That’s a pretty tough job without a plasma cutter, good that your inner fenders are removed.
Alex01 Silver Sport Build Thread
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It should be pretty fun. I've never used a plasma cutter so I won't know what I'm missing.
My goal is to do it like the attached photo.
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A little bit more cutting tonight.
Any reason not to weld it like this???
Looks a lot easier to get the cut right...
Any reason not to weld it like this???
Looks a lot easier to get the cut right...
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I wish.... the welded photo is a screenshot. Mine is the photo above. I'm still awaiting the shocks for final measurements so I'm done with the passanger side for now.
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A bit more progress. Probably because my helper was out today.
I rough cut the mount approximately 1 inch higher than I should need. I'll leave it like this until @bobthetj03 can glue the metal together then adjust as needed. Tack and test...
Now on to the drivers side.
Now on to the drivers side.
Nice job! You were right, a plasma cutter would have just spoiled your fun. I see you went MC uppers and lowers.
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That I did, I still need to save up for the rear though. Im 50% MC 50% RE at the moment.
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I will be running fox 11" shocks. My estimated height is currently based off of compressed length + desired up travel piston length which is 6.5 + 1.5" (buffer)
The rancho 2.5 shocks were a hair to large (compressed length) on full bump (right) / droop (Left) the uptravel on them was 6.25.
My goal is to have 6.5 up and 4.5 down. With that setup full droop will be very similar (a spec longer) than when I ran ranchos 3.5" shocks.
I knew you did your homework, i was just wondering if you had to cope a universal Poly mount for the frame or if you were able to use the standard frame notch?
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I started with the Universal shock mount kit. PPI-5003
I'm not familiar enough with the terminology to understand the rest
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Painted the rear flares. I was too lazy to reinstall the tire to get photos outside.
The shock extension project is going well. Just need to spend a bit more time on the drivers side. Plan to is get them burned on fairly soon and with any luck give them a bit of a test prior to the con.
The shock extension project is going well. Just need to spend a bit more time on the drivers side. Plan to is get them burned on fairly soon and with any luck give them a bit of a test prior to the con.
