Squeaky Penguin's (Trip Reports) Build Thread

That is awesome. Everyone I have talked to has said they are great. I think it might be time for me to also upgrade the OME on the truck.

 

Do it.

Ads is amazing

 

Finished just in time to get rained on. Only need to find an strap that works. Ended up bolting it all on, so I'm not stuck with it all the time:

 

Nice, how tight are the cans side to side and front to back?

 

Not tight. Curious how it feels though when they're full of gas and we're in the desert sun.

Just going to run a strap over the top and down the sides.

 

Going to finish this up tomorrow.



Consolidated everything in the big bin and got it into two small action packers that fit nicely under.

 

Might have enough left over carpet to cover the top of that if you wanted to

 

I do in fact want some. Top is 26"x70" if you have that much.

Wish I could've gotten away with something as simple as yours, but this should work out good.

 

Yeah the bed is way to narrow for me..

 

72 X 29.5 is what I have

 

LOL. Plenty big for me. I sleep on my side too, thought about making it narrower.

Sweet! What did you use to attach it to the plywood? Staple gun, spray adhesive?

 

yes

 

Sleeping platform is done enough and bolted to the bed. Pulled the coilovers and cycled the suspension to clearance the spindle gussets. Rebooted my spare OEM CV. Moved the CVJ boot to add clearance to the coilover. Re-torqued everything on the front suspension. Uniball through bolts hadn't loosed at all @Wishbone Runner

I'm done working on this thing. Headed to Utah on Friday.

 

Now your just making fun of me.

 

@Squeaky Penguin How did you like your ADS coilovers on the trip?

 

Truck performed very well over the Utah trip. Need to get a screen grab from @teamhypoxia of how the suspension was working.

Coilovers felt awesome, but I would be curious to have someone who knows a lot about shock tuning ride along. Thinking they could be softened up a higher shaft speeds. Not messing with them for the time being though, and still very happy with them.

Anyways, another great Pre RT to Rock Therapy trip in the books. Spent several days exploring around the Maze district of the Canyonlands before heading into Moab where I ran Flat Iron Mesa, The Trifecta, most of Behind the Rocks, and Hell's again. Truck hit 262K on the trail, and the only casualty is some rear axle seals/bearings.

 

Brett you thoughts on the shock are the difference a progressive shock (ADS) and a digressive shock (ICON). Overall I am happy with how the ICON'S performed for Moab.

 

Higher shaft speeds and higher speeds are not necessarily correlated.

 

Digressive shocks are based on shaft speed not vehicle speed. The more the shaft cycles the softer they get.