When get into the motor I will have that and a few other things to change up. I don't really know what the PO was thinking with this build sometimes.

 

Just a foolin

 

here is my truck

 

made my tool box fit in my rails

just fooling around

new lights rear view

new lights front

3rd gen rear bumper installed

 

Pretty cool of your girl to be working on it. I wish there were more out there...


I see something glaringly wrong with this picture: STACKED BLOCKS.

bahsgopjrafljiragijrigj...NO!

Other than that, nice rig.

 

+2 have the blocks welded together ( 1 inch stitch on front and rear of block) or replace with 1 big block

 

Or if finances allow, just replace the entire spring with a lift spring.

 

hmh never knew that you couldnt do that, that is just how i got it. ill have to fix that when i get it to houston, i actually am considering going up another 4-6". how would one go about doing that? i cant seem to find much on lifts more than 6".

she mostly got tired of the a/c not working from the wild vents and so thats why she first started working on it. now she just does it because she has found its not all that complicated.

thanks tho, it has been an alright rig, need to swap the rear end for an lsd one and bigger gears in both. always love the stares i get when driving it tho

i will certainly look into that, thanks.

got some stickers for free the other day



put the vtec and speed bump one on too, the skull is my car clubs sticker


new headlights finally


how they look on the truck, funny thing is my truck came with fog lights but at some point someone took them off. wirings still there and everything
and yes i know the grille guard is crooked, its a used one from a junk yard. might be selling it as i want a bumper replacement instead

 

Nice brush guard.

You can likely find stock fog lights on Rock auto for not too much.

 

I don't know if you're aware of how much $ you have to throw at the truck in order to get 10-12" of lift, but here it is anyway.

You can do 7 or 8 inch diesel springs up front which will get you about 10 or 11 inches of lift and add spacers as needed. For the rear, there's a bunch of ways to achieve lift; 4" BDS shackle flip and 1" zero rate block with correct offset, and 6" springs. Or AALs, springs, and regular blocks. Or any other combo you want. You can also throw in a 3" body lift in place of suspension lift height. Your gonna have to make your own control arms and trackbar unless you wanna have them custom made by dtprofab or dodgeoffroad. You also need an extreme drop pitman arm, extended sway bar links/drop bracket, and custom length shocks. You will also have to install a tcase indexing ring kit so the driveshaft has the correct angle. Its also a very good idea to get crossover steering and hydro steering. 1 ton axles and some low (5.13 or so) gears are a must as well, which means 8 lug rims. Diff lockers are a good idea too if you're gonna be getting deep into mud.
And depending on how big of tires your gonna get, rockwell axles might be a better choice than 1 tons.

Fabricating things yourself and shopping around will help to make things cheap as possible.

Another, more expensive option, is to do a 7" skyjacker lift with a 3" body lift. Simpler than piecing a kit together, but more expensive. And I would highly advise against buying full throttle suspension/whiplash lift kits. From what others say, they're junk and not safe, especially for offroad use. Their 10" coils are fine to use though.