SFA in the works pics

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Tue May 13, 2003 6:44 pm

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/alloutss/lst ... ks&.view=t

Those are pics of day 1. Ill try to go over there every day and get some more pics for you guys. Lots of cutting

He's saying hes got another days worth of cutting to do

I guess now wouldn't be a good time to tell him I wanna go back to IFS

Post by **HenryJ** » Tue May 13, 2003 7:12 pm

Yes!, Photos!

Keep them coming!

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Tue May 13, 2003 8:46 pm

Wowzers! If that shop down there does a really good job on yours, some year, I'll just have to drive down there and get my truck done when I am ready! My wife and I got friends down there, maybe we can make a vacation out of it.

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Wed May 14, 2003 1:13 am

must be exciting. plus while its in the shop, i bet your dad lets you drive that hot rod yall just got hugh?

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Wed May 14, 2003 1:47 pm

quickbiker wrote:Wowzers! If that shop down there does a really good job on yours, some year, I'll just have to drive down there and get my truck done when I am ready! My wife and I got friends down there, maybe we can make a vacation out of it.

Haha, He does good work and all but he sure does take his time. I just got back from there and they didnt do any thing today. He claims it will be another week or so. It would be one hell of a vacation

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Wed May 14, 2003 1:49 pm

a2b wrote:must be exciting. plus while its in the shop, i bet your dad lets you drive that hot rod yall just got hugh?

You have know idea how much I want my truck to be done.

I wish I have the wrangler

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Wed May 14, 2003 8:34 pm

Well, I do have a second ride now (86 Camaro). So I have all the time in the world now when ever I go SFA.

I wouldn't mind doing it myself if I had a set of blue prints and parts list. I just don't want to fudge around wasting money on trying this and that.

Maybe the guy can give you blue prints and a specific parts list/numbers for what kinda leaf/springs/shocks, pitman, all that stuff he is using?

I know, too much to ask for.

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Thu May 15, 2003 12:27 pm

He used 7" toyota springs, 12 inch U bolts, and 2 d44s. Thats all I know, most of the stuff he makes. And he puts it together as he goes, but if your going to do it your self crzykev02@aol.com email him. Hes the kid with the gold 4 door blazer that did his SFA for under $2000 on his drive way.

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Thu May 15, 2003 3:16 pm

Got any links to pictures of it?

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Fri May 16, 2003 2:38 pm

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4 ... ode=invite theres some pics of his blazer

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Fri May 16, 2003 3:12 pm

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/alloutss/lst ... ph&.view=t new pics of day 2

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Fri May 16, 2003 3:15 pm

Oh, ok, I've seen that before. Looks awsome. Thanks.

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Fri May 16, 2003 3:58 pm

No problem

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Thu May 22, 2003 7:17 pm

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/alloutss/lst ... =ph&.view=

New pics with axle on

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Fri May 23, 2003 2:38 am

now why are your springs under?

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Fri May 23, 2003 3:17 pm

a2b wrote:now why are your springs under?

Who cares! Man look at the lift!!! Now if only my wife would let me...

Nah! Back to reality!

AZS10Crew · Post by **AZS10Crew** » Fri May 23, 2003 4:15 pm

Needs new shoes now.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Fri May 23, 2003 5:16 pm

Oh yeah! Unfortunately, so does my son which is one reason why my wife won't let me lift mine. Oh well, priorities I guess.

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Fri May 23, 2003 6:31 pm

Warnoffroad. Did you get my email?

Brad

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Sun May 25, 2003 10:24 am

a2b wrote:now why are your springs under?

So I can do an axle flip and have it on some 38s when ever I want.

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Sun May 25, 2003 10:29 am

AZS10Crew wrote:Needs new shoes now.

Yup thats one of the best parts about this project!!! Finally this thing sits on a tire size that im proud of! I orderd a set of 35x12.5 BF MTs (thats right, I didnt get swampers this time

) on a set of 15x10 AR chorme mod wheels. I got them in and they are alot bigger than I thought. My mom was like those arent truck tires, whos tractor did you take those off of?

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Sun May 25, 2003 10:30 am

Brad wrote:Warnoffroad. Did you get my email?

Brad

Yeah sorry, Ive been out of town last few days.

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Sun May 25, 2003 7:28 pm

No prob. Keep me posted.

Brad

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Mon May 26, 2003 12:13 am

warnoffroad wrote:
a2b wrote:now why are your springs under?

So I can do an axle flip and have it on some 38s when ever I want.

so.....

here come the obvious ?

why dont you go to 38's now? why wait

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Mon May 26, 2003 5:12 am

Yeah, why not just do the flip and install 38's now? Better to do it the right way now than pay more to redo it later!

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Mon May 26, 2003 11:23 am

a2b wrote:
warnoffroad wrote:
a2b wrote:now why are your springs under?

So I can do an axle flip and have it on some 38s when ever I want.

so.....

here come the obvious ?

why dont you go to 38's now? why wait

Because I didnt know untill after I order my tires.

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Wed May 28, 2003 5:08 pm

New pics with rear axle on and sitting on tires and wheels. They are almost done, only thing left is the front drive shaft and finish the brakes.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 2:47 pm

Come on, come on. Cough up some more pics! Is it done yet?

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 5:15 pm

She sure is! http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/alloutss/lst ... =ph&.view=

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 7:28 pm

Wow, that looks really nice and clean job they did. Did they put an anti-sway bar on it for ya? I don't see any there. How you like the ride? What axle ratio ya put in? And those 33's?

Justin · Post by **Justin** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 7:46 pm

are all the bracketry and pieces specially made (laser cut) and if so does he have the patterns? Wonder if they would be willing to sell the pieces and some drawings on how to install?

www.eastcoastoffroad.com was the nearest offroad 4x4 specialty shop that I believe could handle a SFA kit....

I am now interested....Only problem is turning the 35's. I think a supercharger would be needed

Conman · Post by **Conman** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 9:03 pm

Justin wrote:are all the bracketry and pieces specially made (laser cut) and if so does he have the patterns? Wonder if they would be willing to sell the pieces and some drawings on how to install?

www.eastcoastoffroad.com was the nearest offroad 4x4 specialty shop that I believe could handle a SFA kit....

I am now interested....Only problem is turning the 35's. I think a supercharger would be needed

http://www.rmsoffroad.com/ try them also.

Con

NTXCrew · Post by **NTXCrew** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:42 pm

Yeah, a supercharger would be awesome!!!

Justin · Post by **Justin** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 3:24 am

Justin wrote:

are all the bracketry and pieces specially made (laser cut) and if so does he have the patterns? Wonder if they would be willing to sell the pieces and some drawings on how to install?

www.eastcoastoffroad.com was the nearest offroad 4x4 specialty shop that I believe could handle a SFA kit....

I am now interested....Only problem is turning the 35's. I think a supercharger would be needed

http://www.rmsoffroad.com/ try them also.

Con

where are they located?

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 4:20 am

quickbiker wrote: Wow, that looks really nice and clean job they did. Did they put an anti-sway bar on it for ya? I don't see any there. How you like the ride? What axle ratio ya put in? And those 33's?

I dont think they put a sway bar on. The ride isnt too bad, just very stiff up front. 35s with 4.11 gears, i'll prolly end up going with 4.88.

Conman · Post by **Conman** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 5:25 am

Justin wrote:
Justin wrote:

are all the bracketry and pieces specially made (laser cut) and if so does he have the patterns? Wonder if they would be willing to sell the pieces and some drawings on how to install?

www.eastcoastoffroad.com was the nearest offroad 4x4 specialty shop that I believe could handle a SFA kit....

I am now interested....Only problem is turning the 35's. I think a supercharger would be needed

http://www.rmsoffroad.com/ try them also.

Con

where are they located?

Longisland, NY. Not sure if they can do custom work, but it's just another place to call.

Good Luck,

Con

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 11:02 am

warnoffroad wrote:
quickbiker wrote: Wow, that looks really nice and clean job they did. Did they put an anti-sway bar on it for ya? I don't see any there. How you like the ride? What axle ratio ya put in? And those 33's?

I dont think they put a sway bar on. The ride isnt too bad, just very stiff up front. 35s with 4.11 gears, i'll prolly end up going with 4.88.

Swweeeeet. Put some Dana 60's front and rear, put your leafs over axle, 5 something gears, and 38's, you be set.

NTXCrew · Post by **NTXCrew** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 12:56 pm

The guy in my building at work with the 2003 Dodge 2500 Heavy Duty 4x4 was giving me a hard time yesterday about when I was going to get a "real truck". I just said I was "going to lift it so back off!"

Now I can show him a picture of your truck!!!

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 4:02 pm

NTXCrew wrote:The guy in my building at work with the 2003 Dodge 2500 Heavy Duty 4x4 was giving me a hard time yesterday about when I was going to get a "real truck". I just said I was "going to lift it so back off!" Now I can show him a picture of your truck!!!

Plus you can add to the argument that there are a lot of places off road where our smaller trucks can go that his full size just won't fit!

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 8:39 pm

Yea, depends where you live. Definitely true for the Virginia area!

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 2:02 am

ya, our crewcab will go off and leave these full sized anyday on trails around here. besides the size of it, they are also heavy as crap. you should of seen an avalanche trying to do the same trails that we were doing. it was like a big cow

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 4:40 am

I used that argument on a guy with a Hummer H1 once. It was really funny to go between a couple of trees in my Jeep and watch him sit there with a truck that was 2 feet too wide. He got me in the mud though!

NTXCrew · Post by **NTXCrew** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 6:34 am

His truck weighs over 6000 lbs!!! Plus, with his long bed, he said that since his wheelbase is so long, it's easy to get high centered!!! Gentlemen (or any Gentlewomen out there), we've found a weakness....

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 8:31 am

NTXCrew wrote:His truck weighs over 6000 lbs!!! Plus, with his long bed, he said that since his wheelbase is so long, it's easy to get high centered!!! Gentlemen (or any Gentlewomen out there), we've found a weakness....

From what I've seen and heard, the Hummer (H1, not the Yuppie H2) was great during Desert Storm and similar off road conditions but they are pretty much worthless in most of the stuff we get into. Their size and weight count against them big time. Of course, most of the people who buy them never take them off road anyway. They just want to look good at the country club!

NTXCrew · Post by **NTXCrew** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 8:37 am

uh huh.

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 8:14 pm

Challenge them all to parking at the mall. Thats what I like about the crew.

Brad

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 5:54 am

Brad wrote:Challenge them all to parking at the mall. Thats what I like about the crew.

Brad

That's the biggest reason we got the CC instead of the full size.

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 11:54 am

every truck has different purposes

a H1 has indepedent front and rear suspension. anyone notice? it also, some how put the diffs on the actual wheel. i dont know too much about it, but thats the way i understand it.

so that gives it 22 inces of clearence right in the middle.

so its perfect going 60mph thru the desert and flying over bushes and what not. and the low center of gravity is awesome on the vehicle.

and no a H1 could never go where i go cuz its too big. and if i ever lifted the truck to 35's and had a good crawl ratio with solid axels, the crewcab would leave the hummer behind on any trail esp in the mountains where you are climbing 60 degree inclines on slippery sandy rocks

Warnoffroad · Post by **Warnoffroad** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 6:12 pm

Brad wrote:Challenge them all to parking at the mall. Thats what I like about the crew.

Brad

Yep thats why I went with the the s-10 cc. The day I got my truck I was also looking at the 2500 HDs. They were just to big to drive, and the $ diff. I could get a FULLY loaded s-10 for the same $ as a ext cab 2500 HD that only had a CD player.