Happy Holidays, list. I received the gift of time to spend in the garage
from my wife this past week. Follow the attached link for photos of my
progress.
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I transferred all of the suspension components to the new frame without many
issues. Unfortunately, I had to do the full spring compression thing for
the front end. I was hoping to short cut that step with shocks only, but
the chassis sank very far down without the springs.
I mounted the body temporarily for transport to the body shop. There they
will replace both rockers and complete some other minor body work. When
that is complete, I'll transport the body to the media blaster for stripping
of the tub only. I'm still considering the powder coat primer for the tub
only, but no decision as of yet. Once the shop has the body either in
primer or ready to prime, I'll take back the frame and disassemble the
suspension for powder coating of the various parts. For a suspension color
scheme, I'm thinking about nickel-colored upper and lower control arms as
well as the trailing arms. A royal blue has been suggested to me for the
springs. The rest of the components will be done in a flat black, like the
frame. Spring color suggestions are welcome. Have you seen any good
looking examples of colors other than black?
For those of you running tube shock conversions (I have the three piece
bracket type), here's an issue: I don't have a way to use a bump stop to
limit downward travel of the swing arms. In an extreme Dukes of Hazard-type
construction area jump, I'm concerned about the half-shaft contacting the
frame as the shocks extend fully. Any solutions of feedback available on
this one?
Andy
CD 6746L HVDA
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