Alright fellas, now that the truck is in a good spot, it's time to sit back and take a breather on the build and start thinking about the next phase. One area I've been thinking a lot about is the front suspension. Originally the plan was to have this thing end up on coilovers, with 3.0's being my p...

Haha, yup, you know the taillight source Willie!

Hahaha, so true Will. So true. I ended up not having them do the top of the bumper this time around since it was going to prevent them from getting it all done in one day, but it's for sure going to be on the list. I'm so happy with how the Linex turned out...it really finishes the truck off so nice...

Thanks guys! I am going over the rail with the LineX, so I'm leaning towards doing the top of the bumper. I think it would tie together nicely. Will post pics once I get the truck home and get everything installed in the bed.

I took the truck to a buddy that gave it a full paint correction and detail, along with a few coats of SiO2 to keep things looking nice and shiny for awhile. Once that was done, I was able to slap all the new badges on there, and will be taking it in for Linex tomorrow. I'm debating Linex on the top...

Interesting. Let me know what you find out from Spectra!

I looked at about the first two pages on Google for sites selling the F26D/E tanks, and all of them either say out of stock, or the ones that don't, eventually say unavailable to order once you add to cart and try to purchase. I get the feeling that either Spectra is temporarily out of stock on them...

I drew a couple holes on the skid and held it up to the truck and came to the same conclusion. It was just a little bit too much. Funny, I wondered the same thing RE the shackles when Richer sent me a pic of them installed, but seeing it in person, I'm not worried about it. Bushings are poly though,...

It's definitely on my to do list, but I can't find F26D or F26E tanks in stock anywhere. Not sure if Spectra discontinued them or what.

The boys over at Richer got the rear spring swap turned around super fast, and even had time to help me get the front skidplate mounted and a lower mount/crossmember for that fabricated. I'm super stoked how it all turned out, and snapped a few pics with the skid plate bolted to the skid plate struc...

Agreed...probably worth my time to dig around on that site to see what else they offer outside of hardware.

Great find with those lines on Allens, thanks for the heads up! I use them for hardware pretty often, but had no idea they had those lines available. Hell, at that price, I may just order up some longer lines and call it a day.

Totally agree Will. If I end up getting longer ones made, will keep these for spares.

Or just go coilovers and run hardlines down the radius arms because we all know that's where it's going eventually...

Good call on the radius bender. I need to take a look under the truck when it's sitting at ride height and maybe use a jack to droop it out to see how the routing looks in relation to the tire and then decide if I need to fiddle with the routing, or just address the length.

Don't you worry Tony...all those rusty pivots are all gone, and any rusty rivets that are still remaining have all been cleaned and painted

I did notice that Will...still trying to decide if I'm gonna just get new lines made that are a little longer, or strap the suspension to keep them from pulling too tight. The upside is the way that Autofab made these brake lines, all I have to do is get the lines with a couple AN fittings on the en...

Rear suspension time! She's up in the capable hands of the boys at Richer Racing for the removal of the factory spring hangers and then installation of a set of front and rear Desolate hangers, Desolate shackles, RuffStuff spring plates, and Deaver J40's. I have absolutely no idea what the J40's are...

Honestly, probably not a bad bet haha. I'm really gonna try to stay stock width/stock fenders, but do want to end up with coilovers up front and some longer shocks under the bed out back. We'll see if I can stick with that...

New diff cover is on, and the ole girl is heading up to Richer tomorrow to get the J40's and front/rear spring hangers installed. It will be interesting to see what the rear ride height ends up at with the new springs.