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Old Sep 6, 2009
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Old Sep 6, 2009
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all that time just to get jacked. damn thieves
 
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Old Sep 6, 2009
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4th door half doors? cmon do it!
 
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Old Sep 6, 2009
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very nice Andrew -- looks like your getting it man.. looks so clean also!
 
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yeah looks damn clean
 
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bolt er down..thats one way to even out the weight. and then you can put the biggest widest motor on and it wont matter
 
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Old Sep 8, 2009
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Originally Posted by INT3RC3PTOR
bolt er down..thats one way to even out the weight. and then you can put the biggest widest motor on and it wont matter
Talk about vision problems. Wouldnt be able to tell where the front tires are.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2009
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Did you pick that up by hand???
 
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Old Sep 8, 2009
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Did you pick that up by hand???
Yea 4 of us picked it up with out the doors on, I put them back on afterwords.
 
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any reason to do this? or just for better access to weld on the link mounts?
 
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Originally Posted by 99ranger4x4
any reason to do this? or just for better access to weld on the link mounts?
I want to clean the frame up and I have some welding to do.
 
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i wish i had a driveway off the road to be able to get away with that. hah
 
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Originally Posted by redranger4.0
Yea 4 of us picked it up with out the doors on, I put them back on afterwords.
Nice! I am going to have to figure out how to do that but i have to lift it over everything else.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2009
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Originally Posted by zabeard
Nice! I am going to have to figure out how to do that but i have to lift it over everything else.
A shop lift would be the ideal situation.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2009
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Another option would be to build a gantry. If I had a spot to keep one I would build one. Would make lifting and moving axles, cabs, motors, ect so much easier.

 
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Old Sep 9, 2009
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they have those at alot of junkyards down here just made out of pipe. some of them are kinda scary because they are all rickety. but those things make lifting a helluva lot easier
 
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Old Sep 9, 2009
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they have those at alot of junkyards down here just made out of pipe. some of them are kinda scary because they are all rickety. but those things make lifting a helluva lot easier
hah yeah same here. they have like busted *** cars rims and tires on them. But the Mexicans do mad work with them
 
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Old Sep 16, 2009
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Old Sep 16, 2009
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those motor mount are very cool, i told him to make a set for my 5.4
 
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Old Sep 16, 2009
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those motor mount are very cool, i told him to make a set for my 5.4
If everything goes as I think it will the combo of those motor mounts and a remote oil filter kit will allow me to gain some much needed upper link clearance. and maybe even lower the truck down some.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2009
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Good call. What are you shooting for again? 4" of up travel or more?
 
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Old Sep 16, 2009
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I also started cutting my body mounts out today. I decided to give myself a .5" "body lift", It will give me a little clearance around the trans/tcase since I raised them up so much.

Originally Posted by zabeard
Good call. What are you shooting for again? 4" of up travel or more?
I think Im going to do between 4-6" of up travel. I have to see exactly how much room I gain and how tall the truck is.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2009
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high steer? i was thinking about not running high steer on the 60 because of frame clearnace. i want to see how you are going to clear all that too with the frame.
 
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