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[CheapThrillB2]

got the tranny back in and ghetto fabbed a trans crossmember for now. Also ordered some seats from Summit today

 

[Bray D]

mmm pretty. I've ponderred getting racing style seats before. those look pretty sharp, what'd they set ya back (if you dont' mind)

 

[Kdawg532]

i just put rollers on one side and drive over the fenders....




but now...full width..




..i am fawked






well it wasnt you then, it was a few guys, one with a sas cherokee, and a blazer. didnt like my front leaf springs, said it wasnt gonna wheel worth a balls up here where it gets rough. (they asked where i was from and i told em detroit)..so i asked where they have been..they started naming local shit, and stuff out past manton and back towards mio....i was fawking trying not to laugh about that...then i asked about out of state...where they go.



nothing.....


at that point i started laughing so hard i thought i was gonna shit myself...:icon_rofl:


so i asked what lockers and t cases they were running...no lockers, just lsd's and trutrac in the front of the blazer....


no winches either.

at that point i told them they should never judge a book by its cover....

a fawking growling ranger with d 60's and a beat winch on the front that looks like its been in a demolition derby isnt much of a indicator for them hard core boys these days i would guess... dont get me wrong...she is a real pile of shit but it gets me where i want to be


once i have my lockers in i will look em up...and see what they got, i just put the 60's in with a 600 dollar budget and no lockers yet..


in the mean time, i really want to see your rig...wheres it at? that sounds cool as hell:icon_cheers:

classic chevy and jeep guys they always rag on me for driving a ranger

 

[CheapThrillB2]

mmm pretty. I've ponderred getting racing style seats before. those look pretty sharp, what'd they set ya back (if you dont' mind)

329 to my door:black_eye:

 

[CheapThrillB2]

 

[swynx]

thats a 4 point harness right, rig looks good, hope it drives as well as it looks it will, that things a beast good luck

 

[CheapThrillB2]

Its a five point, i just hadn't mounted the crotch strap yet

 

[97BlackBetty]

I love your rig. And the new seats look absolutely terrific.

 

[Rulebreaker]

Whats the upper shock mount off of? Everything looks great. Let me know when your ready to do my exocage! LOL RB

 

[zainyD]]

Whats the upper shock mount off of?

A newer model Ford Superduty...

 

[CheapThrillB2]

yep, i was doing an alignment the other day on a lifted Super Duty and i was still in need of getting or making front shock mounts for the truck. I was thinking of reusing my older style f250 mounts, but i just didn't like of they attached to the frame. Then i noticed those on the truck and thought hmmm i might have to look into that. They were $23 a piece from Ford.

 

[CheapThrillB2]

Well had a shakedown run today on some private property.....and it performed magnificently, the last place i wheeled was at this same place. And that time i broke early and broke a few different things and never really got a chance to drive the obstacles on the property. But today i did almost every obstacle and did ever one with ease except for one. Truck was awesome and the TSLs are FAWKING awesome compared to the Iroks i had. Just totally happy overall.

Having trouble with photobucket right now though.....so pics are coming

 

[CheapThrillB2]

heres a shot of my old b2 i just sold to a clubmate (whos now a member here) Nd4spd71

 

[CheapThrillB2]

extremely happy with yesterdays results

 

[Bray D]

2nd pic doesn't work but all the others look great!

 

[CheapThrillB2]

both seats mounted

i picked up another 5 point for the pass side but don't like the way it mounts, so i am in need of another one again.

took some shots of the front susp. heres the LF at ride height

heres the Front diff at ride height, i was concerned about clearance of the diff to engine cross member

heres the diff as stuffed as i can get it in my yard,

heres the fender to tire at flex, the tire just fits inside the fender without rubbing to bad

heres the droop on the RF

all pics were taken at the same time without moving the truck, i would like to get a chance to run up on an RTI ramp or similar to max test the flex. Haven't gotten the chance to do that yet.

 

[compleckz]

looks a lot softer up front than with the old coil setup, nice work

 

[CheapThrillB2]

i need to get holshotracer to come over with his rig so i can drive onto his tire and compare flex shots. I have a pic of my b2's LF tire on his LR tire when i had coils. Need to get one with my leafs

 

[Evan]

People assume that you can't get good flex unless you have coils and linked suspension, but I have seen TTB and leaf systems with great flex. Yours is a good example.

 

[Rulebreaker]

The reason the leafs flex better than the coils has absolutely nothing to do with the springs. If you 4 or 5 linked the axle the coils would do as well if not better. The radius arm solid axle Ford suspension is one giant sway bar. Thats the reason they make wristed arms and wristed axles. RB