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The Frankenstein Build! LT/Expo/Trail rig..and BS

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  1. Jan 24, 2015 at 7:54 PM
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    You're not locked?!??!
     
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  2. Jan 24, 2015 at 7:57 PM
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    :laughing:
     
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  3. Jan 24, 2015 at 7:59 PM
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    I wouldn't object to 36s for the next set of tires...but I just really don't want to regear lol!

    Plus I have my eyes firmly planted on a new bike for the spring :spy:
    Hahaha Monte has never known the beauty of a locked truck

    I'll have 2 lockers before u have 1, bet u never saw that happening 3 years ago lol
     
    IDtrucks, Jan 24, 2015
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  4. Jan 24, 2015 at 7:59 PM
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    cool build , i read all 500 pages.... hah Just kidding.
     
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  5. Jan 24, 2015 at 8:07 PM
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    You think its a good investment to go from 33's to 35's? I'm considering when my current tires wear down but not sold yet. 37's seems a bit big for the 7.5"...
     
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  6. Jan 24, 2015 at 8:09 PM
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    I'm shocked. I Thiught for sure he had a rear locker. wtf monte!?! Bad monte.
     
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  7. Jan 24, 2015 at 8:10 PM
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    IMO if you have to ask if it's worth it, you probably don't need it, and it's not really worth it.

    Certainly a fun project tho!
     
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  8. Jan 24, 2015 at 8:13 PM
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    Not around here I don't think I do but I plan to travel a bit more when I have the time. Shit, I can't even install a turbo kit right now :p

    Wouldn't mind taking a trip out to Colorado one of these years though... :notsure:
     
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  9. Jan 25, 2015 at 5:12 PM
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    Nope. The amount of people that think I am is awesome though haha

    No I would not...lol

    You need to regear as it is. You'd love 5.29s. Your motor would too

    Ha yea..that would be a feat!

    For you? Probably not.

    33s are still the perfect tire for our trucks IMO. 35s are awesome don't get me wrong. But unless it's really a RIG then I don't think it is. For a dd/weekend warrior. 33s man.

    If your truck sees dirt like 80% of the time it's being drive and it's all trails. 35s are nice.

    37s will be interesting..but then maybe I'll just end up doing a custom 8" at some point...who knows haha

    Well..hasn't stopped me yet. Look at all the places I still go with no problems. I have the suspension flex and weight to get by. Been a few places where a locker would have been nice but I just know how to pick my lines now.

    Tricked you too :D
     
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  10. Jan 25, 2015 at 5:46 PM
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    I'd like to see you wheel the trails I do without a locker :luvya:

    Why not at least weld the rear? Cheap and effective. Or at least a lunchbox locker... I ran one DD for years, never had a problem.
     
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  11. Jan 25, 2015 at 6:00 PM
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    Yea probably couldn't do a lot of what you do, well,.idk..never really seen what you do.

    Nah. Would rather have a selectable. Stronger. And fits the truck better.
     
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  12. Jan 25, 2015 at 6:07 PM
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    On your spring break we should invite ourselves to Mark's place for a wrenching party and then head to Attica :spy:
     
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  13. Jan 25, 2015 at 9:12 PM
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    x2, i would just get left behind on the trails out here if i was open open lol. Being ifs is bad enough, literally no other ifs rigs that I know of wheeling the trails I am. its all SA, and mostly jeeps
     
    IDtrucks, Jan 25, 2015
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  14. Jan 25, 2015 at 11:47 PM
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    :luvya:

    Anyways well that's impressive. My rear tire is constantly off the ground :mad: that will change soon enough though...
     
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  15. Jan 26, 2015 at 6:37 AM
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    My fronts would lift periodically. My rear is hard to make lift a tire. Drops a 35 below the slider.

    I'm looking forward to lockers though no doubt. Just $$$$$$$$
     
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  16. Jan 26, 2015 at 7:02 AM
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    Ever since you posted that IG photo with the caption "causally dropping a 35 below the slider" I've made that my goal haha. Maybe I should build franken leafs too...
     
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  17. Jan 26, 2015 at 7:08 AM
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    I'd meet up for that.
     
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  18. Jan 26, 2015 at 12:49 PM
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    I still think I coulda made that. Knowing what I know now I should have just gone for it. Damn LBJ bolts...

    Haha! Do it! Although 2nd gens are odd with the inverted shackle business..

    Been considering that a lot. My break is the week of March 9th.
     
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  19. Jan 26, 2015 at 1:23 PM
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    Oh man I lift all the time. Not for a lack of travel though :cool:
    But I'll give you the weight thing. Certainly helps with forced articulation. I would flex out way better if I had that much weight in the rear. However if I had as much stuff in the back as you I would have probably rolled by now, or at least ripped it all off.

    I just need to add 350ish pounds of lead weight to the rear and I'll be good
    Casually dropping a 35 below the slider ain't that hard lol:p
    But he's right probably a bit trickier with your 2nd gen
     
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  20. Jan 26, 2015 at 1:42 PM
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    Your truck wouldn't even move if it was as fat as me haha

    I don't think its that easy. Ben can even drop a 32 below his sliders on stock stuff.

    You had to hack out your leaf hangers and put in other leafs to do it.

    Idk how mine does it as good as it does considering what's done to it..but I'm not complaining haha

    2nd gens usually have to do a shackle flip. But I don't think that's worth it really
     
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