A visit to Mod heaven

[CrnCnn]

Well I mapped it so I know it will take us all the way, i just dont know what condition the road is in.

[nfpgasmask]

In effor to not completely jack Ascinder's thread, I will start a new Reno meet up thread.

Mods look sweet, Ascinder!

Bart

Well I mapped it so I know it will take us all the way, i just dont know what condition the road is in.

[Ascinder]

Here's an update, as some members were wondering how this lift went for me. So far mostly nothing to complain about that was not already expected. The ride compared to stock is very slightly rougher because of the tires. The cladding only ended up having to be trimmed less than 1/4" on each front fenderwell, although it does occasionally rub when I have the wheels turned and hit a bump. I didn't have to do any hammering whatsoever to the back of the fenderwells, which I am very happy about. I do sit about 6" higher including the height from the wheels which feels completely weird at first but is easy to get used to. Handling is surprisingly the same compared to stock, and I am able to take corners as fast as a stock rig without dipping or rolling. Acceleration is a little more sluggish now, as was expected, but not too bad. The only thing I would change if I were to do it again would be using ultra-low poly bump stops up front for some added clearance. The front differential drop brackets are holding up superbly and when we took it for a little wheeling this weekend, they were solid. The rear spring jacks worked out extremely well and are totally silent. After several weeks of having them in, they haven't moved and have worked flawlessly. Now the bad part. When we went out wheeling this weekend, nfpsgaskmask, CrnCnn and I were looking at my handwork and we noticed some grease around the inner drivers side CV boot . This was before we had even hit the trail. After the day was over and I got back home, I cleaned the boot off and couldn't find any tears. But when I squeezed the boot, I ended up finding some kind of tiny puncture that looked like someone had poked the boot through with a needle or tack. I don't know how something like that could have occurred, I though it might be a manufacturing defect since it was very close to the boots' mold seam, and the Mecatech boots are thinner than stock boots, but whatever the case, I will try to seal it up instead of pulling everything apart and replacing it offhand. That is the only gripe to state so far, all in all I am extremely happy with the lift.

[JHarris1385]

Your diff drop brakets were custom right?
THis is something I need to do.

[Ascinder]

They were custom in the sense that I pulled them out of the VX, cut the axle mounting areas out of them, moved them down 2", made some spacer plates to fill the 2" gap, then had them welded up. In hindsight, I think I would have tried to cannibalize some off of a trooper(they look the same) so I wouldn't have had so much down time. Just cutting out each side took me a day since I used a dremel and was very careful to make the lines as straight and as thin as possible to facilitate the best welds I could. Then there is the prep for welding. I don't know what isuzu used for the paint on those things, but man was it tough to get off. It resisted abrasive wheels, sanding discs, wire wheels, and pretty much everything I could think to throw at it, it was drudgery type work indeed.