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It always bothered me that domestic manufacturers took so long to switch to fully boxed frames that have some rigidity to them. The only real solution I know of is to plate the inside of the frame and add some more x-braces to help with the terrible torsional stiffness these rigs have. I will go...

Lol! OBS fords wouldn't have any articulation with stock suspension if it wasn't for good old frame flex! I have thought about doing this again for someone else, mostly because it would be so much faster and better a second time around, but also to help fund a plasma table! Seabass; Thank...

I got a chance to flex the truck out a little. I didn't push it to the limit since I don't have limit straps on yet. Sure beats the 1" of articulation from the d50.

Chaos; have you got your tires yet? If not I would reccomended Feltz auto and tire. They have the best prices and great customer service. I paid $800 for five MTRs shipped.

Looks good. This is pretty similar to what I just did on my f250. I think you could go with a 500/400 for your springs and be pretty happy. I have 450/400 on my super heavy diesel and they are a little soft in transitions but spot on other wise. They gave me exactly the ride hight and travel I...

I really appreciate all the complements. The build has turned out pretty much the way I wanted it to. I use the truck to pick up a couch today in Seattle and it worked great. It is a little floaty on the freeway but I think some of that is the 4" of rake that the truck has at the moment. I have...

Front is 99% done! Well it only took two months but it is done! I went for the first test drive tonight and so far so good. I have quite a bit of tire rub on the arms at full lock, but I think some .250" wheel spacers should fix that. I also need to relocate the keeper springs for the brake...

Lots of progress last night. I didn't take hardly any pictures since it was mostly maintenance items that are covered many other places. Here is a list of my accomplishments; Welded in coil towers Painted towers Installed New rotors Cleaned, painted, and repacked the hubs New wheel bearing...

Almost there! I got the radius arms mounted up to the axle and the diff cover bead blasted, painted, and installed. Tomorrow I will try and head out of work early and get this thing under the truck for the last time. Once it is in place and bolted up I can do one last check of the coil tower...

I am going to make my own shackle flip. I have the shackle mostly done already, I just need to make a bracket. I don't have a factory hitch anymore since I made the rear bumper. It should be super easy to make the flip kit for the rear and bolt on my shocks. The biggest pain in the butt will be...

Next I worked on fitting the reservoirs to the towers. I drilled and tapped the forward plate on each one and bolted the stainless brackets to them. Res test mounted At work today I made a plastic cradle for the reservoirs to sit in. They will work for now, but I will make some carbon...

Thank you guys for the compliments. Honestly I feel like a 7 year old with popsicle sticks and paste compared to many of the true fabricators on here. I could have built this so much stronger and lighter with a plasma table and dimple dies, but we all work with what we have. I got a ton of...

Finally got the truck on its own weight with the coilovers. The springs turned out to be perfect for the ride hight I wanted. Right now it is sitting at 44.5" from the fender edge to ground and 5" of remaining shock travel. The rates also seem about right, though I won't know for sure until I...

I got some more done today. Not as much as I wanted to but still progress. First I had to tack the drivers side lower coil mount in so it was strong enough to support the truck when setting the ride hight. Next I set about plating the sides of the towers. I needed to fish mouth the side plates...

Not a lot done tonight since by the time dinner was done and the kids were in bed it was too late to do any cutting and grinding. I did however reshape the flat back bone plate for the towers to clear the preload adjusters and springs better. I had originally bent too slack of a radius too far...

Packaging always seems to be an issue no matter what platform you are working on. I had a hell of a time getting everything to fit in my f250 and like you spent more time on the track bar trying to get it correct than about anything else. I like your work a lot and have used it to help me with...

I think it is a diesel thing since the air box is so much larger on them then the gas engines. From the fender edge to center of the hub is 27" and fender to ground is 44". I would love to have the reservoirs out of the wheel well but with the non flexible hose and limited space it will probably...

Pass side full droop Drivers side full droop Drivers side full bump Pass side full bump At approximate ride hight. Should be pretty close to 4.5-5" of up travel and 4" of suspension lift from the leafs and d50 The top of the towers are as high as they can get. The inner...

I got both shocks mounted and cycled tonight with the raised towers. Everything looks much better now that the top of the coilovers are located where my initial measurements were taken from. I need to tweak the profile of the towers slightly to give more clearance for the preload adjusters and...

I'm not sure what I will do to mount the reservoirs just yet. Thanks for the heads up about welding with the coilovers in place. I had never thought of that. I haven't done any welding with them in and don't plan on it, but great info for sure. I got home late from work so I didn't get a...