i started the swap about a month ago, so i figured its time to make a thread. im doing this at school and only get to work on it about 10 hours a week so progress is a little slow.

im using a ford 9" in the rear and a d44hp up front


suspension all stripped



leaf springs mounted


sitting on its own.


for height comparison, here is my friend next to it. hes 6' tall


the fronts all ready to be started on. hopefully all my metal and brackets will be here for next week.

 

Hell yeah. Gonna be tall!!!

 

Nice man! What size tire you planning on running?

 

i really want to run 38's pitbull rockers but dont come in a 38. so either a 38 of some kind or a 39.5 rocker. i wont have tires until after winter though.

 

sas on an 05... dude.. nice

 

nice work man def cool your teacher let you take up a life for it

 

Looks good man.

 

damn another sas good god lol. gona be sick man good start.

 

gonna look good! my brackets will be there Thursday!

 

mmm 39.5s on a D44.. have you not seen how many shafts Zach has been through? lol

looks good, in school i was fortunate enough to work about 30 hours a week on mine.

 

im thinking he likes to buy shafts! or he better.

you need to run the rockers, they grip so well! love those things. quiet on the road too

 

looks good, but if in a month you only got the rear done you are right... gonna be a LONG project. just stretches out my entertainment though lol.

 

trucks gonna look sweet! sas's ar getting as regular as bodylifts now, lol

 

how in hell are those quiet!

 

they're amazing. i need to get a set.. If they made a 35x1250 i would get them. 35x1450 is too damn wide.. maybe 37x1350 once i get one tons.

 

idk they just are, probably because they are so soft.

 

they are making new sizes all the time, nothing wrong with 14.5 wide.

 

i dont plan on keeping the d44 for to long. i know it wont hold up very well. im only using it because i got it for cheep. i wont be doing much wheeling right now so it will be fine.

thanks again zach for those parts! hopefully all my stuff from ballistics will get here around the same time.

 

gona looks great. its alright u take that long as long as u keep us updated with pics so we dont get bored :)

 

thats gonna be sweet!!!!! keep at er!!! ya its nice that your teacher will let do you do a project like that at school not to mention take up a lift for that long.. haha.

 

That thing is going to be huge. Props to SAS'n an '05.

 

I think there are like 5 RF members waiting for stuff from Ballistic. How long have you been waiting? I really hope mine ships soon.

 

Yeah that sucks. Ill have an order next week to add to that. But i have time to wait

 

From what i have read on pirate, the pitbulls run extremly small. You would be lucky to find a 39 rocker that measured 37.5in mounted.

 

haha thanks. i was very skeptical at first since my truck is so new with only 40,000 miles on it.

i ordered my stuff last monday the 12th.

my teacher loves this kind of stuff. he has his own tube chassis race car, so i think he was pretty interested in my swap and had no problems with me doing it.

no update yet. yesterday was nothing but cleaning the frame.