Recent content by DialedShockPrep

I have one and love it. Definitely recommend for smaller material that needs a break in it

Ray Butchers old rig got redone in a white and orange paint scheme and a lot of upgrades, then it was sold and who knows where it went. The Isenhouer’s knew the guy who bought it. My old Ranger was cut up, bedcage is welded to a 2007 Ranger edge currently and the chassis is getting one ton...

You say it’s overpriced and ancient, yet Tom regularly builds thee nicest rangers out there and there is nobody that would argue that.. I don’t know what “wobbly arms” are but his kits work. Are they an old design? Yes, but so is the internal combustion engine. When it comes to rangers and...

It’s one of the longest lasting, best engines ever made period. You pretty much can’t kill them, and they have been used in everything from trucks to tractors to pumps to farm equipment. They have a decent aftermarket support, the later model engines (4.9) have fuel injection, and quite a few...

To further add to this topic, when it comes to simple builds like single shock trucks, the overall suspension setup plays much more of a role in having a good working truck than just the shock package. I mean it matters across the board with all levels of builds in general, BUT it is further...

I have a number of Tekton tools from Amazon, and have yet to brake or bend anything. They are fairly affordable pricing wise and good quality thus far!

Nothing off the shelf would do as you are describing, at least not to the extent you want. King IBP needles and shafts aren’t available in very long lengths like you have drawn but you could always make your own and drill/hollow out the shafts further. Also, the compression adjuster is not a...

Make sure the inner sleeves are actually long enough to pinch down and not too short where they’ll just smash the rubber to shit lol.

I just went through a similar issue on a customers tube chassis baja bug.. It’s got some odd geometry and we couldn’t find springs big enough for the 2.0” coil carriers so i convinced them to put some 2.5” remote resi coilovers on the back. Dumb me didn’t realize that there was a length...

From a performance perspective, rear cell 100% is the way to go. I’ve had my hands inside a LOT of trucks with every setup you can think of, and without a doubt the rear cells work better every time. Also, every single truck I’ve worked on with a big rear trunk and mid cell was carrying no more...

Add more weight. A friend of mine had bolted a huge, thick piece of steel plate under the bed of his Silverado to add weight when he ran those leafs and it makes a difference. Leaf springs NEED all the weight behind the axle that they can get

My truck had XL Evo’s in there and they touched the B pillars and eachother in the middle of the cab 😂 they were massive but so comfortable. I’m planning on running 3 hardshell seats in my ranger as well, and either going to run the same as Colin or maybe PRP’s, i gotta compare measurements...

Droop truck out so it’s tight on the limit straps and then measure the length of the top coil and bottom coil. Then compare that to the springs free lengths, that gives you true preload. For example, say top coil is 13.5” and bottom is 15.75”, compare that to a 14” top spring and 16” bottom =...

Absolutely yes. Two of my good friends have built fullsize trucks that ran a single 3.0” coilover in the rear with a 4” bump and they worked very well. Granted you don’t get the progression through the travel like you do a bypass shock but with that said they could both still go down Main at a...

Dude! I spotted one of those turtles while jamming up to the rock pile from the lakebed. I thought it was just a huge rock in the two track until we got closer and realized it was moving. With a bunch of other trucks following us i carefully picked the heavy guy up and carried him 50 ft off...