Project Baby Runner/Mini Crawler: R.J.'s Navajo Build

[R.J.]

sounds good, hope the money comes through for you. but we all know how working on cars and "fixing them in time for a run" is

 

[410Fortune]

My last 4 trips to Moab I only left one time on the day I planned to leave, and even on that day I woke up at 6 am to finish fixing the BII

This is nothing new in fact its tradition! Of course if the run was in July or later that would have helped! LOL

At least now I have another truck that could be fun in Moab and its got AC!

 

[R.J.]

i know what you mean. i was planning on having the navajo ready for t-haven today, so i've been up since 6 am workin. but i am leaving now

i'll have some pics of the nav in the dirt when i get back

 

[carlover]

So how did the rear setup work out in t-haven for you?? Saw the pics of the front flexing and that thing is badass for sure...

 

[Dannyboy]

He posted up in the return thread that the rear didn't do too good. I agree, that front end looks like it's the bomb. Good to see that worked out for you.

 

[carlover]

Yeah i read that after i posted this lol.

Hmmmm RJ maybe try the g50 and go SOA???

 

[mounty71]

Yeah i read that after i posted this lol.

Hmmmm RJ maybe try the g50 and go SOA???

I was gonna suggest the same thing. There's not much else to do (that i can think of) besides going with a custom pack for a lot more $$$.

 

[carlover]

Yeah a custom pack is 750+ tax. I was really hoping the g50's would work well but it looks like the custom pack is what i will be going with. I dont want to go SOA long term, SUA is better in alot of ways.

 

[R.J.]

no i don't wanna go soa, cause the springs are still to soft and they're bending
this is how they sit now

guess ill call deaver and see what they can do, or i go superlift again

 

[R.J.]

and the shocks at that angle probably didn't help with the softness. but the zip-ties show that the shock never bottumed out

 

[carlover]

To soft?? Wow the g50 pack is for a ranger with a full cage and 2 spares and all that good stuff. But that bumper and spare tire and the extra wieght of everything from being a suv might be to much. Sucks to hear i was really hoping theyd work...

 

[Dannyboy]

link the rear bro. You know you want to.

 

[carlover]

link the rear bro. You know you want to.

Now there's an idea.......GO FOR IT!!!!

 

[R.J.]

if you look in the pics from truckhaven you can see the rear had mad stuff. but yes, def too soft. the superlift springs worked way better

i have a feeling im gonna get the dual shocks going on and run the superlift springs for another year, and next summer fix up te back end with some nice shocks threw the floor, tub the wheel wells, and hydro bumps.

 

[mounty71]

That really sucks. Did the deavers have more of an arch before the weekend, and the one trip just destroyed them? And just curious, do you think the g50 pack SOA without a rear bumper/tire carrier and cage would work better?

 

[mounty71]

And another question, will you be reusing your old superlift springs or getting new ones? It's cool if you reuse the ones you have instead of me getting them.

 

[R.J.]

the ranger pack would probably work if i didn't have the tire and bumper, and the shackles worked fine

yeah the superlift springs are off the market righ now. sorry matt of course if i get things figured out and don't need the s/l springs, then their yours again

 

[R.J.]

yeah the deavers had more arch before te weekend. i guess the just settled in.

here's an explorer with a soa and a g50 pack
http://www.dezertrangers.com/vb/showthread.php?t=66970

and the second page of this thread

http://www.dezertrangers.com/vb/showthread.php?t=64130&page=2

 

[mounty71]

That's ok on the springs, i could get new ones for just a little bit more, and i think i'll wait a little bit anyway so i am not spending so much all at once. In the second page of that thread, i guess we just need to find out what he ended up doing. The shackle still looks close to the frame, but it looks to be a stock shackle, not a warrior. The ride height of it looks perfect though.

So many factors to consider.

 

[R.J.]

i would say get the explorer pack instead of the ranger pack though. because the explorer pack is shorter in the rear so it prolly won't bend up like mine is in the pic