Here are some pics of what my truck look's like right now.
I am going to take tuesday and friday of from work so that I can do the final welding on the cab mount's, tranny mount and motor mount's. www.IFCUSTOM.com is leaving on tuesday to greenville for a show so the shop will be all mine for one week, we will trailer my truck to the shop and I plan on driving it home from there.
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Last edited by marz68 on Sun May 21, 2006 9:48 pm, edited 2 times in total.
I'd say a lot of work is an understatement! Are there problems steering at normal ride height? That's a lot of tire tucked inside the fenders! Also, interesting rear suspension. What is that, quarter elliptical springs with airbags?
I do plan on chopping the top but that will be after the truck is put together so that I can stand back and see how much I want to go with it. IF custom wants to chop it at a car show just how they have done 4 other trucks .
The steering will be fine at ride hight cause I will be trimming the top of the fender some more and the fender lip will be trimmed and roded for clearance (i will post some pics of the fender work soon as I get them).
The rear crossmember is 1/4 of the drive shaft but that will get fixed with a notch and some plating.
Thank's for all the comment's.
xxxtina63 wrote:I'd say a lot of work is an understatement! Are there problems steering at normal ride height? That's a lot of tire tucked inside the fenders! Also, interesting rear suspension. What is that, quarter elliptical springs with airbags?
custom 2 link and air bags.
why do you guys do two links over at IF, i may of asked but i dont remember. it seems like a wishbone 3 or traingular 4 would be a safer bet as far as driving your truck on crap roads and inclines.
The reason we do 2 link's is because they are stronger and easy to build but we have done other type of setups 4 link 3 link cantilever etc. Most of our customers ask for this setup anyway's and we have not had anybody come back with problems. I have not heard anything on a 2 link setup being dangerous.
they just dont give any articulation like a 4 link does from what i hear. ill have to find where people were talkin bout it. but hey, if it works for you......no reason to change it. qny news on the truck. id love to see it with the bed and doors on!
I will take some pictures tonight.
I finished welding the cab mount's yesterday...man that was so easy getting the cab of with the lift.
Tonight I will finish welding the motor mounts, but I will need to remove the motor so that I can get better access to them. If I have time
tonight, I will trim the top of the fenders and weld a 1x1 square tube to reenforce them.
Updates will be posted on Sunday night.
Are there problems steering at normal ride height? That's a lot of tire tucked inside the fenders! Also, interesting rear suspension. What is that, quarter elliptical springs with airbags?
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. i think i got an idea of what your going for, but who knows.