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'89 R3500 Crew Cab 2wd to 4wd conversion & beyond
- Thread starter mrk5
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Started out with 2wd TBI350 with SM465 to current 4wd with 454, 700r4, NP241
Well I don’t know what that means, so I apologize I suppose.
I followed them around last year saying, "this is the last time at Milt's, this is the last time on Kane Creek Road, this is the last meal in Moab at Blazer Bash for the Riley family."
It was funny, but depressing at the same time.
It was funny, but depressing at the same time.
I knew he was passing the torch, I just didn’t know he wasn’t going for a few years.
His kids are more important than hanging out with us. Sports and stuff are taking up more time. So we are tasked with continuing on with BB as they have designed it.
Holy cow, my thread blew up in my absence.
@skunked, @Kay86K5 is right. I purchased 4" front springs but dealing with the 2wd 1-ton frame had me end up at about 6" of front lift. In the very beginning I had to run the tallest block I could find for the factory rear springs which was 5.5" tall. Then I a local member on here (can't remember name) had some 4" rear lift springs for $100 so I jumped on those because it was a good price and I hate running a super tall block. So I used those with a 2.5" block. Finally I got around to changing out all the rear spring hangers which included a 2.5" ORD shackle flip to replace the shorter lift block.
So now I'm in the position to need 4" rear lift springs. I like running the shorter shackle flip anyway so in that regard it's good, but unfortunately rear lift springs are expensive which is why I haven't replaced them yet. The stiffer rear suspension definitely makes the truck ride a little oddly so I'd like to get them replaced.
@GWeakland620 if I could still attend Blazer Bash, we would continue to organize it. My oldest son has been missing the event for the past couple of years so he can stay home and attend his football stuff. He's not the next Tom Brady so if he has any hope of getting playing time, he can't be missing practices and stuff. It's hard to get someone that can take him to football and school while we're gone. My youngest son starts middle school next year which will be his first year of school sponsored football and missing practices and such will be a bigger deal for him too. I really hate missing their games too so that's another bad thing. Once the kids are done with high school in 7 years, we will be able to start coming again.
I'm enough of a geek about my sons and football that right now I'm getting up at 4:30am so I can get my oldest to his morning weights/workout for football off season.
7 years seems like a lot, but not in the grand scheme of the event that has been going for 18yrs of which Nicole and I were organizing it since 2009, but attending since 2005. So 7 years is far less time away than time we spent being there.
@skunked, @Kay86K5 is right. I purchased 4" front springs but dealing with the 2wd 1-ton frame had me end up at about 6" of front lift. In the very beginning I had to run the tallest block I could find for the factory rear springs which was 5.5" tall. Then I a local member on here (can't remember name) had some 4" rear lift springs for $100 so I jumped on those because it was a good price and I hate running a super tall block. So I used those with a 2.5" block. Finally I got around to changing out all the rear spring hangers which included a 2.5" ORD shackle flip to replace the shorter lift block.
So now I'm in the position to need 4" rear lift springs. I like running the shorter shackle flip anyway so in that regard it's good, but unfortunately rear lift springs are expensive which is why I haven't replaced them yet. The stiffer rear suspension definitely makes the truck ride a little oddly so I'd like to get them replaced.
@GWeakland620 if I could still attend Blazer Bash, we would continue to organize it. My oldest son has been missing the event for the past couple of years so he can stay home and attend his football stuff. He's not the next Tom Brady so if he has any hope of getting playing time, he can't be missing practices and stuff. It's hard to get someone that can take him to football and school while we're gone. My youngest son starts middle school next year which will be his first year of school sponsored football and missing practices and such will be a bigger deal for him too. I really hate missing their games too so that's another bad thing. Once the kids are done with high school in 7 years, we will be able to start coming again.
I'm enough of a geek about my sons and football that right now I'm getting up at 4:30am so I can get my oldest to his morning weights/workout for football off season.
7 years seems like a lot, but not in the grand scheme of the event that has been going for 18yrs of which Nicole and I were organizing it since 2009, but attending since 2005. So 7 years is far less time away than time we spent being there.
Ah, the smaller flip is the difference. The 57’s by themselves lift the truck so those combined with my 4” flip, 6” shackle, 1” zero rate I’m probably around 7” of lift. That’s why I didn’t understand the need for lift springs out back.
I think I have 4" or 4.5" shackles.
makes sense why you need lift springs between the shorter flip and shackles.
Well I’ll just have to make it again when you return to the scene. I want a picture of our white crew cabs together.
White trucks rule!
Probably better than orange ones.
I don’t know what color mine is going to be yet so I feel really out of place now...
Rainbow
Factory color was “rainbow in a blender”.
