well thats 50 bucks saved but i just gotta deal with canceling the order or having to ship it back unless anyone else would wanna buy them from me for their install.

 

Installed my daystar kit this past weekend and it was alot easier than i thought.
had some tough time breaking loose some of the bolts but after that it was a simple install

here are some pics
before



After

 

good job man, time for a body lift and some bigger tires!

so whats the plans for it now?

 

Not a fan of the body lift. my sister had one on her 04 heritage and it just looked weird to me.

first extra money i get is going towards a set of 285/75's. im not planning on going to high with this one but on my next truck i will. im also thinking about taking off the steps for a better look.

like you truck man. hows the ride with the solid axles and leafs front and back?

 

Ride isnt bad, actually its better than what it was with the torsion bars cranked. Im running the tires at 15 PSI so that helps the ride, not to mention they are bias ply so nice and soft

Im not done with it yet, did another test drive today and got it up to about 90 on the speedo (around 65 mph really) no death wobble or anything. Pulled back into the shop and noticed a leak, i blew my power steering pump so tomorrow that will be fixed.

then hopefully i can take it out of the shop for a few months, then back in for t-cases and front d-shaft. How do you like the 4.2L

 

Nice work on your truck Jake. If I were you I would take off the step bars, it will make yor truck look higher for sure. One of the first mods I did to mine when I bought it

 

The 4.2L actually has more power than would be expected. the only mods to the engine are that its only got less than 15k on it, full synthetic, k&n filter and 3" intake nozzle and its does pretty good on the road. it can keep up with most others and with the 5 speed if i need some more accel all i have to do is down shift. it also can pull pretty well. we sometimes use it to put the jetskis in and out of the water and the only issue it has is on the slick algae ramp the tires spin until they dry off, but that can be fixed by putting some friends in the back.

so you only have 2wd right now?

ill probably take the steps off when i get home from work tomorrow and take some new pics if it isnt raining

 

yeah my truck is only 2wd right now, i still have the stock t-case but im not gonna waste the money on the front d-shaft. Ive got a NP203 and a NP205 that i will be installing in a few months (got to rebuild them) then ill shell out close to 1k for the front d-shaft. Untill then ill have 2wd HI and 2wd LO.

Ive got the 4.2L in my truck, for at least the rest of the year. Its amazing what it will do to the 40's with alittle help from gearing. Burns them just by mashing the pedal. I like it! But cant wait to have the torque of a diesel going though the drivetrain.

 

What diesel are you gonna get. can wait to see it in there, itll be sick with all that power.

 

Cummins 3.9l 4bt

im still debating on the 5.9L 6b

but i can use my stock transmission if i go with the 4bt and that solves ALOT of problems.

300hp and 500+ TQ isnt bad out of a "tweaked" 4 banger. Probably gonna shoot for the 200hp mark which will set me up for about 370tq if not more!

 

Your truck will be even more sick with any diesel in it.

Cant wait to see it done

 

found this thread when looking for upper control arms. Notice the bold part of the quote...we see how quick you abandoned that statement

 

haha thanks for bringing this up. once you start going up its too hard to stop

 

Twss?

 

i guess kinda. not as good as i could have made it