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Yeah just aboutmaybe 1.5". The right shock can kinda go in place but you can't get the bolt though the hole. The driver side shock is the one about an in away from bolting up. Brandon

The 4.5" shocks are about an in away from bolting up. They are all the way pulled out. I called RC and they did say that I have the right shocks. Brandon

Ok so After getting my leaf springs from hellscreek and putting them in I have to much lift. I got the 4.5" lift springs on and when we tried to bolt up the shocks they were to short. So when I called up Tom at hellscreek he said with the new leaf springs and the 2" shackles that came with my kit I'm getting around 6"-6.5" of lift. Well since I got the 4.5" lift kit from Rough country my shocks are only meant for a 4.5" lift. So as of right now I'm riding around with no rear shocks (not fun) because they can't bolt up. Tom said I need to put on my old shackles to bring it down to the right hight of 4.5". Well thanks to rust theres no safe way to re use my old shackles. He also said I can get shackles off of a 1980's Chevy blazer to bring me down to the right hight. How ever I LOVE the way it looks at 6" of lift. So should I get "new" shackles to bring it down to the 4.5" and use the RC shocks that came with my kit or should be or keep it the way it is get new shocks again and get 2" spacers for the front coil springs? Thanks for your opinion Brandon

very cool thanks for that Brandon

Get the rear 8.8 off of an explorer with the gear ratio that you want and then look for a front axle out of a xj or mj to match the explorer gear ratio. Or re gear a dana 30. the year explorer you need to keep an eye out for would be 1995-2001. Oh and you will probably need wheel spacers for the rear if you go with the 8.8 because its a bit more narrow then your stock rear end. Brandon

You know you could have a nice DD and keep the red Pioneer for a mud/rock/ what ever truck :D Ill keep an eye out on this it looks like its gonna be fun :popcorn: And hey if do part the red one out I may have a few ill need... :brows: Brandon

that pioneer is not that bad plz don't kill it! You can get a parts xj and do the same and save both trucks! It just makes me sad to see a truck in not bad condition getting chopped up. :( Good score on the 88 tho! wow 150 bucks thats my gas bill for a few weeks. Brandon

How would you re mount a MJ flair If you cut? I'm looking to cut about an inch for rust removal and more flex. I was going to do the same to the front flairs. And thanks Motion for the idea of cutting I was just gonna go at it with a plasma cutter and a template. Brandon

Do you have a dana 35 rear end? If you didnt then, that would be a fast way of knowing if your gear ratio is a mod or original to the truck. Brandon

yeah it was I shoulda saved a pic it was really cool Brandon

An xj will also work so this should be easy to pick up at a JY. Brandon

Hows about this baby I almost had this one... Brandon

That reminds me how do you a adapt the parking brake on a ford 8.8? I still don't have one and I have needed it a few times now. Sorry for the :hijack: Brandon

very cool post up what you did to get it goin. I would love to know how to get one working. Great find Brandon

where would you put it? Brandon

Man that looks great! good job Brandon

OMG thats amazing! I'm gonna show that one to every one I know! "Oh maybe Ill come down..or maybe I won't" LOL Brandon

:agree: but It all depends on the scout. Eagle court of honor's From what I under stand is mostly planed by the scout and his parents. Just do what you Think you should and what you think they would want. Its a big deal but not a wedding lol Have fun Brandon

Wow yours sounds like it was a hassle to get done but I'm glad you did it! i restored two basketball courts in town that have been rotting away For the past 30 years. When I 1st got started I thought It was going to be kinda easy... 150 man Hr's from then I realized it was it was nothing what I thought it was going to be. I pressure washed the 2 courts (that took most of the time) re painted the lines, which took alot of work because after washing the courts I had to look up where the lines had to be because 90% of them just washed away. Then I filled in the cracks in the courts and picked up some trash and what not. It may sound like alot and if I had not of waited until the last minute I would have done more but man was that a bunch of work :eek: Here are a FEW pic's of before and after: I had 100's of pic's but that would take for ever to upload lol I'm really glad I did what I did because since I did finish the two courts I have seen 3 or more times as many people out there using the old courts and they look brand new! Even If i didnt get my Eagle I would have never regretted doing all that work. I enjoyed it and learned alot. Brandon

This is how they are supposed to work: Brandon

1st of all let me say :wavey: 2rd I'm sorry to here about your gpa. 3rd sounds like a fun build :popcorn: Brandon

Omg how? I got mine from the scout gulf ridge council store. I'm not sure if every council sells them but here's a link where you can get them at http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/ItemDetail.aspx?cat=01RTL&ctgy=PRODUCTS&c2=NEW&c3=&c4=&lv=2&item=34247 Thanks ya'll!!! Brandon

Ok well I got this for my truck the other day: With all of the things ive done to my truck I think that was my favorite mod. I still have not had a court of honor :( I don't even a date set for it yet but ill get pic's of that up when It happens. Also here’s a pic of the patch and card I got :D Brandon

Ok well I was not sure if there were any changes between in transmission. Thanks Brandon

really? He was going to sell me 3 but I don't have the $. I'm sorry maybe I picked the wrong post :dunno: Brandon