One hell of a daily driver in the making
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Finish this thing, already.
I wanna see it.
I wanna see it.
well as far as i could tell i have three options
1. leaf springs, cheap, but a very rough ride and will not level itself when i load the bed with a pallet (2000 pounds) of concrete, portland, pool crete, wood chips. All the stuff i carry year round, and certainly wont be the best option fo towing a race car, or other construction equipment, plus its boring, why would i want whats on every other truck thats ever been made?
2. A coil over shock, I could model it like the one up offroad system and would have a very sick ride indeed, it would have insane flexibility and would be very unique, but i would still have a hell of a time with towing. Plus im not ready to deal with all the math of calculatin the perfect shock, driveshaft angles or set the vehicle up to deal with the stress of that kind of flexibility. Plus a one up offroad unit is not suggested for highway usage, so Id feel uncomfortable modeling my truck after a $15,000+ suspension system when they dont want me to travel with it on the interstate
3. Air ride, although its not cheap it offers the most universal options. I can set my truck to ride at 16" while driving or parked, set it up so that as soon as i shut my truck off/unlock it, it lets all air out of system and lowers ~8", with the capability to lower it, i can have an extremely tall truck that can still clear under the drive thru, or my garage or shop or whatever, lastly is towing, i can slam the truck to the ground to back up to my trailor and raise it when im underneath it, and ill be hooked right then and there, i could load any weight amount and the system would always level itself both front to back and left to right, offering the ability to tow basically anything in any position.
I chose option 3 because it is clearly the best, i can have all the ride comfort in the world, its practical, and although its not cheap, i believe ill be much happier with that in the long run:read:
send me a check and ill have it done next week
Headlights are going to look like shit on the truck. Otherwise it looks good so far.
In that case can wait. Sounds like it's gonna be sweet.
only suggestion about air ride is you might have a very bouncy ride. my cousin put air ride on his f150 but then again it was lowered not lifted like you plan. Your still going to want to add shocks for some of the rough roads.
enlighten me with your knowledge.
two different series of shocks in the front and rear, so a total of 8, one with a softer rate and one with a stiffer rate in all four corners. Plus rebound frombumps is taken into considerating when i determine air bag length, i decide what exact psi i want to run at what height...
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I have seen a few kelderman air bag setups. Versatile for sure but not to the extent I understand you may be looking for. Love the build although I do have to lol at the backing up to the trailer and raising the air bags to hook up. By the time you get in the truck and inflate the bags I'll have the trailer down, chained, plugged in and be passing you.
Tag. :rockon:
all ebay headlights with leds, halos and all that shit look; well like shit.
mehh, doesnt really matter, i was gonna put a switch next to the license plate to make things quicker
hood dont fit, gonna have to do some trimming or find another cowl cover. :nonono:
began to strip the front end suspension
Fuel tank, brake lines, and some electrical for tail lighs are all in my way from cutting off that second leaf spring
Ouch
began to strip the front end suspension
Fuel tank, brake lines, and some electrical for tail lighs are all in my way from cutting off that second leaf spring
Ouch
pretty cool!
I think the build is neat and will turn out cool. But here is my question, in all of the reasoning about the suspension it all flowed back to towing. If your so worried about towing, why are you putting a 16" lift on a truck with big tires? All of these things are going to make towing suck B-hole. Either way, cool truck.
Nice project...looks like a lot of work
Pretty sick dude. I cant beleive your 18 and have this much knowledge haha, only thing i know how to do is an oil change. Good luck with the build, cant wait to see the finished truck
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