What did you do to your GMT today?

by **tarsh** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 7:45 am

I have the 89s and the 2.5 on now. But my control arm is chirping with every little movmemt and its stressing me out SOOOOO bad!!! It's louder than my straight pipe and radio. What can u get out of the radflos again? O but on a lighter note. My lightbar came in last night.

YouTube Videos · by **Trail X** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:49 am

tarsh wrote:The tip of the threads ripped right off and shoved the sleeve out of the 3" spacer and both rubber bushings!

You're simply overloading the tensile strength of the steel at the shock rod. To make this combo work, you have 3 options.

Find a different shock solution with a larger diameter mounting thread
Find a way to get more downward extension before the shock fully extends (but this means having to find solutions to your other limitations too, otherwise you will just break something different)
Use a shock extender at the top of the bilstein, then add a limit strap from the LCA to the frame to take the extension impulse loading instead of your shock

Personally, I'd choose #3 because the solutions are known and can be purchased today.

Either which way you choose, you'd be forging a new path.

by **tarsh** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:15 am

I looked into the extensions, but now I need to get ahold of Mark for an new sleeve and bushing set for my one lift spacer . That was my plan, just haven't had a chance to get to it. And now my struts broken so Idk

by **tarsh** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:17 am

I was going to run option 3. Couldn't seem to find the extention needed. Wasn't sure on metric tread and what not. Limiter straps was already part of my plan up front. I will figure something out ol

YouTube Videos · by **Trail X** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:58 pm

Its metric. Since yours is broken, slide a wrench over the thread and see what size wrench fits over it. I thought it was an M10 or M12.

by **moose1** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:42 pm

i ordered radflo's up almost three weeks ago and still waiting. i know it will be any day now. like a kid a christmas everyday on the drive home lately. got the skyjacker c25r's last week, shocks and panhard bar so far this week and my spacers have shipped. get the radflos a little time and i might be able to see over the smart cars.

by **tarsh** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:08 pm

Got my light bar installed :woot:

32" OPT7 flood spot combo. It's super bright. And moose I do also plan on radflos and c25r's! Trying to buy a house and move right now so I'll have to wait, unfortunitly! Although I have the funds to do what ever I want to it right now I have prior obligations :thumleft:

by **ErikSS** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:29 pm

Looks good Nathan.

by **Chris68chevy** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 1:48 am

Got my new light bar mounted up love the brackets. Great quality and super sturdy. Took it for a wash after everything was installed.

by **HARDTRAILZ** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:14 am

Looks beefy!

by **maricard** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:42 am

Nice Chris.
Where did you get the light bar?

by **Chris68chevy** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:21 am

maricard wrote:Nice Chris.
Where did you get the light bar?

It's just a an eBay light bar not sure on the actually brand. So far so good though.

by **JoeyV** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 3:58 pm

Got the TB a little a dirty after deciding to take a detour on the way back from breakfast and the hardware store.

by **tarsh** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:26 pm

Now that's my kind of detour

by **Mirage** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:42 pm

Mounted aux switches

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by **maricard** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:46 pm

Got detour too... :safari:

by **BC backroader** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:17 pm

Seems a lot of us got the detour bug today. :safari:

by **Jrgunn5150** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:09 pm

tarsh wrote:I looked into the extensions, but now I need to get ahold of Mark for an new sleeve and bushing set for my one lift spacer . That was my plan, just haven't had a chance to get to it. And now my struts broken so Idk

The bushings are Accra Integra bushings, its a Monroe part number, you can get rubber ones at most parts stores with the sleeve

by **Eredin** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 2:11 pm

Chris, I like the light bar. Mine should be in this week. I'm going to do the same thing Cory depicted above and mount my switches in the overhead.

Marc-Antoine, plastidip your wheels white? If they aren't white, they look it and it looks great. I love white wheels on white vehicles.

Also, my transfer case started leaking, badly, over the weekend, just noticed yesterday. Appears to be the tailshaft mating surface, no idea why it decided to give up. :wallbash:

by **maricard** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 3:14 pm

Eredin wrote:Chris, I like the light bar. Mine should be in this week. I'm going to do the same thing Cory depicted above and mount my switches in the overhead.

Marc-Antoine, plastidip your wheels white? If they aren't white, they look it and it looks great. I love white wheels on white vehicles.

Also, my transfer case started leaking, badly, over the weekend, just noticed yesterday. Appears to be the tailshaft mating surface, no idea why it decided to give up.

It's just a illusion. They are factory color. But it could be a great next project....

I can not wait to see your light bar installed. :thumleft:

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