Can we trade trucks

That is a NICE truck!!!

 

haha.
thanks.
I just had my new OME long travel shocks installed today... since the shop had a ramp, I wanted to check brake lines and control arm bind.
Both were fine.
My old OME shocks were the standard 2" lift units, and had over 100k miles on them... all 4 were leaking bad, and, once off the truck I checked them and the had large dead spots.
New shocks sure make the rig ride nice again... forgot how nice it rode... new shocks are awesome. The long travel sure added a bunch of droop.

 

Just makes me want to get those 33s on mine ever more, Love it!

 

thats one cool truck mate.... how did you do that 33s on a 2" lift...i got 3" lift and people over here say i cant do it..i know i have to trim... now i have the proof....cheers mate...

 

it looks like your getting a little more then 2.5 inches of lift. but other then that it looks great and flexes very well

 

Thanks for the compliments.
Here is a picture of it on 31's before fender trimming...
http://members.***.net/huddy31/beepss1sideview31.jpg
the suspension is unchanged from that photo to the one above.
FWIW, I've measured from the top of the axle to the 'frame' rail pre the owners manual.
The 33" tires, trimed fenders and belly up sure do make it look lifted higher.

 

nice flex, but no way that's a 980

how did you measure it? what degree is that ramp?

i have a longarm with 36's and on a 23 degree ramp i only get a 760 and i'm up the ramp further.

 

That is a 23* ramp.
I measured vertical distance from pavement to tire/ramp slope interface 34".
(did center line perpendicular to ramp thru center of hub, from that point I measured straight down.) then did math on 34" and 20* to calc. hypotenuse length had it been 20*vs23*

your 760 would conver to 868 on a 20* ramp... but you say you are way further up...
i'm gonna have to stop by tomorrow and remeasure...

 

Nice xj bro. I just stuffed 32's on my 2.5" with | | that much trimming lol.

How you like Phoenix? Hows the wheelin out there?

 

I like the desert rather well.
Phoenix is an odd city... I neither love nor hate it.
Arizona is a good place if you like wheeling... lots of trails still open to the public.

 

I love it down there. I was down in phoenix for Christmas. I had been planning a move there not that long ago(for a girl,stupidly) but we broke up and that never happened. I loved it there though. I hear the heat is crazy in the summer but the scenery is beautiful. I flew down...and wanted my jeep so bad the whole time cause the desert looks so fun lol.

I'd love to move down there someday. Housing is so much cheaper then up here in wa.

 

you think i could squeez some 35's on a 3'' lift until i can get my 5.5''????

 

sure can. you will have to do the trimming and bumpstopping for those 35's before you do the lift though

here is 36's squeezed on a 3"

 

That is some CRAZY flex for a 3" lift. What are the details on the lift you ran there? Those springs look really long.