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- 1998
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- Automatic
Project Military Mazda 98 B4000
k soo i got this truck for graduation. had to do a little bit of work. repainted it. put a 3inch body lift. the Vacuum hubs never worked.. soo i bought the Rugged Ridge Locking hubs. 4x4 works fine but my wheel bearings have been shit. replaced one side 3 times and the other 2.. but now it seems like the sway bar links and the bearings dont wanna stay in good condition soo im swapping the front IFS to a Dana44 and the rear is just a bonus but ill be upgrading it to a Ford 9"
This is my DD, but once i buy a new vehicle it will become a bush buggy. i plan on putting in a full roll cage in the cab and removing the box maybe and putting massive tires.. i was thinking EXO but thats allot of tubes to be bent.. well see
here she is when i first got her
then i striped it and primed it fixed some surface rust on the wheel wells
Not to long after i installed the Rugged Ridge Locking hubs.
they work perfectly fine but due to the reviews i read i kept them in locked position for 90% of the time. i heard they blow off or break.. bad hub design.. they need to make it flanged around the axle bolts for a locked position and stronger design.
I ordered a body lift at the same time as the locking hubs but installed the body lift about 2 weeks later. and lucky me my father in law had some old Kumho 33's and jeep rims laying around soo he gave me those free of charge!
Painted it with Marine Forest Green Paint bought for 40$ a gal. cheap tough paint.
soo that's the most recent work done to it atm. Sam at www.nickel4x4.com will be doing my SAS on a dana60 3link panhard bar. and the rear Sterling 10.25 with disks and 4link on coils for now. coil overs in the future
feed back is appreciated
k soo i got this truck for graduation. had to do a little bit of work. repainted it. put a 3inch body lift. the Vacuum hubs never worked.. soo i bought the Rugged Ridge Locking hubs. 4x4 works fine but my wheel bearings have been shit. replaced one side 3 times and the other 2.. but now it seems like the sway bar links and the bearings dont wanna stay in good condition soo im swapping the front IFS to a Dana44 and the rear is just a bonus but ill be upgrading it to a Ford 9"
This is my DD, but once i buy a new vehicle it will become a bush buggy. i plan on putting in a full roll cage in the cab and removing the box maybe and putting massive tires.. i was thinking EXO but thats allot of tubes to be bent.. well see
here she is when i first got her
then i striped it and primed it fixed some surface rust on the wheel wells
Not to long after i installed the Rugged Ridge Locking hubs.
they work perfectly fine but due to the reviews i read i kept them in locked position for 90% of the time. i heard they blow off or break.. bad hub design.. they need to make it flanged around the axle bolts for a locked position and stronger design.
I ordered a body lift at the same time as the locking hubs but installed the body lift about 2 weeks later. and lucky me my father in law had some old Kumho 33's and jeep rims laying around soo he gave me those free of charge!
Painted it with Marine Forest Green Paint bought for 40$ a gal. cheap tough paint.
soo that's the most recent work done to it atm. Sam at www.nickel4x4.com will be doing my SAS on a dana60 3link panhard bar. and the rear Sterling 10.25 with disks and 4link on coils for now. coil overs in the future
feed back is appreciated
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