99 SD Build

[benlittle]

So a few of you know about my recent build but I thought I'd post it up for the rest.

I started a few months ago with a bone stock 99 DI SD, 97k on the clock, extremely clean interior, exterior and a beautiful 4.0 under the hood.

I started with just the basics, serp, magnecore wires, plugs, filters and fluids.

Then came a few goodies...

Drivetrain/ Brakes/ Steering/ Suspension
Detroit
TrueTrack
DII front shaft (rebuild with greasable joints, swapped the output flange to a DII LT230 flange)
RTE Radius Arms
RTE Rear Links
Longfield CV's/ shafts
RoverTracks Rear Axles
Hubs/ Flanges drilled and tapped to 7/16-20 grade 8 hardware
D90 front calipers
D90 slotted, drilled, vented front rotors
OEM TRE's RH and LH thread
Olivares custom jam nuts
HD DOM steering components
DII steering damper
3in RTE Springs
OME Shocks (extended for a 3in lift, with firmer valving)

Protection
Olivares front pinion/ steering guard
Custom rear pinion guard, built by me
Sliders, rolled and built by me
Bumpers, F/R I used press break, both built by me (front slimline 3/16, rear RTE inspired 3/16)
Olivares stainless steel frame sliders
Sewer cap diff guards

Recovery
SMB's from EE (mounted with grade 12 socket head cap screws, 1/4in backing plates)
Superwinch EPi9.0 integrated solenoid
Viking synthetic line (3/8in, 100ft with safety thimble)
Rear, stock hitch Marc talked me into keeping it, thanks!

Lighting
H1 headlamp bulbs (ehhh, they're decent... not much of an upgrade)
Hella 4K's (mounted on the SD, wired to stock light switch)
Hella rubberized Rock Lights (4, wired to stock light switch)
Hella double worklamp, rear (wired to stock light switch)

Storage/ Misc
Safety Devices Highlander Rack
Farmtek rack flooring
Safety Devices Rear Ladder
Rear storage cubby with Engel Slidelock (both hard mounted)
ARB Fridge
10lb CO2 tank
WaSaTcH RoVeRs aluminum fairlead
Rear tire relocation, (made to add an additional 2in above the flipped tire carrier, fits a 33 with ease)
Diehard Platinum battery
West Marine 6 point fuse block (wired directly to the battery, powers all the aux lights and my fridge)
33X10.50 BFG MT's X5
GCR 15X8 Steelies X5
Olivares Shower
Olivares inspired Rear Door Table
12V marine plug (rear, wired to the west marine block, always hot)

 

[benlittle]

:Wow1:

 

[tommyd]

Man, nice work! Truck looks great.

That rear door table is a work of art. Where can I find out more?

 

[david despain]

Man, nice work! Truck looks great.

That rear door table is a work of art. Where can I find out more?

tables: http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25367

Ben, that garage looks way to clean and tidy to have performed all you various rover work over the years.

 

[michaels]

ben...looks nice, but also do IMG tags for your photos please. trying to search which ones i clicked or didn't hurts my eyes!

 

[sinuhexavier]

Good work Ben...

 

[benlittle]

Good work Ben...

Thanks:sombrero:

David, my garage only looks clean because I recently did an overhaul!!

 

[benlittle]

ben...looks nice, but also do IMG tags for your photos please. trying to search which ones i clicked or didn't hurts my eyes!

Yea, that's annoying!! It hurts my eyes too

 

[sinuhexavier]

Yeah Ben... You have a flickr account... Use it!!

 

[Scott Brady]

Ben,

The truck looks great

Another clean, well constructed build out of Utah.

Are you happy with the D90 brake upgrade?

 

[logos]

The disco looks amazing.

I'm interested in how you fabbed those bumpers. Did you use a brake for the whole thing or cut & weld?

 

[benlittle]

Thanks Scott

I'm very happy with the D90 brakes. One thing I didn't do was upgrade to stainless lines which I'll do soon. I'm not in too big of a hurry though.

 

[benlittle]

The disco looks amazing.

I'm interested in how you fabbed those bumpers. Did you use a brake for the whole thing or cut & weld?

Here is a pic of what was welded and bent for the rear.

 

[jeff_wright]

Looks awesome Ben!! Well let me know when you'd like to teach me how to make a rear bumper like that. Can you explain the why you "drilled and tapped to 7/16-20 grade 8 hardware" for the hubs? Is there a big difference to the standard hub hardware on DIs?

 

[benlittle]

Looks awesome Ben!! Well let me know when you'd like to teach me how to make a rear bumper like that. Can you explain the why you "drilled and tapped to 7/16-20 grade 8 hardware" for the hubs? Is there a big difference to the standard hub hardware on DIs?

Just for strength. It's really not the flange that has a problem breaking, it's the bolts that sheer. I just figured..."while I'm in here" kind of thing. It doesn't take long and the grade 8 hardware is cheap so why not. In all reality the way I'll be using this truck, it's overkill.

Teach you how to build a rear bumper? Hmmm... This was my first one. All I did was make a pattern and stick to it. Lots of... measure multiple times, weld once