Long Travel BS Thread

So you're saying strap on the seat belts and make truck sounds. I do that in mine while I sit on a flipped over 5 gallon bucket

 

Uhhhh pretty sure he posted videos if the truck running. So...have fun on your 5 gallon bucket And the suspension is done. The cage is done And weve got a boat load of pictures of the (i agree, actually cool) spare tire swing thing. Just saying, lets get that thing on the road! Whats left?

 

Dont see anyone running the bilstein 9100 or their other high end shocks on their rigs. Their a reason for that? When i do my build i was thinking 9100s and bilstein bumps front and rear to change things up a bit.

 

9100s on your LT build? I dont see why not as long as the extended and compressed lengths are good and you can change the valving

 

Finished my Camburg install this weekend... Damn axles put me through the ringer but everything else seemed really straight forward lol couple questions. What are everyone's alignment numbers looking like? Truck drives incredibly straight? But my camber is a little crazy. Also, what do you guys use to clean parts? Took my old mid travel kit off (barely used) but still want to clean everything up to sell it. Any advice?

 

New Nitto Ridge Grappler, looks like it is Nitto's answer to the Toyo RT ...half way between the Nitto Terra and Trail :

http://www.trucktrend.com/news/1606-nitto-adds-new-ridge-grappler-to-tire-lineup/

 

Interesting! I was thinking on upgrading to the RT in 35s when my 34 AT2s die

 

i used brake clean to clean my mid travel. i think it can be hard on paint so just spray some in a rag and wipe whatever your cleaning mine turned out looking really good. as for the alignment i dont know my numbers i just had firestone do it but i thought you could just align it to factory specs.

 

well almost finished boxing the rear frame today but ran out of wire and it got dark will be able to finish tomorrow and hopefully add another cross brace as well as my TC shackle mounts then paint. After that my buddy is building my bed cage!

 

Those are allpro 3" lift leafs right? What would the advantage of going sua with a leaf pack that would work above the leafs be?

 

Not worth the time to do that....ride heigh would be low too

 

i put them under because the 3inch lift is something i didnt want so SUA allows it to ride at stock height

 

My other truck has 9100 coils and bypasses. It runs really good. I just picked up some 9300 Blackhawks for when finish linking it.

 

I've got experience with the 9100's in the past on an old prerunner and a truck I used to race in. Never had issues with bilstein's at all...

 

Just following up here... looking to get rid of our 50T pack. Has a cracked leave and needs a refresh so looking to get $300 for them. To sell it's just not worth the shipping cost from Vegas to get Deaver to do it and then recoup the cost so ideal situation is someone who lives within reasonable driving distance of Deaver than can run them over and get them cleaned up. Deaver quoted $250 for a complete prep and re arch, plus replacing that broken leaf. Could be less if you just have them replace the leaf and do the clean up yourself.

Also...probably looking to ditch out Fiberwerx Tundra conversion clip too. It's a little banged up and has mounting holes but looking for $450 for the clip and mini fenders. If anyone is interested let me know and I can send some pics or we can make arrangements potentially for you to get a look at it in person in Vegas.

 

Sounds good. They seemed to be priced reasonably as well

 

I may be interested in the hood. I want to stay with my 6.5 McNeils. But who knows. I'll like to check out the truck in July if possible. I'll be out in vegas for my birthday

 

shoot me a PM on here. I'm sure we can work something out. I'll likely be out of town though starting July 25th for 10 days and there's a chance I may be gone one weekend in the first half of July. But... my roomie could let you crawl around it while I'm gone if you wanted even. He probably couldn't answer every question in the world but... I'm not sure what stage of teardown the truck will be in. I'm planning to hopefully get back on it heavy here this weekend potentially. I'd like to have the front end buttoned up in the next week or so and get the motor back in and fired up so I can start prepping the rear and the cab next. Right now it's bare chassis from the C-pillar of the cab forward basically...

 

No prob, just let me know when it gets closer and I'll check with Khris to sort out his availability.

 

Sweet guys! Matt said hopefully today he will finish up my kit and then he will ship it out.

Can't wait. Well I have waited but it can't come soon enough