Recent content by DialedShockPrep

I am probably not helping at all here, but have you considered having the wheels stripped and polished? Or maybe even having OMF convert them to beadlocks or simulated beadlocks? Those are cool wheels but i do agree that the coating on them makes them look cheap. For one of my builds i sourced...

Those shock shafts are pitted/corroded, you can replace the shafts or hit them with a razor blade to knock the flakes off, use a small, fine file to deburr them, and wet sand/polish theme stuff out with some 1000-1,500 grit sand paper to make them less likely to tear seals. Those leaf springs...

This is in an explorer, i can’t remember who’s though

What links are you running? They look like some plank/newline/si ranger links. Looks good!

The best thing you can do for drone is get the exhaust to not dump under the cab. The sound waves bounce up and down between the cab and the ground which causes that deafening drone sound. I would do some side exits or out the top or back of the truck somehow if you can. Also, ironically enough...

That is 100% a custom deal. I have piles of those o rings if you need two, I’m located in Fullerton. The correct O ring is the larger one, most commonly found in Saw King and Fox kits. Someone must have made their own IFP pistons in those guys

Small world! That guys name is Shane, i used to work with him at Giant Motorsports many years ago. I’m unsure of where he works now but he’s been chipping away at that expo the past few months lol

I’m planing on using these squirters when i finally refocus back in my turd. I’ve seen a few guys use these ones and they like them a lot. https://a.co/d/6ptj4jG

The flipping method is mandatory on bypasses to bleed the air out. Coilovers you also have to cycle the ifp as well to bleed the hoses, and i also have a vacuum setup to assist with some funky shaped hoses and such BUT at the end of the day you are still submerging a piston assembly that has...

The piston seal being broken down and chunked like that is from cavitation/having air in the shocks. I had the same issue YEARS ago and reached out to a few people and learned i wasn’t properly bleeding all the air out of the shocks. Since then I’ve gotten the process down but it does suck...

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...