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- 1996
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So for a while I have been wanting to build my D35 and have a wheeler/DD, however after taking a step back and looking at my plans and what I want my truck to do, it seems as if SAS would be the same price and be more what I want.
So my plan was, Custom 4in lift with jeep coils ext. rad. arms, 5.13 gears, some kinda locker, drop pitman, exploder 8.8 w/ 5.13 gears and some kinda locker, f250 shock mounts, and 35in muds.
My goal was to be low, on 35's and flexy. But after doing crappy maintenance work on the D35, and finding more and more stuff I need to fix I think that a better route would be,
HP D44, stock ext. rad. arms, f250 shock mounts, jeep coils or EB coils, stock trac bar mount with triangulations, 5.13s and a locker, and a modified stock steering linkage. Either 9in or explorer 8.8. Leafs in the back ( probably from an explorer ) 5.13s and some kinda locker. And 36-37's
With that being said, either way I go the lockers will come later ( possibly much later ) and gears may come later as well. Also I wont be installing anything till at least summer, seeing as my budget is fairly low.
And as a reiteration I want it to be fairly low and flexy. And it is a DD however it almost never touches the freeway. But I do want it to be solid on the road. I dont want to be always breaking stuff either, I wheel hard but not crazy hard, seeing as it is my DD.
Anyways, give me your thoughts either way, and I don't want speculations, I want experience.
So my plan was, Custom 4in lift with jeep coils ext. rad. arms, 5.13 gears, some kinda locker, drop pitman, exploder 8.8 w/ 5.13 gears and some kinda locker, f250 shock mounts, and 35in muds.
My goal was to be low, on 35's and flexy. But after doing crappy maintenance work on the D35, and finding more and more stuff I need to fix I think that a better route would be,
HP D44, stock ext. rad. arms, f250 shock mounts, jeep coils or EB coils, stock trac bar mount with triangulations, 5.13s and a locker, and a modified stock steering linkage. Either 9in or explorer 8.8. Leafs in the back ( probably from an explorer ) 5.13s and some kinda locker. And 36-37's
With that being said, either way I go the lockers will come later ( possibly much later ) and gears may come later as well. Also I wont be installing anything till at least summer, seeing as my budget is fairly low.
And as a reiteration I want it to be fairly low and flexy. And it is a DD however it almost never touches the freeway. But I do want it to be solid on the road. I dont want to be always breaking stuff either, I wheel hard but not crazy hard, seeing as it is my DD.
Anyways, give me your thoughts either way, and I don't want speculations, I want experience.