Thread: The Blue Bomber build

your product, your way lol

Got the beams welded

those look sick any estimated price?

BADASS evan.... what eccentric bushing you going to be running in there?

They are introductory priced at 1100 with free brackets.

Bushing?

the alignment cam you have in the beam.... and keep the 7... looks rad!

The cam I have in there right now is 2 degrees. I haven't heard the "ecccentric" term in a while.

Got the new radius arms done. Im finishing up the new trans xmember and radius arm pivots. Cut off my old ones and the new ones are so much nicer.

Looking good Evan!

Mike

Got the kit done thats going on my truck. The radius arms were a biotch to get together since those were handcut too. The internal design doesnt make assembly and joint fitment easy. So yet again something Ill enjoy doing when they are laser cut. Ill be throwing it on tomorrow and then by the next week Ill be beginning the trailing arms for the tacoma and the ranger together. Hopefully by the end of the month, youll see new suspension on my truck along with the taco.

That kit looks bitchin! Nice job dude!

Originally Posted by redsilvy

That kit looks bitchin! Nice job dude!

X2 I like it!

looks great you have come a long way since you started on the blue bomber lol looks good man i like it... alot

Thanks a lot you guys. Im really excited about the new suspension. Cant wait to have this baby driving again. The front suspension was just a scratch in the whole project haha... But Every step, I get closer. And yes, I kept the old pivot boxes from when I hand cut them with an angle grinder and holy shit.... Its like, I cant believe I ran it that long and they didnt break or leave me stranded somewhere lol. Ill post up some pics of them just for kicks. Ill try and snap a couple this week.

Alright. I am gonna make me a pair!





Better pictures will come.

did you make those links? if so they look sick! if not they still look sick!...lol

Yes, They are finally real after about 1 yr of dicking around with different ideas of this one design. All laser cut, first set is for the Tacoma, second pair has my name on them, and so fourth and so on.

Your work has come along way keep it up!!!!

Thanks Pat. Oh and Ive forgotten to put the stats down in case any of you were curious

52" Mini Links
Designed to fit a 14" stroke 2.5" coilover in front drooped out fully if bump is at or very near 90 degrees
Designed to fit up to a 3.0" Bypass as a secondary shock.
Lightweigh race design meant to lower amount of unsprung weight and also to match the race beams.
all lasercut cold rold and dom tubing

looks good evan need to get down to the shop to check it out. maybe sometime next week ill swing by

I know "its been a while" But in my spare time Im TIG welding up my own set of trailing arms for my ranger.

And I got the website up finally. Check it... www.number7suspension.com We are updating it daily.

i saw a pic of your beams in the 2011 issue of offroad mag from the norco car show. they looked nice, good job

website looks good evan been busy with work still want to do a yota beam conversion

My beams made it in Offroad Mag?

Did a little today after work on my housing.

Thats clearly not going to work, ha. Good to see some work on your truck being done.

how did you extend your i-beams? honestly is it hella hard? im only 17 no job and i like the way yours looks i have a the same body style as your just a single cab

Yeah yeah... I got more work on the rear end tonight, I put chromoly tabs for the lower and upper mounting points on it. Missing some V-notch plates to gusset in the mounts, but other than that, I need to turn down the flanges I got and Im only axles away from getting it done. Super stoked to be touching my truck once again. It hurts a little to see it sit there not achiving any of my goals I set out to accomplish years ago.

Originally Posted by RacingRangerDriver

how did you extend your i-beams? honestly is it hella hard? im only 17 no job and i like the way yours looks i have a the same body style as your just a single cab

The first beams I ever extended was not rocket science, but I asked around and looked at several dozen ways to do it. I picked what made the most sense in my head and ran with it. Scrap rem steel from the local steel yard, a huge arc welder, my friends little mig, an angle grinder with a bazillion cut off wheels and even more patience. If you want the pics that gave me the "Ah-ha" moment, jet me your email in a PM and Ill email you the pictures that shows a "how to" idea.

or go back to the beginning of this thread

Almost done with my 9" Just need some minor gusset plates back from the lasercutters and I need to have my flanges turned down a little bit then Ill be ordering axles as soon as I sell off this ranger 9" I just picked up today. Im so excited!

Looks good!

just out of curiosity, why do you run your top link heim that way? have you done other trucks that way? Ever had problems with it?


kinda funny less than 2 years ago I had to weld your shit together in the desert and telling you what you were doing wrong with little things and now your turning this stuff out lol

Did you weld over the factory welds on that 9" where the tubes come out?

If not then your factory welds look way better than some of the ones I have seen.

Originally Posted by GREGASAURUS REX

Looks good!

Originally Posted by trever leach

just out of curiosity, why do you run your top link heim that way? have you done other trucks that way? Ever had problems with it?


kinda funny less than 2 years ago I had to weld your shit together in the desert and telling you what you were doing wrong with little things and now your turning this stuff out lol

Thanks much dudes. (I think youre referring to vert vs hor?) I run it vertical simply because its more attractive to my eyes. Ive not done a truck with a horizontal one, but all I hear about it is its a biotch to get the bolt in and the nut on.

Originally Posted by HnM Expy

Did you weld over the factory welds on that 9" where the tubes come out?

If not then your factory welds look way better than some of the ones I have seen.

No, these are all new tubes for my custom width. I have chitty cell close up pics but they dont look good. But here's a slightly closer one.

it is but the hiems will last longer

Oh yeah. I dont doubt that at all. In fact, That was to be my initial route, but I chose this route last second. If it shows excessive wear, I will be trying it the other way for sure.

Got my wishbone in. I just need to piece together the brackets. Something Ive procrastinated much on.

whats the purpose of the links getting so wide where the shock mounts are? kind of a cross between canoe style and traditional style link but i could never figure out why.

Its so that any 2.5 coilover can fit in there with such a low centerline without having to use those 3" lookin extended rod ends. I think a 3.0 coilover will fit but with only enough room for a gnat to scratch his nards.