Long Travel BS Thread

http://www.chaosfab.com/88000.html

 

ive been drooling over that for months, but i dont have 3 grand to drop haha. Is there a way to piece it together? like get UCA's then coilovers and what not?

 

for long travel, the upper and lower arms are made for each other, so you have to get them as a set. of course you can get the stuff when you see a deal on various parts and just keep them in the garage until you have everything.

 

lol i wish! i have like $600 to spend on my truck, and i just lost my job today

 

Then do yourself a favor and save that cash don't blow it on the truck. Just my .02 not to be rude but it's. For your own good. Lt is the biggest money ever.

 

Sprung under? Bedcage???? do tell i try to follow this thread, but i still miss a lot, so sorry if you already said.

 

i know had i gotten all of my parts brand new, i'd be at about $4500 so far, and it's only about half done. (this is also only mid travel). and that with doing all of the installsand labor myself.

 

very nice! what leafs you getting?

you're going to love the icons. i have the 2.0s right now, but can't wait to get the rebuildable 2.5s they just came out with.

 

yeah, that's my problem too. i want a good flexible set of springs when i'm wheeling, but i tow a lot. pretty much, i just need two trucks

 

Yeah bumps are actually next on the list. Already have a quote from Marco at downsouth motorsports but I'll have to wait awhile for those. I won't be beating on it very hard anyway with stock rear suspension. Im also going to adapt my stock bumps somehow just to keep the shock safe

 

nice, i'm gonna pick up a set of bumps from DSM later this month. nobody can beat their prices and customer service

did you end up not getting those $300 deavers?

 

No the photo he sent they only have 6 of the leafs so he must have taken some out. Ill take everyones advice and rock the stock until I can afford to go LT with the rear

 

Most prices are by the lb. The steel place by me is $0.55/lb and 10 bucks a shear so it shouldn't be expense.

 

good info, thanks!

I know a few places that i can go to where i'll have access to a cnc laser cutter, so i'm going to render the frame plates in whichever CAD program they use and hopefully get them cut that way. if they turn out well, i may start making them for people on here. as far as i know, noone makes reinforcements for that part of the frame for 2nd gens.

 

Would I be able to mount my cab like this using a doubling plates one on each side without a roll cage being attached to the top plate? I wont be able to do a full roll cage for awhile but I would like to get my cab solid mounted


Photo of Mjp2's truck

 

There isn't any prefab stuff for the 2nd gens yet. They got everything for the 1st. Sweet, I don't have any access to fun expensive machinery. It's just sawzalls and ginders for me at the moment. A plate that small for you could be done with a few sharpy marks, and cut it out with a saw and grind smooth. With frame kits though you still need to do some cutting and grinding because frames will tweek a bit unless it's been a street queen.

 

I wanna do that, my cab mounts are going to be calling it quits to me soon enough. 3/16" or that 1/4"?

 

ok so i am ordering my tk uniball kit, king 8" 2.5 shocks...i will be installing allmyself in about 2 weeks dosnt look hard but does anyone have any helpfull tips to make the instalation as little easyer? (i know i cant spell but hey i spent more time in the desert then school)

 

i dont know if you are in a big hurry but i'm going to be selling my TC kit w/ heim steering very soon

 

Matt do you have the chromo tie rods on your truck? Or are they the ones that come with the kit?