Thank you, I thought you forgot about me. I hate asking for help on here because I never get to come out and play. Sorry, I will try to be a better Nexterraite.

Its ok you make it up with the Laughs! haha Eric i think i speak for everyone here when i say you should never be afraid to ask for help! Its what were here for!

We're also here for the beer

November 8th Mod Day


I just learned that the Weekend of the 1st is parent's weekend at Hamitlon college, so that is out for me...I won't be home.

How about the following weekend: November 8th? I haven't checked with Jonelle yet, but I want to get this posted up ASAP.

The 8th is better for me as of now.

That could work for me too

Thats better for me also i believe...

You should start a new thread for this.

Well I know I can adjust my schedule some but if this date is good for everyone let's set the date to plan out the mods being done. I'm hoping to talk to Rob at Draken while up in the area, about finally getting the PC mount plate fabricated.

As far as what I'm hoping to get done is a 2" BL.

I am more interested in doing another actual lift or add a leaf-pack other then simulating a lift with a body lift. the following link is what i was thinking... is this a good choice im unsure... I already have the SLR econoline suspension lift which was upper control arms, torsion bars, bigger shackles, new shocks all around... will this add a leaf help in any way or should i just go thru bandit and get a full pack?

My ass does sag a bit now with the rear bumper as well as sometimes bottoming out ? so with this pack will it actually give me more lift as well as helping out in those issues (even though that is what it says).

I assume I will need to crank the torsion bars as well after installing the leaf pack

comments welcome

https://www.4x4parts.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=435_436_398_520&products_id=2861

Donald - you already have the parts for the BL?

IMHO you are better off spending the money for a full leaf pack from Dave. The add a leafs have a greater tendency to sag due to an already weak spring pack. Most of us who have installed rebuilt spring packs have previously installed add-a-leafs and they have sagged. Dave's rebuilt spring pack will last until you break it, if you ever do. None of us have yet.

You will have a lot of rake to your truck. The crank of the t-bars is limited. You may be able to gain more. Mine are 1/2" off the low-profile bump stops. I also modified my UCA"s, but that was a lot of work.

The real limiting factor in the front is that the aftermarket UCA's are only half a solution. To really make it right the lower control arms need to be longer as well. It works fine and I'm not spending the money on the Total Chaos system.

Ok that was my assumption and the way I wanted to go originally... with that said im going to put the money towards that.

Also im not going to do the body lift then but I will come to help out on the mod day if someone is willing to let me ride down with them and we can split gas?... no use in bringing my truck if we are not working on it.

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Dave's springs are my 3rd pack... if he was building them before I wasted all the money with SLR, I would have saved well over $500 in farting around with different setups/shipping/3 different size shackles/etc... Save the steps and aggravation that I went through.

I'm on the same boat about Dave's spring pack.. I did the AAL path and, like Dagger said, didn't use them for too long.

I've had Dave's pack for a few months and beat the hell out of them at ECXC and on some other trails and they are still holding up really, really well