event went well but before i get to that ill update you guys on how my shock setup turned out.
my bump stops came in so i shaved the u-bolts and centering pins and drilled out the center of the u-bolt plate to let the nut sit down in the plate.
finished product.
then i started on the rear shocks. i wanted to keep them straight up and down on the travel of the axle so they are the most effective. therefor meaning they would most likely be coming up through the floor. to do this shock hoops would be required. i finally received a ram for my swag kit so first step was to set up the hydraulics for the bender.
i used a little inspiration from
@jt512 (josh) for mounting my bender and making it mobile by building a mount for an engine stand.
so with that finished i tested it out by building my hoops.
the reason for the piece inside the hoop was to be able to offset the shock mount tab being that i had to tuck the hoops in behind the rear seat.
floor cut to weld in the hoops.
tacked in
the tabs i used from ruffstuff too mount the shocks to the u-bolt plates.
finished welded and painted hoops
floor welded back in.
once finishing both sides i built the cross bar between the hoops. i ran it up high so that it can also be used as the harness bar for the rear bench seat. this will be tied in to the interior cage this winter.
then it was time for rear bump stops.
again i made use of the original frame mounts . but because of the lift i had to build a bump pad on the axle so the bump stop would limit it before the shocks bottomed out.
pre welded pads.
everything inplace and welded
i finished this the weekend before the december NJ toughest truck challenge.
in prep for the event i also finally got an optima for it and wired in a kill switch.
tucked the kill switch in the grill
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