Papasmurf's 07 4x4 LT Build Thread and now with more other stuff too!

Those leafs are super flexy. If you go 3" packs, you'll lose a small amount of articulation. But I also think that helps prevent them from losing arch

 

I want Bruce to do 3" so he can do that on my truck when I get back there. You have convinced me it's the way to go and with my frame cut and moving the front spring mounts it's the only thing that makes me nervous about my build that I want to do over.

 

Yeah I'm convinced that 2.25" packs are just too narrow for any truck that carries weight. The thinner leafs makes the packs tall and when they twist I think the metal gets fatigued faster and that why they sag prematurely. SUA packs are longer so they'll twist more which exacerbates the problem.

Fabricating the front hanger is actually pretty easy. The hard part is precisely locating the pivot. Fabricators have tricks that they use to locate this bolt, but of course none of them are going to be willing to share lol

 

Yup I’m deff gonna end up going 3” leafs I’m working w a buddy to get mounts made so I can weld them on. I’ll get a set made for you too Greg. For now I’m going to do a rearch while I work on the rest of the stuff

 

Don't know how I missed this reply. My bad.

Um, yeah I'll be (er, was) there. Suspension is about 75% complete.

Great pictures, BTW. So glad I went.

 

I’m ok w that if I get rid of the saggy ass

 

How much weight did you have loaded - i haven't loaded much weight with mine yet, but plan to keep it around the 500lb range.

 

At cinders all I had was my two spares , tools, and 10 gal water no back seats nothing else and 1 passenger

 

The leafs are gonna get rearch but I think that’s a bandaid the skinny leafs just don’t work like Alex said in his two posts

 

So minor update...

The old light bar


@Baja Designs came through huge! My onx6 high power had developed moisture in all 4 sections which caused one section to stop working... I talked to Paul at BD and he said to bring the truck up we will fix it, standing by their lifetime warranty.. after their tech looked at the light, Paul came out w a brand new onx6+ which had the same output and lower draw (which is a good thing) !! He said the other one will take a lot to fix and this bar is better then he came out to help install it too. I gotta give credit to them they have great customer service, employees and stand by their products! Thanks, @Baja Designs, and Paul
The new bar is so pretty...

@sdhq_offroad

 

Also they suggested running two of the sections with amber and two with white to help cut through the dust. instead of all white, so im gonna give it a try and see how it works,

also the internals are wired a little different on the onx6+ vs highpower, and with the highpower there was a second switch you installed to add a high and low power feature, when we installed the 6+ the switch actually turned the outer two sections off making it a 20" inch instead of 40" which is good for the day time when you want people to see you but dont need 32k lumens of light to do it

 

Ya just gotta love a company that actually stands behind their product. Deaver was REALLY good to me too, but you know that.

 

16k will still be too bright

 

well..... you will have to tell me! hahahahahah #beinginthefrontproblems

and wonder if that's better or worse than whoever follows me with my S2 sport dust lights

 

Glad we could get you taken care of!

Let us know what you think of the new light bar and the Amber/White combo

Give us a shout if we can help with anything else
800-422-5292

Baja Designs
www.bajadesigns.com

 

Thanks to your entire team! and I will let you know... gonna be a few weeks before another wheeling trip but ill be sure to post an after action report.

 

Your S2 sports are way too bright for dust lights IMO. Like following an airplane.

 

haha I agree with her. Way too bright man

 

That looks fun as fuck! Is LT required for driving that exact trail or does it just mean going slower if you have MT?

 

Just drop speed a little and you will be fine!!

 

https://www.autoanything.com/resources/bruces-2007-4x4-long-travel-sgu-tundra-build/


So stoked!!! Thanks mike!!

 

Sweet..^^^

 

#known....

 

just caught up reading and watching the youtubes of this saga.
Amazing!

Good job!

 

Science!

 

Hey thanks!!! yeah its a ongoing never-ending project LOL

 

New shoes for the ol girl


thanks @zackbremer

 

After trip / been a while update...

Added some minor things to the truck.

Starting with new Evil Manufacturing Third brake light with dual @Baja Designs S2 sport flush mount yellow dust lights (i got rid of the low bumper mount ones I had)


Trimmed the damaged fiberglass off the bedsides. Now I have more rear clearance as a bonus


Installed a ARB dual compressor, so now I have a Viaair 450 and the arb dual, and last weekend after offroading, I had to air my tires back up before driving home, and the per tire inflation for 37's from 20psi to 38 psi went from 4-5 minutes per tire down to 2 minutes per tire. I'm very happy with that.


also here are a few shots and a quick clip from the weekend wheeling with family






with @osidepunker exploring mines

my buddy installing a GoPro for some in fender suspension footage (that will be coming soon)

And you may have noticed I got the new cooper STT pro's installed, and boy they are waaaayyyyyy better than my KO2's