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Thanks guys, it's starting to get close. Had a buddy over a night ago who needed some welding on his f350 camper tie-downs. Managed to get the bare frame painted when he was here. Had enough left over to do both sides front to back. It's just brushed on por15, it'll look a lot better with...

^ funny enough we never listen to the stereo. Typically we are chatting and trying to figure out where to go next when we are camping. Made some good headway today Setting my track bar angle, double checking to make sure bump steer is not an issue. This IRO drop bracket drops wayyy too much...

^ Definitely on both fronts. I can't wait to see the camper on the new setup. Well..... I had promised I would have this done by May long for wifey's birthday, but it's not looking good at the moment... One downside of pre-buying all of your swap parts a year+ in advance is when you mess up...

^ & ^^, that's awesome. I feel like almost everyone born before the 2000's has owned an S-series at some point. Made some good progress yesterday/tonight. Bench seat out This bench is so comfy but the material is really starting to breakdown. Disassembled and brought it over to an...

^ When I was about 16 I started working on my red truck & reading S10 forum. Since that time I've had this dream of having a street truck & a SAS'd bush truck. It's very cool to see this one coming together after 20 years of "dreaming" haha. It's been a slow week. Buddy came over to change out...

Another trip to picknpull for misc stuff. The sway bar saga continues, Crewcab S10 bar on top of a TJ bar. The TJ bar would rub the tire far to much S10 bar on top of explorer bar, S10 bar has a bit more clearance for tires and fits the 30 axle points better. I think the S10 ZR5 sway bar is...

^ It's a pretty sweet truck, '50*. He just finished a 10 bolt, 700r4 swap with a newer inline 6 cylinder. Setting up the front end fully. Setting caster and squaring it up Every time I touch this truck another 10lbs of dirt falls out. Coil bucket tacked in and sitting on it's own weight...

^That would have been great. Far too many beers were consumed during that 6 days. A couple of hours put in yesterday, Rear bar & brackets cleaned up U bolt plates modified, Old sway bar mounts cut off, new mounts welded in place. tacked in the shock mounts as well. Nice surprise, the 33"...

This is a great question. A track bar does a better job of keeping the axle centered when cornering or side loading (off camber flexing) than simply leaf springs alone. It's not necessarily required but with a high center of gravity (camper) and a narrow track it's not going to hurt. When I...

After a day of detoxing, back at it.Checking out the flex in the rear Measuring for shock lengths, I had pulled a track bar off a ZR2 S10 quite a while back. here it is in its stock configuration: to make it work I turned this Into this, The SOA configuration required a much taller...

Yes, but I think it will be very minimal. The skinny 33's with stock backspacing don't look like they'll need much trimming at all. Here's lock-lock The nice thing about the long arms is I'll be able to move it around quite a bit. You & I both. Quite a bit of work to do but I'm hoping a...

^It's a princess auto special, in the states I believe it's harbor freight. I bought it second hand for $40. Great little press for bearings, bushings, etc. It will fit in the garage sans camper. With the camper I'll have to air down the tires fully or run the little donut spares. After this...

lol, Admittedly I ran a yellow, got lost trying to find the Indian restaurant, turned right 3 times, and then left 3 times. I would have definitely thought I was drunk as well. After staring at the explorer rear sway bar and trying to sort out packaging the shocks, pan hard and brake lines I've...

^Thanks, all I see is a very disabled truck at the moment. Some pretty good rain but I don't think it's comparable to what happened a year ago. Thanks, you & I both. I hate having this thing not running. May long is coming in a hurry and we have a trip planned for that weekend. Started...

^thanks, it's either aluminum or black in my world for wheels. I have a 4 link kit sitting on the shelf for this 8.8, but I really don't mind leafs in the rear. They are super easy to add or remove a leaf. The only reason why I didn't go leafs in the front is I wanted the...

Thanks for the good words guys. Bit of a daunting project, cutting up a perfectly good truck and all... Killing a couple of bird with one stone here; lockers, bigger tires, re-gear, stronger components, better suspension. The dana 30 isn't a huge strength gain over the ifs diff, almost exactly...

^ no kidding, a lift would be so handy for this project...

Yesterdays progress, T bars, front diff, everything deleted. A lot of crap on the ground, Rolled the front axle underneath to get an idea of how much cutting of brackets and cross members is required. Fitment of the new wheels is absolutely spot on, It fits, today I'll be...

We were planning to go on a week long trip to the island again this easter weekend. The night before we checked the forecast... We opted out of this one. Now that I had a week off and no plans, time to get after it. Fitting up the 8.8 Looks hilarious w/ the donuts W/ 33's Old...

Quick update, it's been a hot minute. Getting the canoe wet on the big lake after work. Some spring cleaning action Full mock up of the front end A couple of small camper improvements, external temp sensor for the diesel heater panel New usb charger for the main panel, previously...