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83 pickup that went full buggy,

Another vote for USD suck and touch the front......Honestly I wouldn't touch front or rear.

Swing doors are all the rage. I personnel like the feeling of sitting deep inside a buggy. Doors would take that away for me.

Agreed, that's why I just get in and out less now instead of hacking my door bars out.
 
new lower links made up this weekend with new heims also. i went with 2.25 x .375 wall dom because my 2in x.25 wall kept bending.

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New links are beef! I dont want to know how much that DOM cost per foot :eek:

I am going to SMORR the 12th-13th, if you're interested in joining.
 
looking good. I like the front grill / bumper!
i do too i was unsure at first but had to just bend up a tube and do it. once it was up there i was like thats it..... nailed it.. really worried the bends would be too big a radius and look weird but i dont think so.
 
we got this DOM for 25 per foot. i think i used 12 foot total. or real close to that.
At $25 per foot could you not have just got WOD to build some 7075 Aluminum links? between the cost of the DOM, weld bungs and welding supplies I bet it was close. I'm always shocked how cheap they are. I can't buy the material for what they sell the complete link for!
 
i have 300 in steel plus the added bonus of a back ache the next day after man handlining them about 80 times up and down the day i installed them. cost i am not sure about because my math said this for my rear link my rear was 38 inches i think 36 with steel because of weld in bung.

this is one bar. jusy the rear. it said 2.70 per inch. and who knows i may have messed up the math. lol
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i have 300 in steel plus the added bonus of a back ache the next day after man handlining them about 80 times up and down the day i installed them. cost i am not sure about because my math said this for my rear link my rear was 38 inches i think 36 with steel because of weld in bung.

this is one bar. jusy the rear. it said 2.70 per inch. and who knows i may have messed up the math. lol
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this... and I have seen many threads pull out of alum links.
 
This one failed this weekend. Before you guys get all "steel is real" on me. That link is original outta Adam Carters old XRRA car. It's been raced since and trail abused for years since sold to my friend. It's tapped way deeper than anyone would now too. I've seen a few over the years break this way. Honestly just as many as I've seen steel break at the bung. I've never seen a aluminum link strip threads out though. That sounds like a jam nut not tight issue TBH.

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I've always thought it would be cool to make a short steel adapter that would thread onto the outside of the aluminum to not weaken it by drilling.

I also think aluminum is fine for certain rigs. But imo, if you want a beat down type rig, just go chromo. By the time you get into larger solid aluminum, it's not all that light anyway.

Last time I was at Fordyce, a very nice fresh built buggy broke an aluminum link and they barely stopped in time to not wipe out shocks. Could steel have broken also? Yes, but less likey if using remotely the right size Dom and half decent welds. Also, it could have been welded back together in less than an hour. While this rig sat there for a long time waiting to see if a spare from the tow rig was fetched and would work.

Obviously, either will work, lot of guys out beating on aluminum, just not as dumb proof as steel imo.



Also, curious what chaplinfj60 is up to with all the posts in gen4x4 axle threads? You building an 05+ axle for this or a 609 or?
 
funny story. we just got a pair of super duty axle and started stripping one down. so there is that. i am on the fence about building a SD for this or what. i went out this last weekend and changed my driving style. and it is plain old not as fun. i did not use low low once , i stayed in the 2.72 low range. i used to got right to low low at the trail head and wooo pow everything. fun yes hard on shit YES it was like doing neutral drops..... so i have some relearning to do.


:lmao::lmao::lmao:
 
funny story. we just got a pair of super duty axle and started stripping one down. so there is that. i am on the fence about building a SD for this or what. i went out this last weekend and changed my driving style. and it is plain old not as fun. i did not use low low once , i stayed in the 2.72 low range. i used to got right to low low at the trail head and wooo pow everything. fun yes hard on shit YES it was like doing neutral drops..... so i have some relearning to do.


:lmao::lmao::lmao:

If the front axle is the next week point, why not go ahead and build the SD axle out?
 
these are good questions. how does one more the diff with out impacting the oil pan or drive shaft? my thought were factory length shafts

Stock shaft length should push it out from where your current diff is, so if that works well, you have room to move it in.

Downside is shock and link mounting can get tight.

Just stuff to think about
 
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