[Ryanw10]

I drove by yesterday and didn't see the trailer was outside so I knew you were up to something. Lookin good. I got a 44/60 combo myself I'm hoping to put in my xj. But with requiring all new steering and another $500 in brackets/trusses I don't see it happening anytime soon. How much for that front end?

I can get you all the brackets you need laser cut out of 1/4" steel in the $150-$200 range if that interests you

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[Ryanw10]

Collin doesn't wheel like you

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[Ryanw10]

Most people interchange the names "air" and "hydro" for the same thing. There's hydraulic oil and air(nitrogen) in there, so call em what you want. Straight up air bumps wouldn't work nearly as well since it wouldn't use the hydraulic oil and valving to dampen and control compression and rebound. You would just be using air like a spring, you wouldn't have any kind of controlled damping. Might as well just buy Timbrens at that point.

This is why when I build mine I'm making them easy to disassemble so I can start with a .050" hole in the piston and drill more as needed

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[Ryanw10]

Thanks for wording that better than I could. I was trying to not be a complete asshole about it...

Building these, and then still using your stock bumps is dumb...

Why is it dumb other than space constraints? Its like using a limit strap, extra safety

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[Ryanw10]

Maybe I misunderstood him, but I was under the impression that he was using the bump stops as his actual bumps and not getting full bump stroke out of these diy air bumps...

A limit strap limits drop, the way he described his bumps, they do not seem like they are going to limit uptravel...

Maybe I'm just a big incompetent retard that would rather spend my money than waste my time. You only have so much time on this earth, but you can always make more money.

Our current bumps are inside the coils and the air bumps will not be mounted there. There is absolutely no reason to get rid of them.
The limit strap was just an anology. The limit strap prevents the shock from over extending just like a hard bump can help prevent an air bump from blowing up
You can always make more money but guess what, that takes time

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[Ryanw10]

It's all a learning curve. Were both engineers so anything we learn here helps us in the real world

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[Ryanw10]

Your not going to want to un seat your coil or stretch it out, your better off limiting the travel of your shock

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[Ryanw10]

When your coil is loose there is nothing pushing your tire to the ground giving you no traction and making that extra travel worthless

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[Ryanw10]

Why would you build new control arms if your going to stretch soon?

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[Ryanw10]

Is it really that bad that you can't run with what you got for the time being? Your idea will work but you creating more work for yourself to build a weaker control arm in the end..

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[Ryanw10]

What else do you need before you can start the stretch?

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[Ryanw10]

Buy a welder

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Buy Adams from him haha, I don't think he has used it yet

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[Ryanw10]

Yea I bet your right haha, I thought it was 220 for some reason. If it's not definitely don't get it haha. I have needed to keep my 180 lincoln maxed out for most of the stuff I'm doing

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[Ryanw10]

Yea if it's Curt's old welder I know for sure it's only 120 because he plugged it in to our garage haha

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Yea it's curts but I thought it was one of those welders that did both

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[Ryanw10]

Maybe its just the picture but that truss wont do much for you if its only that high off the pig. I would shoot for at least an inch

Edit: looks like you will have it fully welded to the pig so you might not need an inch
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[Ryanw10]

Are ypu making sure it still fits with yoir 8 lug 44 vs the 5 lug your designing it on? I know yours has a few extra ribs on the pig

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[Ryanw10]

I think he just needs a 44 that's actually straight haha

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[Ryanw10]

The weird part is that my passenger side is what's not straight driver side is fine. This last break was my fault for trying to power thru wheel hop reverse up test

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Oh, I thought you had play where the tube meets the pig on both sides

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[Ryanw10]

Did you double check your numbers in the 3 link calculator to see if only moving 1 link mount is going to give you bad geometry?

 

[Ryanw10]

Use those air shocks you have

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