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Similar but different. I did the zone off-road aal earlier this year and it's a slightly shorter one than the skyjacker one you have. The spring pack is definitely stiffer, but the ride quality is much better because I switched from the cheapest Monroe oe replacement shocks to Bilsteins. Yours should ride about the same as long as you've got decent shocks.

I had the same thing and even called and spoke to 2 people earlier this year. If you have any luck emailing let us know. Or maybe we could convince them to do another group buy on them.

I also bought this PRP kit and it fit well.

I'm also interested in this. Are the ko2s known for needing rotated a lot?

I say out

I have the old AMC style factory grill guard and it's really light. We've only got smallish whitetails here, but I doubt it would stand up well to a deer. They do look great though. Another alternative to consider is Affordable offroad. I just grabbed their elite brush guard bumper for $550 shipped to my door (obviously it can be built for cheaper than that), which is half the price of the Warrior or ARB ones. I don't know what the Warrior mount plates look like but the ones on the AO one are decently thick and tie into the frame in a lot more spots than the ARB one. I've only found pictures of it installed on a trimmed front end, but in theory you could run it without trimming fenders or removing the valance. It's def not for everyone, but if you're a cheapo like me and want the functionality but aren't as concerned about aesthetics they have a lot of options. They also have non-winch bumpers and can add a receiver hitch if you want the winch removeable. That said I personally love the ARB. Also, as far as I'm aware the ARB is the only one crash tested. They're made in Australia and they require crash testing for aftermarket bumpers.

This recent renaissance of 2wd street trucks is wonderful, and this one is near the top of the list for me. I've commented on a couple of your FB posts of this truck and I'm still struck at how gorgeous that paint is. Can't wait to see what you have planned for the future.

It's not a bad thing to have the flasher, but just a fyi the Oracle lights don't need the flasher changed. They have resistors built in.

Progress on camping rig v2. Eventually I'd like to get a potable water tank/pump in the unused bit at the head of the sleeping area and a small 12v setup in the spot between the wheel arch and cab on the passenger side. Need another piece of 3/4 to make the removable bit to make the platform go all the way across. I also plan on putting in a long piano hinge so the whole thing can fold in half so i can use the bed easily. Got a phone mount. I also took it out on dirt for the first time since the suspension swap last Saturday. Mainly maintained fire roads, with some unmaintained ones and a little bit of smoother 2 track.

Gorgeous color. Looks like a really capable rig to boot.

I will say on both of my 86s, neither valve had a spring on it. Honestly IDK if I've ever seen one with a spring on it. Also the arm is ruined to the cam as it slots onto an eccentric plastic bushing on the outside of the valve.

V2 of the camping rig is underway. I'm no carpenter, but I think it'll turn out more useful than the last.

Well, the 31x10.5r15 BFG KO2 is only made as a LT now, though I liked the thought of being able to carry more weight. I carry scrap metal and motorcycles fairly often. Plus, the camper top and camping kit that stays on the back 70% of the time. I've carried reno demo loads for friends and new supplies with it as well. The tires have never changed how the handle or behave no matter how much weight I've put in the back. The KO2's are only a C load rating though, so a slightly thinner sidewall. As far as springs go, most companies don't put out spring rates for their coils. Rusty's does and their 4.5" has a lower rate than the 3.5" RE coils I have. Pete is probably right that it may be the short arms or shocks.

The BFG KO2s I have are the LT version. I can say switching to a spring with a better spring rate up front made a light years difference. I also switched from a OE replacement shock to a Bilstein 5100. I didn't notice a change in ride quality switching from the Falkens that were not LTs. I've kept the psi at 30 throughout all the suspension changes. But I have a long bed and keep at least 200-300 extra lbs all the time over the rear.

Looking at their website, it seems like they've changed their design since I bought them. Mine are press in OE style rubber bushings, they make them with greaseable polyurethane now. That said I have no complaints about them. 3 years and 15,000 miles and I didn't feel like I needed to change the bushings when I had them off 2 months ago. I also haven't had any issues with handling, or getting it aligned. Swapping in new control arms should always improve handling if they're the correct length.

The bend gets installed facing down like a U. Helps the arm not bottom out on the mount/axle when the axle is drooping on taller lifts. I have no rubbing with 31s on factory 15x8s.

I've had the Core4x4 tier one lower and uppers on my truck for about 3 years now. The bushings are still perfect and the threads are great, but the powder coating is chipping off a bit. That's also with probably 15,000 miles, some of it seeing snow and salt. I would definitely buy them again.

It's 23. I have a NP228 sitting in the shed that came off the 904 and it's 23.

Never posted mine in here. 324k on the odo when I bought it, and I've put another 18k on it since then. However the cable was unhooked, so who knows. Doesn't have the telltale red tag that the replacement 60° V6s had, so seems to be original.

Took it to a buddy's house to do an alignment on their nice level concrete garage floor. Then I went on the first adventure since the axle swap. I found an aluminum topper about 110 miles away and could only get the length and width measurements out of the dude. I was worried it might be for an S10 and be too short on the truck. I figured if it was, I could just put it on the trailer and no one would notice. I also stopped off at Carolina Sandhills wildlife refuge to tool around a bit in the sand. Not a lot of pictures, but it's a fun little spot, and they also have dispersed camping so I may go back at some point. Well turns out it was a perfect fit for the Manche. It's a custom built one, so at some point someone probably went to Stoney's truck toppers and said they wanted a work cap for their long bed MJ. It's a little taller than the fiberglass one, and has much more volume inside because the "frame" of the fiberglass one protrudes in much more. It's also about 75lbs lighter. It's got panels that open on all 3 sides which is cool, I'll just have to figure out how to put up a removable bug screen. It also has struts like I haven't seen before. They're 2 slip fit pipes with a captured spring in the middle. The back and the passenger side work fine if a bit crusty, but the driver side is rusted shut. Not sure if I'll just clean up the stuff on it, or switch to gas struts. I scrubbed it decently yesterday, but the paint is flaking off of it. I'm gonna take it to a high pressure car wash to see if I can blast off the spray paint and get to the hideous neon green paint underneath

Been meaning to make a thread about turning my grandad's Comanche into a trailer. Due to having issues with his estate I couldn't get a title for it, the typical floor pan and frame rail rust, and having been flipped and crashed a few times with a fairly warped frame I decided turning it into a trailer would be the best way to keep it around. This is truck that he and I would cruise around in the woods, take fishing trips, and do general truck antics in. So, it had and has a lot of sentimental value, and I really didn't want to get rid of it since it was one of the few things he gave me when he passed. This is what it looked like while it sat at my old house for quite a few years. Start by cutting the cab and the body off. I ended cutting off everything except the frame rails about 8-9 inches in front of the back of the cab brace. Next I had to deal with this internal frame brace as I was planning on building a tongue and welding it to the factory frame. I also wanted to take the bracing off the outside of the frame as it was no longer necessary. I just marked where the spot welds were and used a spot weld cutter to remove them. I also cut the back of the cab brace off as the tongue I was building was going to be enough. Next I needed to open the frame rails up a bit. They curve inward at this point just enough that it interfered with me inserting and test fitting the tongue. Next was measuring and tongue test fitting. I built it out of 3"x3/16" c-channel and 2"x1/4" wall square tube. I used them only because it was what I had laying around and I didn't want to pay for any materials aside from welding rod and the coupler/jack. Then I did the final trimming on the frame rails as I had a good bit of excess material. I ended up welding and bolting the tongue to the factory frame. I did a combo of fillet and rosette welds along with 3 grade 8 3/8" bolts on both sides. Don't have any pictures of the welds at the moment. Got some gamblers to match my other truck. The trailer was a huge help when moving houses. I know I looked like Jed Clampett driving down the road, but who cares . The new house only has a little 12x12 shed as compared to the 20x14 I had at the last house, so the trailer has mainly been a storage unit for some things since I moved. It currently has no axle or springs under it as it had the 4.10 d35 that I threw in my other truck. Currently debating whether I want to shell out $400 for a new custom axle with electric brakes or go the junkyard minivan rear axle route and do hydraulic surge brakes.

Personally, I think trucks with matching trailers look awesome. Even better if the wheels match. This was right before I did all the suspension work, and I won't be able to get a good, updated picture until I get a new axle for the trailer. I've thought about taking the windows out and doing the pass through thing, but I don't know if I'm thin or flexible enough for that I'd like to build the trailer out as the camper/sleeping area, so I could go places, drop the trailer if need be and have the truck to explore with. Only problem is my 2.8 is real tired and having a full camping setup and the trailer it's honestly unsafe how slow it is. I'm hoping I can get a 3.4 donor sometime this year and start that.

Yeah, I love old long bed trucks with toppers. There's a OBS 250 crew cab with the 2-tone purple and white paint that rolls around here, and I drool every time I see it. I've got my eye on another one on FB right now. It's an aluminum one with a built-in rack on top. If I get some stuff sold and have the spare cash, I'll probably grab it. I like the idea of having a long bed with a camper top and a matching long bed trailer that also has a camper top on it.