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'84 K5 Build (Midlife Crisis)

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max 02 said:
Not concerned about the shocks mounted low like that?
I know why you did it too keep them from coming through the bed floor.
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Not too much. The JK and JL jeeps are the same way and really never seems to be an issue being so close to the tire. I still need to cut out and weld the gussets to the mounts that box them all in and should stand up to any dragging or impacts that may arise. I think the worst situation would be deep ruts like you might see in a mud bog or something which I entirely avoid anyway haha.
 
Fastereddie said:
Not too much. The JK and JL jeeps are the same way and really never seems to be an issue being so close to the tire. I still need to cut out and weld the gussets to the mounts that box them all in and should stand up to any dragging or impacts that may arise. I think the worst situation would be deep ruts like you might see in a mud bog or something which I entirely avoid anyway haha.
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Excellent! Thanks!

Great job BTW. Excited for you to drive it again! :waytogo:
 
Fastereddie said:
Not too much. The JK and JL jeeps are the same way and really never seems to be an issue being so close to the tire. I still need to cut out and weld the gussets to the mounts that box them all in and should stand up to any dragging or impacts that may arise. I think the worst situation would be deep ruts like you might see in a mud bog or something which I entirely avoid anyway haha.
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Be interesting to see how it works for you. I was thinking a rock garden might create some issues. I wouldn't mind doing something like that with my shocks instead of having them angled forward.
 
skunked said:
Personally I'd smash the $hit of those coils mounted below the axle tubes but I don't think @Fastereddie intends on using this truck the same way.
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Yeah I was thinking he didn't do that type of wheeling, at least not a lot. But being closer to the tire might help. Although I know guys that still have drums on their 14 bolts and have "used" the drums to climb over a rock.
 
skunked said:
Personally I'd smash the $hit of those coils mounted below the axle tubes but I don't think @Fastereddie intends on using this truck the same way.
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Yeah I definitely don’t intend to rock garden the crap out of her. She’s more of a camping all-around kind of rig.
 
mrk5 said:
Be interesting to see how it works for you. I was thinking a rock garden might create some issues. I wouldn't mind doing something like that with my shocks instead of having them angled forward.
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I did Chinaman's with you in my diesel last spring, I don't believe I hit my shock mounts once. Being close to the tire helps a lot.
 
You went to a van master?
 
I'm running a P30 master on my disc swap setup. It's got the big aluminum res. I love it. Bigger piston size makes for nice firm pedal and more brakes than I need most of the time. I had to put an adjustable prop valve in my rear circuit on top of the disc/disc prop valve and I turn it almost all the way off to keep from having issues in the snow and ice. Rear would lock up right away without it.
 
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