more pics from today. i had a few hours before the steeler game to get some work done. tomorrow i will go to multi metals and get the control arm tubing and really get some forward progress. unfortunately i have to take the time to go to the dentist before lunch. i hate the dentist!
great tig welds!
assembling the perches. the bottom plates i received were wrong, they weld on to the bottom of the perches like a skid. i called ballistic and they are shipping me the correct ones.
the passanger side perch had to be cut up to fit correctly. it sits very close to the pumpkin.
i dug out a 34 from my old sami just to measure it all up. it's not at the exact placement right now, but you can geat and idea. i am going to trim a lot and i am sure it will fit a 35. that tire size will have to come in the fiture, the stock shafts are strong enought for a 34 but not for a 35.
i think i will have to notch a little out from the frame, but i think it will work. the control arms will be around 22" to 25" long. i thought i would be able to make them longer but any longer and i think they will get smashed on rocks too much. this length they should still work well.
the axle is around full compression in these pics. the upper control arm will have to be short as hell to clear the funky frame design.