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well i figured i would get a short list of things i have done with pictures and descriptions so everyone sees i actually wheel and dont sit around online instead of wrenching like other people i know......

i got it last fall and this is basicly what it looked like



next step was 31s some coil spacers and a bastard leaf pack out back but i lack pictures of this. i had swaped on manual hubs to replace the automatic ones.


skip ahead 6 months or so and i have swaped in a ford 8.8 and dana 35 from a explorer that both have 456 gears and a mini spool in the rear. the front suspension has rancho jeep coils that are only a 240lb spring rate instead of the crappy 500 pound rate lift coils that came with my 2.5 inch lift kit. front can get about 13 inches of wheel travel as it sits and could get 17 if i changed the shock mounts for more travel.



jeep coils that have a 18 inch free height and have a static ride height of around 14 inches with SSV shocks to keep them under control.



IFS diff cover to replace the shitty fiberglass one that ford put on there stock



nice long radius arms that came with my lift along with poly bushings.



cant go without good tow points and something to protect your radiator and other important engine parts from trees.





got hand throttle?



just for scott



the tree won



33 12.5 15 TSLs



window sliders to save those big vonerable windows (they do work!)



and how it sits tonight while i dick around on here proving i actually do wheel....



well now that a spent an hr getting this junk together for all you web wheelers i am going to go put the b2 back together to run trails sunday.

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Cool. I like that window guard idea. Got any better pics of that?


thats all i have as of right now. those were actually given to me by another member on here. i am sure if they want to be known for it they will chime in.

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what brand was the lift? i like those radius arms
 

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what brand was the lift? i like those radius arms
actually they are the rancho 2.5 inch lift and radius arms everyone hates. i am yet to break anything on the 2.5 lift, well whats left of it, i am only using the radius arms, radius arm mounts and lift brackets. everything else got tossed for better parts such as jeep coils.

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great beater trail truck you got there ;)
 

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great beater trail truck you got there ;)
thanks, it does its job and takes a beating while doing it. just about anything i can break i have spares of sitting at home so i do my best to make it or break it trying.

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Thats the way to be. I'm about the same with my explorer i just beat the snot out of it lol I have a parts truck for it so i have no worrys unless i break something that I already broke again :/
 

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Thats the way to be. I'm about the same with my explorer i just beat the snot out of it lol I have a parts truck for it so i have no worrys unless i break something that I already broke again :/
tell me about it............

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One day I'll make it out to OH and see
'Pappa Smurf" in person!

Lookin good man!
 

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did you ever get some max flex pics?
 

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I just realized you don't live too far away from me. We ought to go wheelin sometime.
 

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One day I'll make it out to OH and see
'Pappa Smurf" in person!

Lookin good man!
it looks much better now with an exploded passanger window and caved in door and fender.........

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I just realized you don't live too far away from me. We ought to go wheelin sometime.
come out anytime just dont be afraid of broken parts or big dents...... PM me for my number, i should be out again in a few weeks.

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did you ever get some max flex pics?
no i have not. i will eventually. i have to cut some more fender to get them to stop rubbing.......

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