man i need a lift, i wanna be able to go up that stuff too! looks good bud, nice work on the truck

 

Awesome work John!

I really like that Refinance sign in the background, hope its not an omen!

 

Nah. I'm a 6% fixed rate on my house. I'm fine -- for now.

And thanks!

 

Yea I know you are 4x4 but your truck's title i believe still says 2wd, so that means I get to call your truck 2wd even though your 2wd truck can crawl over my 4x4!!!

I may have a little more experience than you but your flex and approach & breakover angles should leave me spining my 4 tires. I wish i could wheel with you some day but ~1800 miles is a long way to wheel!

As always I look forward to seeing all the pictures of your newly improved 2wd truck!!

 

Truck looks BA!! lol.. hopefully my truck will look that good when im done with her and she has all 4 35's on and not just the rear ones! lol... cant decide if i want to put the extra 3"bl on or just leave it with the 4" SL and torque the Tbars...

 

Well, we could split the difference and each drive 900 miles?...

Thanks. It did well wheeling with a built Jeep but I'm getting a front Aussie Locker when I can. I've watched your videos and been impressed on what a front locker does. Even if you lift a tire -- you've still got some go.

Yes, it has more flex than IFS but you can still lift a front tire easier on mine -- the rear flexes more.

And James, thank you as well. You'll figure out what you want to do soon -- then change your mind later if your anything like me. How many builds has my truck been through now, lol?...

 

I wanna wheel with you!! I'm only 300 miles away.

 

New Mexico? Did you annex Virginia, lol?

 

Naw I was talkin to supersonic, since he's in ABQ. Griggs I'm moving to NC next year then I'll make a road trip to wheel with you lol. We can have 2 converted trucks wheelin together. That'd be sweet!

 

how much did all the parts and labor cost??

 

who wouldnt want to go wheeling with adrian!

 

His truck is nearly stock except for the front locker -- he does it all by "force of will, lol".

And yes, Ryan, that'd be cool to go wheeling with you when you get out here!

 

It's really, really hard to account for, Chris. I accumulated the parts over a couple of years time, making the best deals I could. Rebuild parts, gear ratio changes and so on cost the most, followed by tools I had to buy like a welder and so forth.

All in all I'd say it's under $2000 -- but I can't give you an exact figure. I was the "labor" and the time is uncountable but it's a whole lot over about a 6 month period for the inital SAS, but it wasn't until April that it was a 4x4.

You'd have to be exceptionally blessed to have gotten some of the "deals" I got -- my axle and suspension brackets, 4" F-150 lift springs, radius arms and so forth were from a 1979 F-150 scrapped here at the steel mill. It's not everyday you get a free axle and parts. I had to sandblast and rebuild it all -- but it saved me beaucoup $$$. I traded some non-automotive stuff for a t-case and an old 4x4 A4LD to get an output shaft from, and so forth.

I don't know how familiar you are with my truck, but there's some info over on cardomain -- link in my signature -- and go to page 25 once you get there.

 

meet in colorado. perfect!

 

Razor, send me a PM. Wheeling is the last thing I have time for but i might be able to work something. Between work, going back to school for my masters, kido #2 on the way, wife working nights, and my fun energitic 2 year old, I might find some free time. I assume you are here in abq?

Zach, thanks, you bring the SAS phase 2 down to NM and we'll make some time to show you some wheeling! What is this phase 2, show me the link? If I wait long enough, i might be able to drive to your shop with axle in hand and drive home with a SAS all in one weekend!!

Gildo, meeting in co sounds good to me, thats only like ~400 to denver I think. And i know there is some sweet places to wheel there.

 

Ive tried to pry zach down here for a while now.

anyways, there are endless badass places to wheel up here. You come up here and I will run down to farmington, how about that? (how far are you from farmington?)

 

Yes this sounds like a great time!

Adrian, I am already planning my SAS 3 on another truck in less than a weeks time :) Stay tuned in June.

My SAS #2 is consisting of 37s, locked, Dana 60 rear, D44 front, full width, 4 wheel disc brakes, high steer, and fuel cell setup.

Current pics start around page 54 in my SAS thread.
https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...=34237&page=54

 

Zach, I was hoping you didn't say my SAS thread, that thing is to long to read. Thanks for the short version.

Gildo, 3 hours to farmington. Never wheeled there they got some REAL rocks there.

 

Yes, the SAS threads are the all-time winners around here for discussion. They helped me think some things out for sure. I haven't had much to say in them, but I've watched quite a bit -- though not all pages of all threads FOR SURE. If I'd done that, I would still be reading them and my SAS would never have beeen done, lol.