joel
06-19-2008, 02:03 PM
I wanted to match the handling of the front long travel kit I installed on the back, so I went to the best fab shop in town, Samco Fabrication, and this is what we came up with. First off, we removed the shocks, springs, and sway bar and found out what the stock links would travel. We found that 12" was the most we were going to get out of it without a total redesign. Next we got some 12" 3 tube bypass shocks from Fox and figured out where they'd fit. The solution was behind the axle. I did loose a chunk of clearance under the shock mounts, but they're stout and it's a fair trade for what I ended up with. Also added were variable rate coils that are 18.25 free length and some new upper links. All mounts were tig welded and made from chromoly.
Anyway, on to the pictures..
Upper Mount
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26155-1/IMG_0889.jpg
Lower Mount
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26157-1/IMG_0890.jpg
Exhaust Mod
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26159-1/IMG_0892.jpg
Droop, strapped
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26161-1/IMG_0898.jpg
Rear view
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26163-1/IMG_0899.jpg
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26165-1/IMG_0900.jpg
Lower mount, with strap
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26167-1/IMG_0903.jpg
Flex (I hit the wall, there was more left..)
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26169-1/IMG_0904.jpg
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26171-1/IMG_0905.jpg
Still need to have it pro-tuned by Sam, but we got it feeling pretty good for the street to start out.
Questions? Ask away.
Anyway, on to the pictures..
Upper Mount
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26155-1/IMG_0889.jpg
Lower Mount
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26157-1/IMG_0890.jpg
Exhaust Mod
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26159-1/IMG_0892.jpg
Droop, strapped
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26161-1/IMG_0898.jpg
Rear view
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26163-1/IMG_0899.jpg
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26165-1/IMG_0900.jpg
Lower mount, with strap
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26167-1/IMG_0903.jpg
Flex (I hit the wall, there was more left..)
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26169-1/IMG_0904.jpg
http://joelrasmus.com/gallery/d/26171-1/IMG_0905.jpg
Still need to have it pro-tuned by Sam, but we got it feeling pretty good for the street to start out.
Questions? Ask away.