DeLone: Then, now, and along the way

[Thed]

Here is the pic you asked for

 

[Rose2300]

thanks man. So is the rear leafs on your truck still stock?
What gears does your truck have?
How did you fix the speedometer to compensate for the bigger tires?
What camber bushings did you use to realign the front?
What was your mpg before and after the bigger tires?

 

[Thed]

thanks man. So is the rear leafs on your truck still stock?

Yessir.

What gears does your truck have?

The stock 3.45:1 open diff.

How did you fix the speedometer to compensate for the bigger tires?

I haven't. I just add roughly 10% to whatever I'm going. Like if it says I'm going 50 MPH, I'm actually going roughly 55 MPH.

What camber bushings did you use to realign the front?

I haven't the slightest idea. I think the guy told me that he put in 3 degree eccentrics or something like that.

What was your mpg before and after the bigger tires?

I wish I could tell you. The day after the new tires were put on, my odomoter broke.

 

[Rose2300]

Was there a noticable drop in power after putting on the bigger tires or just a slight change? I've also got 3.45s.

 

[Thed]

Just a little, but not too much. Not enough to look away from it.

 

[Rose2300]

alright cool.
do you think you could give me some step by step instructions on the process of installing the spacers?

 

[Rose2300]

hey jk I found some instructions. thanks for the help man I'm ordering my kit tomorrow. I'll try to install it myself haha and I might post some questions if they arise. Once it's done Ill have before and after pictures

 

[Thed]

There's really nothing to it. The way I did it was this:

-Disconnect sway bar link.
-Jack up the suspension to take off the the tire.
-Put a jack stand under the FRAME and take out the jack from the suspension so it will flex to the ground.
-Disconnect shock on the bottom.
-Disconnect the spring from the I-Beams. DO NOT FORGET that there is an access hole on top of the spring's housing thing.
-Remove spring from assembly. At this point there should be nothing holding the I-beams up. They should be touching the ground.
-Now you need all of the space you can get for these suckers to get on there. Jack up the frame as high as the jack will let you and keep a jack stand under that b****!!! You will be pushing those TTB's as far down as those suckers will go to get the spring and spacer on there. I forgot exactly what I did to get it in there, you just have to be innovative and put in a little elbow grease.
-Now that the spring is loosely in there, jack up the beam little by little to get that spring set in place.
-Once it's set in place, bolt that spring in there with the included stud extenders.
-Attach the shock.
-Lift the beam up to the height the sway bar link is at and attach it. Trust me, trying to force that bolt in for the sway bar is something you don't want to go through...
-Put the tire on and move on to the next side.

They you go, that's about as good as I can get it. PM me if you have any questions if you do decide to go through with this later on down the trail...

 

[Thed]

Awwwww.... I just wrote that hole damn thing for nothing

 

[Rose2300]

It's alright man it helped clear a few things up for me