NorthwestCruiser's linked 80 series crawler slammed on 4d's and BS

Thank you Brian! I wonder if i will have any interference issues running my panhard in the stock location. Is Andrew running a similar setup to you?

 

Nope he’s running his in the stock location with the same stabilizer

 

Hmm.. thoughts? I wish I could get the bottom/back to match the middle but they don't have any to match

 

I think those are some badass seats, i thought you already had something baller though?

 

No I had Corbeaus but gave them to Andrew for his stock cloth seats in return. I really like the stock cloth seats but these are tempting

 

ohhh yeah thats right, will the Planted brackets work for these or you gonna fab something up?

 

Most likely will

 

Go for it dude. You'll be able to sell the stock cloth seats in no time to recoup some of the expenditure.

 

You missed out @Skootter14 Hit Walker Valley today and so glad the weather is finally nice here! Did a few trails and didn't take many pics but went back early because my ballistic joints loosened up a lot when I was out there.. I knew they were a little loose before but didn't realize it was this bad. Fixing that tomorrow

At the top of humps and bumps at the look out.

Played around with portrait mode on my phone seeing if it actually is any better


Also came up with some more ideas of what to do next with this thing...

 

Replacing the ballastic joints with heims?

 

If they are actually blown and not loose like I think then yeah ill replace with heims, unless Ballistic makes it up to me somehow. Only had them for maybe 2,000 miles.

 

I’ve heard bad things about them so one reason I said screw it and went with heims.

 

Yeah idk.. Supposedly they are better for the road and they are quieter than heims for sure, but for the price and if they go out this quick then not worth it. We'll see tomorrow

 

Mine loosen a little over time, but for my use, well worth the ability to just retighten instead of replace.

 

Whats the best way to get links off without the axle moving? We were thinking unbolt 1 joint at a time and put straps on the axle and hope it doesn't move much..

 

I normally strap the axle to the frame when I pull links. But my ballistic joints are on my spindles.

Untitled by Connor Rhoades, on Flickr

 

If you unbolt one lower link at a time to refurb it the axle wont move any, as far as your upper link, it wont be too hard to get it lined up.

Dont over think it.

 

Oh what i've never seen an IFS spindle use a ballistic joint??

 

Older pic but you get the idea. Cut the spindle in half, weld bung, add gussets. Custom length ADS coilovers = 11.5" of 4WD travel.
Untitled by Connor Rhoades, on Flickr

 

Damn that’s awesome!