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Let's see....while driving home tonight I some deer. Not 1, not 2 but 3 fracking deer while doing a lil over 100/kmh on cruise control. So my front lower bumper is a complete mess... On top of all that my brand new IPF 868's got totaled. Not even installed for 2 days....

put some larger tires on the truck and was wondering if there was a easy way to change the speedo...thanx

things to come custom front and rear bumpers, winch, roof rack with tool box, skid plates and rock sliders

well I scratched that idea and went with some 265/70/16....got a great deal on rims and tires( snow rated)

has anyone fit a 235-85-16 on a 96 LE? might have a deal to buy some rims and tires....

hell just go down to the states and get the ARB....they are imported in WA state....I have the OME it gave me about 1.75 inch lift with the HD in the front and the MD in the rear....

As many of you know I have moved from a moderate winter climate of North Carolina to Fairmont area British Columbia Canada. I was wondering what would be best for keeping the truck from freezing up beside from the regular maint. stuff like the radiator fluids and oil. Do I need to change out the Trans or diffs to a diffrent oil for less viscosity? What are your thoughts on types of block heaters and what works best for the 0*C and colder as it looks like we will be getting these tempatures this week where I am. Thanks for your time and if anything else comes to mind for winterizing let me know thanx.

Does anyone know where I can pick up a factory service manuel for a old 83 hardbody pick up?? It has fuel system problems and I can not find all the curcuits and wires for it....the body and frame are hiding what Im trying to see and locate...... Thanx for your time

I had the Ironman system on my 97....my opinion there a lil soft...now have OME on my 96....like OME mush better....

was searching out high output alty's and ran across a 200 amp Bosch as low as $128.09 part #. wo133-1602483bos is that a right part number to fit our trucks??

Well here is a little update.....going to be staying in Canal Flats BC with my cousin. I still dont know where I will be crossing the boarder at and if I will go through Calgary or not. But like you siad I may like it so much I may never go state side again...thats ok I have dual citizenship USA/CA.

I will be rebuilding my front end here pretty soon to be able to take the trip of moving across the country and in to Canada. Im gettin all the parts i need gathered for this occasion. New Cv joints, bushings, links, ball joints. What else do you think that will needed to me be checked before a 2400 mile road trip....I will have the belts, plugs wires, filters and fluids changed for the trip...anything else you can think of...alignment after everything is put on... Also with the new intsalled OME springs the front end needs some weight added to it...dont have time to build a bumper/winch box right now...

I have an opportunity to move up there and stay with some family and get work since I'm dual citizen USA/CANADA... so who on here is up around those parts?? If I do decide to go I will be driving up from North Carolina...

Builds to come: -swap wheels and tires from last R50___DONE -missing link____DONE -rebuild of 4 link rear suspension___Poly split bushings in lower control arms....took all of 10 min to install bushings, 4 hours of cutting out old control arms... -KYB GR-2 Struts____DONE -OME HD front coils___DONE...pain in the ass had to use 3 coil compressors at same time -OME MD rear coils___DONE -custom front and rear bumpers -custom roof rack and lighting system -install of electronics and warning lights (led amber and led take downs from TOMAR police lightbar for rearbackup lights) -WARN hubs -Steel 15x8 cragers with AT or MT--offroad and/winter time -Stock 15" rims with highway tread normal all season 50k mile plus More to come.....

For the original post... what are your plans for this build? Wheeler, tow rig, more zip??? I used VG30dett rods.. got new bushings from. HERE Im looking for more all around power to help pull my 12 foot trailer better and possiblly a lil better gas milage. I kno there will be more zip to the truck. Maybe even add a super charger to it in the future after building it. Still lots of research to do...

keep them... that way you can have your everyday wheels and then you have you off road wheels.... thats what I will be doing with mine when i can afford soft 8's.

I have seen a few articles on this online over the last few months and I am trying to put together a build list to do this. From what I can see you are taking a VG 33 blosck and boring it over 1.6mm for the Q piston(93mm out of a Q45 sadan V-8) with a wrist pin of 22mm. Change out the rods to VG30ET( Im assuming pushrods right?) Other than finding the pistons and or haveing some machined, what else do I need to look for. All of the articles and sites I have been on are a year or older. So if there is any other sites out there with info on them I would greatly appriciate it.

Well I kno the ball joints need replacing. But I have never seen ball joints do that. The way it sounded made me thing the cv knuckle was sliping out of place. will see with next paycheck.

Standard stock hubs. I have used the 4x4 a few times in the feild at my friends place seem to work fine. Im off tues and wed. so will put the jack under it and see.

It was when I was in 2wd. I dont kno what there lookin like right now. I know that I need new ball joints but for it to sound the way it does, it sounds like the knuckels are coming out of shaft.

OK....Since putting the lift on the truck. ARB HD front and ARB MD rear. I have had what I think is the CV knuckles coming out at times. It happens when driving over a hill and when in turns that are on hills. Im guessing the force of topping the hill is bottoming out the front suspension, and it is causing a rapid thuding like sound. Has anyone else had this happen to them with a lift? Do I need to get a fractionally longer CV shaft to keep it from doing that? Any ideas?

The more the backspace the more a tire stick out the side of the truck correct? I got some rub issues on the inside frame rail and want to fix that problem...Almost had my hands on a set of cragger 8's but the blank-hole sold them to somone else where i thought we had somethin set up...anyways... more back space more outside the vechile yes or no? need new rims since my accident in may they are leaking air

Would love to see some specs and mounts of the bar.

Sorry I forgot to add that on here.... pre-install 235/75/15 stock suspension post lift 265/70/15 ARB HD front add 3.5" ARB MD rear add 4.2" From puttin it back to stock hight and swaping in the larger tires gave it the added lift, but it was almost 1.25" above stock hight even with stock 235/75/15 tires.

It has been one hellofa week for me....worked doubles the last 5 days in a row...But here are the pix of the install and post install. It took me about 4 hours to do the entire install. With the right tools....lol The ride is 1000% better than the used stock springs. I suggest these to anyone...I may be gettin a few customers from my job that Own R50's to let me install same on theres...we shall see. Old and used strut/springs on left and new strut/spring on right Pix of passenger side installed Front Rear Overall