EvilTwins
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The more I looked at my truck the more the 38" Mickey Thompsons look a little "Stuffed" into the wheel wells. Also, when I turn left into any inclined driveway I have to proceed like I am driving a lowered ricer, otherwise the tire will smack my fender flare. I also have to pull my cab within the next two weeks or so but wanted to do this first as my "beater with a heater" wont be available for a till then.
I got the back in for now and on Wednesday (Feb 1) the Rize four link should be here from Louisiana courtesy of BenBou00. Always a pleasure doing business with good people.
All the NEW parts came from Sean at Street Diesel Performance (SDP). Not to mention the numerous phone calls because I'm psychotic. In all seriousness, Sean pointed me in the right direction, got me the right parts, and continues to keep provide support in regards to maintaining proper driveline angles.
Sean got me true 10" lift springs from Atlas, which in my opinion are very well built. Right down to the spring sliders. They are heavy as F&%K too. Not a one person job. He also set me up with Bilstein Shocks.
Here is the photo progression. Its not seamless but gets the point across.
SDP Provided some new "U" bolts as reuse if forbidden......and too risky. I cleaned them up and put a coat of rustshield on. The SEM seems to bite the best and cleans up really nice too.
I took an initial measurement at the top of the wheel well arch to see how much I gain and provide a reference for the front.
Here is the before shot. As I said, a little stuffed and not very well centered in the wheel well. These facts aren't very apparent in the pic. Current configuration is stock springs with a Pro Comp four inch lift block, one inch aluminum block, added spring to the pack, and a plate for the Pro Comp bars. THe math says 6" of lift, but I needed a ProComp six inch front spring and a 2" spacer from a leveling kit to get the truck to level out.
A couple without tires.
Got the spring out. The front bolts were TIGHT and Red Lock Tight'ed (made up word). I strongly recommend a two post lift and a can of break free with a 24 hour pre application to do this. There is no way I was getting the height I needed with a jack. Well unless you are Parump and can balance a truck precariously on 6x6s, i think most of you have seen the pics. Just a jab buddy.
Getting ready to put in the new spring and awaiting the arrival of my brother in law to help lift. I tried to do one side at a time but I couldn't get enough separation between the mounts and axle on one side to get the spring in, so I just removed both old springs.
Got both springs in and temporarily put the tires on........ Surprise !!!! Gained 5 1/2 inches. I did leave in the 1 inch aluminum block. Pure man pride wouldn't let me take it out.......
I installed my new Bilsteins, after wrapping them with 3M clear vinyl to ensure they don't get trashed by the winter salt. I got two years on my other wrapped Bilsteins and they still wipe up perfect with a cloth. Sean also made me install a new differential cover. He really didn't have to push me too much......I also installed a stainless brake line (blue colored) due to the extra height. I have done two sets of brake-lines in the last month and both sets wind up with a coil in them that I can't get rid of no matter what way I configure the ends. :doh:
My first issue so far sits with my exhaust.... With the spring installed it wants to live in the same area as the exhaust. So for now I am going to run the dump here and try to figure out what to do. I am probably going to do some kind of single or dual turn down. Any Ideas.
Well, here is the hot rod... All kinds of Early 70s Pro Street.. Come On Fed EX Get me my front end parts !!!!!! I can probably remove the bump stop as there is nothing for it to hit. Besides, if that spring compresses far enough to hit that stop.......I have much bigger problems.
After test driving it I noticed a drive line shutter on any acceleration. Once again SDP got the parts. Sean has a one piece drive shaft being made up as I type this. Once we get that baby installed I can feed Sean my output shaft and pinion angles and we can see if I need to put in an angled block in place of my one inch aluminum piece. I should be good to go. The angle doesn't look too drastic.
I know I am mentioning Street Diesel Performance a lot but some of the best vendors in the country are on this site. It is not often that companies take a personal interest in our projects like the ones here do. I like to give credit where credit is due.
Thanks!!!
I got the back in for now and on Wednesday (Feb 1) the Rize four link should be here from Louisiana courtesy of BenBou00. Always a pleasure doing business with good people.
All the NEW parts came from Sean at Street Diesel Performance (SDP). Not to mention the numerous phone calls because I'm psychotic. In all seriousness, Sean pointed me in the right direction, got me the right parts, and continues to keep provide support in regards to maintaining proper driveline angles.
Sean got me true 10" lift springs from Atlas, which in my opinion are very well built. Right down to the spring sliders. They are heavy as F&%K too. Not a one person job. He also set me up with Bilstein Shocks.
Here is the photo progression. Its not seamless but gets the point across.
SDP Provided some new "U" bolts as reuse if forbidden......and too risky. I cleaned them up and put a coat of rustshield on. The SEM seems to bite the best and cleans up really nice too.
I took an initial measurement at the top of the wheel well arch to see how much I gain and provide a reference for the front.
Here is the before shot. As I said, a little stuffed and not very well centered in the wheel well. These facts aren't very apparent in the pic. Current configuration is stock springs with a Pro Comp four inch lift block, one inch aluminum block, added spring to the pack, and a plate for the Pro Comp bars. THe math says 6" of lift, but I needed a ProComp six inch front spring and a 2" spacer from a leveling kit to get the truck to level out.
A couple without tires.
Got the spring out. The front bolts were TIGHT and Red Lock Tight'ed (made up word). I strongly recommend a two post lift and a can of break free with a 24 hour pre application to do this. There is no way I was getting the height I needed with a jack. Well unless you are Parump and can balance a truck precariously on 6x6s, i think most of you have seen the pics. Just a jab buddy.
Getting ready to put in the new spring and awaiting the arrival of my brother in law to help lift. I tried to do one side at a time but I couldn't get enough separation between the mounts and axle on one side to get the spring in, so I just removed both old springs.
Got both springs in and temporarily put the tires on........ Surprise !!!! Gained 5 1/2 inches. I did leave in the 1 inch aluminum block. Pure man pride wouldn't let me take it out.......
I installed my new Bilsteins, after wrapping them with 3M clear vinyl to ensure they don't get trashed by the winter salt. I got two years on my other wrapped Bilsteins and they still wipe up perfect with a cloth. Sean also made me install a new differential cover. He really didn't have to push me too much......I also installed a stainless brake line (blue colored) due to the extra height. I have done two sets of brake-lines in the last month and both sets wind up with a coil in them that I can't get rid of no matter what way I configure the ends. :doh:
My first issue so far sits with my exhaust.... With the spring installed it wants to live in the same area as the exhaust. So for now I am going to run the dump here and try to figure out what to do. I am probably going to do some kind of single or dual turn down. Any Ideas.
Well, here is the hot rod... All kinds of Early 70s Pro Street.. Come On Fed EX Get me my front end parts !!!!!! I can probably remove the bump stop as there is nothing for it to hit. Besides, if that spring compresses far enough to hit that stop.......I have much bigger problems.
After test driving it I noticed a drive line shutter on any acceleration. Once again SDP got the parts. Sean has a one piece drive shaft being made up as I type this. Once we get that baby installed I can feed Sean my output shaft and pinion angles and we can see if I need to put in an angled block in place of my one inch aluminum piece. I should be good to go. The angle doesn't look too drastic.
I know I am mentioning Street Diesel Performance a lot but some of the best vendors in the country are on this site. It is not often that companies take a personal interest in our projects like the ones here do. I like to give credit where credit is due.
Thanks!!!
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