How do these radius arms compare to Skyjacker, superlift etc?

[sirhk100]

If you have a high speed connection here's some video. My explorer is about a 1:40 into it.

If you like the video, that's me and the guys I go to the desert with, I can link to LOT'S of music videos from our trips over the past couple years, that one is nothing compared to some of the others....

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I think you need a newer version of media player to view it...

 

[AlaskanJack]

Wow you guys are rough on the suspensions of those vehicles. It looked like someone busted a knuckle

 

[Limited Ex]

That is awesome man! Looks like you have a pretty popular spot right there. Did you fab up that rear shock mount?

 

[sirhk100]

Yeah, those stock knuckles aren't meant for that kinda abuse. That guy had a custom set of chromoly ones built after that.

Here's video from this past weekend...

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Here's our best of video...

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[sirhk100]

Yeah, I did all the fab work except the welding on the front buckets. My welder isn't that good. I usually cut everything, tack it all up and drive to a friend that is a good welder. I did do all the rear stuff though. The rear shock setup in the photos works okay but it's WAY better now. I actually ripped the upper shock mount in those pictures out that night that those videos were taken. Now it's in there REALLY good and I've got the bumpstops setup so the shocks never fully bottom out and limiting straps so they never actually top out either. I'm getting 14-3/8" verticle travel in the rear with how it's setup right now.

Khris

 

[Limited Ex]

Excellent video man, excellent music too! Your links though are not setup correctly. I had to type in the addresses to see them. What happened in the last scene of the Best of video when the two trucks collided? They not know the other was coming over the hill?

 

[sirhk100]

That sucks about the links, I'll just add them here so people can copy and paste them if needed.

That last scene was crazy. 1st off, no one was injured which you can see in the video. We had been running that jump for probably an hour. Had an obvious loop setup. People were on both sides of the take off watching and filming. Then outta nowhere, that chick came driving up the landing. No one noticed till the last minute cause everyone was watching the approaching truck. Things have changed since then. We now have spotters anytime we're setting up to do jumping sessions.

Best of video



Pres day. video



This weekends easter video

 

[AlaskanJack]

Dang I can't get the vids to work. The first one worked just by clicking link. The other two didn't even work when I copy and paste them into address bar.

 

[sirhk100]

Hmmm, that's wierd... Here's a link to my friends page who does all the editing and hosts the videos.

The best of video is awesome!!! The holiday ones are usually cool too!!! There's a lot of race footage ones too.



Here's video from our trip to San Felipe last month for a race... You can see a quick shot of the gas powered blender I built near the end in this one!!!




My friend said "You NEED Windows Media Player 9 to view it, Download it for free"

 

[AlaskanJack]

Ahh I should have edited my post I tried the second one's you posted and they were working. I was enjoying the vids so much that I didn't want to come back and post.

Those were awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man it almost makes me want to build one.

 

[sirhk100]

It's why I'm gonna be selling my Exploder. I can't subject it to that punishment without dumping $20G into it. I can fix the couple things that are wrong with it now and build a 4WD yota to do that kinda stuff in and basically break even. I've got a lot of hook ups and it just so happens that a friend busted up his truck this weekend and will be parting it out. I may start shopping of his truck for a truck I don't even own yet!!!

Khris

 

[AlaskanJack]

I completely understand that. If I find a good deal on Ebay I nab it for some project to be named at a later date.

Like I just bought some 5.5" coils, then found an ebay auction with skyjacker 2" lift coils it was a sweet deal I may just sell them. I keep buying cheap spare parts off ebay just in case. Soon I'll be able to build a 4th Explorer from all the spare parts. lol!

 

[sirhk100]

I've already bought a custom set of leaf springs for this truck I don't own and can't even buy till I get rid of the Exploder. Now I may buy a set of upper and lower chromoly front control arms, custom torsion bars, fiberglass bedsides with new taillights, and maybe even a Currie rearend off my friends truck. These are all off that truck on the Easter video from this weekend at the end where they're interviewing the guy...