SMKYTXN'S 2011 DCFBFTMFW Solid Axle Swap

The tolerances are always tight when you go full custom . Looking good Nathan.

 

I made some decent progress today!

Lower shock tabs.



I cut a piece of PVC to the correct compressed length to give me an idea of where to cut inner fender.







After tacking the shock tabs in I made the first cut on the inner fender and put the strut in place.







The strut needed to push out a bit more for the upper mount so I added to my fender cut. This wasn't the final position of the hoop or mount as the initial placement had the strut nearly touching the frame at full droop. Nearly as in a 1/16" or less.





Fully drooped out. The rotor looks to be touching the ground, but isn't.







Here's where the hoop and upper mount ended up. The strut is more centered and the overall alignment is better.





And while I was at it I started on my skid and cross member. It's funny what gets reused. That's my old crawlbox support that I hacked up and turned around. I'll get back to that and the other strut mount tomorrow.

 

Damn. Nice.

 

too much win on this build!

 

I managed to get the driver side hoop and ORI in place today. I started on the cross member as well. So far I'm going to piece it together out of scrap and then bend one piece to match.

Oh, and there's no way I'm going to be able to keep my inner fenders, firewall, fenders, etc.

 

Firewalls are for quitters

 

ive heard of using 3/16th inch UHMW-PE as fender liners on rally cars, if you really wanted to have liners. Also heard of using Horse stall mats, but those seem too thick..

 

Please don't put fiberglass fenders on this. Please.

 

I definitely have a lot of trimming to do, but that'll have to wait till I have the rest of the 3 link finished.

I have a new set of 2wd steel fenders ready to bolt on once the time comes.

 

I didn't go 37s cause I don't wanna fuck with cutting the firewall lol you make me feel like a bitch now

 

You didn’t because you were scared of a little solid axle swap

 

It's gonna happen eventually. I did bitch out tho. No lie lmao

 

But the amount of work and money Nathan has in his build makes me happy I didn't do it lol! Shits intense

 

The shock hoop brace is coming along.

 

why not make it symmetric? the pictures make it look like the passenger has a much lower angle (producing the longer am) than the driver side?

 

Are you going to add anymore bracing for the hoops other than the cross brace?

 

Cause?

I would have put a 45 on both sides, but the intake is in the way.

 

Yup, lots more bracing to add before I'm done. This is just the bones.

 

No disconnects for the brace? I would definitely look into making it removable.

 

One step at a time. Building it solid and then cutting tube out for the coupler is a whole lot easier than trying to piece it together from the start.