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With all the rain and no wheeling I can't stop thinking of my next project. So to all you who have done it or are thinking about it, I pose the question. How much would you push your front end forward and your rear rearward.
The rear-
From what I can see with leaf springs about 4" back is the max. Of course this included stretching your wheelwells, relocating your bumpstops, leaf spring hangers, axle wrap bar (if ya got one)refabbing your rear cross member, moving shock mounts (may not be necessary),and finally pushing your fuel tank back far enough to clear the rear axle on articulation. Relocate fuel filler door/cap, plus miscellaneous lines. Am I missing anything???
For more then 4" ,the above list would include the above (give or take) some sort of 3 or 4 link, plus notching the gas tank so the rearend would still not hit the tank or buying a fuel cell. This one is definitely more pricy because we still haven't discussed springs or shocks.
The front -
Now I am trying to figure this one out. Obviously you would relocate steering box, trac bar mount, coil buckets, shock hoops, radius arm frame mounts and bump stops. Clearance the fenders and it should work? Right?
3-4" seems to be the average amount the front gets pushed forward. I am thinking 4-6" and realize that this is the max if I choose to keep my stock steering box. I thought WELNDMN had pushed his front forward about 4" but had steering problems. I am interested in any steering problems I might create since my hope is to keep it steetable with the use of a normal ps box.
All ideas appreciated, FM
The rear-
From what I can see with leaf springs about 4" back is the max. Of course this included stretching your wheelwells, relocating your bumpstops, leaf spring hangers, axle wrap bar (if ya got one)refabbing your rear cross member, moving shock mounts (may not be necessary),and finally pushing your fuel tank back far enough to clear the rear axle on articulation. Relocate fuel filler door/cap, plus miscellaneous lines. Am I missing anything???
For more then 4" ,the above list would include the above (give or take) some sort of 3 or 4 link, plus notching the gas tank so the rearend would still not hit the tank or buying a fuel cell. This one is definitely more pricy because we still haven't discussed springs or shocks.
The front -
Now I am trying to figure this one out. Obviously you would relocate steering box, trac bar mount, coil buckets, shock hoops, radius arm frame mounts and bump stops. Clearance the fenders and it should work? Right?
3-4" seems to be the average amount the front gets pushed forward. I am thinking 4-6" and realize that this is the max if I choose to keep my stock steering box. I thought WELNDMN had pushed his front forward about 4" but had steering problems. I am interested in any steering problems I might create since my hope is to keep it steetable with the use of a normal ps box.
All ideas appreciated, FM
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