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Then cycled the rear and got the bumpstops mounted. Now for the long process of grinding and welding and adding more tubes/gussets

Spent today putting the truck at ride height so I can cycle the rear. Threw a tire on the front and extremely happy with the overall look etc. 116.5 ish wheelbase. 22.5 to the bottom of the subframe. 27” to the bottom of the body seam under the doors. 7.5” of uptravel in the front and 8.5” in...

Spent yesterday messing with the rear shocks. I didn’t like how much they were angled in so moved the lower mounts in 2.5” which made a big difference. Spent the rest of the day getting the upper mounts to fit. Before After

Forgot I also pulled the rear axle and notched the truss to fit the lower shock mounts. It ties the link mount, shocks and truss all together. Real happy with that.

Notched the crossmember for the fuel cell. This gave me another inch of uptravel in the rear which should be 8.5. Not my best notch but considering it was done on my back and I can weld the gaps and cut/grind it clean, I’ll be happy. Started on the shock mounts. Version 1 looked weak and small...

Jacked the car up to ride height to plug the numbers into the calculator. Got the rear frame side upper link mounts done. Was a ton of welding.

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Spent an entire day last week working on the rear and made something I didn’t like. Finally got something I do like though. Onto getting the link mounts in. old. Rear frame was to narrow for a 40” spare and the design was just dumb not coming off the top tube coming out of the cab.

Well got the front axle back in and wheel studs finally showed up. Having all sorts of issues with the brake kit and calipers not fitting so just carried on and went to turn it around it. Got the front tires on and went to put the back saw horse on some carts as they looked the perfect width...

This was a lot of welding. Same thing. Not the greatest welder when it comes to tube. But getting better already I feel. Front half of the subframe is welded out and to the frame and bump stop cans are in. I think I’m at the point to put the front axle back in and turn it around.

Thanks. Slowly but surely getting there

Another day of working on this housing… Started welding out the subframe as well and made the slug for the upper link. Originally it was just a sleeve and then a nut on the end but the bolt was so long, the trans had to come out to pull the upper link. So I made another sleeve and tapped it...

Bump pads are in. Panhard is welded. Few more plates for support and front axle will be done. Getting close to turning it around and starting on the rear. Driver side is a piece of the axle housing so 3.5x.25 and then has a piece of 2x.25 in the middle welded to the cap.

More axle welding. It’s back under the car to get the panhard hard tacd since I erased my marks by accident. Redid the front tube as it was pretty close to the ram bolts and clamps and worried about it getting smashed. And made it flow into the housing which looks way better. Besides the...

Started welding out the axle. Taking my time. Got the ram mount welded and braced and capped. Most the shock mounts and the outside of the upper link are welded. I’ll bridge the gap to the upper link and ram mount and probably add a slope to the other end to finish it off.