Thread: BTF builds

Carlos might I suggest using a shock of some sort up front? I think you'll feel a difference.
-dave

Originally Posted by OC96Ranger

Carlos might I suggest using a shock of some sort up front? I think you'll feel a difference.
-dave

Nice fail, Dave...once again, go find a BMW forum or something.

Originally Posted by TheTequilaWorms

Btf midtravel using camburg spindle..


Yeah i need to paint everything.. Just too lazy haha

man after my truck get built I guess i will need to find fork lift to show the droop.

bring it by my workplace..well get it to show the gnarness....

Dave, really?

Yeah let it see the gnarness....

hows that work out i had my shocks mounted like that first trip out the arm came up and pinched the hose and put a whole in it

your arm is shorter. mine clears, i had that happen before too though. it sucked.

hmm dident no the camburg arm was shorter than the fabtech arm learn something new everyday

i said your arm is shorter than the one i have now. the one i have now is not camburg.

Strong, very tight, plated, and 2" mains . It was a three seater at the time, now back to two seats. Never got around to posting these...







Yes thats a 2" tube tucked in there







Didn't want any kind of dash mounts because I wasn't sure on what to do for a dash so he just made me a shifter mount.

thats the first time i've seen pics of the cage. good work as always brandon!

Back from the dead!
Here's a buggy we are doing some stuff to, like shock mounting, fuel cell mounts, etc.

And a simple bumper that keeps the stock lic. Plate lights working. Going to do more like this for sure.

must be a hell of a bug .....

X2, more pictures of the bug!

boxed frame horns on that bumper?

Originally Posted by doyouquaxu

boxed frame horns on that bumper?

Yeah, although I wouldn't call them frame horns. The stock bumper attached directly to his tow hitch, and without a lot of headache, the only way was to build the bumper off the hitch, so that's what we did after talking to him about it.

The bug came here with the cage outlined, we did seat mounts, shock mounts, cell mounts, and small misc. Stuff. Paul at zero tolerance did the cage.

Here's something different for us.
'99 explorer sport. Wagoneer front Dana 44 axle, a doubler made out of a 1350 transfer case with a DD machine doubler kit, manual shift 1354 transfer case, etc. Overall, a big pain in the ass!

Looks good Brandon I get to do a radius arm setup on a Blazer soon with a Dana 60 and some SAW 3.0's! Fun stuff!!!

Mike

Use big squishy bushings. Radius arms suck for articulation. I wish we would have just done a 3 link with Panhard, but he wanted radius arms.

The Blazer is gonna tow and spend a ton on time on the highway, we are going radius arms so the thing doesn't need a sway bar.

Mike

Originally Posted by only1mikey

The Blazer is gonna tow and spend a ton on time on the highway, we are going radius arms so the thing doesn't need a sway bar.

Mike

in theory that works, but in the real world it doesnt very well. That was the reason (or one of) that i did radius arms on that jeep i built but You either end up with almost no articulation (like un driveable) or tons of body roll. very hard to get a happy medium without a sway bar.

Just out of curiosity, what do you use for the spacers on the 2.0 shock upgrade on the ranger. It looks like tubing just sleeved over the bolt.

If its not tubing, where do you get your spacers?