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Old 05-27-2008, 09:14 PM
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Nice truck. The view must be awesome from up there!!!
 
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Old 05-27-2008, 09:44 PM
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I'm not fond of big lifts...but you have a very nice looking truck. Any pictures of the suspension? I'm curious as to how safe (if at all) it is.

You drive it on the street?
 
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Dang nice looking truck
 
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Old 05-27-2008, 09:57 PM
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for now i'll be running the 53" michelin Xl's......they are extremely hard rubber compound (lasts forever on the street)......im running mine on 20x14 stazworks double beadlocks....

 
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nice truck, x2 on some pics of the suspension, steering and whatnot, and it looks to me like some needs tom trianulation in their frame, oh and im not the most informed but about these trucks but are those stock axles? 53s with stock axles...ehh
 
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Old 05-27-2008, 10:47 PM
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How do you have original running gear turning those tires?
 
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got a good shot from the front? That steering looks pretty interesting, I see a S thing going on....
 
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Old 05-27-2008, 11:28 PM
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Man... I'm lucky to clear 10.5 mpg on a good day... I would incredibly happy with your 14 lol.
 
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nice truck. it definatly looks tough......but is it actually built to take some real abuse?
 
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Old 05-28-2008, 05:33 AM
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Sweet truck, your gas mileage is better then mine.
 
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Is that thing street legal?
 
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Old 05-28-2008, 09:20 AM
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Thanks alot for all of the comments on the truck!

Actually, the truck is my daily driver. It is the only vehicle I own so it goes everywhere. As for legallity issues, the only law we have in Colorado is the headlight height. I only run the driving lights on the bottom at night and I have had many cops tell me that works fine. There are several other big trucks around here that don't even do that and have no problem with the law.

I actually did not design the steering. It is a switchback system that requires you to flip the bottom drag link on the stock steering system. When I first got it back, the steering system worked terribly. However, I turned the Panyard bar around and ran it parallel to the bottom switchback and the thing handles like a stock truck! I have done some wheeling with it and it stood up to the challenge pretty easily!

 
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Old 05-28-2008, 10:06 AM
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Wow what a monster.
 
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So what gears do you have with these tires?
 
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Are you doing a brake upgrade after the larger wheels go on? Doesn't seem safe to be running that size components with stock axles and brakes...
 


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