My shocks finally came in for the rear... There was a miscommunication and apparently they've been sitting at SDHQ for a couple weeks. Such is life...
I figured now that I had the right shocks I could get some bump stops too so I could keep the rear tires out of my fenders.
I installed the shocks and welded some mounting tabs on for the reservoirs, then I moved on to the bump stops.
I added a chunk of 3/8" steel to the top of the upper spring plate and fabricated some mounting brackets for the bump cans.
Unfortunately while I was under the truck I figured out what the clunking offroad was. The brand new Timkin carrier bearing is blown out already (the rubber mounting). I'm going to have to go with a one piece driveshaft I think. It's going to be long...
My wife and I decided it would be nice to be able to put our rooftop tent on the truck so we don't always have to take the trailer, especially if it's just for a night or two. I picked up a TracRac bed rack and rail system and modified it to keep the tent as low as possible. I haven't mounted the tent on it yet, but with it set up this way, the tool box will still open fully and the tent will only stick up 8" higher than the roof of the truck.
Out of curiosity, I held one of the bump stops up by the front of the truck and decided it would be pretty easy to get rid of the hard poly bumps and throw another set of 2x2" Kings up front too. That's tomorrows project...
