effective. Nicely done

 

Yes, I have the addicts with 4.5'' BS.

Hmm, I'll have to hit allied up when the times for the beadlocks to see if they can cut them with 4-4.5'' backspacing. I'd like to keep my trackwidth as is.

 

Any of you guys with dual vertical tire carriers still run a hitch? I'd like to keep my high clearance hitch but move to a tube bumper / dual vertical tire carrier.

Really don't want to weld the hitch to the bumper, since I plan on towing with it and would feel safer with something originally designed to tow with.

 

Anyone put limit straps on allpro LT? Contrary to what they say, it is needed. Well for walker Evans shocks at least. They say they're internally limited correctly, but that's not true. Wondering what setup to go with. I don't really want to weld the LCA. I was thinking of looping a long limit strap through the LCA somewhere and having the ends feed back to eachother. And then something to keep tension on them during times of compression or just at idle, to avoid them hanging down. Any better ideas out there?

 

Just attach the end of the limit strap to the one of the through bolt for the Coilover. Done

 

That may work. But there's not any extra there. Of I find a longer bolt that may work!

 

KR put a hitch on my tire carrier/rear bumper:




not as strong as the stock hitch but I've yanked class ones without a problem

 

Yeah a longer bolt maybe required.
But that's the best way to do it.

Limit straps aren't really designed to be looped and have forces besides straight tension

 

Ahhhhh I didn't think about that. Well that's exactly why I came to this thread.

 

Thanks Aaron. Thing is, a small toy hauler (4-5,000 loaded) may be in my future and I want to be able to tow it, but I want to run dual vertical spares as well. Might have to just run the spares a little more forward I guess.

I plan on making a second set of bumpstops that will slide into the bump cans and will provide a mount for some firestone airbags.

 

need to make a trip up there. looks like a blast.

 

Damn RJ going big! Time for a cage.

 

Carlos was mashing the dunes today in that beast of a dodge! So badass!

And yeah RJ was too! He does need a cage fo sho!