finally put the rear shackles in. they are a little close to the reciever hitch but while performing the good ole bounce test they dont even come close. the factory springs have very little arch so it looks as tho if they completely flatten out they still wont touch but only time (and the rti ramp) will tell. if they do rub i'll either remove the hitch and just figure one into the bumper or shave some of the metal off the bracket since there is an excess amount.
today i yanked my front coil buckets off for modifications to house the larger 5.5'' dia coil's they do fit but not the best and had a couple incidents of them coming outta the upper bucket. i looked into EB bucket's but dont have the coin to drop on them as of now. plans are to use the ruff stuff spring plates to mount the coils into the upper bucket a little better. the pic below is showing it with the ruff stuff hold down but it's just to give an idea until the actuall plate's get here.
I also plated the frame for the trac bar bracket so once that get's here i can burn it into place. having a truck sittin in the driveway with all the stuff there make's this pretty easy plan everything out!
also drained the front diff since it had some water in the fluid and didnt really want it sittin in there too long. well look's like some rust allready started and also looks like it doesnt matter much since the pinions toast.
the buddy that has the detroit and gears stoped by and needed to swap over some tire's and was checkin to see if i was intrested in a set of wheels he had. i offered to swap his tires in trade for the rims he said no so i threw a tire back into his truck and told him to load em up. he chuckled said o.k. so i now have a spare set of wheels identical to what's on my truck jsut in a lot wose condition. nothing a wire wheel and spray paint cant fix. but whatever they are spares right?