my truck undergoing custom radius arm

[thebison]

A bunch of pictures of my rad arm customization, didnt get everything, and is not in order but here goes..

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pulled both axels out of that explorer in the pic, 8.8 limited slip, dana 35, got the dana 35 with my new 6 inch skyjacker coils replacing my bds, new steel braided brake lines, all that is in, next weekend will be the 8.8 swap

 

[thebison]

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj254/thebison134/lisascamera186.jpg
i forgot to post this.. my strengthener for the brackets, i was worried the C frame would bend up under pressure.

 

[Hardwareman]

Looks pretty good!

I'm looking at doing extended radius arms myself. You're lucky you know how to weld.

Looks like you used stock radius arms and lengthened them? Thanks




Allen

 

[thebison]

yeah i cut my radius arms right b4 that stud was and i opened up the stud by cutting the weld that was holding it in, and put it in the pipe i used, welded that stud up and welded the pipe to the old radius arm.

 

[kunar]

yeah i cut my radius arms right b4 that stud was and i opened up the stud by cutting the weld that was holding it in, and put it in the pipe i used, welded that stud up and welded the pipe to the old radius arm.

sounds like the way to go. i will be doing mine sometime in the future and i think i will be following these guidelines...

 

[Hardwareman]

Me too!

They look like they'll hold up well. How did you determine where to mount to the frame? How much longer are they? Did you measure where the axle/spindle was before and after the radius arms were installed? Sorry and Thanks...lol Good job!




Allen

 

[Hardwareman]

I was just looking at your coils and could'nt help but wonder what kind and size are they? Thanks.



Allen

 

[thebison]

Harwareman> i did measure where the axle was before and after the radius arms were installed, i tacked everything b4 i welded it up to double and triple check everything was good, i decided i would mount my brackets inbetween the cabmount and the frame strengthener, i took measurements from the tips of the radius arms(cut) to where i wanted to tack them. i beleive the new arms are about a foot and a half longer then the old ones. would have to check on that tho

 

[thebison]

i just put those coils in while doing the swap, they are 6 inch skyjacker coils, i had the 4 inch bds coils before that

 

[thebison]

what you guys think of the snorkal i recently put on? actually i think this is the first picture of my truck i put on what do you guys think?

 

[Hardwareman]

Looks pretty badass to me.

I could have sworn I've seen your Ranger on here before though.





Allen

 

[thebison]

nope first picture post, i havent actually tried that snorkal out yet, i want to get an electric fan first, and right when i made it and went to go out to try it out i busted my old dana 28s toy axel shaft like every other time i went out haha but no more of that

 

[CopyKat]

Dropping the trans is gonna suck

 

[4x4truck_stop]

I am all for home modifications but I dont like the snorkel alot. I think painting it so it doesnt look like a coffee can on a pipe, would make it look alot better. I like the looks of your truck though!

 

[danger88ranger]

I like the snorkel but i would have gotten black pvc so it would blend a little better. You should buy an ARB filter element and put it on top so you dont worry about putting a coffee can on and off.