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I replaced the Bilsteins with Fox on my Wrangler and it was night and day in handling and ride quality. I am building out my F550 now and just got the Carli Radius arms in-today, can't wait to put them on this weekend. I am tossing back and forth the idea of putting Fox on my F550 or King...

As I work on figuring out the brake lines, today I started the search for where to mount the 3H air management system and air tank. I really need to get the fuel transfer tank in to figure out where the air system will then fit. I did open up the 3H system, pretty slick setup. . .

I'll check them out, thank you..

Kryptonite sway bar links (3" lift version) compared to my factory links. Hopefully they perform like they look.. . .

Both front airbags now installed. With the axle sitting on the jack stands and airbags completely deflated/full squat I rolled the front tire up into position. The axle is still about 3 inches or so too low to put the tire on but this gives you a good idea of how it is going to fit. Plenty of...

Little more headway today, I was able to get the passenger side airbag in. I cleaned up the wheelwell best as possible. When taking the nut off of the top of the shock the stud/bolt broke, good thing I am getting new shocks. I was dead set on King Shocks but now I am starting to think about...

This weekend I finished up the driver side of the axle. I upgraded the Spicer unjoint, new wheel bearing assembly, all new seals, dust seal and o-rings, rust removed and repainted and rotor installed. I also found out that the locking hub had some broken bits in it so I bought new locking hubs...

Adjustable and cantilevered over to clear the tires. I'll call them Monday, Im not sure if they will work with Kelderman's H3 height control valves that mount to the radius arm. I'm sure I could probably make them work, I'll put them in with the contenders... . .

Looking to upgrade the radius arms. I narrowed it down to Carli Kryptonite Icon Any recommendations?

The wood construction of the camper and thin walls. When I compare the walls/floor/roof ie "structure" to the structural FRP panels that are on the market today there is no comparison. When you get into the 2 & 2.5" inch panels that are out there on the market today, I find them pretty stout and...

I think the F550 will ride very nice with the airbags. I did look at liquid springs and it does look great. My thought was with air bags, air lines & fittings. and Viair compressors I could get parts anywhere and fix pretty quickly any issues with the suspension. I will carry an extra airbag as...

Productive day today. With the wheel well all cut out and cleaned up I installed the Buckstop fender flares. I put a pic below with the factory flares on to show the difference. The fender liners have not arrived from Buckstop yet so I got tired of waiting. I hope they didn't forget to ship...

I was able to get the wheel wells cut out. First off is marking the line of the cut on the fender which you can see in the below pics. Next was cutting the fender - see before and after below. The next step in the process was cutting into the body of the inner fender well at the floor board area...

Made some good headway on the BuckStop fender install. The first order of business was cutting out some of the front end support. This process help open up the front of the inner wheel well so that the tire does now hit the front end support when the suspension compresses. BuckStop provides...

Custom - Not sure yet, the install directions say to start at 8 inches between the bottom and top air bag mounting surface, so dunno yet. For now I just threw some air in them... I wrapped up the rear end, minus adjusting the parking brake, dialing in the pinion angle and wheel base. I had to...

The rear Kelderman install begins. This is where I am currently at: - I read a couple articles (on the web) about Kelderman's powder coating not being the greatest, who knows right? Either way, as a precautionary measure I sprayed 3 coats of clear onto all Kelderman bracketry for good measure...

Spacer update: I purchased 7 ¼ diameter 2.5" tall round 6061 (T6511) aluminum blocks. I found center, drilled them out and put a coat of etching primer and semigloss paint on them. I did have to buy longer bolts to be able to reach far enough through these up into the threaded base of the...

The latest update: - Inner & Outer bearings on rear axles replaced for good measure. - New parking brakes installed. - Rotors and Pads are now in. - All rear leaf spring brackets unbolted and rivets for brackets all cut off (air hammered). - Rear frame sanding and painting done. It didn't smooth...

Need some help, I am looking for SIX 2.5 inch or 3 inch spacers to go under my air bags. The Firestone Part # for the airbags is W01-358-5323 The bottom of the airbag mount/cup is 7 3/16 inches wide in diameter (see pic below). 7 ¼ would probably work out better for a spacer diameter for the bag...

- Pulled springs off this weekend = 25-ish minutes... - Drilled out, chiseled off, and air hammered out the 16 rivets holding on the 4 spring 'Helper Brackets' = 2 hours.... - I wire brushed the axle and put a couple coats of semi gloss rust-oleum on... All ready to start installing the...