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New truck to me drop project plans
The truck had no rear sway bar. I bought the 2500 rear sway bar and used the hardware it came with and some additional hardware I had laying around. I did buy the aluminum plates off ebay....ended up being the perfect size. I did have to measure them and drill the holes. Otherwise it was quite... -
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New truck to me drop project plans
I did the same on both ( 1 3/4 coil) -
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New truck to me drop project plans
Update: looks like at some point I'll have to put 40 series tires on the front as my 305/45 just rubs on the rear portion of the plastic inner fender well. probably a 285/40-22: more to follow.... -
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New truck to me drop project plans
oh, one last tip, its a good one, when installing the steel sleeves into the rubber shock bushing you will need a 12pt socket or equivalent sleeve that will fit "around" the OD of the rubber bushing "but" still make full circumference contact with the circular metal housing the bushing fits... -
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Who are the preferred tuners using HP Tuners?
Yes I did end up buying 4 more credits for the trans tuning! On another note, installed the Vararam intake and it seemed to work well with Jay's tune; probably should make a log and send it his way for a look though.- moregrip
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- Forum: Engine & Performance
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New truck to me drop project plans
Thank you! No tack welds for this install; that will have to be a new tool for another time! -
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New truck to me drop project plans
For the rear end, We removed the differential completely. We bought a Forney $400 plasma cutter that ran off 110 to cut the required brackets off. It worked well, the thicker metal required a couple passes. We did only minor cleanup on the cuts, basically just to get rid of any sharp edges. For... -
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New truck to me drop project plans
So the front end aligned no problem. We cut the threaded portion of the tie rod assembly 1/2" vs the IHC recommended 3/8"; we then cut the recommended 3/8" off the female end of the tie rod....eyeballed the toe and drove to the alignment shop. 4 cuts total for that area. We used a DeWalt angle... -
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New truck to me drop project plans
I'll sit down later this week and post a more detailed process....gotta clean up the mess in the garage and get ready for the work week. Was a bit of a thrash as always! -
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Who are the preferred tuners using HP Tuners?
Did a few closed course runs today, 6k shifts are firm but not harsh = veeeery nice!- moregrip
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- Forum: Engine & Performance
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New truck to me drop project plans
305/45R22....not so far but haven't cycled the suspension a whole lot. Just got back from the alignment shop = lots of goodness! -
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New truck to me drop project plans
ok, all complete, lots of little details I can share to make things easier for future installers, more to follow! In the meantime:
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