new to prerunners! 98 mazda b4000

Heavyfire14 · May 7, 2012

heres mine with the steel plate...

bjennings276 · May 8, 2012

How do you figure out how high to put the hole off top of frame?

doyouquaxu · May 8, 2012

depends on the shocks you get. when i did mine, i bolted them to the lower arm with no spring in there, compressed them all but 1/4" and then measured how far out the top of the frame they poked. the mid travel kit only uses like 6" of shock stroke so you won't over extend the shock.

bjennings276 · May 21, 2012

still waiting on my kit.. cant wait till it gets here.

i was also wondering about reinforcing my frame, im not gonna be doing any jumping for a while prbly but ill have it up on a lift soon and i was thinking of putting like 3/8 or 1/4 stiffeners inside of the frame rails. do people do this? lol

if not, then whats an easy way to reinforce it?

doyouquaxu · May 21, 2012

upper arm mount gussets to keep them from ripping off the frame.

bjennings276 · May 23, 2012

Right on. Hopefully my shit comes in soon. Regardless tho I'll be at pismo for huckfest

bjennings276 · Jun 4, 2012

Just talked to Brandon this morning my kit will be done this week but not in time for huckfest. Pretty bummed but it's all good. I'll post pics when I get it and start putting it on

bjennings276 · Jun 12, 2012

Went out to pismo and broke my drivers side shock mount on the lower control arm. My BTF kit should be here next week tho.. Fingers crossed.

bjennings276 · Jul 6, 2012

Finally got the first shipment of my BTF kit in today! Pretty pumped, this kit is a beast lol

Next week I should be getting my fox shocks rotors and brake lines and I'll be ready to get it on

Heavyfire14 · Jul 9, 2012

nice!!!

bjennings276 · Jul 10, 2012

Got my shocks in! Dropped the control arms and spindles off at the powder coating shop. Hopefully I'll have everything on next week.

bjennings276 · Jul 10, 2012

bjennings276 · Jul 10, 2012

And i also had a question about what kind of steel to use for a bedcage??

its not gonna be anything crazy but should i go with like some seamless tube or or maybe just thicker tube. how strong should it be?

Heavyfire14 · Jul 11, 2012

mild is fine for a bedcage. and 1 1/2" and .120 wall should be fine if im not mistaken

bjennings276 · Jul 12, 2012

Right on

Got it powder coated black

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