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Project Country Boy


Couple More pics of it on the hoist with the tires on for preview

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that looks wicked man cant wait till shes done
 
You were bored so you actually yanked wheels and tires to replace them with those heavy bastiches, snap shots and repeat?

Digging the dedication, now get to work and show us that thing standing on it's own 4 feet!!!
gonna be a blast.

Frank
 
Lol pretty much.... i was at work, blancing the tires... and i just got them, and well i had an impact available... and well.... i just had to try it lol...


ill have the rest of the parts monday, so hopefully, i can get started on it!


Ry
 
Well got started on the whole lift deal... heres some progress pics,


The hangers were done, 3 were rotter the other, the bolt hole for the shackle was ovaled and the bushing in the leaf was out of center, it was definately due, got the box off and ground out the whole assy.


Heres one of the rotted mounts:
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Off with the old... took it all off as one... didn't even attempt disassembly of the old leaf setup,
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Stock Leaf Pack:
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Explorer Leaf Pack:
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The pack thickness is actually almost an inch thicker then my stock leaf pack, i don't have the gain measurements yet, ill be getting my u bolts tomorrow, as well as painting the whole frame, after i clean it down, and should have the rear all buttoned up this week or next, well see, ill keep you posted and let you know how much lift i gain from theses combined with 6400 shackles, removing the stock block and putting in a 3'' block...

New Hanger
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Belltech 6400
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Exhaust hanger got in the way
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The assembly:
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Thats all for now... more to follow...
 
im really likeing this build man keep up the good work
 
thanks, hopefully i can finish it all up the weekend of the 24th


Ry
 
nice truck gonna look good wen its done man cant wait 2 c it is it 2 or 4wd
 
4x4 hoping to have it done over the upcoming weekend
 
More updates, seems to me that the passenger side has a missing bump stop, but heres some updates and problems lol.... sorta, any way here we go

Back near done, sittin on its on, just waiting on shocks:
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Back jacked front stock...
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Starting on the front
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I must say i had a heck of a time getting the bolts that hold the coil buckets on.... spent alot of time of those working them free, back and forth, then spin a quarter turn repaet a few time, shoots some fluid on it and reapeat lol

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The front shocks, the drivers side pretty well fell apart while removing it
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Well i did like everyone said and picked up some of those steel spacers from a member here from an F-150, and well the factory nylon would not fit on it, nor would the coil.... so i got the grinder out, and made it work, heres the difference:
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Stock vs-F-150
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Working on getting the front down
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lift coil vs stocker
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More front end progress
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And thats all for now.... gonna start back up on it this weekend, need to figure out on making some drop brackets for the bump stops as well as some front swaypar drop brackets, i ditched the rear sway bar, and may use the end links from that up front, not sure i want to ditch both entirely, also have the pivot bushings for the axle, just not sure if i wanna bother putting in the new ones, the others dont have any play the rubber looks a little rough but they wont be coming out easy, just not sure if it will be worth the hassle, more to come, hopefully over the weekend
 
sweeet..just sweet

i really really like the progress your making, espically that you didnt bring it to a garage and yuo know what youre doing
 
lol im just kind of figuring it out as i go, more work to come over the weekend, hoping to wrap it up soon
 
haha thats how i do it, just go for it and figure it out along the way thats how u learn
 
Well i got some time to work on it a bit this weekend, little less then i would have liked, but irregardless i got some of the stuff done, all that is left is running a new steel brake line from master cylinder to the rear axle, possibly may do the front as well, well see, also gonna Por 15 the whole frame, then throw the shocks on, as well as but the box on and hit the road hopefully, i should get more time wed to work on it, any way here is the progress:

Had the axle out, so i could add the drop brackets:
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Got the plate a fixed up
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They are both installed
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Going back in
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Spring spacer in
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The dreaded plate clearance!
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Just a shot of how high i had to lift it to see the clearance issue,
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another shot
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Radius Arm drop Brackets
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Custom Bumpstop brackets.... theses shouldnt go any where
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no more clearance issue
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Other side
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Coils going in
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other side
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Sitting on her own with no shocks or bed
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And the front, i measure 6.25'' of lift
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To do list, add brake lines, as well as the extended brake lines, refinish the frame, throw the box on, clean her up and mout the new shoes!


Stay tuned
 

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